"Your rank isn’t high enough. Send soone else to talk!"
And he’d even killed the man for it?
This...
Everyone stared at Lin Mu in utter shock, wondering where he got such confidence.
"You... you killed Manager Zhang?" the other man asked, his face a mask of disbelief. In that mont, he seed to have forgotten his own predicant. "Don’t you realize you’re bringing disaster upon yourself?"
Fear was written all over his face. The Manager Zhang whom Lin Mu killed was the chairman of Miraculous Company’s own nephew, sent to Jiangbei to oversee formula research with Boheng Pharma. Of course, their true intention was to acquire those formulas. Others might not understand what Boheng Pharma’s formulas ant. It wasn’t just a constant stream of wealth; they held the power to change the balance of influence in certain regions. Therefore, the company’s upper echelon’s stance on these formulas was simple: cooperate if possible, but if not, just take them by force! Yet the chairman of this small company dared to kill the Miraculous Company chairman’s own nephew? If this isn’t courting disaster, what is?
PFFT!
Another flash of Sword Qi swept past. This ti, the man’s head rolled right off his neck.
Lin Mu put down the docunt, leaned back in his chair, and looked indifferently at one of Manager Zhang’s secretaries. "Now, you will notify your company’s higher-ups. Have your chairman co to see directly."
"I need an explanation!"
An explanation again! the secretary thought. She jumped in fright, her face pale. "Alright, I’ll make the call right away, right away," she stamred.
She was truly terrified. Two of the company’s executives were killed just like that? If I dare to hesitate, I’ll definitely die too!
While the secretary went to make the call, Lin Mu turned to Long Ao, who was kneeling on the ground.
"I was away from Jiangbei, and you’ve been extending your reach quite far, haven’t you?"
Hearing Lin Mu’s words, Long Ao trembled and stamred, "Mr. Lin, I..."
"I have told you before, everything you have now was given by . Taking it back would only take a single word from ."
A cold sweat broke out across Long Ao’s back.
"Mr. Lin, I can explain," Long Ao said through gritted teeth. "This is my fault. I shouldn’t have let people get involved in the company’s internal affairs. Please, Mr. Lin, give a chance."
Lin Mu did not respond.
A wave of relief washed over Long Ao. As long as Lin Mu doesn’t act directly, I still have a chance to fix this.
"Mr. Lin, I’ll have the others co and apologize to you at once," Long Ao said. He quickly called the other mbers of the Five Dragons and Six Phoenixes, urging them to get to the company imdiately to apologize to Mr. Lin.
As soon as the calls went out, all of Jiangbei was in an uproar.
Mr. Lin ca to Jiangbei? And not only that, the people we placed in Boheng Pharma had dirty hands and were collaborating with a company from Yue Province? Weren’t they just asking to die?
At once, all mbers of the Five Dragons and Six Phoenixes rushed to Boheng Pharma without delay.
「Over twenty minutes later.」
A fleet of luxury cars converged at the entrance of Boheng Pharma, drawing the shocked attention of passersby.
"Isn’t that Jiangbei’s Five Dragons and Six Phoenixes? Why have they all co together?"
"No idea, but by the look of it, sothing big has happened!"
"What kind of major event could stir all these people? This is unbelievable!"
「Inside the company’s conference room.」
The mbers of the Five Dragons and Six Phoenixes walked in with somber faces. When they saw the young man sitting in the main seat, their expressions changed drastically.
Then, under the shocked gazes of everyone else present, the eleven of them all knelt on the ground.
"Hua iniang pays her respects to Mr. Lin!"
"We pay our respects to Mr. Lin!"
They were a group of eleven people—five n and six won—with the youngest barely in their twenties and the oldest over fifty. But they represented the very top echelon of power in Jiangbei.
"May I ask why Mr. Lin has summoned us?" The oldest among them was Liu Yinglong, ranked third among the Five Dragons.
But don’t be deceived by his third-place rank; his influence was enough to shake half of Jiangbei. As the oldest, he had been the original leader of the Five Dragons in his early years. It was only Long Ao’s swift rise that later overshadowed him. Undeniably, the man possessed imnse power in Jiangbei.
He was the only one present who had never t Lin Mu, and he had, of course, missed the battle in Suzhou. His tone seed respectful, but it carried a hint of skepticism.
"I’ve called you here to confirm one thing." Lin Mu looked at the crowd, his expression utterly indifferent. "Do you want to live, or do you want to die?"
Live or die? Was that why he called us here?
Everyone’s face showed confusion, but when they saw the corpses on the floor, many of them turned pale as they began to guess what had happened.
Liu Yinglong, however, stood up and faced Lin Mu. "Mr. Lin, I don’t quite understand."
PFFT!
Without another word, a flash of Sword Qi instantly ended the man’s life.
Lin Mu withdrew his finger. "Since you don’t understand, you can die."
Seeing Lin Mu act so directly, the complexions of the others changed drastically. Liu Yinglong, one of the Five Dragons, was killed just like that?
"Mr. Lin, I admit my mistake!" a woman prostrated on the ground, her voice trembling. "I should not have been greedy for Mr. Lin’s company! From this day forward, I will follow your lead without question!"
"I as well!"
The others were utterly terrified. They recalled the battle in Suzhou. Back then, Lin Mu had faced several Grandmasters without an ounce of fear. Even Spirit Seer, the number one expert of the Southeast Five Provinces, was nothing more than his dog.
What gave them the right to oppose Lin Mu?
Many of them were filled with deep regret.
"Originally, you were all destined to die today," Lin Mu’s gaze was icy as he swept it across the people before him. "But, considering you all made the trip to Suzhou, I will let bygones be bygones this ti."
"If there is a next ti, I will kill you without hesitation!"
His voice, brimming with killing intent, echoed in everyone’s ears. No one dared to harbor the slightest dissatisfaction; they even thanked him respectfully.
"TSK, TSK. Such big talk."
Just then, a voice filled with disdain ca from outside.
A tall, upright middle-aged man walked in. He had graying hair, and while his face showed the signs of a weathered life, it also carried a dignified, mature charm. He was the very picture of a man in his pri.
"Allow to introduce myself. I am Jin, the general manager of Miraculous Compa—"
Before the man could finish speaking, a flash of Sword Qi streaked across his neck, and he froze on the spot.
"Rank’s too low. Get soone else."
The general manager of Miraculous Company... that’s effectively the second-in-command, right below the chairman. Killed just like that?
Those who recognized the man’s identity paled. Especially the secretary from before; she was so frightened her limbs went weak, and her hands and feet turned icy, leaving her unable to utter a word.
"The number!" Lin Mu demanded, looking at her.
Staring blankly at Lin Mu, the woman suddenly understood and hastily recited the phone number for the chairman of Miraculous Company.
The call connected quickly. Lin Mu spoke flatly into the phone, "You have one day to co see in Jiangbei. Otherwise, I will pay you a personal visit."
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