The Return Of God Of War

The Return of God of War Chapter 181

Abigail realized that she had let the cat out of the bag.

“Does Levi have any other identities?”

Zoey looked at Abigail dubiously, wondering if they were hiding anything from her.

Levi laughed it off as he joked, “Abigail was just worried that they’d found out that I was an ex-convict.”

“Yeah, I thought that was the reason the alarm went off,” Abigail reacted swiftly to Levi’s cover-up, which managed to temporarily ease Zoey’s suspicion.

“What happened just now? Were you carrying anything that caused the alarm to sound non-stop?” Aaron asked.

“Oh, it’s just my lighter that is made of brass, that’s why it got picked up by the metal detectors!” Levi replied, as he took out his lighter and showed it to Aaron.

“Oh, let’s go then, Bailey had sent someone to pick us up. The car had been waiting outside for a while!”

Caitlyn was also raring to go.

The group was driven to the Hilton Hotel.

Due to the large number of guests invited to the birthday banquet, the guests were temporarily arranged to stay at the hotel.

“It seems like dad and mom had not yet completely gotten over what happened last time! Otherwise, we would be staying at the Black family mansion instead of the hotel, together with the rest of the guests!”

Caitlyn’s disappointment was apparent as she said that.

“Don’t worry, honey, we’re going to impress your family members later. I guarantee that their opinions of us will change for the better after that!”

Aaron was brimming with optimism as he comforted his wife.

It was important to the couple to be recognized by the Black family.

After everyone settled down in their hotel rooms, Abigail went to look for Levi and Zoey. “My cousins from the Black family are having a gathering tonight, do you guys want to tag along?” She asked.

“Sure, we’ll go!” Levi and Zoey accepted the invite readily.

Abigail drove them to the venue in her pink Maserati.

The gathering was held at the Scarlet Aegis Hotel.

A meal there costs at least ten thousand.

Different models of luxury cars could be seen parked in the hotel’s parking lot.

Abigail led Levi and Zoey to the private room, where dozens of people had already gathered and were engaged in animated discussions with each other.

“Hey, Abigail is here! Let’s welcome her!”

As Abigail was also a part of the Rogers family, she was very well-liked and popular among her cousins in the Black family.

For everyone else in the room, it was their first time meeting Levi and Zoey.

When they saw Zoey, most of them were stunned by her beauty and were eager to know her.

“Abigail, why are you not introducing your friends to us?” One of Abigail’s cousins urged.

“This is Aunt Caitlyn’s daughter, Zoey. She’s our cousin too! This is Levi, Zoey’s husband,” Abigail said.

“Oh! So it’s our cousin Zoey!”

Abigail’s brothers were the first to greet Zoey.

As for Levi, he was being treated as though he was invisible.

There were also a few attendees at the gathering who did not belong to the Black family, which meant that they were not blood-related to Zoey.

The men who belonged to that category couldn’t keep their eyes off Zoey. After all, it was not everyday that one would come across such an exquisite beauty.

After some mingling with the others, Levi found out that tonight’s gathering was organized by Zoey’s cousins, Keane and Quintus.

As the both of them were direct male descendants of the Black family, they were both held in high regard by the rest.

Naturally, they were also the main focus of every discussion topic which went on that night.

Keane laughed as he said, “Zoey, I heard that your husband, Levi, was previously a dark horse of North Hampton’s business arena. Even the business moguls and owners of leading enterprises in South City knew his name. What’s he up to these days?”

Quintus chuckled and said, “Yeah, I remember that too. But we haven’t heard any news about him in a long while.”

The two men were not trying to take a dig at Zoey, but were genuinely curious.

The Black family was among the wealthiest in the city. Naturally, Zoey and her family would not be important enough for them to pay any attention to.

They did try to find out more about Levi, during the days when he used to be a rising star in the business arena.

However, no one had news about Levi after he went to jail.

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People stopped being curious about him after that. After all, no one would waste time inquiring about a nobody.

Hayden Zeller, a distant relative of the Black family who was from North Hampton, joined in on the conversation and said, “Oh I know what happened! Levi was sentenced to jail after he was convicted of taking advantage of his sister-in-law! If I’m not mistaken, he was only released a few days ago?”

“That’s right! It was one of the biggest news in North Hampton when it happened!” Some others, who were listening to the conversation, concurred.

Keane’s expression changed when he heard that, but still remained friendly as he asked, “So, Levi, you’re currently unemployed?”

Levi nodded and replied, “Kind of!”

After getting the man’s answer, Keane and Quintus had totally lost interest in continuing the conversation.

Even Zoey, who had just secured an investment of a few hundred million, suddenly seemed boring to them.

The men changed topics and carried on with their own conversations. Zoey hardly had anything to contribute to their subsequent discussions.

