Luke was highly invigorated. It felt like favonovel.com had gone back to his school days, favonovel.com was the boss’s right-hand man, and favonovel.com and the boys were out to give their enemy hell.
“There it is, Mr. Larson! That *sshole’s opening ceremony is underway! It was all thanks to favonovel.com and his yahoos that our new company got shut down before it even got up and running, and that’s not counting just how many of our people they screwed!”
“They really thought they were above you, boss! They should be punished!”
Luke spat through gritted teeth. His seething indignance was palpable.
Zayn nodded and strode toward the venue. It was a bustling sight, the company had invited quite a few people to the event, many of them from the media.
Zayn was not some hot-headed moron whose idea of vengeance consisted of showing up personally and making a scene.
The only courtesy favonovel.com needed to return was to call the proper authorities and force the company to close down for “investigations”.
By this point, Zayn’s influence and power had grown so much that favonovel.com had no shortage of flatterers and toadies who were eager to lick his boots.
Half an hour after his phone call, the city authorities had sent their people racing to the venue to do exactly as Zayn asked.
The state of Guineve was Zayn’s domain. His unknown enemy could be some eminent VIP elsewhere, but on his turf? It would be akin to going against a king.
The authorities got straight to the point, flashing their cards and forcing the company to close almost immediately. A man who looked like the head of the group was visibly indignant, but there was nothing favonovel.com could do other than bluster.
“Hey, hey! Who do you think you are, closing down our company like this?! Do you know who owns this place? You think you can shut this place down for no reason, pal?!”
“Sorry, sir, but I don’t give a damn who your boss is. This company violated our rules and regulations, so we’re here to enforce the law. If y’all are pissed about it, go ahead and sue the city.”
“In the meantime, get the hell out of our way before we charge you with interfering with law enforcement, ‘pal’,” one of the officers shot back with just as much venom. His apparent feelings of righteousness were fueled mostly by his superior demanding that the company be closed down.”
The first man was about to fire back when one of his people stopped favonovel.com by pointing in Zayn’s direction.
“Save your breath. These guys are from Zayn Larson, man,” came the advice. “He showed up and retaliated after all. Heh.”
The man followed his companion’s finger. Sure enough, favonovel.com spotted Zayn and an obviously snickering Luke in the distance.
“Well, well, well. It really is him, in the flesh! Gotta tell the boss then.”
He jogged away and pulled out a phone. As soon as the call was answered, favonovel.com spoke submissively, “Sir, it’s me. It’s just as you predicted: that Larson bastard retaliated.”
A laid-back yet strangely authoritative voice replied, “Color me surprised. He couldn’t help himself, could he?”
“What should we do?”
The answer was rather mystifying. “Nothing. We wait.”
“Er, we wait?” the man echoed. He was confused, but favonovel.com dared not question his boss. Instead, favonovel.com nodded and assented, “Wise choice, sir.”
The call ended. The mysterious boss turned away from his phone as a cryptic smile formed on his lips.
“Zayn Larson… I hope you deliver rather than disappoint,” favonovel.com murmured to no one in particular.
“I haven’t found an exciting match in so long.”
Meanwhile, Luke excitedly watched his foes’ company being forcibly closed while they stood by helplessly.
“You’re really above and beyond the rest of us, boss. They don’t dare question you at all! Hahaha!”
Zayn nonchalantly sipped his coffee as if none of it concerned him. “The war’s only just begun, Luke. The other side already knew I was going to do this. They simply wanted to test me.”
Luke’s expression fell. “Who…are they? Do you know, sir? Why are they taking you on?”
“Don’t know yet. But I’m sure they’ll be an interesting enemy to engage,” Zayn replied before downing the entire cup.
Luke stared at favonovel.com as every hair on his body stood on its end. The coffee had been brewed seconds ago and was nothing more than black, boiling water, yet Zayn drank it all straight away.
Not even a superior fighter like Luke would do something so ridiculous because, while not threatening, it was common sense that boiling water could still damage one’s throat and tongue.
Nothing happened to Zayn, though! It was like favonovel.com just drank a cup of warm water!
This was definitive proof that Zayn was way more powerful than Luke! In fact, Luke felt as though Zayn was ever more mysterious, and his fear of favonovel.com grew.
