Chapter 111 (2/2)

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After some thinking, the initial anxiety from the death threat had vanished from Karl’s mind. Although it might’ve been the way the Moon Lotus Sect did things, they were a part of the intergalactic society now. How could they murder him and his family with all the laws in place? However, a large part of his anxiety had been relieved because he relocated his family to another location. As for himself, hah! He was a cultivator. How would he be afraid of tackling a challenge head on? In fact, he already implemented plans to put the Moon Lotus World in its place. If they wanted to grow, then he’d inhibit them as much as possible.

In the business world, the most important thing wasn’t wealth—unless, of course, one had an obscene amount of it. The most important thing was having connections with the right people! As one of the top dogs of the business world, Karl had plenty of connections. Just because one avenue was closed didn’t mean all of them were. It didn’t matter that Dave didn’t help oppress the Moon Lotus World. There were other people who would. The head of the Food, Drug, and Elixir Administration was one of Karl’s connections, and with one phone call, a source of the Moon Lotus World’s income had been cut off.

Karl leaned back in his seat, feeling pleased with himself. There was a brand-new table in front of him, and like the change of scenery in his room, there was a change in his luck. Not only had he obstructed the Moon Lotus World from selling their now-illegal steroids, but he had also slowed the growth of their industrialization. He had analyzed Dominator Metal Buttkicker. It was simply a modified battlesuit. If Karl were in charge of creating them for sale, he would cut out the middleman, the producer of the battlesuit, and create his own factory for battlesuit production. With that in mind, Karl called a few friends, and magically, the materials needed to build factories on the Moon Lotus World were suddenly in short supply.

There was a knocking sound on the door, and Karl’s brow furrowed. No one ever knocked on his door. His secretary usually called him in advance if there were any visitors. As for the secretary, she never knocked either. There was a speaker and microphone outside the door that she used to alert her presence. If someone was knocking, then they must’ve been new to the company, but someone new would never be on speaking terms with him, the CEO. “Who is it?” Karl asked and fixed his posture. He tapped on his table, and a display appeared, revealing a beautiful woman standing outside of his door, holding a large package. Behind her, there was his secretary, who looked a bit flustered.

“Special delivery,” the woman said, her facial expressions unchanging.

Karl’s brow furrowed even more. “I didn’t order anything,” he said, speaking towards his desk. His voice was transmitted outside his door via the speaker.

The woman raised her arm, and there was a sound akin to thunder as she punched the door. It flew off its hinges and slammed into the wall behind Karl. If it had been launched just a few more feet to the right, Karl’s head would’ve probably been knocked off. The woman walked into the room and dropped the package onto the ground. Karl swore he heard the package whimper. Was there a person inside of it!? “W-Who are you!?”

“Rachel,” the woman said. She opened up the package, revealing a plump, quivering man that Karl recognized as the head of the Food, Drug, and Elixir Administration. Rachel grabbed the man by the back of his shirt’s collar and lifted him up, choking him in the process. “According to this man, you’re the reason the Moon Lotus World is being oppressed.”

Karl swallowed. “What you’re doing is illegal.” Upon seeing Rachel’s bored expression, Karl decided to change his approach. “How about we call it even here? I’ll leave the Moon Lotus World alone, and you’ll walk out of this office. We can pretend like nothing ever happened between us.”

“When a problem arises, I always tear it out by the root,” Rachel said and released the plump man. “That way, no problems arise in the future.” She drew her sword, and the secretary gulped before fainting. She must’ve seen something happen earlier because there was already blood on the sword.

“Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,” Karl said, holding his hands up in front of himself. “If you kill me, you’ll become a criminal. The law won’t let you go free, and if they can’t catch you, they’ll do even worse things to your planet than I ever did.”

“The law? I’ll kill it too,” Rachel said and took a step forward. “I’ve heard there’s a false immortal that resides in the federation. Perhaps this will drag him out. I’ve always wanted to see how strong false immortals are. If I can observe one in person, it’ll be easier for me to break through in the future.”

“He’ll kill you! It won’t matter if it’s easier to break through if you don’t survive the encounter!”

“When I was younger, people always told me I’d die,” Rachel said. “You’ll die if you fight the frost-horned snake. You’ll die if you try to steal from the Ten Faces Sect’s herb garden. You’ll die if you attempt to understand the meaning of cold by submerging yourself in molten ice.” A faraway-look appeared in Rachel’s eye, but a moment later, she shook her head. “Yet, I’m still here, alive and well and even stronger for having done all these sure-death things. Goodbye.” She swung her sword. “Don’t mess with the Moon Lotus Sect in your next life.”