Chapter 278: Swallowing The Wolf
In the middle of the New World, on the side close to the West Sea, there is a small island.
The island’s area is not large, the population is not much, and there are no rumors of any valuable mineral deposits or other specialties. In general, it is just a remote and neglected small island.
The only thing worth mentioning is that the environment on the island is very quiet and peaceful, with nice scenery… however, such places are not rare on the Sea.
What truly makes it stand out from other ordinary small islands is… that on this small island are scattered several large and small manors with luxurious decorations.
Most of the island’s population is also distributed near these manors, implicitly dividing the island into several independent areas like a cut cake.
Among them, the largest area is located on the west side of the island, centered around a manor that is backed by mountains and surrounded by water, gleaming with gold and jade.
The manor seems to have undergone a renovation recently, with a huge outer courtyard and independent green plant flower beds newly developed around the main villa, and countless servants are now bending over to tend to those rare flower seeds transplanted from all over the world.
In fact, this seemingly secluded island is the main base of several major underground arms families in the inner New World, and that largest area is the garrison of the Mediya Family.
Thanks to Old Media’s years of vertical and horizontal alliances, the Mediya Family has always firmly held the dominant status among these arms families, and thus was able to seize the best scenic spot as the family’s garrison.
This situation of one family dominating continued until a few months ago, when a collar personally woven by the Queen of Whole Cake Island Charlotte Linlin quietly slipped onto the neck of the Mediya Family.
Old Media Family Head had no choice but to give up the New World that he had managed for many years, and instead drag his aged body to the North Sea to reopen a lifeline for the family.
Almost overnight, the island’s formerly unrivaled number one family was deserted, and those small families and ordinary people dependent on Mediya all scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing to other families on the island.
The entire Mediya territory instantly became like a no-man’s land, the originally bustling and prosperous streets became empty, and those people who were once extremely respectful to Mediya now seemed to have changed faces, using all their efforts to distance themselves from them.
The arms baron who was once respected and feared by everyone became like a skinned rat that everyone despised and avoided.
But fortunately, at that final moment, Mediya’s young master resolutely stepped forward, turning the tide when it was about to collapse and supporting the building on the verge of collapse.
Internally gathering the family’s remaining members and accumulating power; externally contacting various families and building connections.
Using the Beasts Pirates’ intimidation to deter the heroes, and relying on the World Government to check the Beasts Pirates, with interlocking strategies and step-by-step consolidation, finally bringing the family back from the brink, and Mediya bathed in glory once more.
……
That’s right, in the eyes of Caspar’s somewhat stuttering follower, their own young master was such a legendary figure.
Although that arrogant and conceited temperament remained unchanged, even showing signs of worsening, the Mediya Family’s dead end was truly revived by him.
Not only were the family industries not liquidated and annexed by other families, he himself leapfrogged to become the direct superior of those families’ spokespersons, able to boss them around at will.
Even when Old Media Master was still around, he was not as glorious as this.
And the long-worried situation of cooperating with both the World Government and the Beasts Pirates being discovered and then liquidated did not occur, even when Caspar openly used the Beasts Pirates’ assets to line his own pockets, there was no reaction from the other side…
The Beasts Pirates seemed truly restrained by the World Government as their young master had planned, throwing caution to the wind.
Looking at the old mansion that had been repaired and was now more grand and luxurious than before… and those family heads from other families who were polite to him, the stuttering follower proudly puffed out his chest.
“Wi, Wi, Willy Lord, you, you you are…”
Seeing the family heads from various families, led by Willy, visiting at the same time, the follower curiously asked at the gate.
“Oh, we’re here for the routine meeting.”
“Is Caspar Vice President here?”
Willy asked in a kindly tone.
For his own convenience, Caspar forcibly required changing the original monthly meeting location from the joint meeting hall in the center of the island to the Mediya manor, which caused some families to have to cross the entire island to attend the meetings…
This included Willy himself, the president of the military-industrial complex.
But unlike the other grim-faced spokespersons, Willy seemed completely unconcerned about the trouble caused to him by Caspar’s little whim.
“Yo, Young Master came back la, la, late last night, and is still sleeping now.”
The little stutterer was a bit embarrassed; it was almost noon, but their young master was still snoring away.
Willy, however, didn’t mind at all and casually said:
“Oh~ Then we’ll go to the meeting hall and wait for him~”
“Go, go, good, okay. I, I right now, go, go wake the young master.”
The little stutterer said haltingly while leading everyone into the villa.
“Ah~ No need, no need, let him rest well.”
“Don’t disturb him; it’s not too late to start the meeting after he wakes up.”
Willy gave the other a kind smile, then familiarly led everyone toward the meeting hall, leaving the follower with an inexplicable expression behind.
Because of his stutter, the follower had been good at reading expressions since childhood, but this time he found that the other party really seemed to want their young master to continue sleeping well… why?
Two hours later, after having the lunch carefully prepared as instructed by the little follower in the meeting hall, several spokespersons of the military-industrial complex finally waited for Caspar, who had finished freshening up.
“Ah~ Ha~~~~ Morning, everyone.”
Yawning, with a sandwich in hand, Caspar casually pulled out the chair next to Willy and sat down.
“Sorry~ I played too late with some friends from the World Government and Navy, so I kept everyone waiting today.”
Hearing the other’s words that showed no apology but rather subtly boasted and intimidated by borrowing power, everyone’s expressions soured except for Willy’s.
“Caspar, we’re all busy, you…”
“Oh my~ In such a formal occasion, you should address by title… I’ve reminded you many times, right, Sendog Member?”
Smack~
Propping his feet on the conference table, Caspar took a bite of the sandwich, then scolded without even looking at the other.
“…”
“Mm…”
“Got it, Caspar Vice President.”
Looking at the pair of expensive leather shoes now placed in front of him, Sendog, sitting beside Caspar, gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger to reply.
“Well~ Caspar is right; after all, this is a fairly formal occasion, so there should be some rules.”
Willy, watching the scene, smiled with an unchanged expression.
Seeing the other still so obedient, Caspar’s attitude became even more unrestrained.
“Haha~ As expected of President Lord, much more rule-abiding than these people.”
“Alright, slap yourself twice, learn your lesson, and we’ll call it even.”
Finishing the sandwich in two or three bites, Caspar ‘generously’ waved his hand. After the attitude shift from Spandine and others in the past few days, he believed he had completely dominated the Beasts Pirates and World Government channels, acting with even less restraint.
“You…!”
“Hm—?”
Sendog glared angrily, while Caspar raised an eyebrow.
A mere small family spokesperson dared to defy his orders backed by both the Beasts Pirates and World Government?
“Cough! Caspar, don’t go too far.”
“Oh?”
“President Willy wants to shield these rule-breakers too? Then I’ll have to report to the Beasts—”
“I said, you’ve gone too far.”
Facing Caspar’s usual threat, Willy finally did not yield this time and directly interrupted him.
“Caspar, I am the president.”
“…”
Turning to look at Willy staring straight at him, Caspar inexplicably felt a trace of panic in his heart, but quickly dismissed it and continued toughly:
“Heh~ This attitude, huh?”
“You’ll regret it, President Lord.”
