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After leaving the hotel with Kastov for such a long time, Ethan could have easily tampered
with anything in their absence.
Marcos nodded and said, "Thanks."
Then, he closed the door and returned to his suite.
Kastov followed suit, not bothering to check his own room since Ethan's attention was
solely on Marcos and not him, the bodyguard.
He was not going to waste any time or equipment.
Kastov opened his encrypted luggage and took his laptop out, placing it on the hotel table.
He turned on the laptop and continued reviewing the intelligence he had collected for the
day.
All of them were about the Island of Despair...
The intelligence was sent to him from his informants around the world.
Some days, he received only a few reports, but on other days, he received several.
Today was one of those days when he had collected a lot of information.
However, more information did not mean it was better. The information he received was
repetitive most of the time.
Kastov lit a cigarette and started filtering out the duplicates, collecting only the useful
intelligence.
After filtering, he was left with only two pieces of useful intelligence.
“it's better than nothing," Kastov murmured as he snuffed out his cigarette and
documented the intelligence.
Although these reports were insignificant and useless to most people, Kastov had a better
understanding of the Island of Despair than others. He relied on these fragmented pieces
of intelligence, screening, integrating, and inferring to make sense of it all.
While the information might seem trivial to others, to those who harbored deep hatred
toward the Island of Despair like Kastov and Luke, this information held extraordinary
significance.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOn the other hand.
Luke and Luca returned to the villa together. Luke entered the bedroom opposite and
glanced at the computer that was still running.
The computer had been running for the entire afternoon and evening. It filtered out
several people based on the images. All of them had ethnic features. However, according
to the information collected by the computer, they had nothing to do with the Island of
Despair.
Luke did not give up and let the computer continue its search.
Then, he opened his email on another computer and looked at the message sent by
Kastov.
He could not help but feel impressed as he looked at it. The man Marcos had brought in
was perhaps the person who knew the Island of Despair the most, aside from the
members of the organization itself.
Luke did not have as much information as Kastov did.
Even though Luke could not find more information about the Island of Despair, this piece
of information was very helpful to him!
Luke's phone, which had been placed on the side, suddenly rang.
Luke picked it up. It was a call from Percy. He answered the call.
“What do they want?" asked Luke.
"They're asking for a 30 million ransom, but their conditions are strange. They specifically
ask for ten million in cash and the other 20 million to be transferred to a Swiss bank
account." Percy's voice was hoarse. It was as though his throat had been scorched by
liquor.
"How much time do they give you?" asked Luke.
There was no way he would let Percy hand over the ransom.
The reason why he had not spoken up earlier was that he wanted Pierre to suffer more.
After all, that bastard had done so many wrongful things. He needed to be taught a lesson.
The Mallory family members were reluctant to urge him to make a fresh start. Therefore,
he should just let those from the Island of Despair torture Pierre well and make him atone
for his past mistakes!
However, as the deadline for the ransom payment drew near, Luke could not just sit back
and watch anymore.
"One day," said Percy. "30 million isn't a problem. My grandfather has some money too.
It's just that I can't get the ten million in cash from the bank. Otherwise, the police will be
alerted. Do you have any cash?" asked Percy.
Percy had no choice but to ask them for some cash.
"There's only about two million in the safe, but I can bring it to you if you need it," said
Luke. He could not tell Percy that he already knew where Pierre was.
Otherwise, Percy would suspect that he knew this all along.
Percy and Pierre were brothers even though Pierre had done many ridiculous things and
hurt Nina. However, Percy did not want the police to be involved this time. This showed
that he only wanted Pierre to be taught a lesson.
However, the lesson learned should not come from the police or prison.
That was why their family had not reported to the police or alarmed them.
"I'll get it. I'll transfer the money to your bank account," said Percy.
He was not surprised that Luke only had this amount of cash.
In this day and age of electronic payments, who would leave extra cash lying around the
house?
Hence, having two million in cash was already within his expectations.
Just like this, he had already gathered five million dollars.
The rest was up to Jim and the assistant at the bank who could help him to withdraw some
cash without drawing the police's attention.
The Mallory family's daily capital flow was worth much more than just a few million.
The police would not suspect a thing as long as they did not withdraw too much money at
once.
"Alright, I'll bring the money to the company tomorrow. You can just go to T Corporation
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmand pick it up," Luke planned to have Gordan put on a show in front of Percy so that he
would not arouse any suspicion.
Still, what difference did it make if Percy doubted him?
Percy knew how much Luke looked down on Pierre. He was not involved in the kidnapping
case. Besides, Luke already did Percy a favor by providing clues to the Mallory family.
Luke believed that it would not affect their relationship even if Percy suspected him.
"Okay, I'll ask Jim again." Percy hung up the call.
Luke sat there, lost in thought for a moment. Then, he called Gordan.
"Brother Luke, are we going to make a move?" Gordan asked as soon as answered the call.
Leroy and the others had arrived. They were capable of fighting with the members of the
Island of Despair if they took action now. He was confident that he would be able to rescue
Pierre at the same time.
"It's almost time," replied Luke.
Gordan was confused. "Almost time? Should we make a move, then?"
why could he not understand what Luke was saying?
Luke explained to him, "The Island of Despair demanded a ransom of 30 million dollars
from the Mallory family. I'm not going to let them pay the ransom.”
Gordan finally understood what he meant.
However, he was still in doubt. "Boss, are you going to make a move when they transfer
the money to their bank account? Won't it be too late?"
After all, kidnappers nowadays were smart enough to ask for electronic transfers.
It would only take a second to transfer one's money to someone's bank account. It was
much faster than paying cash.
Gordan could not guarantee that he would be able to save Pierre when they were about to
transfer the money.
"The Island of Despair has given the Mallory family a day's time to prepare the ransom
before they transfer it to them," replied Luke.
Gordan was puzzled when he heard what Luke said. "A day's time? They've
underestimated the Mallory family. 30 million dollars is just a drop in the bucket for them.
Why would the Mallory family need a day to prepare it? It's just dilly-dallying."
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