In the military department of Amerosia, unity was far from the norm. The department was perennially divided into two major factions. One was the grassroots faction, led by Chris. The other was the aristocratic faction, headed by the top ten noble families.
Both factions harbored deep-seated disdain for each other. To the aristocrats, Chris and his group were nothing more than lucky upstarts. From the perspective of Chris and his grassroots faction, these so-called nobles were merely riding on the coattails of their ancestors’ glory.
Hollow Frost, a young master of the Frost family, was a core member of the aristocratic faction. Leonard Frost, with a wry smile, cautioned Hollow, “Although that’s how you feel, Hollow, you must acknowledge that Chris, rising from a mere frontier soldier to become the Amerosia Primus in just a few years, certainly has exceptional talents. If you rashly offend Chris, it could be either a blessing or a curse.”
Grinding his teeth, Hollow retorted, “Grandfather, are we just supposed to let this go? Chris crippled my brother’s legs. I can’t swallow this insult!”
“Grandson, I know it’s hard for you to let this go, but hold back for now. Once we find the right opportunity, we will make Chris pay,” Leonard Frost replied soothingly, trying to pacify him.
The fact that his grandson had been crippled by Chris was a huge disgrace for Leonard Frost. However, for the sake of the Frost family, he knew better than to act rashly. The time wasn’t right to strike at Chris. When the opportunity arose, they would obliterate him.
Meanwhile, Chris had been enjoying a series of leisurely days. Especially after signing a hundred-billion-dollar contract, his company, Panda Networks, had embraced a phase of rapid expansion. Candace, aiming to scale up, had been aggressively acquiring other companies, quickly elevating Panda Networks to fame in Middleton.
Suddenly, the office door burst open. Candace, looking frantic, exclaimed, “Chris, it’s terrible-my cousin has been kidnapped!”
“Your cousin? James!”
Chris stood up abruptly, shocked. He could hardly believe that James, the son of the Vance family, could be kidnapped. Who would dare to abduct James?
“Candace, calm down and tell me exactly what happened,” Chris said, seeing her distress.
Candace took a deep breath and explained the situation. It turned out that James had gone to the bank for some transactions and had unexpectedly walked into a bank robbery. Unable to escape in time, he was now trapped inside.
Upon receiving the news, Candace rushed to inform Chris.
“Chris, you must help me. If anything happens to my cousin, how will I ever explain it to my grandfather?”
she pleaded, tears streaming down her face.
Candace and James shared a close bond, even closer than her relationship with her brother, Ken Nance. Now, with James held hostage by robbers, Candace was completely overwhelmed.
“Don’t worry, I’ll help you rescue James,” Chris assured her without a moment’s hesitation, and immediately drove off to the scene. Chris owed Candace; now was the time to repay that debt.
Chris couldn’t possibly refuse.
Moreover, Caspian had helped him a great deal.
Both emotionally and rationally, Chris couldn’t just stand by idly.
…
Middleton Bank was the largest bank in Middleton.
At this moment, dozens of police vehicles were parked outside Middleton Bank.
One by one, the officers, armed with firearms, were in a tense standoff with the robbers inside the bank.
“Chief Frost, how is my cousin doing?”
Candace approached, eager for an update.
Lancaster Frost, the detective chief of the Middleton police.
Lancaster was also a member of the Frost family.
However, he was only a collateral relative, not a direct descendant like Lysander Frost.
Nevertheless, with the support of the Frost family, Lancaster had ascended to the chief’s position at the Middleton police.
Lancaster glanced at Candace and said, “The situation is very bad. There are dozens of robbers, and each one is armed. They have already taken dozens of hostages inside the bank, including your cousin James! The bank’s main doors are under the robbers’ control; we simply can’t storm in!”
Candace turned to Chris and said, “Chris, can you help me save my cousin?”
Chris nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll help you.”
Lancaster gave Chris a stern look and said coldly, “This is under the jurisdiction of the Middleton police, and no outsiders should interfere!”
The Middleton police were indeed influenced by the Frost family.
Previously, the Frost family had mobilized the Middleton police to confront Chris.
Unfortunately, it ended without incident due to Caspian’s appearance.
Seeing Chris again, Lancaster naturally did not look pleased.
Chris glanced at Lancaster and responded, “Don’t worry, whatever I do is none of your business.”
With that, Chris turned and left.
Before coming here, Chris had already discovered that the chief of Middleton police, Lancaster Frost, was affiliated with the Frost family.
Having completely fallen out with the Frost family, Chris felt no need to show any respect to Lancaster.
“You…”
Lancaster trembled with anger at Chris’s boldness.
At that moment, the area outside the bank was crowded with onlookers.
“Everyone, look!”
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.
Hearing this, everyone looked in the indicated direction.
There, on the exterior wall of the bank, someone was climbing up a water pipe.
It was none other than Chris.
After his fallout with the Middleton police, he had decided to rescue James alone.
Approaching the building through the main entrance was out of the question for Chris.
Thus, he prepared to climb the water pipe to an upper window and then find an opportunity to rescue James.
Seeing Chris scaling the pipe filled Candace with anxiety.
Now, all Candace could do was silently pray for Chris to safely rescue James.
Before long, Chris had climbed into the bank’s second floor.
Seeing Chris enter, Lancaster’s lips curled into a cold smile.
He whispered into his radio, “Young master, Chris has entered the bank.”
“Good! Proceed as planned. This time, I must kill Chris to avenge my brother!”