At the moment, the air in the private box seemed to be frozen, and people found it hard to breathe.
Poker-faced, the squad, who were encased in body armor, pointed their guns at Leo and the others.
Feeling stiff all over, Lydia held her breath, while Music Maestro held up her hands with an air of indifference.
“Hahahaha…” Reece burst into laughter the moment he saw this scene.
“I warned you, but you wouldn’t listen to me. You should have been sensible and left. Now my men have come, and I can see you guys are freaking out.”
Reece came up to Lydia and his smile widened as he saw the veins bulging on her long neck and her chest heaving violently.
“So what if you’re the eldest lady of the Henderson family? That won’t change the fact that you have a gun pointed to your head!”
Then Reece turned to Music Maestro. “Get rid of that sour face of yours!”
Now he looked like a vile character intoxicated by power.
Reece’s gaze swept across everyone’s face and soon, it fell on Leo, who was sipping tea leisurely, and that startled Reece.
With so many guns held to his head, there was no trace of fear on his face at all. He was even sipping tea calmly.
Slack-jawed, Reece said after a long pause, “Aren’t you afraid?”
“Why should I be afraid?” Leo asked with a smile.
Reece was dumbfounded to see Leo’s reaction, his cheeks twitching.
“Fine, I’ll make you afraid in a while.”
At this moment, a big and swarthy man came over to them. He asked with a stolid face, “Where’s that dangerous man?”
Since it was dark in the private box, Hans didn’t see Leo.
Reece walked over to Hans with a grin, showed him the Dragonlord Badge and pointed at Leo, who was sitting in the corner. “Commander, it’s him. He’s the dangerous man.”
Hans looked in the direction Reece indicated, only to see Leo waving at him like an old friend with a smile.
Suddenly, Hans trembled with fear stiffly. He looked back at Reece and asked, “Is he the ‘dangerous man’ you were referring to?”
“Who else could it be?” Reece drew closer to Hans and pointed at Leo, saying, “Commander, not only did he ignore the Dragonlord Badge, but he also killed my men. He’s a monster, a major villain. You can’t let him get away!”
In Reece’s imagination, Hans would definitely capture Leo without hesitation after he showed him the Dragonlord Badge, but the next moment, Hans slapped so hard across his face that blood came out of his mouth while his teeth broke too.
Reece’s eyes widened in astonishment all of a sudden. “Why did you slap me, Commander Rickard?”
“Why not?” Grim-faced, Hans turned to his men and roared, “Put down your gun, everyone!”
All Hans’s men put down their weapons and instantly, the atmosphere in the room lightened.
The next moment, Hans came up to Lydia, looking guilty. “Ms. Henderson, I’m sorry you had to go through all this.”
Now Lydia saw clearly Hans’s face and opened her eyes wide in surprise. “Are you the one at my wedding…”
“Yes, exactly. Please call me Hans.” Hans sat down with a smile and opened a bottle of wine in person. “I’m sorry for what happened to you.” Hardly had he finished his sentence than he gulped down the wine.
Both Michelle and Lydia were shocked to watch this scene, while Reece was too surprised to speak.
“What are you doing, Commander Rickard? I asked you to come here to seize people, not to drink.”
Simmering with rage, Hans paused for a long moment before he snarled, “Bring that son of a bitch here!”
The next moment, two men held their guns to Reece’s head and growled, “Move it! Get down!”
Reece peed in his pants instantly, and soon, the room was filled with the stinky smell of urine. Then he slumped on his knees in front of Hans, yelling as he prostrated himself, “How dare you ignore the Dragonlord Badge!”
Bang!
Hans stamped his foot on Reece’s head and roared, “Who are you to keep the Dragonlord Badge! Tell me, where did you get it?”
Hans, aware of the importance of the Dragonlord Badge, had seen it for only once, but how come it ended up in a rich bastard’s hands?
Reece dropped his head at once. “Lord Miller, the lord of Westernland, gave it to me.”
Hans was surprised to hear Reece call Cassius “Lord Miller”, but he recovered himself immediately and sneered, “Nonsense! Lord Miller has long gone back to Westernland. He couldn’t have given the Dragonlord Badge to someone like you! Tell the truth now!” Hans roared with a stern face.
The Dragonlord Badge was something crucial, so he had to treat it seriously.
Reece burst into tears, shivering with fear. “Lord Miller did give it to me!”
Hans, however, said coldly, “We suspect you of stealing the Dragonlord Badge and abuse of power. Arrest him!”
The next moment, Reece was handcuffed. He stiffened with fear and yelled, “It’s true! I didn’t lie!”
“Take him away!” Hans waved his hand.
It didn’t matter whether Reece was lying or not. What really mattered was that the Dragonlord Badge was actually in the hands of a marginal member of the royal family in Valenham, which was odd.
Now that Reece was taken away, Hans turned to Leo.
“Lord…” Just as Hans was about to call Leo his title reflexively, Leo shot him a straight look, and Hans bit the words back.
“Mr. Cohen, this is a mistake. I’m so sorry that Ms. Henderson had to go through all this.” Hans saluted at once.
Leo patted him on the shoulder. “You were just doing your job. Well done.”
“Thank you, Mr. Cohen!” Hans said and retreated with his men immediately.
At this moment, Lydia was too shocked to speak. After a long pause, she finally came to her sense and asked, “So you knew Commander Rickard would come?”
Leo nodded with a smile. “Just call him Hans.”
Lydia said earnestly, “But after all he’s the commander of Emerdale Military Region. How can I call him Hans?”
Leo said nothing after hearing her. He found that Lydia was actually a serious person.
Who would have thought that the arrogant young master of the royal family in Valenham would be arrested while his butler would be killed?
Meanwhile, Caleb cowered in the corner, holding his breath. He tried his best to hide in the shadows so that he wouldn’t be found and would finally get away.
However, things went awry. Before long, Leo found Caleb cowering in the corner.
Suddenly, Caleb was overwhelmed by a deep sense of despair and his heart missed a beat. Even the young master of the royal family in Valenham was arrested, not to mention him, a rich kid of the Grant family from Hopkins. His existence was insignificant.
Leo strode over and looked down at him.
Caleb popped his head out, mustered up his courage and asked, “Can you act as if I’ve never been here?”
Leo chuckled and bent down. “What do you think?”
Caleb was speechless.