The Lead Is Exhausted
Judging from how Old Master Leigh looks, he doesn’t seem to be lying. In that case, what the hell’s
going on with Johnny? thought Matthew to himself. “Old Master Leigh, I think that Johnny is way too
conceited and arrogant, and he doesn’t care about proprieties when doing things. Why would you let him
be the head of the Leigh Family?” he asked.
Old Master Leigh gave a look that suggested he had no other choice. “Mr. Larson, I didn’t want him to be
the head of the family either. But out of my five sons, four died young; he’s the only one who survived. If I
didn’t let him be the head of the family… who else could I appoint?”
Matthew frowned. So, at the end of the day, Old Master Leigh only let Johnny, the black sheep of the
family, be the head of the Leigh Family because he had no other choice. But this sounds so fishy to me.
Out of Old Master Leigh’s five sons, four died young, yet the most incompetent of them survived. Isn’t
that too much of a coincidence? After falling silent for a while, he ordered, “Call Johnny over. I’ve got
some questions for him!”
Old Master Leigh nodded. However, just as he was about to leave the room, someone rushed inside
and said excitedly, “Old Master, we don’t have to play nice with Matthew anymore! The others from the
Ten Greatest Families of Eastcliff are here! They’re here to back us up!”
Old Master Leigh was taken aback. He was somewhat puzzled. Why would the others from the Ten
Greatest Families of Eastcliff pop up all of a sudden at this very moment? Didn’t they say earlier that they
wouldn’t support what he and his family were doing?
On the other hand, Matthew knitted his brows. Isn’t it too much of a coincidence that those from the Ten
Greatest Families came at this very moment? Could it be that the third family working with the voodoo
clan in Orleans is manipulating all this from behind the scenes? But why would the family want to stop
me from doing anything to the Leigh Family? Could it be that there’s still another secret about the Leigh
Family that’s unknown to me?
While Matthew was puzzled, many had come in from the outside, and they were all key figures amongst
the Ten Greatest Families.
As soon as these people came in, they barked, “Don’t go too far, Matthew! The Leigh Family is one of
the Ten Greatest Families of Eastcliff, after all. How could you slaughter your way to the Leigh
Residence?
Do you really think that none of us will stand up to you? We, the Ten Greatest Families of Eastcliff, will
never sit by and do nothing about what happened today!” They kept yelling at Matthew, treating him as
an enemy.
Having basically gotten the answer he wanted from the Leigh Family, Matthew didn’t bother to clash with
these people head-on, of course. “Hmph, you guys came at such a right time, eh? Coming here at this
moment to be the good guys after the Leigh Family has apologized to me, huh? Tsk, tsk, since you guys
are so united, why didn’t you come earlier?” he mocked, before striding off with Tiger and the others.
On the other hand, Old Master Leigh exchanged a few words of greetings with those from the Ten
Greatest Families of Eastcliff before sending them away. Like Matthew, he couldn’t help losing himself in
deep thought. The few questions that Matthew had asked aroused his suspicions as well. Could it be that
Johnny isn’t just being reckless in attempting to gobble up the Telk Family’s business?
Meanwhile, as soon as Matthew left the Leigh Residence, he called Wilson, asking the latter who had
organized the rest of the Ten Greatest Families of Eastcliff to come to the Leigh Residence.
However, Wilson told him that the nine other greatest families had come to the Leigh Residence on their
own without anybody organizing them. This was because as soon as Matthew fought his way into the
Leigh Residence, the nine other greatest families of Eastcliff immediately heard a rumor.
The rumor said that Matthew had trodden the Ten Greatest Families of Eastcliff underfoot by fighting his
way to the Leigh Residence with his men, and the fact that the other nine families dared not make a
sound about this proved that the Ten Greatest Families were a bunch of good-for-nothings. Angered by
the rumor, the nine other families immediately came together and went to the Leigh Residence.
Upon hearing Wilson’s explanation, Matthew frowned at once. There was no doubt that the ones who
spread this rumor had to be the third family that was actually working with the voodoo clan.
However, the problem was that rumors were usually baseless, so there was no way to find out the
rumor’s sources. The lead is exhausted again! Seems like I’ve got to start with Johnny after all. I’ve got
to find an opportunity to interrogate him myself!
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