Chapter 209: The Dark Society’s Aim

Aaah!

The baldy suddenly shouted from the pain, as he collapsed onto the ground, holding his thigh.

At the same time, he looked at Michael with both horror and confusion. He could not understand why Michael suddenly shot him. Was it not that Michael would only shoot him if he lied?

But Michael had not even asked a question, yet he had already shot him? What crime had he committed to deserve this?

Melvin on the other hand was also left dumbfounded by the situation. She had also not expected that Michael would suddenly shoot as soon as he finished speaking.

According to logic, he was supposed to ask this guy some questions first. After that, if this guy lied, Michael would shoot.

Initially, when she heard Michael’s words, she thought that it was not foolproof. After all, how would Michael be able to tell if this guy was lying or not.

And at this time, as her mind finally relaxed from the shock of Michael suddenly shooting, she began to understand something.

And as she did so, she could not help but look at Michael beside her with admiration in her eyes. She finally understood the reason why Michael had shot this guy, even before he began the questioning session.

By shooting even before the interrogation began, it was clear that Michael was demonstrating his decisiveness. This would immediately intimidate this guy, to make sure that he would not lie.

After all, he could not tell if Michael would suddenly claim that he was lying, and shoot him. Despite him being a gangster, would he be already used to being shot?

The pain from being pierced by the bullet, how many people could endure it? Additionally, how many bullets could they even endure?

As a result, Michael had already cast a mental shadow on this baldy guy, making it very difficult for the guy to be able to lie to him.

As she thought of that, her admiration of Michael spiked. At the same time, she was surprised by the fact that Michael was this decisive.

He was young, even younger than younger brother. But such ruthlessness, it was something that was not easy to find in just anyone.

During the previous interaction with Michael, and from her information of Michael through Alex, she understood that he was usually gentle. He did not act cold, and neither did he put on airs when together with Alex and the others.

But now, looking at his expression, it was completely different. It seemed, while interacting with different people, he would be like different people.

While she was still thinking about that, Michael on the other hand focused on the guy who was on the ground. Just as Melvin had guessed, that was actually Michael’s intention for shooting even before the interrogation.

It was just that, it was not the only reason. With Michael’s skill, the expert level human insight, he was able to easily tell if someone was lying to him or not.

And, Michael believed that this guy would inevitably lie during the questioning later on. Michael did not want to ask the same question twice, or listen to someone blabbering some nonsense.

This was why he decided to shoot now, to avoid later on having to waste much more time listening to this guy speaking nonsense.

“Okay, let’s start the questioning session.” Michael spoke in a low voice, before he approached the guy.

The baldy felt his body trembling slightly when he saw Michael approaching him. At the same time, he hoped that Michael would not shoot him again. Otherwise, how would he be able to endure.

Lucky for him, the previous bullet did not pierce through his femur. Otherwise, he would have already been rendered a cripple. As for if the bullet missing the bone was intentional or he was just lucky that Michael missed the bone, the baldy was not sure.

But even then, by now, he understood that this young man was ruthless. At this moment, he thought, he would have to cooperate first. That way, he would be able to get out of this alive.

Later on, if given a chance, he would be able to seek revenge from this kid for humiliating him like this. As he thought about it, he thought, maybe if he exposed the fact that he belonged to the dark society, this kid would no longer continue questioning him, right?

At the end of the day, the dark society was a behemoth in the underworld of the eastern province. Even the Morgan family had to be cautious when it came to dealing with this gang.

But just as he thought about mentioning the fact that he belonged to the dark society, Michael’s question suddenly made his eyes widen in disbelief and shock.

“Fred, what is the reason behind your dark society kidnapping Miss Walter?” Michael asked.

At that moment, Fred suddenly realized that this young man was not simple. He already knew about him, and the fact that he was part of the dark society.

To be able to exactly tell who he was, it was clear that his background was not simple. Additionally, the strength and the method that he demonstrated showed that he came here prepared.

This implied that, the plan of using the dark society to try and threaten Michael was going to be ineffective. After all, despite knowing that he was from the dark society, Michael had ended up shooting him.

And from his eyes, Fred could tell that Michael had the intention of taking Melvin away, even if it would end up affecting the dark society’s plan.

At this moment, Fred thought of a possibility. Was it possible that this kid was from the central province?

And as that thought suddenly appeared, he gazed deeply at Michael, suddenly realizing that this kid looked familiar. It was then that he remembered that a few days ago, he had seen a file that contained the information on this kid.

They had yet to verify his background, but there was a possibility that he was from the central province. And, he was currently the owner of Sky Technologies, something that was impossible for an ordinary young man to accomplish.

If he was from the central province, that showed the reason why he was so fearless even when facing the dark society. And if he really was from the Santos family from the Central province, then things would inevitably spiral out of control.

As he gulped, and seeing the impatience in Michael’s eyes, he no longer hesitated as he quickly revealed, “We only kidnapped her because we wanted to seize the collaboration chance with Sky Technologies.

Previously, among the potential partners, Sky Technologies chose the Walter family. But this collaboration is very important to our gang, which is why we had decided to use such a method.

Among all the potential partners, only the Walter family is capable of competing against us. As long as they withdraw, we will inevitably be able to get the collaboration opportunity.”

Michael raised his brows slightly. It turned out that the reason why they kidnapped Melvin was not because of him, at least not directly, but because of the collaboration with Sky Technologies.

But even then, he could not understand the reason why the dark society wanted to collaborate with sky technologies.

Having already gone through the information on the dark society, Michael already knew about the hidden leader, and all the core members. Apart from that, he also knew the businesses that were under the dark society.

And as he thought about them, he suddenly remembered that there was one of them that seemed to be a company that focused on display glass and protective coatings.

They supplied hardened cover glass, anti-reflective layers, and scratch-resistant coatings used on phone screens. If they collaborated with Sky Technologies, their role would be limited to material fabrication and finishing.

But the Walter family also had a small company that focused on this. And since they reach a collaboration agreement with Sky Technologies, they had already begun expanding the small company in order to be able to meet the demands of Sky Technologies.

Knowing the background of that company being run by a group of gangsters, it was no wonder that Adrian did not consider them for a collaboration.

“So, what is the reason why you are so focused on collaborating with Sky Technologies? Is there something that you are planning?” Michael asked the next question, his eyes emitting a cold glint that made Fred shiver slightly.

“About… About that, it is simply because our boss thought that this is quite an opportunity. After all, Sky Technologies is not yet considered a giant within the technology industry.

But he believes that there is a great possibility that it would be able to develop to greater lengths, demonstrated by the new phone and power bank that they just launched.

So, he was planning to collaborate with Sky Technologies, not only for the future, but to be able to reap some benefits. Additionally, he was thinking that, if there was an opportunity, maybe he would be able to get some shares of Sky Technologies.” Despite the pain that he was experiencing, Fred tried as much as possible not to grunt, afraid that Michael would shoot him again.

“Is that the only reason why you are so focused on collaborating with Sky Technologies, to the extent that you even kidnap someone from the Walter family?” Michael asked as his gaze became colder, immediately making Fred feel panicked inside, as beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

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