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Chapter 1040: How far can he push his luck?

Chapter 1040: How far can he push his luck?

Meanwhile, in the middle of the desert, four men stood under the scorching heat. There was a great distance between each of them.

"Bernard Gambone," Elliot Dunkel remarked as soon as his eyes fell on the person standing behind Dominic. "I’ve always wondered why a man such as yourself is now working for Mr. Zhu. But then again, I must admit Mr. Zhu can be quite... terrifying."

Elliot shifted his eyes to the other old man in the area. "Don’t you agree, Mr. President?"

"Dunkel, as much as I want to chat with you, you’ve already wasted so much of my time," the other person, Ram, pointed out calmly. "If that is what you planned from the beginning, you should’ve brought refreshments. I am old and being under this heat is dangerous for me."

"It wasn’t my idea to meet in the middle of the desert," Elliot defended in the same tone. "It was Mr. Zhu’s idea to meet in such a setting. Even I am drenched with sweat. Moreover, although it’s a shame that you see it as wasting your time, I’m not completely the one to blame. Someone intruded the Interpol, and someone has to take the heat for not bringing in at least one intruder."

"The higher-ups were very pissed," he added. "Hera Cruel surely is someone who would compel one to put everything on the line."

Bear instinctively glanced at Dominic’s side, only to see the man’s unfazed reaction. Ram, on the other hand, raised his brows.

"So, it was true, huh?" Ram hummed, pleased to hear that Hera seemed to be back to her old self. "That’s a relief."

"Relief? Well, I guess it is for you." Elliot chuckled, finding it amusing how Ram would consider Hera’s comeback a relief when the majority dreaded it. "The shame she put us through surely warrants greater interest from not just the Interpol, but from everyone in the underground. From what I heard, everyone is on the move... except Dragon. I don’t think he still has the means, though. Isn’t that astounding?"

One second, Dragon seemed to be at the top of the world. But then, in the blink of an eye, he was gone. Although this wasn’t new in the underground, one would expect it wouldn’t be easy.

"Hera is off the table," said Dominic, without riding the carousel Elliot was leading. "As long as you agree, I don’t care what else you need from me."

Elliot furrowed his brows as he squinted his eyes at Dominic. Ram, on the other hand, also looked at Dominic with curiosity. Ram and Dominic managed to get in contact before Dominic’s inauguration. Dominic proposed a very tempting offer, and in turn, Ram would help Dominic in faking his death.

The problem was that Hera woke up and ’regained’ her memories.

"Mr. Zhu, this is a surprise," Elliot mused. "I didn’t know you knew her. Were you... friends? Or are you someone she crossed in the past?"

"Hera Cruel did a lot of unspeakable to me," Dominic replied. "She’s mine."

Ram snickered, glaring at Bear. "Is this how it is, Bernard?"

Bear was unfazed by the dark aura coming from Ram’s direction. He kept quiet, letting Dominic do the talking. After all, this was what Dominic had planned ever since he figured his wife had returned to her original body.

"Let’s not fight." Elliot raised his hands. "We are here because we have the same goal: for me, it was to clean the Interpol. Mr. President also needs help because of the pests that have been plaguing his country. And Mr. Zhu to get rid of the unwanted attention he had been getting from the bad guys."

Elliot sighed, wiping the sweat on his forehead. "But as much as I hate it, I don’t think Hera Cruel wants that, Mr. Zhu."

"I know, but I’m not planning to give her a choice."

"I don’t know what sort of past you and Hera Cruel had, but you are inviting Satan herself into your life," Elliot stressed, almost amused at Dominic for going after Hera. "You don’t want her coming after you, Mr. Zhu."

He didn’t know if Dominic was simply brave or a fool. Even Elliot couldn’t do anything against Hera at the moment. He could try to take advantage of the situation. After all, Hera was still gathering her forces. However, after meeting Hera, Elliot wasn’t so confident anymore.

That woman could be pure evil. One must tread carefully.

Dominic let out a short laugh at Elliot’s remarks. His reaction warranted a curious look from Ram and Elliot.

"My apologies." Dominic cleared his throat. "It just crossed me how far I can push my luck."

"Not too far," Ram replied, shaking his head. "I’ll kill you myself before you can even touch her."

Dominic smiled at Ram but said nothing. He then shifted his eyes to Elliot. The two of them stared at each other in silence until Elliot sighed.

"Hera Cruel isn’t on my list at the moment. I don’t see her as a threat. For now," Elliot expressed, keeping the rest of his sentiments to himself for confidentiality. "Though I can’t promise, knowing Hera’s enemies were far more astounding than one could imagine. The list you’ve handed me, we’re not done reviewing it. But so far, it confirmed many things for me."

Elliot then shifted his eyes to Ram. "I shouldn’t be surprised that the majority of the General Assembly were not any better than any felons we’ve captured. After all, a president of a country is a felon himself."

"Hehe." He chuckled, recalling something that Hera uttered. "She said she was curious to see me fight the monsters without becoming one. It hurts my pride that she made me feel I’m going to let her down."

Elliot paused, setting his eyes back to Dominic. "Your donation helped Interpol temporarily solve its funding problems we’ve been having for quite some time now. I won’t touch Hera Cruel, though that’s the best I can do. I can’t stop the higher-ups from giving out an order to kill her on sight."

"It’s alright." Dominic nodded. "As long as it’s not you directly, it’ll be fine."

"And Mr. President..." Elliot trailed off as he felt a vibration in his chest. He raised a finger to them as his other hand pulled out his phone from his suit pocket. He only listened to the other end of the line for less than fifteen seconds before he said, "I’m on my way," and then hung up.

"I’m sorry, gentlemen," Elliot flashed them a smile. "It seems while we’re too busy planning to hide our corruption to take down the bad guys, the bag guy is already on the move."

Ram, Dominic, and Bear looked at Elliot sternly.

"Hera Cruel is so hard to fight for," Elliot clicked his tongue. "She’s making the Interpol her clean-up buddies."

Just then, Dominic also felt his phone vibrate. Checking it out, he snapped his eyes at Elliot.

"I’ll be wiring more donations in an hour," said Dominic. "Next will be Dimitri, right at your doorstep."

With that being said, Dominic turned on his heel and walked away. Bear glanced at Ram for a moment before following Dominic. Ram kept his eyes on Bear and then on Dominic’s back.

"Any idea what his connection is with Hera Cruel?" Elliot asked before parting ways with them.

"No idea," said Ram, shifting his sharp glares at Elliot as he turned around to leave as well. "But what I’m more curious about is where is he getting all that money."

Elliot raised his brows and rubbed his chin. "Now that I think about it, the amount he sent me was half of his net worth. Yet, the promised amount is twice as much as his net worth." He blinked and blinked, but then he didn’t dwell on it.

Elliot wasn’t so interested in where Dominic was getting his unlimited source of money. Who knew? Dominic might’ve stashed secret funds to avoid taxes. Little did everyone know, the money Dominic was burning without care was not his, but his wife’s.

Surely Dominic was pushing his luck farther than one could imagine.

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