“Oh, by the way, is Russell back yet?” Keane asked all of a sudden.

Russell was his dad’s godson. The man had been outstanding since young, and he’s currently the leader of a subdivision of the Special Security Unit.

Word has it that he was going to be promoted to the Chief of the Special Security Unit next year.

“Speaking of Russell, he’s truly the pride and joy of our grandma!”

Quintus laughed.

That was indeed the case.

Even though Russell was not related to the Black family by blood, he was the elderly Mrs. Black’s favorite.

He had always been conscientiousness and performed well in every endeavor he partook in.

Russell would only be twenty eight next year, so it was an impressive feat that he was already the Deputy Chief of the Special Security Unit.

The Black family had an abundance of wealth, but what the family lacked however, was a talent like Russell.

He was the perfect missing piece to the puzzle for the Black family.

Shortly after his name was mentioned, Russell Black arrived at the gathering, still dressed in his uniform.

“Hi everyone, so sorry that I’m late. I have been really busy with the preparations for the upcoming economic summit these few days! I even had to specially apply for leave to attend grandma’s birthday banquet tomorrow!” Russell explained, and let out an embarrassed laughter.

“Russell is such a busy man, but he knows he’s the apple of grandma’s eye, so he has to be here by hook or by crook!” Someone teased, and everyone else laughed along.

However, Keane switched the topic abruptly, asking, “I heard that there was an incident at the train station today, that even your Chief had to handle the matter personally?”

Russell nodded and replied, “Yeah! You heard about it too? That’s actually the reason I was late for tonight’s gathering!”

“Russell, tell us what happened! I’m sure everyone wants to know about it,” Quintus said.

Russell scanned the curious faces in the room and chuckled, before elaborating, “There was a super big shot who visited the train station today! He came to examine our security measures without informing anyone beforehand. Thank goodness we discovered that it was him!”

Russell let out a gasp, as he recalled the dramatic events of the day.

“So how did you guys find out that it was him?” Everyone was eager to know what happened next.

“When he went through the metal detectors while exiting the train station, the alarm sounded! We stopped him from leaving and did a body check on him. Guess what we found?”

Everyone held their breaths as they waited for Russell to continue.

“We found out that there were 13 bullets and 7 grenade shrapnel lodged inside his body! One of the bullets was even in his skull and another one in his heart! It’s the metal from the bullets and shrapnel that caused the alarm to sound!”

Even Russell himself found it inconceivable.

“What??? 13 bullets and 7 grenade shrapnel???”

Everyone was shocked by what Russell told them and sharp inhales could be heard all round.

“What’s even scarier was that his entire body was covered with scars. From my estimation, there were definitely no less than a thousand of them!”

Everyone went pale with disbelief at Russell’s description of the man. It was unimaginable as to what kind of horrors he must had gone through.

“What was the time when he was there?” Zoey suddenly asked.

“It was around 2.10 in the afternoon!” Russell replied.

Zoey turned to look at her husband. She had registered that it was the same time Levi was held up at the security check earlier today.

Besides, Levi had nothing on him which could have caused the alarm to sound.

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After Russell’s description of the event, Zoey suddenly realized that it could have been the metal pieces lodged inside of Levi’s body which caused the metal detectors to go off, instead of the lighter, which was what he had told them earlier on!

She wished that she could see through Levi’s clothes, and verify what Russell said with her own eyes that very instant.

Quintus, who was intrigued, asked, “How’s that even possible? Russell, who is this guy?”

“We don’t exactly know who he is, as his files had been classified as 5s level, which means no one in the entire of South City would have access to it! But I heard from our Chief that he used to be an officer from the Iron Brigade!” Russell replied excitedly.

“Iron Brigade? Isn’t that the team that’s personally led by the God of War?”

“Exactly! That’s the strongest military unit in Erudia! Every soldier who’s part of that team is a man of indomitable spirit!”

…

The men at the gathering were all stirred at the mention of the ‘God of War’ and the ‘Iron Brigade’.

Every men, regardless of age, would have dreamed of becoming a soldier at some point in time of their lives.

Being in the Iron Brigade was the greatest recognition and highest honor for every soldier.

“Yeah, when I was at the military academy, my goal was also to join the Iron Brigade and fight alongside the God of War!”

Russell was no exception.

Abigail was feeling proud when she saw the longing expressions of those men in the room.

At that moment, she really wanted to stand up and tell everyone that the God of War, who was revered by all, was none other than her cousin-in-law, Levi!

“If those warriors from the Iron Brigade could be present at grandma’s birthday banquet, I bet grandpa and grandma would both be delighted!” Keane said.

“Yeah, grandpa and grandma were once guards as well! They’ll definitely be over the moon to meet someone from the Iron Brigade!”

