Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 475 - 334: The Start of Revenge_2

Chapter 475: Chapter 334: The Start of Revenge_2

With things sorted out, Sean Knight and Elijah Hastings returned to the villa where Sean began assigning tasks.

"There must be someone behind Bondi. You three will stay here for a while; there may be unexpected gains."

The main task for Elijah Hastings and his group was self-protection. This was New York, Robert’s domain, so Sean made a call to Robert.

"Oh, Sean, I thought you had forgotten about me," Robert said in a plaintive tone willfully. Sean wanted to laugh and said,

"Dear Robert, how could I possibly forget you? I’ve been abroad recently, there were some matters I couldn’t discuss with you. But now, I’m back, aren’t I?"

"That’s good to hear. But I heard you ran into some trouble? I think I may be able to help."

Robert was really cooperative. Sean immediately took the hint and said,

"That would be wonderful. I am just scratching my head over how to find my enemies. Can you tell me who the mastermind plotting against me is?"

"No, no, no, Sean, not so fast." Robert waved his hand, "All I know is that there was a betrayal at your freight yard. As to who instigated it, I will need more time to investigate."

"Alright, I hope you can take up this commission. How much will it cost?"

"Fifty thousand dollars."

"No problem, I’ll wire the money to you right away."

Sean acted swiftly. At this point, he could only put his hopes on Robert.

Just as he was about to call Joanna, he received a call from Mr. John.

"Sean, I heard from Paul that you’ve run into some problems?"

"Yes, there have been some small issues." Sean always maintained sufficient respect for Mr. John, "So, I am afraid I won’t be able to visit you for a while."

"I am doing fine, don’t worry about me. Handle your own matters first — as a Chinese in New York, you need to take a strong stance, at least now that your status has changed. If you don’t become more assertive, similar incidents will keep happening. If you need help, let me or Paul know. We will always support you."

Mr. John’s words warmed Sean’s heart.

After hanging up, Sean felt much better.

Next, Sean made a call to Joanna.

After a while, the call finally connected. It seemed quite noisy on Joanna’s side, so he asked,

"Dear, are you in a classroom? It’s quite noisy."

"No, I am participating in a social practice activity." Joanna raised her voice, "Are you back? Where are you now? Are you at the villa? I’ll come to you..."

"Not now." Sean explained the situation, "We are still investigating, and it’s quite complicated. There may be danger, so stay in school for the time being. They may try to use our relationship against us, so you must ensure your safety..."

Sean’s words scared Joanna. However, she quickly recovered and urged Sean to look after his own safety.

"Don’t worry. I’ve already contacted the police, and I’m also paying to investigate this matter. It will be resolved soon. When everything is settled, I’ll come to school to find you."

Joanna said a few more loving words before hanging up.

Sean put his phone away, noticing Elijah Hastings and the others were smirking at him, he laughed and scolded,

"What are you looking at? Shouldn’t you be calling your sweethearts instead of wasting time?"

"It’s midnight over there now. Wouldn’t I get a scolding if I called now?" Elijah Hastings replied with a laugh.

After a busy day, the cook at the villa had prepared dinner. After enjoying their meal, they went to rest.

With Kathy Lewis injured and gone, there was a sense of unease in the villa. However, with Sean’s return, everyone felt more settled.

At midnight, Sean abruptly woke up.

A few seconds later, there came a quiet knock at the door.

"Elijah? Come in." Sean Knight moved forward to open the door.

"Boss, someone’s coming in from outside." Elijah whispered as he entered the room, "Lincoln and Douglas are guarding the stairwell, the visitors are probably going to be up any moment."

Sean Knight sneered, "So they want to kidnap me... You guys hide at first, wait until he enters my room, then you come in, and we’ll take him by surprise!"

Elijah withdrew and went to discuss the plan with Lincoln and Douglas.

Sean Knight made some arrangements on the bed.

Not too long after, there was a faint sound in the hallway again, followed by the sound of turning the doorknob.

The door was latched. The person outside seemed to prod it a few times with some wire or key, and the door was opened.

Three shadows entered one after the other. The silhouette in the lead glanced at the bed, walked over silently, and pulled out a towel.

The towel was dampened with what seemed to be some substance and then pressed towards the figure on the bed.

Just at this moment, the light turned on suddenly!

The intruders reacted extremely quickly. They paused for less than a second before spreading out, each ready to attack the person who turned on the light.

However, three people followed them in from behind the door and a fourth slipped out from beside a cabinet. Their division of labor was clear, and they restrained all three intruders practically in a single move.

"These guys brought guns, they’re no good!" Elijah found several silenced guns on the intruders, anger apparent on his face.

It looked like they were attempting a kidnap, but it wasn’t clear what they might do to the remaining people.

"Alright, let’s split them up for interrogation." Sean Knight would definitely not go easy on these men. They had already hurt Kathy, which was something he absolutely would not tolerate – of course, what was even more intolerable was that they actually came to kidnap him!

Sean Knight had a vague feeling that these people were probably related to the enemies he had made in his past treasure hunting adventures.

"We got some answers." Half an hour later, Elijah and the others reported separately.

There was a basement in the villa where the three men were interrogated. It was soundproof and wouldn’t have affected anyone else in the villa.

"What’s the situation?" Sean Knight asked.

"They were hired to kidnap you. According to scarce information they obtained from their employer, it seemed you were in possession of some treasure that he wanted.

However, they had accepted the contract online and knew little about their employer. According to them, after abducting the target, they would be left at a specified location, and then they would receive their payment. Given that the scheduled time has passed, the kidnappers must be on their guard, so turning the tables on them might be a bit difficult now."

Sean Knight thought to himself, this was more or less what he had expected.

"What do these people do? Are they professional kidnappers?"

"Professional gunmen, black market mercenaries, mainly doing this sort of thing. They’re very cooperative, and answer whatever questions we ask - probably they’re scared of dying."

"Well, then let’s kill them." Sean Knight’s face showed no hints of emotion, "They’ve done so much of this sort of thing, they should’ve foreseen this retribution."

"True. They’ve kidnapped a lot of people before. I searched them online and found them connected to at least seven kidnapping and murder cases. In similar kidnapping cases, they’ve killed at least a dozen innocent lives."

"Then there’s no need to keep them." Sean Knight nodded, "Every day such scum live is a disrespect to the deceased."

Elijah nodded and turned to leave.

Although they couldn’t set a trap to turn the tables, Sean Knight wasn’t too worried. He thought that Robert would bring him definite news.

Early the next morning, when Sean Knight saw Elijah and the others, he could smell the stench of blood on them.

"Douglas and I left for a while in the middle of the night to deal with the loose ends." Elijah mentioned casually while eating, "We cleaned up nicely. But we can’t just keep reacting passively."

"Wait another day or two." Sean Knight said unhurriedly, "We should get the news soon, and then we can make our move. Don’t worry, we can suppress the anger for a bit, we don’t stir up trouble, but we aren’t afraid of it either.

"As soon as something like this happens, as long as we find the puppeteer behind the scenes, I will certainly allow you guys to do whatever it takes, I might even get my hands dirty."

Sean Knight spoke calmly, but the oppressive tone in his voice was tangible – if someone messes with me, they’d better be ready to lose some teeth!