After leaving the hotel with Kastov for such a long time, Ethan could have easily tampered with


    anything in their absence.


    Marcos nodded and said, "Thanks."


    Then, he closed the door and returned to his suite.


    Kastov followed suit, not bothering to check his own room since Ethan''s attention was solely on Marcos


    and not him, the bodyguard.


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    He was not going to waste any time or equipment.


    Kastov opened his encrypted luggage and took hisptop out, cing it on the hotel table.


    He turned on theptop and continued reviewing the intelligence he had collected for the day.


    All of them were about the Ind of Despair...


    The intelligence was sent to him from his informants around the world.


    Some days, he received only a few reports, but on other days, he received several.


    Today was one of those days when he had collected a lot of information.


    However, more information did not mean it was better. The information he received was repetitive most


    of the time.


    Kastov lit a cigarette and started filtering out the duplicates, collecting only the useful intelligence.


    After filtering, he was left with only two pieces of useful intelligence.


    “it''s better than nothing," Kastov murmured as he snuffed out his cigarette and documented the


    intelligence.


    Although these reports were insignificant and useless to most people, Kastov had a better


    understanding of the Ind of Despair than others. He relied on these fragmented pieces of


    intelligence, screening, integrating, and inferring to make sense of it all.


    While the information might seem trivial to others, to those who harbored deep hatred toward the Ind


    of Despair like Kastov and Luke, this information held extraordinary significance.


    On the other hand.


    Luke and Luca returned to the vi together. Luke entered the bedroom opposite and nced at the


    computer that was still running.


    Theputer had been running for the entire afternoon and evening. It filtered out several people


    based on the images. All of them had ethnic features. However, ording to the information collected


    by theputer, they had nothing to do with the Ind of Despair.


    Luke did not give up and let theputer continue its search.


    Then, he opened his email on anotherputer and looked at the message sent by Kastov.


    He could not help but feel impressed as he looked at it. The man Marcos had brought in was perhaps


    the person who knew the Ind of Despair the most, aside from the members of the organization itself.


    Luke did not have as much information as Kastov did.


    Even though Luke could not find more information about the Ind of Despair, this piece of information


    was very helpful to him!


    Luke''s phone, which had been ced on the side, suddenly rang.


    Luke picked it up. It was a call from Percy. He answered the call.


    “What do they want?" asked Luke.


    "They''re asking for a 30 million ransom, but their conditions are strange. They specifically ask for ten


    million in cash and the other 20 million to be transferred to a Swiss bank ount." Percy''s voice was


    hoarse. It was as though his throat had been scorched by liquor.


    "How much time do they give you?" asked Luke.


    There was no way he would let Percy hand over the ransom.


    The reason why he had not spoken up earlier was that he wanted Pierre to suffer more. After all, that


    bastard had done so many wrongful things. He needed to be taught a lesson.


    The Mallory family members were reluctant to urge him to make a fresh start. Therefore, he should just


    let those from the Ind of Despair torture Pierre well and make him atone for his past mistakes!


    However, as the deadline for the ransom payment drew near, Luke could not just sit back and watch


    anymore.


    "One day," said Percy. "30 million isn''t a problem. My grandfather has some money too. It''s just that I


    can''t get the ten million in cash from the bank. Otherwise, the police will be alerted. Do you have any


    cash?" asked Percy.


    Percy had no choice but to ask them for some cash.


    "There''s only about two million in the safe, but I can bring it to you if you need it," said Luke. He could


    not tell Percy that he already knew where Pierre was.


    Otherwise, Percy would suspect that he knew this all along.


    Percy and Pierre were brothers even though Pierre had done many ridiculous things and hurt Nina.


    However, Percy did not want the police to be involved this time. This showed that he only wanted


    Pierre to be taught a lesson.


    However, the lesson learned should note from the police or prison.


    That was why their family had not reported to the police or rmed them.


    "I''ll get it. I''ll transfer the money to your bank ount," said Percy.


    He was not surprised that Luke only had this amount of cash.


    In this day and age of electronic payments, who would leave extra cash lying around the house?


    Hence, having two million in cash was already within his expectations.


    Just like this, he had already gathered five million dors.


    The rest was up to Jim and the assistant at the bank who could help him to withdraw some cash


    without drawing the police''s attention.


    The Mallory family''s daily capital flow was worth much more than just a few million.


    The police would not suspect a thing as long as they did not withdraw too much money at once.


    "Alright, I''ll bring the money to thepany tomorrow. You can just go to T Corporation and pick it up,"


    Luke nned to have Gordan put on a show in front of Percy so that he would not arouse any


    suspicion.


    Still, what difference did it make if Percy doubted him?


    Percy knew how much Luke looked down on Pierre. He was not involved in the kidnapping case.


    Besides, Luke already did Percy a favor by providing clues to the Mallory family.


    Luke believed that it would not affect their rtionship even if Percy suspected him.


    "Okay, I''ll ask Jim again." Percy hung up the call.


    Luke sat there, lost in thought for a moment. Then, he called Gordan.


    "Brother Luke, are we going to make a move?" Gordan asked as soon as answered the call.


    Leroy and the others had arrived. They were capable of fighting with the members of the Ind of


    Despair if they took action now. He was confident that he would be able to rescue Pierre at the same


    time.


    "It''s almost time," replied Luke.


    Gordan was confused. "Almost time? Should we make a move, then?"


    why could he not understand what Luke was saying?


    Luke exined to him, "The Ind of Despair demanded a ransom of 30 million dors from the


    Mallory family. I''m not going to let them pay the ransom.”


    Gordan finally understood what he meant.


    However, he was still in doubt. "Boss, are you going to make a move when they transfer the money to


    their bank ount? Won''t it be toote?"


    After all, kidnappers nowadays were smart enough to ask for electronic transfers.


    It would only take a second to transfer one''s money to someone''s bank ount. It was much faster


    than paying cash.


    Gordan could not guarantee that he would be able to save Pierre when they were about to transfer the


    money.


    "The Ind of Despair has given the Mallory family a day''s time to prepare the ransom before they


    transfer it to them," replied Luke.


    Gordan was puzzled when he heard what Luke said. "A day''s time? They''ve underestimated the


    Mallory family. 30 million dors is just a drop in the bucket for them. Why would the Mallory family


    need a day to prepare it? It''s just dilly-dallying."