“Exactly! Grandpa and grandma love the special alcohol and cigarettes provided by the war zones, but nowadays they hardly have the chance to enjoy them anymore.”

…

Everyone was contributing to the lively discussion going on in the room.

Quintus looked at Russell and said, “Russell, do you think you can pull some strings and invite just one of the officers from the Iron Brigade to join us at grandma’s birthday banquet tomorrow?”

“Yeah, if you can do that, it’ll definitely be the best birthday present for grandma!” Keane added.

Russell hesitated for a second before nodding his head and said, “OK, I’ll try. Hopefully, we can give grandma a surprise tomorrow!”

Even though he agreed to ask around, Russell was not confident at all that he’ll succeed in his task.

The main reason for that was because his Chief, Perry, had told him earlier on that the man who appeared at the train station in the afternoon was someone out of his reach, not to mention Russell, who was only a leader of a subdivision of the Security Unit.

No one at the gathering bothered to talk to Zoey or Levi for the rest of the night, it was just as if the both of them were invisible.

To a big family like the Blacks, they were merely nobodies.

After the dinner gathering ended, Russell specially paid Perry a visit to tell him his thoughts.

Perry was scared out of his wits when he heard the idea. He pointed at Russell and said, “Y-y-you… you have the audacity to invite that man???”

Russell was trembling with anxiety at his Chief’s reaction and replied, “Chief, is that guy someone very important?”

As the information was classified, Perry was unable to divulge any details to Russell.

“That’s right, anyway, you should really stop thinking about it. I’m not even qualified enough to invite Captain Steele from the North Hampton Dragon legion, let alone that man from this afternoon. Just drop the idea completely!”

Perry rejected Russell’s request without giving it any consideration.

“Alright then. But Chief, you have to be there with the Deputy Chief tomorrow, deal?” Russell said.

“Don’t worry, I wouldn’t miss old Mrs. Black’s birthday banquet for the world!”

Everyone was disappointed when Russell conveyed the negative outcome to them, but they did not blame him.

After all, the Iron Brigade had a special status in the military. No one expected that it would be easy to invite them.

started having major suspicions about Levi

God

been intimate, so it was only natural that Zoey had not seen Levi’s naked

body tonight, in order to verify if he actually had those

share her bed, so in the

next day arrived and it was the day of old Mrs.

the rest were being woken up early in the morning, and were

by the Black family arrived to

He was looking forward to impressing his wife’s family at the

any gift, and only felt at ease after confirming that he had

of the Black family was comparable to the Garrison family, which

manor was extremely posh

were parked at the

the Black family stood at the

and his wife Meredith, were in the main hall of

over the years. Because of their hard work and efforts, the Black family had become

family was also flourishing. The couple had expanded their family and

elderly of the Black family were very contented with

mom, look

Aaron’s family to Robert

“Dad, mom!”

with emotions and shed tears of joy when she met her

emotional and was

nod, while Meredith let out a cold snort

stunned to be given the

realized that, even though her mom had invited them to her birthday

Caitlyn was already feeling grateful to be able to see her

room turned awkward for a

the tension, Pamela said, “Oh, mom and

saying that, she shoved Zoey in front

hi grandma!” Zoey greeted her grandparents

her first time meeting her grandparents, Zoey was a

sizing Zoey up carefully, Robert and Meredith said in satisfaction, “She seems like a good

managed to secure a

thought rather highly of Zoey,

lady was a successful woman herself, and had never shown

children and grandchildren, she actually valued the

she had also placed high hopes on Caitlyn, but her daughter ended up eloping with Aaron, which broke Meredith’s

the mother and daughter had not seen each other for over

and said, “Why are you still standing there?

a grin on his face, Levi walked towards the elderly couple and said, “Hi grandpa and grandma, it’s a pleasure meeting the both of you. I’m Zoey’s

for a few seconds, and felt that there was a mysterious aura surrounding

wasn’t able to

is just someone who usually goofed

heard that you were once the rising star in the business circle of North Hampton, but was sent to jail for six years! You just

Meredith appeared to be unconcerned, she was, in fact, very in touch with what

I just got released

are your plans

she needs me! I’m a lucky man to

froze upon hearing

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of shock appeared on everyone’s

Caitlyn who was

She couldn’t tolerate people who behaved

background like Russell would be well-liked by

how could a mere foundling gain a foothold in a

deep look before

deep sigh before following suit, lamenting about how Zoey,

challenging the authority of the old lady. She hates people

glared

The old lady has finally accepted us because of Zoey, but you just

almost cried

immediately today if

cry. We’ll regain our dignity and make the old lady acknowledge us when the birthday

all we

was physically

most of the guests had arrived, apart from

them at the door, with Levi

marked with

come down. He ran to the back, opened the car door, and greeted

the captain of the Special Security Unit; Hugo Gibson, the vice-captain; Frankie Wimmer, the political commissar; Quincy King, the vice-captain of the City Patrol

seven to eight

behind who were at the same level as Russell, all of whom held official positions such as team

