Chapter 245: Chapter 239: Who is He? (Part 2)
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Butterfly staggered, feeling a bit hazy as she pushed open the door of a house. They were temporarily renting this house as their base in Celeston City. By the time Butterfly entered, the sky was at its darkest point before dawn. Seeing Butterfly come in, the two people inside, one big and one small, immediately rushed over, surprised and asking, “What happened to Butterfly? What’s wrong?”
“No, nothing.” Butterfly said, looking somewhat emotionally unstable as she addressed her two sisters.
“What the hell happened?” asked the tall beauty, staring at Butterfly. “Tell us quickly. Don’t shoulder something alone. Did you expose us? Or were we found out?”
“Rose, it’s the man we were investigating.” Butterfly paused, then said.
“The man we were investigating? Finn Lewis or Kay Lee?” The tall beauty raised her eyebrows and retorted.
“It must be Finn Lewis, right? Kay Lee doesn’t seem to live in that villa, so it can only be Finn Lewis.” A girl who was about 1.5 meters tall and had an exquisite babyface said, looking about thirteen or fourteen years old.
“Lola, you’re in charge of gathering intelligence. Are you sure the information you’ve gathered is correct?” Butterfly suddenly snapped back to reality, turning directly to Lola and asking.
“Of course it’s correct! I hacked into the student record database of a big university, found his information – Finn Lewis is indeed just an ordinary student. As for why he got so much money in such a short time, I’ve almost figured it out. The only thing I could find is that he seems to have sold a piece of software to A company, apparently earning him a lot of money – at least several billion Federal coins.” Lola, who was basically a teenager, said.
“Several billion Federal coins? What software? How come you didn’t mention this before?” Butterfly asked in surprise.
“It doesn’t seem to affect our mission, does it? Butterfly, are you interested in him and planning to seduce him to be a rich son-in-law? But it seems you’re too late; he seems to be interested in Kay Lee.” Lola laughed.
“That’s not it, that’s not the key issue. I met Finn Lewis tonight.” Butterfly paused, then lifted her head to speak with a serious face.
“What?!” Both Rose, whose face was full of smiles, and Lola cried out in surprise. They had only been guessing before, but now Butterfly had actually met Finn Lewis, and evidently, it was more than just a simple encounter.
“Tell us everything you experienced tonight.” Rose said in a decisive tone.
Butterfly did not hide anything, immediately recounting everything she had just gone through. After finishing, the atmosphere in the room became eerily silent. After a while, Rose suddenly slapped the table and stood up with a furious look on her face: “We were betrayed!”
“Impossible!” Lola immediately denied, “Not to mention that we had no involvement with Finn Lewis before, he couldn’t possibly have known about our background, let alone our attempt to sabotage him. If it weren’t for his encounter with Butterfly, he probably wouldn’t know about it at all. What’s more, even our employer doesn’t have a clear understanding of our information, he only knows the names we use for publicity.”
“Then how did he manage to find all our information within such a short span of time?” Rose directly challenged.
“Golden Blade made a major mistake.” Lola replied calmly.
“Golden Blade? What do you mean?” Rose looked a little panicked. “Not that Golden Blade betrayed us, but we wrongly assessed Finn Lewis’s
strength. We thought he was just an ordinary person, or a nouveau riche at most, but from beginning to end we ignored one piece of information.” Lola’s face began to grow serious.
“What?” Butterfly couldn’t help but ask.
“Think about it – if he was an ordinary person, even if he developed a fantastic software, how much money do you think A company would give if you went to negotiate with them? Or to put it more frankly, based on the information we got from Finn Lewis, do you believe that, with his experience of over twenty years, he could accurately estimate the value of the software he developed? Instead of several billion Federal coins, if they gave him a hundred million Flame Nation coins, he’d probably already be knocked out, wouldn’t he? His experiences dictate his vision, and his past meant his scope was extremely limited. There’s no possible way that he could sell it for such a high price! Even if the software he developed is worth far more than he could ever imagine.” Lola looked at the two of them, then said slowly.
