Chapter 49: Patient & Prepared.

Leo held Lily’s hand and got in the car. The little girl asked, "Baba, why are we leaving? We did not watch the exhibition properly." Leo replied calmly while taking the car out of the parking lot, "We will come tomorrow, right now. Something happened and Baba needs to handle it." Lily asked cautiously, "Baba, is it bad?" Leo smiled and shook his head. However, things were not good. Just now he received a text saying that Percei Hibiscal met with an accident, and someone tried to wreck the company office. Although the people called police quickly, which caused the goons to run away. Leo drove to the hospital first. The people in the company were unharmed and the goons only damaged the property. He parked the car, and carried Lily in his arms. As he made his way to the emergency department, Lily said, "Baba, why did you say that it was not bad, when I asked?" Leo smiled and pecked her cheek before replying, "So that you don’t feel worried." Inside the emergency department their was complete chaos, Leo was about to ask a nurse, when he located Percie Hibiscal sitting on the side with a bandage on her forearm. He walked up to her and asked, "Percie, are you okay?" Percie raised her head and said, "Boss, how did you get here? I am fine. It is the driver who got severely injured." She told him that the driver had a fractured leg and some head trauma. Leo immediately told the company finance department to mobilize funds for compensation and medical expenses. He did not meet with the family of the injured because he did not wish for Lily to witness such an intense scene at a young age. Although she had seen him confined to a bed, it was not filled with the wailing and desperation of the loved ones. Percie got up to her feet and said, "I heard that some goons attacked the office, shall we go there?" Leo shook his head and said, "You should take a rest." Percie shook her head and said, "No Boss, I am the CEO of the company, I won’t back down in the face of adversity. Those people think that they can intimidate me, but they are wrong, I will have them pay the price." Lily got infected by her spirit and said, "Yes, Aunty Percie." Leo was confused if he should laugh or cry because his daughter seemed to think that Percie was a great general. He said, "Fine, come along, I will take you over." Leo drove the car and Lily was talking with Percie in the back, asking her if she was really okay, or did she get hurt somewhere else. Percie could see that Lily was genuinely worried and assured her that she was fine. They arrived at the office quickly and found the cleaning staff at work already. Leo learned that the two security guards were injured. It was not serious but the goons outnumbered them five to one. Thankfully they managed to stop them from laying hands on the receptionist. Leo clenched his fist, he knew who could have done this. This incident would cause a great impact on the company’s morale. He said, "Stop cleaning." The janitors raised their heads, and Percie waved them to leave. Leo looked around and said, "Percie, call the media, have them cover what happened here. I will get Elvin to mobilize the water army, and a few streamers who love chaos. Capture the public opinion." Percie nodded and Leo said, "I will make sure that they pay for what they have done." Then he picked up Lily and walked out of the office to pick up Snow. Lily asked, "Baba, what happened there?" Leo said, "Some bad people want to harm Baba, and so they broke the office." Lily frowned and said, "Bad people, they should be beaten." Leo nodded, and the system prompted, ’Ping: Beat up the goons and get the ownership of the Pinnacle Security Company.’ The young man almost lost control of his car, but then he calmed down. It was a good thing, with this, he wouldn’t have to worry about the security issues of his office and family. … He picked up Snow, then they went home. He called Marco, and asked, "Do you know who could have made a move against me, and tried to destroy my office upon the command of Cardinals?" seaʀᴄh thё ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Marco said, "The Cardinals have been in touch with the Seventh Street Gang. Those people are crazy, a crew of twenty, small time goons, and mainly focus on assault and small time muggings." Leo nodded and asked, "Send me where they can usually be located." Leo thanked him before he put down the call. Then he went in and found Snow, had dinner, before he said, "I have to go and see to work. Will be back late." Snow nodded and said, "It’s okay, but take care." Leo nodded, he left the house and made a stop at the Sundial Mall. He bought a peaky cap, black hoodie. A battery operated nail gun, and metal baseball bat. He took a swing with the bat to check if it was good enough and then paid for all of it in cash. Then he changed his clothes inside his car, put on the black hoodie, and cap before he loaded the nail gun with a cartridge and drove off to the address that Marco told him about. The young man arrived at the location after an hour, and then he stayed inside the driver seat as he waited. Across the road, a pub was bustling with activity, and it was not the right time to take action. Leo had been practicing and learning close combat, digital battle skills, and his level was better than most of the humans. Since these people dared to be so excessive, he did not mind returning the favor. He looked out of the window, and mumbled, "I will make you all pay, soon." He waited quietly, like a patient snake waiting for the right time to strike its prey.