shadow striker

As the victor in a silent battle, Karl came to visit the loser's prison, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of complacency.Even after the other party gave him so much trouble and almost killed him several times, he didn't humiliate him at such a moment.

"Your wife doesn't want to be judged by our family, so she asked her lawyer to draw up a divorce agreement. She asked me to bring this agreement and said she wanted you to sign it."

Hearing this sentence, Baden laughed mockingly, and then stretched out his hand to Karl, motioning him to hand over the divorce agreement to himself.

The pen wrote on the paper and made a rustling sound, and Barden quickly signed the divorce agreement and handed it back to Carl.

But Karl didn't look like he was going to leave, but found a chair and sat down, not too close or far from Baden, and after a long silence, he opened his mouth and said:

"This is a very big family. It was not easy for our ancestors to obtain such a status in this country and such a huge wealth. It is precisely because of this hard-won that they will formulate such and such policies. Rules. But no matter what kind of rule it is, it has only one starting point. To ensure that the interests and wealth of the family can always be passed on. All those who violate this rule will be punished. Most of them will only be deprived of their personal property, but A person who has caused great damage to the interests of the family..."

Carl was not in a hurry, he fell silent after saying these words.

Time seemed to stand still in this dark room.

After a long time, Baden, who had been silent all this time, tried to make himself look calmer and said, "What kind of punishment does the family plan to give me?"

"First they will take away your property."

"And in the end they'll send me into exile?"

Baden looked at Karl, the young man who should have looked at him with hatred in his eyes.But he still couldn't see the emotion he thought he would have in Carl's eyes.

"Yes. You'll go to a small island with a synagogue. It's a nice view, but there's no internet."

"When will you let me out again?"

"Every five years, we will have a vote within the family. When more than 15% of the family members believe that you will no longer cause harm to the family, and will not threaten the status of the new head of the family. You will be able to come out, and then The family will send $[-] to your personal account every month for your expenses."

This time, Baden let out a bitter laugh, and when the dust settled, he finally said to Karl those words that had been stuck in his heart and he was unwilling to say anyway.

"You know, my nephew. Since I was a child, no matter what I do, I can't surpass my elder brother, your father. He seems to be the favorite of God, and all the wonderful talents have fallen on him. I have Sometimes I even wonder if the same blood as his is flowing in my body.

But after that, that man!That man gave up everything God gave him so easily for a woman!He gave away his talent!He would rather step out of the aura of the family and leave us with that woman!Karl, he abandoned us.

Do you know how I felt when I watched the family achieve another glory under his management with peace of mind when I obviously planned to give up everything, but then I waited for the news that he was expelled from the family?But even if he leaves, I can't let go of the shadow he left behind.Because, although he died in a car accident with his woman, he left you behind.You and your father made me struggle between hope and despair again and again!Every time I see you, I can think of the time when I was a teenager living in your father's shadow! "

Karl never knew what was going on inside his taciturn uncle.Perhaps to him, those were never important.It's like he never thought that he would take over the position of family patriarch.If it hadn't been written in his will by his very respected grandfather, he might only do what he thinks is worthwhile all his life.

But when Barden said these things, Carl could feel that these things had been suppressed in his heart for a long time, and it had even become a knot in his heart that might not be solved in this lifetime.

A beautiful blond boy who was brought back to the family at the age of six seemed to appear in front of Baden.

The boy was called Karl, his brother's only son.For Baden, it seemed like a continuation of a nightmare.

"In fact, I have never understood why you are so obsessed with the position of the patriarch of the family."

"Because I have many grand and bold plans in my heart! I believe that I can change the world with my power! If I give up such an opportunity, I will never let it go! I once gave up those, when I picked up again When they were there, I became unable to let them go!"

Hearing this, Carl took a deep breath, and then asked a question that he couldn't understand when he learned a certain truth: "Actually, there is a question that I have never understood. If you Everything you did to me was to prevent my personal property from breaking through the peak of that parametric curve, why did you plan that plane crash four years ago?"

"what?"

"I think you remember flight AZ1431 four years ago. From Italy to Turin."

"No, that's not me."

Hearing that answer, Karl was almost stunned on the spot.Then, he stood up abruptly, pushed the door open and went out.He walked faster and faster in the long corridor, until finally, he started to run in the corridor.

Outside that house, where his car was parked.And in that low-key car from the outside, besides his driver, there is also a male in the family who is ten years younger than him and has a very high talent in computers, Albert. special.

"Where to, sir?"

"go home!"

When the driver asked this question, Carl gave this answer without thinking.But after that, Albert said slowly with a mysterious smile: "I have seen your mailbox Carl, a mysterious person just sent you an... interesting letter."

Carl: "Albert, I told you not to read my privacy without my permission."

Albert: "I'm here to prevent you from becoming the second Uncle Baden."

Carl: "Then I have to tell you that I asked you to transfer here to assist me in my work and to be my assistant, not to let you browse my personal privacy for no reason."

Albert: "Okay, okay, I just hacked into the FBI's information network to find out who that person is for you, can you say something that can make people feel happy?"

What then spread in that car was a long silence...

Maybe this young man in the family has inadvertently touched the core secret of what Karl is most afraid of now.

A mysterious person sent an email to Carl's mailbox.The content of this email is very simple, a black and white photo of the Supega air crash memorial, and a short sentence:

[Guess this time when I was going, or on the way back? 】

After seeing this email, Carl, who seemed to be calm and calm no matter what happened, grabbed Albert, who was not petite at all, and walked quickly to his study room. The young man tells all he knows.And if he doesn't know enough, give him another quick trip to the FBI's information network!

Albert: "Old, to be honest, I didn't expect you to have such an expression and tone. Are you sure you are not someone else's fake Carl? Stop joking. Do you think the FBI's information network is so easy to enter? ? If found..."

Carl: "They won't touch you if they are found. Even if you are caught, I can get you out within 24 hours."

Albert, who felt that he had played decisively this time, hugged his laptop, and suddenly felt that his mouth was a little dry. He tried hard to swallow, but it seemed to be stuck there because his throat was too dry...

Finally, he figured out the sender's information in two hours.

"Adams Vaughan, 40 years old this year. He used to be a trader employed by a big gang in Eastern Europe. He was once in charge of the financial market, especially good at financial derivatives. But 15 years ago, he was playing with a mysterious big money At that time, he lost in a mess, and because of the high leverage ratio of financial derivatives, his employer lost 1.5 million US dollars. He should have been purged by the Eastern European gang that hired him, but he survived miraculously. 15 During the years, he has no fixed residence, and has many illegal and dangerous financial activities. Do you know him, Carl?"

The moment Carl saw the photo of Adams Vaughan, he wanted to say that he didn't even know the man.But he clearly felt that this person's eyes were very special, very special...and he had seen those eyes before.

Wait, 15 years ago...?