White Rose and Butterfly exchanged looks, acutely aware of the truth. Even for them, accustomed to big money and with a considerable amount of life experience, the amount of several tens of billions of Federal coins was an astonishingly large number, let alone hundreds of billions. They had seen first hand Finn Lewis’s experiences – how could he possibly make a correct evaluation of his product?
As Lola Collins said, never mind tens of billions of Federal coins, with merely a hundred million Flame Nation coins, Finn Lewis would probably be stupefied.
If Finn Lewis were to know what Lola and Butterfly were discussing right now, he would probably cry himself to sleep in the restroom! Motherfucker! He had simply sold himself for just a hundred million Flame Nation coins! Just one hundred million Flame Nation coins! Back then, Finn Lewis felt that the amount was enormous, an unimaginable number!
“What do you mean exactly?” White Rose couldn’t help but ask.
“My point is, he is not what we think he is. Behind his facade, or rather at his back, there are others providing him with sufficient information. Isn’t it absurd how a man ordinary for twenty years suddenly, within two short months, had a net worth that exceeded tens of billions of Federal coins? What do you consider this to be? A fantasy legend? Or science fiction? Without other people behind him or a powerful organization, this is simply unachievable.” Lola spoke with conviction.
“So what do we do now?” Butterfly asked anxiously, “All our information has been exposed by him. Do you know what’s worse? The bodyguard who escorted me back didn’t question me at all and took me right back directly to our rented house.”
“What?! Why didn’t you mention this earlier?” White Rose stood up immediately, exclaiming in shock, “This isn’t good, we must relocate immediately. For all we know, the police could be on their way already.”
“If he wanted to hand us over to the police, Butterfly wouldn’t have knocked on the door; a police officer would have.” Lola stalled the frantic White Rose and reassured her.
“So what do we do now?”
“We withdraw. Tell Golden Blade we are out, inform the employer their investment does not match the subject under investigation. That person is an idiot. If Finn Lewis did as you claimed, fully investigate all our information within minutes, Bryski Miller would be as insignificant as an ant, easily crushed at any time.” Lola chuckles coldly as she spoke decisively.
“What do you mean? Are you suggesting I’m lying?” Butterfly burst out angrily.
“Of course not, I was just making a comparison. And lamenting. The world truly has many men unfit to measure their own capabilities. He’s terrible and a fool, unaware of the strength of his opponent. He’s recklessly antagonizing others without due consideration – isn’t this poking the tiger’s whiskers and courting disaster? He’s not only seeking death but also implicating us.” Lola glanced at Butterfly, her expression returning to her typical playful grin.
“Lola, do you have any solutions? If Butterfly’s account is true, I’m afraid we can never escape this man. What if he uses our information to blackmail us?” White Rose asked, worriedly.
“Blackmail, based on the strength he’s shown so far, I’m afraid we’re not even qualified to be blackmailed. I have my own suggestion. If you want to avoid trouble and live peacefully in the future, the best opportunity is when Golden Blade speaks to the employer. As for us, we could provide the employer’s information to Finn Lewis for free.” Lola snapped her fingers.
“But… Then our reputation will be completely ruined. You should know the consequences of betraying an employer in our line of work.” White Rose’s face was filled with hesitation.
“Now, change the question, is our life important, or is the employer’s information important? Anyway, if it were up to me, I would definitely choose to provide the information free of charge to Finn Lewis, rather than stand on the side of the employer.” Lola shrugged.
“Alright, let me think. Also, contact Golden Blade.” After contemplating for a while, White Rose stood up and spoke.
The morning sun shone into the room, awakening Emma Lewis with the ring of the doorbell. She put on her robe, before walking towards the living room door. Looking through the peephole, she saw a maid. Emma adjusted her robe, hiding her body beneath it, before cracking open the door.
“Good morning, Ms. Lewis.” As the door opened, a maid greeted her respectfully. Beside her was a trolley and there were seven or eight other maids behind her.
“Yes?” Emma paused.
“Mr. Lewis instructed us to deliver these. He mentioned that you might have eaten too much last night and suggested that you have some porridge this morning to soothe your digestion. Besides that, we have bought four sets of clothes, including shoes, bags to match, and the keys to your car. Mr. Lewis said the car is a gift to you, so you won’t need to walk when you go out.” While moving everything into the room, the maid explained to Emma..
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