Chapter 64 64: Round One.

Leo reached back home, and found Snow reading a book while she sat on the couch. The lady asked, "Did you give him the due respect?"

Leo nodded and said, "I even brought him black roses, you know how costly they are? Well, I still thought, I should not be materialistic and so I had him taste the stem of the flower, he said it was sweet and his mouth was red."

Snow raised her from the book, and asked, "Aren't we talking like a couple of psychopaths?"

Leo shook his head and replied, "No, it is not psychotic, this is selective outrage."

The young man sat next to his wife and the two of them cuddled with each other, and Snow asked, "What do you intend to do now? What if he mixed up with Carole?"


Leo nodded and said, "Well, I do have an idea about that so tonight I will be working on a little surprise for Carole."

Snow raised her head and then she saw Leo smirking, it was sure that this young man had come up with a plan to mess with Carole and ensure that Vincent doesn't get any help from his old partner in crime.

The two of them chatted for a bit and the young lady retired to her room as she had work in the morning. Leo closed his eyes, and entered the virtual realm, where he went through two tests, one was a sniper test and the other was a computer expert test.

He managed to pass them, and came out. The time flow inside the virtual realm was ten to one. Even with so much time on his hands the young man did not manage to gain a high rank and the system acknowledged the result as B-grade.

Leo sighed, 'System, you sure are harsh.'

'Ping: Host, do you think that people who stand on the picks have it easy? Some shed sweat, some shed tears, and some shed blood. If you gain everything with ease, you don't cherish it enough and in the end the same behavior is passed to your successors. That isn't how a father should be.'

The young man nodded and said, "I understand."

Then he stood up, took out his laptop and made himself a cup of coffee, before he got to work. He entered the dark net and then he fished out about Carole or Tyrant Group.

Then he selected a few threads that were of his liking, these were all digital footprints of the Tyrant Groups tax embezzlement. Leo knew that Carole and his family were just a bunch of high class greedy dogs, and thus, they might have left something behind.

After processing the threads, Leo compiled a fraction of the data in a mail, and then he sent it to Carole directly. Then he picked up his mobile, connected it to the laptop and dialed a number.

The wait only increased his hatred for Carole. After a few moments, the call was disconnected, and Leo did not give up, he persistently called Carole, who was at the moment meeting with a few government officials.

The constant ringing of his phone irritated him a lot so he tossed his phone to his right hand man, Jax, who came out of the special room, and picked up the call, asking, "Who is it?"

On the other side of the call, Leo initiated the voice scrambler and said, "Check the mail, and I will call you back in a few minutes."

Jax frowned, and then he thought about how the voice was scrambled, he moved back inside the room, and Carole looked at him for a second, Jax made a gesture and the person stood up and said, "Mayor, it appears that something has come up, I am thankful that you gave me some of your precious time. This meal was on me, and feel free to have fun before you go home."

The mayor smiled and nodded as he watched Carole leave the room.

…

Outside the room, Carole asked with a frown, "What is it?"

Jax said, "Boss, someone asked you to check your mail."

Carole clicked his tongue, and then Jax said, "The voice was scrambled."

This was what ticked off the young man, and he opened his mail. The next moment, his face turned pale, and he asked, "Did the person tell anything else?"

Jax replied, "He told he will…"

As he was speaking the phone rang again. Carole picked up the call, and hurriedly asked while moving through the corridors, "Who is this? How did you get access to this information?"

Leo replied, "Shut up, dog. If you want to die miserably, then keep on barking and I will send these files to the government. Let us see if your so-called Tyrant group and continue to stand."

Carole fell silent again. Leo replied, "Now, do you want to live or die, decide."

Carole was sweating already, and he said, "Live, sir."

Leo chuckled and said, "Such a good dog. Well, from now on, if you mingle with the Cardinal group, we will take down your entire family. If you think we are just lying, then shall I list all the fake accounts that you have registered over the years to launder your black money?"

Carole was shocked, and Leo continued, "Are you thinking why are we targeting Cardinal Group? They offended our dignity. That fucker Echo, he called our group a clown show, and now he is rotting in some corner of a hospital morgue alone. Humph, motherfucking son of a pig. Now do you understand what I asked you to do?"

Carole was shocked once more upon knowing that Echo was dead. He replied, "I understand, I will not mingle with the Cardinals at all, just leave me alone."

Leo scared this idiot even more, "If you tried to back track me, I will know and then you won't survive, even if you saw me before yourself. So, mind your actions. Do what you want to do, but don't try to make a move, or I'll know."

The call was disconnected and followed by this came a text, "I warned you because you are not my enemy, but you are not my friend either, I want twenty million ren, transfer them in this account, 5664XXX88 by tomorrow morning, or…"

Carole clenched his fist and wanted to flung his phone when he recalled that the account number was on his phone. He made a call to his secretary, and said, "Jen, I want to dump all the stocks of the Cardinal group first thing when the market opens. Do you understand?"

The secretary replied positively and then Carole used his phone to call another number and told them to pass on twenty five million ren to the spoken account number and not to run any enquiries. He sent five million extra as a sign of goodwill and to show that he was willing to lower his stance as long as the people did not harm him.

After he was done, a few minutes later, a message came in, "Good doggie."

Carole finally smashed his phone against the ground and yelled, "Fuck you! Bastard! Arghh, you better not come before me!"

Jax was surprised and asked, "Young Master, what happened?"

Carole turned around and glared at Jax as he said, "What would happen? It is all because of that bastard Echo Cardinal and that wastrel whoring father of his. I almost got into a big mess."

Jax looked around, before they began to chat.

…

Leo looked at the number flashing on his laptop screen, and chuckled before he created a blockade and then rerouted the money to his account. Then he went to the stock market, and reserved all the stocks for the Cardinal Group. He knew that Carole would dump them all because he listened to his conversation with his secretary.

Well, he was not foolish to trust his enemy. He also used the money of his enemy to fund his own campaign. As for the five million, Leo decided to give them to Symphony and her mother.

In the morning, the young man woke up and finished his routine. As he came back to the house, he saw that the guards were also sparring with each other.

He asked, "Kyle, can I join you guys for a spar?"

Kyle was surprised and then he hesitated, but Leo said, "It is alright, don't worry, I have trained."

Kyle nodded and then the two of them took positions five meters away from each other and Kyle said, "Sir, first contact calls for a stop."

Leo nodded, it meant that as soon as one of them makes light contact, the match is over. He raised his fists and placed his right fist under his chin while the left was slightly ahead of it.

The guards saw this and exchanged gazes, because at least in terms of posture, Leo had nailed it. Kyle shot a punch and Leo stayed still, he saw that Kyle didn't take a step and was trying to intimidate him, but as the latter retrieved his fist, Leo advanced and threw a jab of his own. Kyle was caught off guard and the fist stopped two inches away from his nose.

Leo smiled and took a step back, "I won the first round."

This remark covered a broader context, the spar, and also the battle with Vincent and Carole.

Kyle took a deep breath and asked, "Sir, ready for round two?"

Leo nodded and said, "I thought you'd never ask."