After Matthew had walked away, Claire led the other rich kids and together, they dragged Charlie and
his friends to a corner.
The reason they had faced such a brutal punishment that night was thanks to the trio.
Hence, sparing them was out of the equation.
Meanwhile, Matthew entered the largest private room located at the penthouse and sat down together
with the heads of the Ten Greatest Families.
Philip began the discussion.
"Mr.Larson, let's get down to business.Billy Newman has left and he won't be coming back, so
someone should take over his legacy.Many years ago, the Ten Greatest Families made an agreement
with Mr.Newman that we would be given priority in taking over everything that belonged to Mr.Newman
in Eastcliff if he leaves.What do you say, Mr.Larson?"
Upon hearing that, Matthew answered, "I’m sorry, but I have never heard about this agreement from
Mr.Newman.Besides, although he has left, his daughter is still around.Therefore, his descendent
should be taking over all the assets that Mr.Newman left behind, no?"
In other words, Matthew implied that the Ten Greatest Families had no rights to inherit Billy's properties
since they were not Billy's descendents.
All the heads of the families were annoyed, but the head of the Fisher Family was the first to voice out
his rage by smacking the table.
"Matthew Larson, don't get too cocky! I'm warning you—this is Eastshire, not Eastclifft"
Matthew scoffed in response.
"So, what? The last time I was in Eastshire, you guys failed to keep me despite having sent so many
people to stop me!"
"You—"
The head of the Fisher Family was so pissed that he nearly flipped the table, but he was stopped by
Philip.
Philip nonchalantly looked at Matthew.
"Young men shouldn't be too greedy! You won't be able to keep things that don't belong to you! I
believe that you are aware that being too cocky will only get you into trouble."
Matthew darted them a look and chuckled coldly.
"Of course I'm aware of the character of the Ten Greatest Families.You guys not only want Billy's
assets, but everything that I have in my hands as well! However, I'm afraid that it won't be easy to
snatch all these from me even with the strength you all possess now!"
Instead of being mad, Philip chuckled.
"Would you like to give it a try?"
"I'm now here in this room.What do you think?" Matthew asked.
Philip's expression fell and he forced a smile.
"What do you mean?"
Matthew sneered, "What do I mean? Philip, the Ten Greatest Families have never planned to talk
things out with me since the very beginning; your plan has been to take my life.
What else could your purpose be when you were willing to say so many nice words downstairs just to
persuade me to come upstairs?"
He paused, then surveyed the surroundings and continued, "The Ten Greatest Families have spent a
fortune to hire thirteen gold-rated assassins.They must be lying in ambush nearby, right?"
At that moment, the expressions of all the heads of the family sank.
The truth was just as Matthew had mentioned—they had indeed spent a hefty amount of money to hire
thirteen gold-rated assassins to deal with Matthew.However, this was a secret only the ten of them
should have known.
How did Matthew find out about this? Seeing that the plan had been exposed, Philip stopped hiding his
intention and muttered, "H-How did you know about this?"
As soon as he had said that, a cold voice rang from the door.
"It was me who told him! Any employment of gold-rated assassins in the Six Southern States will not
escape my eyes!"
Then, the door was kicked open.
Everyone looked in that direction, only to see the crown prince swaggering into the room with an
arrogant expression along with a large group of men behind him.
Everyone's expression became dark upon seeing him.
Philip bellowed, "Prince, what's all this? This is an internal issue of Eastshire.Could it be that the
Poison Spider of Mightwater is meddling with the matter of Easthire? Hmph! If Master Levi finds out
about this, I wonder how you are going to explain it to him!"
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