Chapter 222 - Chapter 222: So It’s Always Been the Third Master
Chapter 222: So It’s Always Been the Third Master
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Rong Li casually said, “Monastery of Discipline, fifty lashes per person, I’ll personally administer them!”
Bronn chuckled lightly, “Third Master, that’s quite serious. You’ve never shown yourself before, so it’s reasonable for us to question your identity.”
“Everything has its price,” Lu Zhiyuan, despite his ailing appearance, spoke with authority, “What Rong Li said is Black Hawk’s rule!”
The bald man added, “Chen Rushi orchestrated this. We were sent to perform the password verification; it’s not my concern.”
Several other executives also distanced themselves from the situation.
Rong Li whistled and asked Chen Rushi, “Master Chen, what do you say?”
“I’ll bear all the consequences!” Chen Rushi firmly stated. He had seen Lu Zhiyuan at the racetrack, and he was nothing like the Third Master. Although they were the same person, they exuded entirely different auras and qualities. It was a dual personality, conflicting and devouring each other. This was Lu Zhiyuan, not the Third Master.
While Lu Zhiyuan was weak, if they didn’t take advantage of his illness to exact vengeance, they would be the ones at a disadvantage. Even if something happened midway, Lu Zhiyuan wouldn’t dare to touch him.
“Let’s begin!” Lu Zhiyuan’s lips curled with a hint of coldness.
Chen Rushi opened the box, entered the password, and each Black Hawk executive input their own password. This password box was exceptionally unique. Only when all nine executives’ passwords were correctly entered could the final password be revealed. The final password was known only to the Third Master and couldn’t be disclosed!
Rong Li, the last one, entered his password. The silver-gray box opened in front of Lu Zhiyuan. Li Jiang was very nervous; he didn’t know this password, only the Third Master did.
Lu Zhiyuan coldly entered the password, and after iris, fingerprint, and facial biometric verification, a cold female voice spoke, “Lu Zhiyuan, welcome.”
The voice was consistent, and it would only sound with the correct password. After confirming Lu Zhiyuan’s identity, the password book was taken out. It contained a core storage of the Black Hawk Eye System, and it displayed a VR video. It was a video from when Lu Zhiyuan succeeded Black Hawk, stored in the Eye System. Only Lu Zhiyuan could open it.
This video couldn’t be faked, and it confirmed Lu Zhiyuan’s identity.
Chen Rushi’s face slightly changed, and Pei Qiuying swore. Moreover, she had interacted with Lu Zhiyuan, so Chen Rushi believed in her judgment. Lu Zhiyuan must be a dual personality.
“It really is you!” The bald man couldn’t believe it. This seemingly ordinary person turned out to be the Third Master.
The others exchanged glances.
“A misunderstanding, just a misunderstanding,” Bronn said, “Third Master, you have to take some blame for this. If you had been open about your identity from the beginning, we wouldn’t have had so many misunderstandings.”
A seemingly casual misunderstanding, but it couldn’t be brushed aside. Furthermore, Lu Zhiyuan asked Chen Rushi, “Chen Rushi, remember to go to the Monastery of Discipline for fifty lashes!”
“Yes, Third Master is Lu Zhiyuan, and Lu Zhiyuan is the Third Master, as acknowledged by Black Hawk’s Eye System,” Chen Rushi said with a faint smile, “I accept that. However… Lu Zhiyuan has a dual personality. The Third Master is the Third Master, and Lu Zhiyuan is Lu Zhiyuan. They share the same body but are not the same person. The owner of Black Hawk cannot be someone with a dual personality disorder!”
Chen Rushi pointed to Li Jiang in the corner, “He has been following you day and night, wanting to know the truth. Take him for a lie detector test, and the truth will come out quickly.”
Li Jiang was nervous, his back covered in sweat. As Lu Zhiyuan’s close guard, he knew all of Lu Zhiyuan’s secrets. If he were to undergo a lie detector test, he couldn’t hide his thoughts, as the machine would detect all lies.
“Chen Rushi…” Lu Zhiyuan’s gaze remained calm, “You’ve repeatedly provoked me. Are you trying to take my place? If you want a lie detector test, I’ll grant your wish. But if Li Jiang passes the test, you’ll be cut off from Black Hawk, and the Chen family will go independent, breaking away from Black Hawk. Are you willing to gamble?”
Everyone fell silent.
Chen Rushi’s face darkened as he looked at Lu Zhiyuan. He showed no signs of backing down, his gaze was icy, and there was no trace of the Third Young Master in him. Sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a patient’s gown, he was a dark king from the depths of hell.
One’s demeanor couldn’t be disguised.
Li Jiang also realized it. This wasn’t the Third Young Master; it was the Third Master!
He was puzzled. What was going on?
Did he wake up, and all the affectionate moments with AAiss Gu were just an act? If Miss Gu found out, she would surely go crazy.
Chen Rushi was overwhelmed by Lu Zhiyuan’s aura. In this high-stakes gamble, he couldn’t afford to lose. If Lu Zhiyuan didn’t have dual personality, and he lost, he would be wagering the Chen family’s legacy for three generations. He couldn’t afford to do that!
Rong Li, enjoying the spectacle, sat near the window with a relaxed posture, as if he were a bandit. “Master Chen, don’t chicken out now. You have the guts to question the Third Master’s identity, but do you have the courage to bet your fortune?”
He was stirring the pot and he was a master at it!
“Rong Li, you shut up!” Chen Rushi’s palms were sweaty. Every step in life was a choice. Choose right, and you could ascend to heaven; choose wrong, and you’d descend into hell.
Lu Zhiyuan sneered, “If you lack the courage even for this, how can you dare to incite them and use people as pawns?”
His dominant presence and cutting off any retreat forced Chen Rushi to have only one path to choose from. Outdoors, the wind and snow raged, but Chen Rushi’s forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat.
He couldn’t let Lu Zhiyuan lead him by the nose!
Chen Rushi said, “Lu Zhiyuan, Black Hawk has never had a situation where the leader’s identity was uncertain, nor has it ever had a leader with a dual personality disorder. If you have a mental illness, you have no right to manage Black Hawk. Don’t blur your focus!”
“I am the rightful successor to Black Hawk, no doubt about it,” Lu Zhiyuan’s gaze was deep and cold, “If 1 were a dual personality, who was present in all those meetings with you? Li Jiang, Ji Chi, and Rong Li have been with me for years. If I had a mental illness, how could they trust me? You claim that I have a dual personality, then I ask you, how will you prove it? Just by subjecting Li Jiang to a lie detector test?”
The bald man, who had initially been skeptical of Lu Zhiyuan, changed his perspective within ten minutes.
They were older than Lu Zhiyuan and had been with Black Hawk for many years, each of them a talented individual, capable and discerning. Chen Rushi had wanted to succeed Black Hawk, and before Lu Zhiyuan’s arrival, he was the top candidate. However, after Lu Zhiyuan took over, he had never accepted it. It was rare for him to find a way to implicate Lu Zhiyuan, and his intention to drag Lu Zhiyuan down was clear to everyone.
The question was, whose side would they take?
Rong Li was an open supporter of the Third Master, someone he had helped rise to power. Ji Chi was also on his side.. Among this group, aside from Ji Chi and Rong Li, who else belonged to the Third Master?