Robert fell silent, then spoke to his subordinates.
“Imply to them that we’re after Jayson today. See how they react. If they decide to move against us,
half of you move in to capture Jayson, while the other half stops them here. If our goals are the same,
assist them.”
With Robert’s decision made, the two forces surrounding the café looked at each other.
Robert’s subordinate spoke.
“Our targets are the last two people who went inside.”
Those words went straight to Brenton, who also made a split-second decision.
“They’re not enemies. We can work together. Cooperate with them and take them all down.”
While the two forces confirmed their direction, David smiled at Jayson’s body double.
“These documents are fine. Have you finished your check? Is the money good?”
Sierra smiled.
“Your word is as good as gold, of course, Mr. David. We’ll sign for it right now.”
David smiled and produced the documents that both sides had ready, getting the forms to sign for the
stock transfer ready.
At that moment, Jayson’s eyes darted and he looked sensitively towards his surroundings. Rapid
footsteps sounded.
“It’s a trap, scatter!”
At that, Jayson turned and got ready to flee, pressing a button to notify others to come assist.
But as he ran towards the secret passage he’d prepared, a group of people surrounded him.
He turned back around only to see people surrounding him on all sides.
Jayson sneered and looked at his pursuers.
“Have your master come out and let me talk with him personally! Otherwise, we can all die here
together!”
With that, Jayson ripped open the jacket he was wearing.
Everyone was taken aback. He had a bomb strapped to him.
The man had an actual suicide vest. Both sides reported the news to Brenton and Robert.
Brenton brought Sarah with him over, while Robert and Ivan also rushed over.
In less than ten minutes, both sides met up and cleared up each other’s’ identity right away.
No wonder they moved against Jayson at the same time. Robert greeted Brenton politely.
“What a coincidence today, Mr. Ellis.”
Robert actually didn’t retain too much of his past memories, but after he’d returned to his identity as
Robert Simpson, his secretary had given him a document showing the appearance of some of the
more important people to know. That was why Robert knew the person who’d come today was Brenton,
and the person behind him was Sarah.
“Feigning an opening was a good strategy. Lured out all the pests beside you.”
Brenton had heard the news of Robert’s death as well, but seeing Robert appear before him, he
understood that it’d been a strategy to fake his own death.
Both sides smiled at each other, then walked towards Jayson, who was surrounded by security.
Seeing Brenton and Sarah, Jayson wasn’t surprised. He’d guessed that the two were involved today.
Only, seeing Robert by their side, he grinned self-deprecatingly.
“I’ve underestimated you, Robert Simpson. Your faked death actually fooled me.”
Robert smiled faintly.
“It’s not some brilliant strategy. You just really wanted me dead, so even if I faked it, you wanted to
hurry up and get a share of my inheritance. You’re at the end of your rope, after all. Out of capital to
support any further action. Even if the death was fake, you had to start your own plans, right?”
“So what? You’ve caught me today; do you think I’ll just let you take me away? I just wanted to see
whose hands I’d die to. If this is the case, taking you all to hell with me doesn’t sound half bad, does
it?”
So Jayson said, already putting his hand on the detonator.
Ivan spoke to Robert.
“Get back, this man’s insane. If the bomb goes off, we really are all going to die.”
Jayson’s bomb really had everyone around him hesitating. Nobody knew if he had the nerve to press
the detonator or not.
If he did have that courage, everyone who approached him would be wounded or even killed.
But if that was just a gamble to have everyone back up, Jayson would definitely flee with that
opportunity.
Everyone hesitated in the moment.
Ivan felt like there was no need to gamble, though. After all, they knew who the backer was, and letting
him get one step away was fine. Jayson didn’t have too much power now, and even if he fled, there
were opportunities to catch him later. He urged Robert to retreat.
Brenton sighed as well.
“Let’s take a step back, Sarah. We can’t allow ourselves to be hurt.”
After all, Brenton felt like he’d pretty much won having forced Jayson this far.
He was old, and he wasn’t about to put his life on the line. He had plenty energy left to hunt Jayson.
In this game of cat and mouse, even if Jayson got away today, Brenton felt like he had a lot of chances
left. Even if they were misses, his people would only keep searching for Jayson, reducing him to a rat
cowering everywhere living every day in fear. That was revenge enough.
Seeing the people before him decide to leave, Jayson sneered, feeling they all didn’t have the guts to
raise the stakes.
“Come on. Let’s go.”
Robert finally made the decision to give up the chase on Jayson.
He didn’t care about him anymore. After all, the man was just an abandoned beast, going through his
death throes without being able to rise.
As for himself, he had a family, a daughter, a mother and son. He needed to get back to them. It wasn’t
worth gambling all of it against Jayson.
So Robert led his people and Ivan away, while Brenton also instructed everyone to get back. Nobody
was willing to bet that Jayson wouldn’t press the detonator.
Even they could see that if they backed up, Jayson would think of a way to leave.
But if they got close, there was the bomb. That was one gamble too high for everyone there.
So everybody backed up in unison away from Jayson and away from the bomb. Sarah took a few
unwilling steps back.
She watched as Jayson left through the fire exit and swiftly got on a car that was waiting for him.
“Jayson Mathis is an outlaw. If everyone forces him into a corner, he’ll take us all with him. But if we
back up, he’ll find some way to survive. Can we just never catch him in this life?”
Sarah turned her resentment on Brenton.
“You think he’ll live well from now on? With all the effort he’s put on Robert, it proves he’s barely got
any money. In his future days, he’ll hide away everywhere, and his subordinates won’t listen to his
commands anymore. He can’t work regularly, and it’ll be difficult just to feed himself. You really think
he’ll be living the life? Sometimes, true revenge isn’t killing them right away, but torturing them, making
him understand what it’s like to be better off dead.”
Brenton mocked, then comforted Sarah.
“Don’t get hung up on that, Sarah. Your revenge has already succeeded. The thing that Jayson cares
the most for is power and status. You’ve ruined that. And now, he could almost have risen again with
the huge inheritance, but you’ve destroyed his hopes again. He won’t ever come back from this.”
“I hope so.”
Sarah replied, her mood a bit sorrowful.
As for Robert, images of his appearance in D City were soon uploaded to the internet.
Media had also reported the bomb that almost went off in the café.
Of course, the media also simultaneously reported Robert’s sudden appearance, and the internet lost
their collective minds.
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