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The South Regent did not plan to explain himself either. He said, “In three days, I want to see a hundred billion. If there’s no money, you can take his body back.”
The phone call ended.
George fell on the couch, feeling drained and exhausted.
The South Regent had joined the fray and was demanding a hundred billion, which was an astronomical figure.
On top of that, Celestial City was facing another crisis as well–the departure of the major companies. The city’s GDP would decline with their absence, and following the abduction of Richard, fewer people would want to expand their businesses locally.
George originally planned for foreign companies to fill in the positions of those who departed, but the South Regent had taken Richard.
If the news got out, no other companies would come and the remaining local companies would be terrified. No one wanted to be abducted by the South Regent!
George did not see this coming at all.
“What should we do now?” His forehead was glistening with sweat, his mind went blank and his ears rang.
Stephen was at a loss of actions as well. “I’ll call my dad.”
He quickly gave Simon a call.
When Simon saw his phone ringing, he had a bad feeling. “What is it now?”
“The South Regent is here, and he’s kidnapped Richard Okane. He’s asking for a hundred. billion.”
“What?!” Simon was furious. “The South Regent kidnapped someone in my province?! He must have a death wish!”
They were merely some private militia outside the border. How dare they act so brazenly?
“Hold on. I’ll call for a meeting now and come up with a solution.”
Simon planned to send forces over and bombard them with missiles. Challenging him would be courting death. He ought to teach the South Regent a lesson that would not be forgotten.
The meeting started.
Simon said, “The forces beyond the border are acting up again. I am planning to send our men there to remove the threats.”
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As soon as his words subsided, he expected nods of agreement but met absolute silence. instead. No one spoke up.
Simon bellowed, “What’s the matter? Why the silence?”
Someone looked at him and asked, “You don’t know, do you?”
“About what?”
“We used to have a Grand Marshal who had exactly the same thought. Then…”
The explanation was incomplete but Simon already knew what the outcome was: the Grand Marshal had failed.
“What? How?”
“Those men were not what we expected.”
Whenever someone threatened the South Regent, he and his men would retaliate with their lives, threatening to fire missiles at Riveria and other countries. They even made public announcement about it.
Simon went silent as well; it was a difficult problem to solve.
“So now what? Are we just going to let the South Regent roam free?”
“Not really.” Someone explained, “The Grand Marshal had a student. When he passed away, his student took over and defeated the South Regent. After the loss, the South Regent even swore never to cross the border.”
Simon was surprised. “Is this real?”
“It is. Because of the Grand Marshal’s student, Riveria saw real peace, but no one knows where he is now. If we can find him, we might be able to fight back or make the South Regent surrender.”
Simon’s eyes shone. He did not want to resolve things with conflict either as it would hurt the people and waste money.
Riveria had been peaceful for three years, and once another war broke out, the balance. would be disrupted. The GDP would also plummet.
Stephen would never join the cabinet as well.
“If we can find the Grand Marshal’s student, we can force the South Regent to surrender without shedding a drop of blood.”
After the meeting, Simon informed Stephen about the legendary student, “If you can find the student, you can stop the South Regent. Go! Find this student and claim credit for yourself!”
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The South Regent had already released the news of the abduction on the internet.
While the netizens were shocked, they wondered how Stephen and George would react.
Would they pay a hundred billion in ransom, or send troops over? Or something else entirely?
The call ended and Stephen was left in a dilemma.
Three years had passed since the previous conflict, so where should he start looking for this mysterious student?
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