Pride Online

Chapter 729: The New Route Part I

“Like we know it, we’ve lost both the Key of Forbidden and the king’s power. Therefore, the organization is in crisis.”

The powerful voice of the blond-haired man was loud in the secret meeting room in the underground of the Pride headquarters. The room was silent and the only source of light was on the ceiling revealing the blond-haired man with a handsome face. The blue eyes looked around the room, even though he could only see black figures.

“Right now, what we have to do first is to bring back the king’s power. If anyone uses it in the wrong way, everything may be too late then.”

“But our king left us on his own, right, Laurent?”

A man on the left of Laurent said.

“My spy told me that he refuses to cooperate with us and he even gathers so many people as his warriors as Viola’s planned. Is that true, Laurent?”

The question prompted the chatter in the room. Even Payu, who was sitting at the end of the table, did not look so well. Mavin’s facial expression clearly loathed Laurent.

“It’s true.”

Everyone in the room was surprised and started talking to each other.

“Isn’t it what you want, you French son of a bitch.”

Mavin muttered to himself, but it was loud enough for Payu to hear. The old man quickly eyed him as if to say “Don’t you ever say anything stupid.” Mavin could only click his tongue angrily.

“Vincent’s shown clearly how he doesn’t want to join us. He doesn’t want to work for us and will use the power as he likes, which is considered a great crime since he needs our approval before he uses the Pride System. Vincent refuses to listen. He even told me that anyone who thinks about interfering is... his enemy.”

The last sentence was emphasized so much that the room went quiet again.

“Isn’t that a threat?”

“Is he rebelling? This is power harassment...”

“This is crazy. With the Pride System, he can do anything.”

“This is terrorism.”

“It’s just like what Laurent said. Vincent doesn’t fit to be the king.”

“What should we do, then? This is a crisis.”

The chatter got Laurent smirking. As for Maysa, who was sitting next to him, she could only lower her face and look at her clenched fists.

She could guess what Wisana was trying to do.

However, to announce that he’d be an enemy of the organization was totally unwise.

“Everyone.” Then, Laurent said with a smooth voice. The voices died down. “Please don’t go overboard. Vincent hasn’t connected completely to the system just yet. That means we still have a chance. If we can bring him back, we can still extract the power out of him. As I’ve informed you before, I’ve always doubted the King Project. That’s why I’ve researched about how to take the king’s power out of Vincent and make use of it after that. If we can do it, our organization will be saved.”

He paused and looked around the room, pretending to sound very weary. Yet, his blue eyes mysteriously glowed

“The first thing that we have to do is to bring Vincent back as soon as possible and close him off from the Pride System. As I’ve calculated, the numbers of our enemies are equal to us. I believe that they’d definitely revolt against us whatever it takes. If we’re still using the subtle method, I don’t think it’ll be good for our organization.”

Maysa halted. She turned to Laurent in panic.

“That’s why I’ll volunteer to bring Mr. Vincent back myself. No matter what, I have to bring the king’s power back to the organization whatever it takes. We take it that Vincent’s already ‘declared war’ with us.”

The rest of them looked at each other with surprise. The situation had flipped and Laurent’s words sounded legit. Yet, ‘whatever it takes’ seemed pretty scary.

Laurent noticed that some of them doubted his words.

The French man sighed with a smile.

“I know that it’s big for you all. However, we can’t ignore it like the Thailand branch is doing. They’re making a grave mistake. We have to fix and go through this together. Therefore, I’d like everyone to cast a vote.” He paused and looked around. “Please raise your hand if you agree with me.”

At first, everyone hesitated to do it. They looked at each other as if to ask about what to do, which made Maysa a little relieved for a while. However, her smile vanished when a man eventually raised his hand.

After that, the rest of them were prompted. Finally, there were only Payu, Mavin, and Maysa who did not raise their hand.

That made Laurent smile the widest.

‘Come at me, Vincent. I really want to know who’s better, one crazy man or a man with support from all around the world like me!!’

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“From now, I’ll leave it to you, Laurent.”

“Don’t worry. Please leave it to me.”

The chatter in the meeting room finally stopped.

So many people were encouraging and shaking Laurent’s hand in front of the room. Maysa, who was standing further away from him, made a worried face. She crossed her arms and looked at Laurent scrutinizingly.

She read him like a book. She knew what he was about to do to Wisana, and she also knew that this enemy wasn’t ordinary since the organization was equal to ‘the whole world’.

“Tsk! Smile all you want, French son of a bitch.”

Suddenly, an airy complaint sounded. Then, it was Mavin who walked past Maysa so fast without any greeting. Payu did the same thing. They walked past Laurent without saying anything. Even though Laurent tried to talk to them, they did not care. The French man smiled.

Seeing that, Maysa let out a long sigh.

“What a messy political world.” She massaged her temples. “Why does it have to come to this?”

Finally, she walked away from there with a straight face.

Maysa walked past so many people inside the meeting room. She massaged the tip of her eyebrows wearily and confusedly. It had been three days after the fight between Wisana and Lucius. So many people in the organization had been in search of Wisana nationwide and no one had found him. Maysa started to think that Wisana’s people were also good since they were able to hide from the organization’s eyes.

At first, she was worried that Wisana decided to run away.

But now, she actually was kind of happy that he decided to do so.

Even if Wisana was still here, Laurent would still find a way to get to him.

Ms. Viola must have calculated this. That was why she had prepared a group of people to help him.

When she thought about this, she frowned and clasped both hands so tightly that they turned purple. Her grey eyes glanced up and saw that she unintentionally walked into the guest room, where Wisana was days ago.

Maysa did not hesitate to press the switch and opened the door. She walked in and looked around the room to see that everything was still in the same state. The bed was messy. There was a bag on it, which she thought that it carried stuff to help Wisana out of here.

She slowly walked into the room. The familiar scent hit her. It was Wisana’s gentle and cool scent of cologne.

Then, she sat on the bed. She reached out for the pillow and hugged it softly. She buried her face in it and closed her eyes.

Why did she not come to him sooner...

To explain everything?

She really wanted to meet him again.

~Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars~

Suddenly, a song came from her jeans pocket. Maysa was a little startled and threw the pillow to the side. Her grey eyes looked so surprised. She quickly took the phone out.

This wasn’t real...

There was only one with this ringtone.

It was her favorite song that she set it only for him.

The song that he used to sing for her.