His Lordship Alexander Kane

Chapter 0502 To any Joe on the street, a finger snap was harmless, powerless, and half the time, not even loud.

However, Alexander was no average Joe.

A crisp wave of energy rippled out from his fingertips, spreading fast and wide in hundred meters in every direction, swallowing the masked man whole, It was like a symphony of meta] and the sound of destruction, The man's black iron abacus, which was tougher than steel, shattered in ap instant. Beads flew like shrapnel, tearing into his flesh, shredding his chest, gut, chin, and arms, leaving

J *15BONUS nothing but a bloody pulp and the chilling glint of exposed bone, { k He screamed in agony.

In that instant, the man in black | screamed in terror. With no time to think, his feet kicked the ground so hard he created a crater, and with the force of the recoil, he bolted like a madman.

He soared through the air, cover ing a good seventy meters in a single bound, then kept running, fleeing into the night as if the devil himself was on his heels.

"Trying to get away?" Alexander's smile was a sliver of ice as he tapped the ground with the tip of his shoe and launched into the air, ready to give chase.

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\ "Amber?" He landed and checked his phone. With a glance at the retreating darkness, he let out a soft laugh and gave up the chase, swiping to answer the call.

"Hey, what's up?" Amber's voice buzzed with exc itement "Alex, our new skincare line for the north is almost ready. It's way better than our first try. Get this, it's twenty percent cheaper to make! "If it hits the shelves, we're looking at a forty percent profit jump. People are gonna love it." Then that was some news, Alexander let out a relieved sigh, picturing his wife's beaming face,

WF 19 BONUS "Amber, once we wrap this up, you've got to come up north. It's been too long. Do you miss me? "And bring Olivia. She's gotta be itching to see her dad by now." Amber's voice warmed over the phone, a hint of a blush in her words. "The lab team says it will take three days tops to wrap the trials. If Olivia's out of school, we'll be there." Three days, and he would be with Amber and Olivia, Alexander's eyes sparkled with hope as he gripped his phone. "Amber, 1']] wait for you!" The call ended with a soft click. He spun on his heel and dasheq back to the scene of the earlier skirmish, With a graceful sweep of his hand, he began

SEE er = collecting the shattered pieces of an abacus scattered on the ground.

\ One by one, he pieced the fragments together until a pattern emerged: a maple leaf. The abacus was not fully reassembled, but the symbol was unmistakable. His attacker, the masked figure in black, was undoubtedly from the Black Maple Organization. After lying dormant, they had resurfaced.

Deep into the night, at the estate of the Jess family in the northern territories.

one of the ten elite clans, a figure coughed violently in the darkness, Battered and bent, he stumbled to the Jess family's gates, yanked off his black mask, and fell to the ground.

"Third Master?!" The guards stationed at the gates were about to intervene

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\ It was Erick Jess' own brother, the third-ranking member of the Jess family, known as Gerald Jess, or Mister Gerald Jess to those who respected him.

The estate erupted into chaos.

The sound of hurried footsteps filled the air as servants rushed into the head's bedroom with steaming water and expensive medicinal herbs and emerged with basins stained with blood.

"Mister Erick!" Next to the time-worn bed, the family's loyal butler stood with a look of deep sorrow as he watched over Gerald, who was barely clinging to life,

"Mister Gerald is critically injured. His organs are pulverized, and his life channels are severed. Even his neck and throat are damaged..." with a thunderous crash, Erick's eyes, red as blood, shattered a priceless | antique vase with a single strike, his roar echoing through the room.

"Find Ghost Hand Reed at any cost and bring him here immediately. We have to save my brother.

"I need to know what the hell happened tonight!"