“Oh? The black market? Interesting!”
After he paced back and forth around them, he asked with a contemptuous smirk, “Do you think those from the black market can intimidate me? I can’t believe you have the audacity to bring up the rules of the black market in front of me! Are you not aware of my identity?”
Without a second thought, the man replied, “Fabian Norton.”
Those from the black market had their own ways of doing things to prevent them from being wiped out of existence. There were a selected few who would never be the target of the hitmen from the black market.
Should anyone from the black market try to accept the task to assassinate those on the list, they would have to face the wrath of the elites of the black market.
Needless to say, the hitmen were conscious of Fabian’s identity of being one of the selected few in the lists, because they had been warned to stay away from him prior to their recruitment.
“Since you’re aware, why don’t you let the cat out of the bag already? Although your party is from the black market, it isn’t tough to get to the bottom of this and find out who has hired you.”
Fabian continued asking with a smile in an attempt to figure out their actual identity. Otherwise, it would take him some time and effort to get to the bottom of it.
The man leading the party wasn’t convinced at all. He insisted, “My apologies, but we have to abide by the rules of the black market.”
Fabian was slightly disappointed. As he couldn’t gather any useful intel from the bunch in front of him, he beckoned his bodyguards to teach them a lesson.
What kind of joke is this? Since you have the guts to pick on my wife, I’ll have to let you know I’m not an easy target!
After his bodyguards took note of his instruction, he stepped forward. Grasping the arm of the man leading the party, Fabian’s bodyguard was about to break it, but a man stopped them in the nick of time.
“Hold on a second, Mr. Norton!”
When Fabian was about to leave, he heard someone stopping him. Thus, he bought himself to a halt and turned around with a smirk.
“Isn’t this Mr. Jackson?”
Fabian narrowed his eyes because he finally linked part of the missing pieces of puzzles together.
The man leading the party closed his eyes in anticipation of the misery that was about to befall him. When he heard Xavier’s voice, he felt a sense of relief because his arm would be broken for real should Xavier fail to show up in time.
However, the moment he heaved a sigh of relief, a loud crack was heard. As a result of the man’s piercing shriek, the customers of the restaurant looked in the direction of the conflicting parties.
Xavier’s face puckered in irritation. He gritted his teeth and said, “Fabian!”
Fabian guffawed and looked at the frustrated Xavier with a contemptuous look, asking in a provoking manner, “What’s wrong, Mr. Jackson? They have been following my wife and me for quite some time. Don’t you think I’m supposed to teach them a lesson? They weren’t by any chance been sent by you, were they?”
He directed a rhetorical question at Xavier and stepped forward, remarking sarcastically, “Could it be one of your attempts to get your hands on our company’s intel? Are you still trying to get ahead of us?”
Glaring at Fabian in the eyes, Xavier enunciated his reply, “Mr. Norton, I’m sorry to let you down, but I’m not such a despicable man!”
Standing in front of Xavier, Fabian took advantage of his height and peered at him while asking, “Oh? Does that mean you admit they have been sent by you?”
“Indeed, I have sent them!”
Although Xavier was infuriated, he had no intention to lie. Soon, he beckoned the hitmen he had hired to leave.
Similarly, Fabian’s bodyguards knew it was about time for them to leave the duo alone.
“Mr. Jackson, since you have sent someone to follow us, don’t you think you should explain yourself?” Fabian queried.
Although he was aware they had been sent by Xavier, he couldn’t figure out the rationale behind it.
He had merely brought up the part of gathering intel to provoke and insult Xavier. Since the five prominent families were closely affiliated, he was conscious Xavier would never resort to such petty tricks to achieve his goals.
