There were signs of tears in Sylva’s eyes. “He told me last night that they might as well just kill him if they wanted to force him to do anything. The only reason he would kill himself is if they threatened him with me.
“Conrad is a ruthless man, and I would not put it below him to threaten Zayden with my life. That’s probably why Zayden made such a decision.
“When he told me that last night, he had said something else too. He told me that you would be confused, and if he guessed it right, then it meant he had won.”
Although he was dazed, Jasper sighed softly and got up to say again, “My condolences.”
Sylva waved his hand dismissively and murmured, “I’ll be going now. Whatever that happens after this, well that will have nothing to do with me at all.”
After speaking, the elderly man slowly walked away. Jasper felt a surge of indescribable fury bubble within him as he watched the other man leave despondently.
‘Conrad, Kennedy, and Sirius are getting out of hand.
‘There’s no saying what these three would do for the sake of their own profits.
‘Sure, Zayden was bad, but he had already gotten his punishment. Yet they still hired killers to deal with him.
‘Was this necessary?
‘Not at all.
‘Because Zayden’s death did not affect the situation at all.
‘But they did it anyway.
‘Was this a demonstration?’
Jasper suddenly saw the image of Conrad scoffing at him in his mind. He was in his tunic and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, highlighting his gentlemanly appearance.
After calling Julian, Jasper decided that he would look for Dawson at Schuler Group right away.
Seeing how Conrad and Kennedy were about to make a move, Jasper and Dawson had to make preparations to counter them as well.
Upon meeting the man, Jasper told Dawson everything that was about to happen. Dawson was furious.
“What a large attack! We’ve got 20 to 30 projects here in the entire province. Do they think that they can just attack us like this without getting bitten back in the *ss?” Dawson scoffed.
“Then I’ll have to trouble you with this, Uncle Schuler,” Jasper said.
“No problem. This is right up my alley.” Dawson nodded and asked, “But what are you planning to do?”
“It’s only right that I return the favor.” Jasper chuckled, playing around with the trinkets on Dawson’s office table. Calmly, he spoke, “If they want to fight, then let’s start a full-out war.”
Jasper had two things to do next.
The first was to inform the Law family.
Zachary was more enraged than he was and immediately bought Henry a ticket for the next flight over to the Southeast Province to help Jasper. Zachary promised as well that he would not give Kennedy the chance to attack the Mainland for the time being.
With the Langdon family dealt with, Jasper then called Gale.
It took more intellect to talk to Gale, as the two were technically plotting against each other in some sense. However, that did stop mutually beneficial trades between the two.
“The Waterhoof City branch will fully support you. I will pass the order to ensure that they do,” Gale replied with a beam.
“But I want the Monty family’s aluminum mine.”
Jasper replied calmly, “Old Master Hurlbutt, you’re not a young man anymore. What are you going to do with so much money anyway?”
Gale laughed aloud. “I am old and indeed do not have much use for money anymore. But the people under me are motivated by benefits, after all.
“Of course, I could give it to you should you wish. I could give you a large sum of funds as well. All I wish is 15% of JW Capital’s shares.”
Jasper replied without hesitation, “JW Capital is the parent company of all my other subsidiaries. There’s no way I can agree to that. You can have the mine.”
“I will help you this once, sly child. Go wild.”
