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Chapter 83 The meeting ends
For a moment, the copper bell in the secret room rang incessantly, as the other school board members rang their bells.
"Frost, you'd better give us an explanation of what exactly the 'Artificial Dragon King Project' is all about!" the old man holding the sandalwood prayer beads demanded.
"Your Gattuso family has grand ambitions; do you even want to dominate the world?" the middle-aged man questioned.
"What stage is your 'artificial dragon king' at? Please announce it immediately!" Lisa demanded.
"The Gattuso family must give us an explanation!" the girl demanded.
Several board members immediately launched into a barrage of questions, seemingly more concerned with the Gattuso family's "artificial dragon king" plan than with Lu Mingfei and the King of Earth and Mountains.
This is understandable. Although there is a threat from the dragons, the Dragon King has not appeared for many years, so they don't really feel the impact.
The Gattuso family's "artificial dragon king" plan is different.
If they succeed, then no other family will have any say, and the whole world will grovel at the feet of the Gattuso family.
Frost's face was ashen, his eyes wide with rage as he stared intently at Angers.
The plan to create a dragon king was a closely guarded secret even within the Gattuso family. How did Angers know about it?
Furthermore, he also knew about the appearance of the King of Earth and Mountains, and that Lu Mingfei possessed Dragon King-level combat power.
All of this proves that the old man is not as simple as he thought.
As the saying goes, old ginger is spicier, and this old ginger, about to be buried, has brought a huge problem to the Gattuso family.
Frost took a deep breath, his gaze shifting from Angers's amused expression; he now had to appease the other board members.
Otherwise, before they could even defeat the Dragon King, the Gattuso family would be ostracized.
Frost said in a deep voice, "Gentlemen, please listen to me."
Several school board members turned their attention to the old man.
Frost continued:
"I don't know much about the 'artificial dragon king' project."
"After all, as you all know, the real head of the Gattuso family is my brother Pompeii, and I am merely his agent."
"I assure you all that I will share the details of this plan with you as soon as possible after the meeting."
"How is it?" He glanced at everyone.
No one who becomes a school board member is a fool; they all realized that Frost was trying to stall for time.
After the meeting, it would be easy for the Gattuso family to simply fabricate a plan and send it to them.
But if we keep asking, we probably won't get any results.
Angers rang the bell: "Since Frost has said so, let's believe him for now. After all, he's just an agent!"
Frost glared at Angers, cursing inwardly, "Old man, I'll kill you sooner or later."
With Angers offering a way out, the others stopped asking questions. However, after the meeting, they would immediately mobilize their family resources to investigate the Gattuso family's "artificial dragon king" plan.
Angers continued, "Alright, let's continue discussing the plan to subdue the King of the Earth and Mountains!"
Lisa rang her bell: "Angers, there has never been a confirmed death of a Dragon King in history. How will you kill the King of the Earth and Mountains?"
Angers was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Two days later, the King of Earth and Mountains will lose his power. At that time, it will fall into its weakest state in history. After killing it, it will not be resurrected."
The other five looked at each other in disbelief; Angers' news network was far too big.
However, considering his previous "exchange" with Frost, none of them pressed him to reveal where he had gotten the information.
An old man, his fingers twirling sandalwood prayer beads, rang a bell: "Now there's only one thing to consider: who should we send to carry out this mission?"
Angers rang his bell: "On this matter, Pompey has already chosen his son as the leader."
Lisa frowned and rang the bell: "Did you tell Pompeii beforehand?"
Angers rang the bell: "No, but he has a keen sense for this and guessed the purpose of my impromptu meeting of the board of directors."
Frost frowned and rang the bell: "It won't be so easy to take action within China."
Angers said calmly, "So we only have one chance, a chance to kill them with one blow, and once we succeed, we'll leave immediately."
"What if we fail?" the girl asked, ringing the bell.
“Then all the enforcers will die in China,” Angers said in a deep voice.
“No! The risk is too high!” Frost rejected.
Pompeii's goal was clear: he wanted his son to personally kill the Dragon King so that he could dominate the New World in the future.
But Caesar is the heir to the Gattuso family; it's absolutely unacceptable to send him on such a high-risk mission.
Angers gently shook the brass bell in his hand, and the clear sound echoed in the quiet conference hall.
His gaze was deep, and he spoke slowly:
"In that case, let's try to win over Lu Mingfei. If we succeed, he can take care of any future Dragon Kings that may appear."
