Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

James paused, took a breath, and said, "I'm not around to watch over Sophie. Can you keep an eye on Timothy for me?" "Sure! No problem!"

"Sophie's sharp, but she trusts people too easily and isn't ruthless enough. She's going to get burned sooner or later."

"Not ruthless enough? Where'd you get that idea?"

Angelo had been with Sophie for quite a while, and everyone always said Colby was the cutthroat one. Yet, he thought Colby wasn't half as fierce as his own wife!

Of course, Colby was ruthless to others.

Sophie was ruthless to herself.

But if a woman who's already so hard on herself became even more ruthless, wouldn't that be terrifying?

James fell silent for a moment before speaking again. "With Colby by her side, I'm not too worried. Devonport's about to get chaotic; Caelum made the right call keeping you overseas. If you want to come back, take your sister and leave as soon as possible." "Um, just curious, when you say 'chaotic'... how bad are we talking?"

"Bloodshed."

The next day, inside the Regent Hotel.

Odie straightened his suit. "How do I look? Sharp enough?"

He turned to Jonah, who nodded. "Very sharp."

"Good."

"Make sure to bring extra people with you later." Odie's tone was calm. "It's my succession ceremony today, and I don't want it feeling like a ghost town." "Yes, boss."

Just then, noise erupted from outside the door.

"Boss! Danger!"

Before Odie could react, the hotel room door was kicked open, followed by a burst of gunfire.

Jonah immediately shielded Odie, and in the next second, blood splattered as Jonah, gritting through the pain, pulled out his gun and fired twice at the door. The attackers dodged the shots, and the gunfire quickly drew attention from downstairs. Odie's men rushed up, but the attackers vanished without a trace in moments.

"Jonah!"

Odie rushed to press down on Jonah's wound-clearly, the attackers were out for blood!

If Jonah hadn't stepped in, he'd be dead!

"Boss... chase them... chase!"

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Odie's face darkened, and he barked at the people by the door, "Call a doctor! Now!" "Yes!"

Odie's mind was in turmoil.

Just then, the sound of breaking glass came from behind, and Odie felt a sharp pain in his back. He turned around to see a shadowy figure at the window, holding a gun in one hand and seemingly hanging by a wire with the other, wearing a white mask. The figure then slid down the wire and disappeared.

"Boss!"

Jonah looked pale.

Odie glanced at his chest; the bullet had gone through.

Suddenly, he coughed up blood.

Jonah, gritting his teeth through the pain, shouted to the chaotic crowd outside, "Doctor! Get a doctor!"

Meanwhile, Sophie and Colby, who

were just about to leave for Odie's succession ceremony, heard Adler shouting in panic, "Something's gone wrong at Odie's!"

"What?"