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chapter 476 A Quick and Decisive Battle
The luxurious palace contained a deathly silence, and Shawn’s cold voice echoed throughout its
massive hall.
The subordinate was completely tensed up in fright. Drumming up whatever courage he had, he
replied, “M-My lord, at the moment, we only have a small number of mechanical dogs with biotracking
capabilities. In addition, Mr. Hendrik is hampering the progress of our AI testing facilities.
Internationally, more and more of our experimental products are being blacklisted from further
development.”
His voice grew weaker as he finished his report.
Without a trace of emotion on his face, Shawn fell silent for a while. Then, he abruptly bursted with
anger.
Grabbing his subordinate by the collar, Shawn beat down on his face as he shouted, “Useless
imbeciles! The whole lot of you! You’re telling me that even with the combined might of two major
nations and the entirety of Veyris, you still can’t take care of someone like Hendrik?! Who the hell does
he think he is? Didn’t our AI testing facilities fall under the purview of the Veyrisian alliance committee?
How in God’s name did his influence reach all the way here?!”
Releasing the anger he had pent up for a long time, Shawn felt utterly resentful of Han at that moment.
Not only did he lose to Han in the field of romance, even his all but assured success with the
experimental products from the AI testing facility was now in jeopardy because of the latter’s tight rein.
Shawn was completely indignant.
He continued raining punches on his subordinate as he yelled. Soon after, the subordinate was beaten
completely to a pulp, then tossed away like an old rag.
Shawn looked down at the subordinate he abused, then with a disgusted look on his face, he ordered,
“Get this piece of trash out of my sight!”
The other subordinates standing to the side hurriedly dragged the beaten and bloodied person away.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShawn stopped one of them. With a stern glare, he asked, “How many mechanical dogs can we
mobilize right now?”
The subordinate that was stopped felt as though he had just been caught by a venomous snake. His
voice almost cracking from the fear, he replied, “F-Five, my lord. A lot of the necessary materials we
needed to develop the mechanical dogs have been locked down by Mr. Hendrik. We were only able to
muster so many–”
Shawn’s eyes gleamed, and he said, “That’s good enough. Send them all to Pasteria, and remember to
do it discreetly. I want you to bring me Sarah White!”
…
Nighttime. Victoria Precinct.
Leah had just had dinner and played with Carlotta. After which, she found Han in the study and asked,
“Babe, did you find anything on Mr. Ford?”
The strange text she had received earlier during the day made her very restless.
Her intuition was telling her it had come from Shawn Ford. However, no one had any new information
on Shawn. Not herself, Susan, or Han.
Noticing that she was upset, Han immediately put down the documents he was reading. Frowning, he
pulled her into his embrace and stroked her cold face with his slender fingers. He asked, “What’s
wrong? Why are you so afraid? The only thing I’m sure of is that he hasn’t returned to the country yet.
I’ve already set up an intricate security web nationwide. As soon as he steps into our borders, we’ll get
him.”
Leah was very relieved to hear Han’s words.
She snuggled into a more comfortable position in his embrace, then took out her phone to show him
the strange message she had received. “I got this today. I think it has to do with Mr. Ford. I know how
he works. Whenever he’s about to undertake a major scheme, he’ll try to rattle his opponent’s mentality
with some peculiar action and make them feel frightened.”
Seeing the gloomy expression on Han’s face, Leah got a little confused and asked, “What’s wrong?”
‘Why does it look like he’s angry? I don’t think I said anything wrong. All I did was tell him some of my
concerns.’
Seeing how oblivious Leah was made Han even more furious, and his gaze turned cold.
He pursed his lips, then said with a deep tone, “It seems like you understand him pretty well, hmm?”
‘You can even analyze his personality to such a detailed extent. I wish you knew me as well as you
know him’ he thought. A wave of jealousy filled every inch of his body, and the air around him grew
colder by the second.
Leah was speechless as she thought, ‘How is this even related?’
She said, “Stay on topic. I feel like he has been preparing some kind of major scheme during the time
he’s disappeared.”
Han was unfazed. Hugging her tightly, he frowned and said, “So what if he is? I’ve cut off all his puppet
strings. There’s nothing he can use to go against us now.”
Han didn’t think it was possible for Shawn to pull something from under his nose.
Leah sighed in relief at Han’s confidence, but she still warned, “But we still haven’t heard from him this
whole time. It’s like he’s just biding his time in the shadows before making a decisive strike.”
The idea of this made her very anxious.
However, Han paid her no heed. He looked at her coldly and said, “Instead of worrying about him, why
don’t you think about how to cheer me up? Ever since you came in, you’ve been talking about Shawn
Ford non-stop. I’m very upset right now.”
Leah finally came to and realized why Han was behaving the way he was. He seemed like he was in a
really bad mood.
…
If things were like they were in the past, he would’ve tried to physically force her mouth shut long ago.
However, he was a changed man now, and would patiently listen to her dronings.
She chuckled and lifted her head from his embrace, speaking softly, “Aww, babe. Can’t you see that it’s
precisely because I’m worried about us that I’ve come here to discuss things over with you?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe gentle tone of her voice was like the fluttering snow outside the window, slowly landing on Han’s
burning rage and making him weak.
While the negative feelings inside of him had dissipated greatly, Han was still dissatisfied. Pinching
Leah’s cheeks with his fingers, he said, “Don’t think you’ll get away with it that easily.”
“Then what do you want me to do?” Leah was a little confused, as she wasn’t good at comforting
others.
Not to mention, the person she was trying to cheer up right now was the Supreme Overlord Han
Howard. How was she supposed to know how to meet his demands?
Han revealed a playful smile and brought his face beside her ear, whispering in a low voice, “I want a
kiss.”
He had always been the one to initiate their kisses, so sometimes, he wanted her to make the first
move instead.
Leah’s face instantly flushed a bright red from that short request. Feeling her body grow hot from the
suggestive air between them, she argued, “I’m trying to be serious with you here!”
I should’ve known his head is always filled with stuff like this!
The embarrassed look on her face tugged at Han’s heartstrings. He raised his seductive lips slightly
and said, “I don’t mind kissing you too.”
He leaned in and pressed his lips square on Leah’s right as he finished his sentence.
The soft and cold sensation on his lips was melting him from the inside out.
As the night progressed, the blizzard outside got much heavier than before.
Under the blistering wind, the once bustling city gradually turned still and mysterious.
Several shadowy figures were quietly approaching the Victoria Precinct under the guise of the snow.
Moving like a gust of wind across the greenery, wherever these shadows passed, the snow fell from the
trees.
As they were approaching the Victoria Precinct, one of the shadows raised his hand and called for the
rest to halt.
“Remember your mission and don’t attract too much attention. Be quick and decisive.”
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