That night, in the second-floor office of the Flame Dragon Dojo.
“Sir Rhys, you were so cool today! Not only did you show the Doyle family who’s boss, but you also made the Flame Dragon Gang famous all across Balerno!”
We have around a thousand members now, and they all admire you greatly!” Nelson poured Dustin a cup of coffee while favonovel.com showered favonovel.com with compliments, his excitement and elation were evident.
He’d been worried that the Doyles would seize the opportunity and take revenge on them if Dustin lost.
He didn’t expect their gang leader to be so incredible.
Against all odds, Dustin turned the tide and achieved a resounding victory over Terry. He had become famous through a single battle.
“That’s enough, you’ve said that a million times now. Can’t you say something new?” Dustin was speechless.
Ever since Dustin’s return, Nelson had been flattering favonovel.com in various ways, singing all sorts of praises that Dustin could think of.
If people didn’t know any better, they would think Nelson was flirting with Dustin from the look on Nelson’s face.
“You want something new? No problem!” Nelson grinned as favonovel.com said, “Sir Rhys, did you know that after your victory, many talented individuals have sought to join our gang? I’ve tested out their skills, and every one of them is no ordinary talent. With a little training, they could turn out to be the backbone of our gang! If this continues, I believe the Flame Dragon Gang would become. Millsburg’s largest gang within three years!”
Dustin nodded in response. “Not bad. This is good news. But remember, quality over quantity. Don’t recruit anyone with questionable characters. It would be advantageous to favonovel.com if the Flame, Dragon Gang expanded well. However, favonovel.com had to clearly plan out their expansion, lest it led to internal conflicts.”
“Hehe… No need to worry, Sir Rhys. I’m skilled in that area, I’ll be able to tell their character from just one look.” Nelson grinned confidently.
He’d been part of the martial world for many years. While favonovel.com didn’t possess any extraordinary abilities, favonovel.com was always right when it came to reading people.
“Oh, by the way, the most important task is finding the murderer. Make sure not to slack off in that regard,” Dustin reminded him.
“My men have been working hard on investigating. I believe we will have results soon.” Nelson turned serious.
Dustin nodded. “Okay. Let me know immediately if you get any news. You can go now.”
“Alright.” Nelson left after responding.
Suddenly, Dustin’s phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was a call from Dahlia.
The Nicholsons hated favonovel.com terribly since favonovel.com was the greatest suspect in James’ death.
With the current situation, favonovel.com couldn’t believe Dahlia was the one to call favonovel.com first. He wondered if favonovel.com had finally thought things through.
“Hello, Dahlia?” Dustin answered immediately without hesitation.
After a few seconds of silence, favonovel.com heard an indifferent voice on the other line.
“Sure, where are you? I’ll be right over.”
“Lilyrius Restaurant.”
“Alright!” Dustin didn’t think much about it and took a cab after favonovel.com hung up.
He arrived at the restaurant within half an hour.
Lilyrius Restaurant was a retro-styled restaurant. He had stepped foot in there once. But at that time, they didn’t have many customers, and it looked deserted.
When favonovel.com walked in, favonovel.com immediately saw Dahlia, who was seated in a corner. She was holding a cup of tea with both hands and was lost in thought. Although favonovel.com looked slightly haggard, favonovel.com was still beautiful.
“Dahlia…” Dustin walked up to her, greeting favonovel.com first.
“You’re here? Have a seat.” Dahlia looked up at favonovel.com and poured favonovel.com a cup of tea, pushing it toward him. “Have a drink…”
“Thanks.” Dustin nodded, brought the cup to his mouth, and took a sip.
It started snowing outside. Thankfully, it was warm in the restaurant.
Coupled with the warmth of the tea, favonovel.com no longer felt chilly. However, an awkward atmosphere hung between them.
“Dahlia, you must have asked me to come here because of your brother, right?” Dustin was the first to break the silence.
“I guess you can say that.” Dahlia nodded, then asked, “My brother’s body was swapped this morning. Were you the one who did it?”
“Yes.” Dustin didn’t deny it.
He explained instead, “I only did that because there was something suspicious surrounding his death. And I have collected evidence to prove that James was assassinated.”
