Chapter 145: Terrifying Methods

David was left dumbfounded by the slap from his father. This was the first time that his father had actually hit him.

Since he was young, his father had always dotted on him, due to the intelligence that he had displayed since young.

But now, his father had actually hit him? Was it all just because of that woman?

And as he thought about this, the anger within his heart flared. He thought, no matter what, he would have to make her pay.

His father did not agree with him doing this, but he had to do it. He would not tell his father his plan later on, but no matter what, he had to take that person down.

Just as Ronald was about to continue scolding David, there was the sound of a phone ringing. The phone belonged to Ronald.

Ronald was completely irritated. He could already guess who was calling him. With the current situation, it was inevitable that he would start receiving calls.

After all, the news had only appeared online about 30 minutes ago. But within 30 minutes, everything had already spiraled out of control, and the Kingsley family was bound to go bankrupt.

Taking a deep breath, Ronald decided to take the call. Even if there was just the slightest possibility of surviving, he would have to take it.

“What is it?” Ronald asked his personal assistant.

“Boss, this is bad. The police chief, all the dirt on him was exposed just about 10 minutes ago. Now, the internet is going crazy about it.

This has kind of reduced some pressure on us, as most of the people are going after the police chief. But even then, we are still linked to the police chief, and we are going to be inevitably impacted negativ-” The personal assistant’s voice came from the other end, panicked.

Clat!

The phone slipped from Ronald’s hand as it fell on the ground. As for Ronald himself, his eyes went blank, as all hope was lost.

If even the police chief was impacted, then what about them? As compared to them, the police chief obviously held a good amount of power.

But if even he himself was affected, being incapable of having the posts online deleted, what could the Kingsley family do?

Additionally, with the police chief in this predicament, how could he think of helping them out? After all, with all the information about him being released online, it was inevitable that he would be arrested.

He would be stripped of his position, taken in, to wait to be taken to court and sent to jail.

“It is all over!” Ronald said in a low, unwilling voice.

“Dad, what’s going on?” David asked from the side. He had not heard what his father had been told, so he was confused by his father’s reaction.

Ronald did not even get a chance of responding before several police officers suddenly barged into the study.

“Mr. Anthony, Mr. Ronald and David Kingsley, you are under arrest with several charges. Anything that you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.” While showing his work ID, one of the police officers spoke.

After that, he waved his hand, and the other three police officers went ahead, arresting Ronald and the other two.

The group of three did not try resisting. After all, the police all had guns pointed at them. So, trying to resist in such a situation would imply that they might end up being shot dead.

They were not the only ones that were arrested, but many people within the mansion were arrested. As long as any one of them had done something wrong, and the information had been leaked online, they were all arrested.

Of course, not everyone from the Kingsley family was arrested. At the end of the day, within such a large group, it was inevitable that there would be some people that did not commit crimes.

That included the children, who were obviously not yet involved in most of the family activities.

But they were bound to have a hard life, considering that a little while after Ronald and the others had been arrested, all the funds related to the Kingsley family were frozen by the banks where they had taken loans from.

As for the stock price of price point supermarket chain, it was actually delisted, and the supermarket chain was declared bankrupt.

Within just a span of about 2 hours, the Kingsley family, known as one of the big families within the Eastern province, went bankrupt. They went from having a lot of money, to having so many debts to pay.

All their assets were seized, to be auctioned off by the banks and other financial institutions that had loaned money to the Kingsley family, in order to try and recover however as much as they could.

…

Such a big event, such as the bankruptcy of the Kingsley family it was inevitably going to attract a lot of attention.

This was something that shocked all the powers within Brenton city, spreading to the other provinces as well.

This was something big. Nobody within Brenton City had expected that such a big family, whose net worth was $4.1 billion, would actually go bankrupt within just a few hours.

This was something that left many people puzzled, wondering who it was that the Kingsley family had provoked.

While many people rejoiced, considering that the domineering Kingsley family was dealt with, others were left panicking. That was especially for those that had connections with the Kingsley family.

Even though they had cut off all cooperation that they had with the Kingsley family the moment that they got the news of what was happening, they were still worried that they would be impacted.

As for the other businesses and families, they were also left scared. After all, without knowing who it was that the Kingsley family had provoked, how could they be sure on who not to provoke?

For that reason, they began instructing their family members and subordinates not to be arrogant. They had to make sure not to provoke just anyone, to avoid any calamity befalling them.

Inside the Morgan family, inside the main mansion, Charles sat on a rocking chair in the living room. Where he was seated was a floor to ceiling window, which was currently opened, allowing in a cool breeze from the garden just outside the mansion.

He was also aware of what was happening, but had not panicked. Instead, he was quite shocked. Previously, when Michael told him that he would be able to deal with the Kingsley family, he had some doubts.

They believed that Michael came from a big background, which was why he had been able to acquire Sky Technologies. But, that was just some assumption that they had made.

But now, seeing how easily Michael had been able to take down the Kingsley family, even Charles was amazed. At the same time, he thought, no matter what, they could not become enemies with Michael.

Even if they could not become friends, at least, they had to avoid being enemies. Otherwise, the entire Morgan family would be destroyed just as the Kingsley family.

Even though the net worth of the Morgan family was $7 billion, just a billion dollars away from double the Kingsley family’s, in front of those big shots from the central province, they were nothing.

After all, most of the big conglomerates and corporations from the central province were valued in hundreds of billions, with some even reaching the trillion mark.

Facing those giants, how could a small family like the Morgan family resist?

Just the ability of finding all the dark secrets of the family, and exposing them online, was just frightening. Additionally, to be able to make it impossible for even those big conglomerates that owned those platforms to take down that news, it was obviously a show of power.

Those owners of the platforms, wanting to take down the news, it was not because they wanted to support the Kingsley family.

It was just that, it was embarrassing for them. After all, they were not the ones who had made the arrangements for that information to appear online.

So, for them, if they could not take down the posts and videos, it would be extremely embarrassing and diminishing of their reputation.

But unfortunately, they had not managed to take them down, despite how much they tried.

But the good thing was that, the activities of the platforms had not been much affected, considering that for some platforms, the information on the Kingsley family appeared in the form of ads.

Such methods were frightening, making Charles understand just how formidable Michael’s background was.

At this moment, someone came over. The old man looked over, realizing that it was his second son, John Morgan, who was also Raymond’s father.

“Dad, what’s going on? Why did you call me?” John asked as soon as he arrived in front of the old man.

“You should already know about what has happened out there. So, I want you to pass down my command.” Charles said.

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