Another World Mall

The Skynet was in a complete frenzy after the news about Clovis and the Libation Fiesta spread.

"Damn. Did you see that? Libation Fiesta, who had three youngest participants, managed to get second place."

"Were they that strong? Or were their opponents that weak?"

"Weak? That was the last thing you could say. I looked at the video, and those Tier 4 people were definitely not weak."

"But I saw news regarding Clovis forfeiting in the final because Jay was hospitalized in the previous match."

"You sure? I somehow thought about the Drake Group."

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"Did they get involved again? But the competition was in a different city. There was no way they were involved in that decision, right?"

"Who knows? But that Ivan also participated in the first competition."

"Considering their past conflict, it was possible for them to mess with the Libation Fiesta."

There were mixed opinions. Some people believed that the Drake Group wouldn’t do anything in another city. Some people still thought that their past feud could possibly lead to such a decision.

Of course, the one who actually steered the people’s opinions toward the relationship between Clovis and the Drake Group was none other than Vania.

"Hehehe." Vania had been holing inside her room, looking at the screen with a sly grin.

One might not be enough, but she had a lot of accounts. If one post was only enough to get a hundred people, she would make ten posts with ten different accounts, roping more people to their side.

Before long, their opinions would influence the people around them. More and more people ended up joining their side and starting to pressure the Drake Group.

Vania muttered, "You’re going down no matter what. The more you resist, the more people will not believe you. And with this, you have no choice but to sacrifice Ivan and make it clear that Ivan’s deeds aren’t related to you.

"Still, that kid is truly his grandson... Their way of solving problems is similar." Vania couldn’t help but sigh.

She called Clovis before doing this. The answer was quite daring and terrifying, even for her.

"In this era, you need justification to do things. If I have an enemy I want to eliminate, I will corner him and force him to make his move. By eliminating his backing, no one will bother to defend him anymore. That’s where I can eliminate him. While I don’t have any problem with people knowing me for my infamy, I still have my group to protect.

"I keep my enemies alive so that they will remain my enemies. After all, knowing their pattern makes it easier for me to deal with them. However, if it’s time to eliminate the enemy, I will make it swift."

When Vania heard those two answers, she couldn’t help but shudder. By manipulating the public’s opinion, Ivan would definitely lose his support. And it would be time for Clovis to eliminate him.

If Erwin were here, he would know that the few days that Clovis mentioned were to solve this problem.

Vania said, "Well, this should be enough for the time being. If I overdo it, it’ll be clear that I’m the one manipulating it. Sadly, I can’t see his annoyed face."

As Vania expected, the president of the Drake Group was fuming in anger.

"Are you serious?" Thomas gritted his teeth. "That group managed to win the Shining Star Competition? And they even lost in that manner."

His assistant had a pale face. "Sir, what should we do? The people are directing their anger toward us. Our stock price has gone down, and the investors are currently angry right now."

Thomas bit his lips. The problem was the fact that, to solve this matter, he might have to throw Ivan away, even though he had invested so much in him. Even then, the damage was already done. It would take a long time for the Drake Group to recover.

On the other hand, if he killed Clovis right now, the first person to be suspected would be him.

He couldn’t help but consider the offer that those assassins were giving him.

If he joined them to eliminate Clovis, he could finally take revenge against him. If he didn’t join them, he didn’t need to invest more capital for revenge. The problem was whether Clovis planned to leave them alone or not.

There was a high chance that Clovis would come back and crush the Drake Group because of their past feud.

That was why he might not have other choices but to kill Clovis.

"Tsk. Buy our stock for the time being and maintain our current price. I’ll talk to the investors."

"Understood." His assistant immediately left, scared that the president would direct his anger at him.

Thomas simply covered his face. He never thought that the ant he could crush easily at first had forced him to make such an important decision.

He thought that Ivan could handle it in one way or another. He left it in his hand so that the Drake Group’s reputation would soar. But fate wasn’t on his side.

All he could do was blame Ivan. If he were not fixated on Kanaria, all of this would never happen.

If he took a look at the situation, he didn’t think that Kanaria wasn’t that important anymore in Ivan’s heart. All he could think about was probably how he could take revenge on Clovis.

"What puppy love? Freaking idiot." Thomas gritted his teeth. "I need to set up another press conference to cut off my loss."

Still, he wasn’t the only one who was frustrated by the result. The two Tier 5 assassins panicked after seeing the news.

The person they thought they could kill at any moment now had the ability to defeat a Tier 4 human. In addition, this person was an assassin with peerless talent. Launching a sneak attack on Clovis was probably going to be useless. If they didn’t hurry, Clovis might end up growing too strong for them.

All the parties were ready to make their move as the storm was approaching. And Clovis knew about it.