’Now that I have arrived, let me see how to perform the drifting shadows’ Hutton thought as he brought out the ancient looking scroll Bob previously gave him.
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Right now he is at his bedroom sitting cross legged on his bed. After opening the ancient looking scroll and read the contents written on it, he immediately have a wry smile on his face as he thought.
’Just like I thought, performing this forbidden arts isn’t going to be easy’
Based on what he has read on the ancient scroll about the drifting shadows move, the practitioner has to hide his aura to the at most limit without letting an ounce of it coming out while moving.
Not only that, but th practitioner has to pass through the barrier of human speed which apparently is harder to perform than the other requirements.
What this requirement meant is the practitioner needs to achieve his maximum speed from from the moment he moved and has to maintain it or move even faster while still not letting an ounce of his aura leaking out.
Although the ancient scroll will guide the practitioner on how to achieve the two requirements, it wasn’t the guaranteed way as it still all rested on the person practicing it.
’Seems like I need to take this slow and steady’ Hutton thought as he dropped the ancient scroll beside him on the bed. After dropping the scroll, Hutton took a deep breath before he shut his eyes and entered a meditative state.
"I need to hide my aura...." Hutton muttered while still in his meditative state. Not too long after, he suddenly felt his perception rapidly expanding and becoming more clearer in his mind as he could listen to every movement ranges as far as 20 meters away.
"Hmm...?" Hutton muttered when he felt someone coming towards his house front entrance.
"Let’s see if I can perform this art" Hutton muttered again as his expression became more pensive. Not too long after, Hutton suddenly vanish from his bed before mysteriously appearing right in front of his front entrance door.
’So fast!!’ Hutton thought with an incredulous look on his face. It hasn’t been upto 3 seconds when Hutton was trying to perform the forbidden art and he is already in front of his house front entrance.
But he quickly came back to his senses after hearing the knock on the door right in front of him.
Knock! Knock!!
Without wasting a second longer after hearing the knock, Hutton immediately opened the door.
"Ahh!" The person at the other side cried out in surprised while moving back after seeing the door suddenly opened the second he knocked.
Apparently, the person at the other side of the door is Jake who Hutton previously sent on a mission to get all the information he could find about the top companies in the city.
"You are back already?" Hutton asked as he faked a surprised look on his face. When Jake saw this look on Hutton’s face, he immediately smiled proudly as he brought out a white colored folder from the side bag he hunged.
"Yes boss. And not only that, but I also got some information of the top companies in the neighbouring cities" Jake said with a proud smile still on his face.
"You did what!?" Hutton asked now with a really surprised look on his face as he stared at the white folder in Jake’s hand. In not more than two weeks from the time Hutton sent him to get information on the top companies of the city, not only did he accomplished it which this alone exceeded Hutton’s expectation, but he also got some information on the top companies of the neighbouring cities which just naturally made him shocked speechless since this shouldn’t be possible to accomplish in a short time.
"Boss, please take the folder. I have compiled the information I got from the top companies categorically so as to make things easier for you" Jake said as he stretched out his hand which held the folder towards Hutton.
But before Hutton took the folder, he stared at Jake deeply for some seconds before asking.
"How did you get all this information in such a short time?"
"Eh!?" Jake said with a stunned look on his face. But not too long later, his face quickly brought out a wry smile as he said.
"It’s seems like I can’t hide it from you boss. I actually met a strange looking man in a remote alley at the inner region of the city and he handed me this folder. When I checked what was inside, I find out it was a compiled information about the top companies in both our city and the neighbouring city. But it was messy that time so I had to verify some things and used it to arrange them"
"Huh?" Hutton muttered as he suddenly frowned while having a pondering look on his face. But not long after, he asked Jake.
"Did you see how he looked like?"
"Unfortunatly no since he was in a mask. But he mentioned your name and told me to tell you this ’You don’t have to know who I am, just know that you are oweing Mrs. Ling a favor’. Right after that, he mysteriously left" Jake answered with a honest look on his face.
But when Hutton heard what Jake said, he immediately have a wry smile on his face as he thought.
’Looks like I owe Mrs Ling Fei a rather huge favor this time’
Not only will this information help prepare both him and his restaurant against these top companies when they plan to attack, but it will also help him to take advantages of their weaknesses and make his restaurant more stronger.
But Hutton didn’t dwell on this thought fo too long as he immediately received and open the folder. Once he did, he immediately have a satisfied look on his face as he thought.
’This is perfect’
Apparently, There were five companies in the Cornerstone city that were considered the top in the city. Three of them is a fashion business, one is a mercenary organization while one is a 5 star restaurant.
’Seems like facing this one is inevitable’ Hutton thought again as he looked at the information regarding the 5 star restaurant with a slight frown.
The name of this restaurant is ’Blue Haven’ and it is incredibly popular In both Cornerstone city and even the neighbouring cities.
Although the headquarters of this restaurant is located at the capital city of the country, the one here is doing exceedingly well even more than the one at the neighbouring cities.
The owners of this restaurant is a family named the George family and they were shockingly a first class family that reside in the capital city of the country.
Although they have a branch family which resides in the Cornerstone city as they look after the branch of the Blue Haven restaurant branch her, it wasn’t able to compete with the Thomas family that have it’s headquarters here while also having a fashion business that has an incredible influence in both the city and the neighbouring cities since it’s also one of the top companies in the list Hutton is with.
’A first class family huh?’ Hutton thought as he coldly stared at the information regarding the the Blue Haven restaurant. But he didn’t take him too long as he eventually closed the folder.
"So how was the information I brought. Was it enough?" Jake asked with an anxious look on his face. When Hutton heard him, he immediately brought out a satisfied smile on his face while also bring out his phone on his pocket.
"Not only was it enough, but you even exceeded my expectations and brought even more information that I need right now which will make me pay you double" Hutton said while he began to operate his phone.
"Double!?" Jake exclaimed with a look of disbelief on his face, but when he saw a notification on his phone which says his bank account has been credited with a whooping 200,000 bucks, he immediately had blooshot eyes.
"Thank you boss!!" Not wasting more time staring blankly on his phone, Jake immediately exclaimed as he tried to kowtow towards Hutton but the later prevented it.
"You don’t have to be like this Jake, you were just doing your job and I rewarded you accordingly. Please don’t try to kowtow" Hutton said with a helpless smile on his face.
"Ok boss, if you say so" Jake said as he immediately got back to his feet. But at this moment, he now has the utmost respect and loyalty towards Hutton.
’I vow with my lifethat I will use everything I have to serve you’ Jake thought with a resolute look on his face. But Hutton didn’t know of this as he asked.
"Now that you have completed the mission I gave you flawlessly, there is something I need you to do for me before going towards another mission"
"Anything boss!" Jake exclaimed with a solemn look on his face. Although this sudden reaction surprised Hutton a little, he later gave out a calm smile on his face as he asked.
"Can you be able to get me a weapons license in less than three days?"
"Three days?" Jake asked with a surprised look on his face. But after seeing Hutton give a slight nod which confirmed what he heard, he began to ponder deeply.
"Although I have a way of accomplishing this, it isn’t guaranteed that it will work" Jake said after pondering for a while.
"Well then there is no harm in trying so just do it" Hutton said with a light smile on his face.
"Ok Boss, am on it" Jake said before he quickly rushed out of Hutton’s house area.