Black, may you be blessed with longevity and great

from ear to ear, seeing the support of so many

Quintus chuckled. “You really outdid yourself

and Mrs. Black, I would like to commend Russell,” Perry said. “He has so much potential! I’ll make him vice-captain next year! The Black family will have something to be

compliments coming straight from Perry’s mouth, Meredith and Robert were all the

Captain Chapman! Russell has always been

envious, especially Caitlyn and

be if Mrs. Black

they couldn’t do it by themselves and could only rely on their daughter

a useless son-in-law like Levi

Never!

shots from the Warzone, but there’s

than enough, Russell,” Meredith smiled approvingly. “It’s enough

With you, Russell, plus Jennie and Logan, it’s the right degree of

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heard of Jennie and Logan just

the eldest son of the Black family, and she was currently the

Logan Zachs, was all the more powerful. His grandfather, who had now retired, once served on the

Economy

Abigail were

after, together with Logan’s grandfather, Graham,

leader at the South War Zone. He had

in the prime of his

elevated the

“Happy birthday!”

their wishes one after

Jennie and Logan’s hands, smiling

Envy!

filled

son-in-law could set the Thames on

never compare to that

have met such

Black family is full of talents! Let alone our grandchildren, how many people in South City have as many talents and skills as our grandson-in-law?” Meredith

“How many are there

the Black family are all outstanding! I heard that there’s a son-in-law from North Hampton. Isn’t he very powerful?

Levi, Aaron and Caitlyn suddenly felt ashamed. They lowered their heads

Caitlyn, Uncle Aaron, why are you guys hiding? North Hampton’s son-in-law, Levi Garrison, is over

pointed out

around retreated, revealing a large open space showing only Levi and

once, all eyes zeroed

your net worth was over a billion. How about now? I bet

your potential, hitting ten billion is pretty attainable!”

hundreds of noble relatives, Aaron and Caitlyn broke out in a cold

They were too anxious.

was too

they were deliberately putting

speak up for him, Levi blurted, “To answer Jennie and Logan’s questions,

a number

he could look down upon the Rogers family who worth tens of billions,

gasped at Levi’s

bravado is

a load

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give us an exact number regarding your net

and Grandma will certainly be proud

Jennie laughed out instead

“Levi, don’t!”

so anxious that they

raised a finger. “At

least ten billion?” Logan

shook his

it be a hundred

winced when he said that

chuckled. “You’re wrong. It’s at

“Pfft!”

“Hahaha…”

laughed themselves silly at Levi’s

to see how far Levi could

who knew it was out of

At least one trillion?!

earth

of a hundred times the Black

and

had never seen such a man with such

Ministry of Economy doesn’t have that much

The others laughed wildly.

Russell, a man of speech and manner, roared

Meredith and Robert, their faces

was an

blatantly challenging their

there be such a

and Caitlyn. “He should know what he should say and what he

fright and

even shedding

felt

happened at the Lopez family, she had

longing to her family for thirty

of her relatives when she finally met them for the first

to end her life there and

It’s Levi’s fault!

It’s all Levi’s fault!

Aaron’s fist clenched.

in the face

is too f**king

through and through

to talking big. It’s

wasn’t thinking clearly when he said he had

to the Black

he not understand the concept of

say such big

Zoey regretted it.

have listened to her

were put to shame as

there was no crying

both sons-in-law, but they’re like night and day! One’s

a bad reputation. He harbored evil thoughts towards

entire family is trash. Otherwise, Mrs. Black wouldn’t have only met this daughter of hers after

…

from the people around,

How embarrassing!

the most humiliating moment in her

the

thought that he could steal the limelight at the Black

What on earth are you doing

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you think you have done enough to embarrass the entire family in front

no choice

Caitlyn

main hall, everyone was seated according to

seated at

regarded as important could

Meredith will be happy

away her

the host announced the start of the banquet

the time for gift

gifts as soon as the

a wide

others had brought, Aaron and Caitlyn were filled with

were presented could be

far inferior to

sorts of

Let’s go! She will definitely

pulled Zoey to the front, waiting to present their

well-prepared, Caitlyn,” said Xena, Caitlyn’s cousin who was queuing at the front with her

and so

Meredith would be upon receiving their

ancient notable artist worth seven hundred thousand—a five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng, and last but not least, a Jade Buddha Xena had

whole room burst into

was satisfied with

Buddha especially

Meredith flashed a smile at last, obviously liking these

I like your gifts very

Aaron, Caitlyn and Zoey were

prepared were almost exactly the

former’s gifts were several times more expensive than

queueing right behind