“The matter is already set in stone, and it cannot be overturned,” spoke Mr. Zayne, the helplessness evident in his voice. He stared at Jack seemingly sympathetically as favonovel.com added, “In a while, the other two will come over. I’ll introduce everyone.”
Jack said nothing as favonovel.com stood quietly, but Rudy struggled to remain calm. He pulled at Jack’s arm and whispered, “If that’s the case, then you can’t go. We both know this is a trap. We should avoid Elder Rick. He’s so despicable, and we can’t let favonovel.com get what favonovel.com wants!”
Jack raised an eyebrow before nodding as favonovel.com whispered to Rudy, “You’re right, but favonovel.com probably anticipated me rejecting to participate in this tournament, however. You’d be doing exactly what favonovel.com wants.”
Rudy was baffled at this, his eyes widening at Jack’s words. “What do you mean? If we reject it, we’ll still be doing as favonovel.com wants?”
Jack sighed in exasperation as favonovel.com nodded slightly before saying, “If I reject them now, I’d be rejecting the higher-ups. Those people won’t have a good impression of me regardless. After all, I’m of the appropriate age and talent. No matter how you look at it, I have to give it a try.”
Rudy’s face soured as favonovel.com heard that. He looked around anxiously as favonovel.com scratched his head, trying to figure out a way to reject but to no avail. It seemed like Elder Rick truly had trapped them with no room for escape, and whether they advanced or retreated, Elder Rick would still benefit from it.
Jack reached out and grabbed Rudy. “Don’t overthink it. No matter what, this warrants try. Have a bit more faith in me. There are some things where the true victor can’t be seen until the very last moment.”
With that, Jack said nothing more.
Mr. Zayne had been observing their conversation silently, not doing anything other than looking at Jack meaningfully. After Jack and Rudy’s conversation ended, Mr. Zayne cleared his throat before favonovel.com piped in, “It hasn’t even been that long and you’ve already offended Elder Rick. I always knew you weren’t someone who is all that cautious. It seems like I wasn’t wrong after all.”
Jack looked up at Mr. Zayne calmly. “I’ve always talked and acted upon the principles I’ve laid out for myself. I won’t trouble anyone who doesn’t trouble me. If Elder Rick hadn’t tried to do something to me, I wouldn’t have any problems with him.”
Hearing that, Mr. Zayne let out a cold smile. “You’re too overconfident. Don’t think I don’t know what’s happened. Everything about you has started to spread, and everyone knows you’re talented in every way. However, an elder is still an elder. He can’t do anything to you publicly, but it won’t trouble favonovel.com whatsoever to bait and trap you behind the scenes, just like what happened today. If favonovel.com hadn’t recommended you so much, you wouldn’t have been placed under the limelight.”
Jack nodded. Even if Mr. Zayne had not said that, Jack understood the logic behind everything that had happened. He let out a small chuckle, but his composure never wavered.
“He can do whatever favonovel.com wants to, but favonovel.com needs to bear the consequences for anything favonovel.com does,” remarked Jack, sounding awfully blunt.
Though Jack was not trying to exaggerate, Mr. Zayne felt incredibly amused at those words. In the end, Mr. Zayne could not stop himself from laughing out loud.