The middle-aged man frowned slightly and responded by ringing his bell: "But what if we fail?"
Angers shrugged, a meaningful smile playing on his lips: "Then let's compromise and negotiate with him."
He paused, tapping his fingertips lightly on the table. “We can promise not to interfere with his dealings with the King of Earth and Mountains, but on the condition that he assists us in hunting down the remaining Dragon Kings.”
Frost rang the bell and suggested, "Would it be feasible to take control of the people around him?"
Angers' eyes sharpened: "Frost, if your Gattuso family wants to be wiped out, you're welcome to do so."
“You underestimate the Gattuso family too much. Even if he were the real Dragon King, so what?” Frost roared.
"Haha...hahahaha!" Angers suddenly covered his face with his hands and laughed softly, as if he had heard the most absurd joke in the world.
“What are you laughing at?” Frost asked, frowning.
Angers lowered his hands, stopped smiling, and asked:
“Frost, although your Gattuso family is researching ‘artificial dragon kings,’ you have never seen a real natural disaster, have you?”
"What do you mean by that?" Frost's eyes darkened.
Angers didn't hide anything, and said in a deep voice:
"To tell you the truth, if Lu Mingfei goes berserk, he alone could make the Stars and Stripes disappear from the North American continent."
"Do you really think your Gattuso family's fortress is stronger than the Pentagon?"
"If the Dragon King were really that powerful, humanity would have been wiped out long ago!" Frost said dismissively.
Angers rested his hands on the long table, his fingers interlaced.
His gaze was deep: "Frost, you've got one thing wrong. I never said that Lu Mingfei was the Dragon King."
"What exactly do you mean?" Frost slammed his fist on the table and stood up.
Angers' gaze swept over the group:
"What I mean is, if you insist on harming those around him, be prepared to have your entire clan wiped out!"
“Alright, since everyone has differing opinions, let’s vote by raising our hands.” Angers raised his right hand. “I advocate winning over Lu Mingfei. What about you?”
Lisa raised her hand: "I agree."
Immediately afterwards, the butler behind the girl whispered something in her ear, and the girl raised her hand:
"I agree."
The middle-aged man rang a copper bell: "Withdraw!"
He didn't believe either Angers or Frost.
As the saying goes, old people become shrewd, and these two old folks must be hiding a lot of things.
Interfering recklessly will surely bring disaster.
Frost and the old man holding the sandalwood prayer beads remained silent.
Angers smiled. He had expected this outcome, but he was somewhat surprised that the girl, besides Lisa, had also agreed to his plan.
“Three to two,” Angers stood up. “As the one who proposed the wooing plan, I will personally go to China to win over Lu Mingfei.”
As the door to the secret room opened, Angers, Lisa, the middle-aged man, and the young girl all left.
Only the old man holding sandalwood prayer beads and muttering incantations remained, along with Frost, whose face was ashen.
"Frost, how do you think Angers learned about the 'Artificial Dragon King' plan?" The old man stopped turning his prayer beads, and a glint of light flashed in his cloudy eyes.
Frost walked to the corner, bent down to pick up the cane that had been knocked away, and sneered:
"That old man has lived for over a hundred years, and with Norma at Kassel College, it's possible he knows some clues."
"What do you plan to do next?"
"I want to see just who this Lu Mingfei really is," Frost said, grabbing a personal information sheet for Lu Mingfei from the long table and leaving the secret room with his cane.
The old man picked up the sandalwood prayer beads again, like an ascetic monk practicing asceticism.
Chapter 84 Liu Miaomiao is numb!
Caesar watched as Angers and the school board members walked out of the small fortress one by one and came to his side.
There was no other reason than that he was in the hotel parking lot, and the school board members would naturally come over after the meeting.
“Caesar, do you want to leave with me or stay?” Angers asked.
“I’ll go with you!” Caesar replied to Angers.
The girl following behind Angers couldn't help but exclaim, "So handsome!" the moment she saw Caesar.
The butler promptly reminded her, "Miss, please be more reserved!"
The girl, embarrassed, reverted to her solemn demeanor, her face tense.
"Okay, get in the car!" Angers got into the driver's seat first, and Caesar opened the door and naturally sat in the passenger seat.
As the engine started, the black Maserati was the first to pull out of the hotel gate.