Chapter 274: Newton’s Determination, Dealing With Inconveniences

The capital, Newton’s family villa…

Inside the study, Newton sat behind the desk, while gazing at Bob, waiting for him to tell him the results of the visit. Even though he already had his own guesses, he still waited for Bob to say it.

“How did it go? Has he agreed to leave?” Newton asked.

Bob shook his head as he said, “No, he refused to leave. In fact, he said that he would be coming over in the capital in a while. Given the exact date, but I’m sure that it would be soon.”

Newton’s expression hardened when he heard that. In fact, the guess that he was having was that, Michael had agreed to leave. Instead, the answer that he had received was contradictory to his expectations.

When Bob was about to leave, Newton had informed him that he should tell Michael that, no matter what it was that he wanted, the Santos family would provide.

All that he needed to do was to leave the country, and never come back, or if there was a need for him to come back, Newton would contact him.

Unexpectedly, Michael refused. This made Newton a little puzzled. But when Bob mentioned that Michael was planning to come to the capital, Newton’s expression shifted.

From the previous conversation with Henry, who had met with Michael, it was clear that Michael had anger directed towards him. It was clear, Michael believed that he was the one who had been involved with the death of Zachary.

Simply put, at the moment, Michael did not consider the Santos family as family, instead, he saw them as an enemy. In such a scenario, it was no wonder that he could not accept to leave.

But no matter what Michael thought about the situation, Newton was determined to have him leave. And if worse came to worst, he would have to be much more ruthless than he had planned.

In his mind, he thought, it would be better for him to be a villain, to be condemned in the future, but at least, for now, he had to ensure that the Santos family remained stable.

And currently, the old man was the supporting pillar of the Santos family. If something happened to him, the consequences could be imagined.

“I don’t really understand how he was able to acquire the shares of Vanguard Corporation, but it doesn’t matter. Maybe he was lucky or something like that, but no matter, just beginning the shares from Vanguard Corporation does not give him the ability to go against the Santos family.

Ask Gregory to take action. Tell him, no matter what, he has to make sure that that kid is taken out of this country. As for you, you can make arrangements, so that a private jet can be used to take him out.” Newton thought for a while before he said.

The moment that Newton mentioned Gregory, Bob’s eyes flashed with surprise. He had not anticipated that Newton would go to such an extent in order to deal with Michael.

But there was one thing that he realized, that was the fact that, despite what he wanted to do, he did not have the intention of harming Michael.

Even though Gregory was taking action, the preparation for the private jet was to make sure that Michael left the country. So of course, he would have to be alive.

“Yes, I will make arrangements for that immediately.” Bob still went ahead and nodded, before he left the study.

Newton remained behind, his fingers slightly drumming on top of the desk, as he kept thinking of something.

He understood that asking Gregory to take action was risky. And, there was a great possibility that the old man would be alarmed.

But with the way that things were, there was no any other choice. After all, using normal people would be useless, at least from the intel that he had on Michael.

Additionally, using many people would easily attract too much attention. While using Gregory, it would attract some attention, but it would be easy to be able to find a scapegoat.

As long as it was said that Gregory took action to deal with members of the blood Reapers syndicate, the old man would not pay much attention later on.

But of course, for this to go through, Newton understood that he had to make preparations. He could not just expect the old man to believe what he said, without investigating.

Good thing, for the time being, the old man did not know anything about Zachary. Otherwise, if he doubted anything, he would inevitably investigate everything that Newton did.

But another thing that Newton had to be wary of was the government. With Gregory taking action, he would have to do it swiftly and silently. Otherwise, if a commotion arose, and the government was alarmed, things would get out of hand.

At that time, the government might end up sparing nothing to deal with the silent order syndicate. And facing the government, the silent order syndicate did not really have the possibility of dealing with it.

The only reason why the two syndicates had not been uprooted until this moment is because the government is currently focused on something else. Otherwise, the government would not have allowed these two syndicates to run wild in the nation.

“It doesn’t matter. As long as this issue is dealt with silently, I can find ways to make sure that the old man does not find out about it. Only by doing this can everything go back to the way that it was before.” Newton muttered in a low voice.

In actual sense, he was tempted to completely silence Michael. That way, all variables could be completely removed.

It was just that, if he really wanted to do this, it implied that he would have to deal with Henry as well. But Henry was his own son. And, having already met with Michael before, if Henry ended up talking about this to the old man, it would cause problems.

At least, even if Henry could maintain contact with Michael, as long as Henry knew that Michael was alive, things would not get out of hand.

Additionally, even if the old man ended up knowing that Zachary was dead, as long as Michael was alive, there was a possibility that the old man would not be too much impacted.

And, there was a possibility that the old man could survive through the sorrow of losing his son forever. It was just that, Newton did not want to take chances.

Who was going to guarantee that the old man would not die on the spot the moment that he knew that Zachary was dead? Would he even have the chance of knowing that Zachary had a son, who was still alive?

…

While lying on the couch in the living room, Michael had thought through many things. And, he realized something. That was, he could do something about Onyx.

When outside, and in the company of other people, since Michael did not have the intention of revealing Onyx, he had no choice but to communicate with it secretly.

And sometimes, he might not mention what he wanted, especially if what he was saying was something sensitive.

So, he thought, why not find something in the system store that could allow him to be able to communicate with Onyx without others hearing?

Of course, he would not allow the AI to read his mind. Instead, he wanted to form a telepathic connection with Onyx, allowing him to be able to communicate with it at any time.

It was just that, Onyx was an AI, and was currently installed on an electronic device. Was it really possible to be able to communicate to the particularly with an electronic device?

That was something that Michael was not sure if it was going to happen or not. At least, maybe he could try it later on after he gained an ability that could allow him to communicate telepathically.

But for now, he would need the support of a device, at least something that would allow him to communicate with the AI.

So, for quite a while, he browsed through the system store, trying to find something suitable.

In the system store, there was a big variety of items, impossible for Michael to be able to go through all of them. But through filtering, it was easy for him to be able to find what he wanted.

At the moment, things that could allow him to communicate with others varied. But of course, there were two that caught his attention.

One of them could allow him to be able to communicate with any intelligent being. This implied, even if it was not a human, as long as it could understand, communication would be successful.

Even if he spoke to a dog, the dog would be able to understand what he wanted it to do. As for if it was going to do it or not, that was another matter.

Regardless, this was something that made Michael’s eyes brighten, as he realized that he had been under using the system store.

If he really exploited the system store to the maximum, just what would he be able to obtain from it?

Despite what he was thinking, he focused on the final item, which was the main one, at least what he wanted the most.

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