The Hero
Chapter 139 Let's Share the Table, Sir
Chessie's in trouble. He's in a pretty tough situation, actually.
Previously, he had taken the opportunity to fully absorb all of Andrew's territory after his death.
However, it is a big part of the cake that concerns many hungry wolves. Coupled with the fact that Chessie was the fastest and most greedy to pick up the pie, everyone was now paying attention to her. Other than the fact that she was currently the person with the most strength, they were all eyeing her because she was a woman.
In fact, someone even said that they would not allow such a powerful woman to exist in their country!
So, they all formed an alliance that would cumulatively go against Chessie, taking her down permanently!
In addition, the person leading the Anti-Chessie Alliance was an old veteran named Jonah Lambert.
Those people must have a death wish! How dare they think of putting their rotten hands on my woman ?! ”
After instructing Faye to take good care of Chessie, Javier uses the connection he has to find out where Jonah is. When Javier gets that information, he is told that his connection takes more time before they can find out more about Jonah.
However, Javier did not want to wait, as he never wasted a single moment.
So, she got into the car right after she got off the plane and rushed to Jonah's hometown.
After several hours of travel, Javier reaches the entrance of Jonah's neighborhood.
"Now at 7pm, and I'm actually feeling a little hungry."
Since Javier was in no hurry, he parked his car in front of a restaurant in the neighborhood and ordered something to eat.
Surprisingly, the restaurant was crowded with customers, so there were no empty tables.
Fortunately, Javier is not a shy person, so he brings his food to the table where a 60-year-old man sits.
“Let's share a table, Sir!”
"Of course ... Sit down."
The old man looked like a kind and friendly person in ordinary clothes, which made him seem like a retired man.
Javier makes small talk with the old man as he eats and realizes that they are both quite familiar.
This was especially true when Javier asked what the old man was doing now that he had retired. The old man immediately mentioned chess and expressed his deep interest and love for the game.
Seeing that it was still early in the morning and it was inappropriate to go into any official affairs at this time, Javier invited the old man to play a few rounds of chess with him.
There was a table outside under the streetlight and a chess set coincidentally was on the table. Of course, no one would want to steal something like that.
The old man takes Javier to the table and then takes the white pawn, while Javier takes the black one. Thus began their chess battle.
The old man was indeed quite good at the game, as he used the opening moves commonly played by professionals with steady decision-making skills. Based on his play, it was clear that the old man was very intelligent but also not one who would resort to sneaky or petty tactics.
Thus, the old man ended up losing every game he played.
On the other hand, Javier has learned all of his chess skills from his old grandfather, who always uses underhanded tactics at every turn. Moreover, the old man's motto was to kill his enemies secretly and quickly, ensuring that they were declared dead before considering the work done.
As such, Javier's gameplay is very similar to that of the old Kake. He put away all the old man's chess pieces before going for the king.
The old man was getting impatient and upset after losing to Javier a few rounds in a row. However, Javier still gave the old man several wins in a row towards the end, calming his frustrated heart.
"Enough. You're pretty good at chess, young man. I purposely let you win a few rounds now, so consider some final lessons for you. One should not use underhanded tactics no matter what they do. Instead, they should play openly, like a real man!”
"Yes sir…"
Javier continued to agree with the old man, who seemed happy when he gave him a lecture.
Realizing the day is getting late, Javier bids farewell to an old man he knows and heads to a nearby fast food chain to buy a cup of coffee.
A cup of hot coffee was served 15 minutes later, and Javier picked up a straw before he left.
Then, Javier picked up the straw and continued to fold it before finally becoming razor sharp.
"I'll be able to cut off someone's arteries if I'm fast enough."
Javier then arrives at unit 15 and raises his head, only to see that he is in a neighborhood with many ancient houses.
'401... This is Jonah's house. Looks like the lights are off, but…'
Using a water pipe, Javier grabs it and climbs.
When he arrived at the fourth-floor kitchen, he pushed the window half-open with his feet and jumped inside. The whole ordeal seemed so easy to Javier, who didn't even sweat thanks to Mackenzie's killing technique.
As Javier entered the kitchen on the fourth floor, he felt his phone vibrate.
Javier opens it and sees that more details about Jonah's background have been sent.
Sure enough, he was an old veteran who was over 60 years old. In the past, he was considered a very reputable and respected old man.
However, he was now too old but he still maintained his honorable status as a senior. Moreover, she even raised some of their proteges and sons.
Thus, the name Jonah Lambert still holds little power throughout Javier's path now.
In addition, Jonah is known as a man who will not use dirty tricks and never commit murder or arson. Instead, he managed to improve things when it came to many things.
After reading all the information sent, Javier became very curious. 'Judging from the information here, this kind of Jonah guy doesn't seem to be the type of guy who would gang up on a woman, though …'
'Isn't this the old man who just shared a table with me?!
I've always heard that a man's personality and character can be seen through their play during chess, and the old man is so upright that it's a bit overbearing, actually…
How could an honest old man in his own way be able to conspire with others to try and get rid of Chessie?'
Javier keeps his phone and doesn't want to think about it much longer. Instead, she leaves the kitchen and arrives at Jonah's bedroom, where she lies on the bed.
However, Jonah had heard some footsteps that seemed hostile to him.
Immediately, he wanted to grab under his bed and grab his gun, but the visitor was clearly much faster. He entered the bedroom quickly and turned on the lights.
Jonah was instantly stunned when he realized that the young man who had just played chess with him a moment ago.
After a few seconds, the old man asked in surprise, "Are you a thief?"
Wordlessly, Javier took out a cigarette and handed it to the old man, while he lit it himself. “Do I look like that to you?”
Jonah did not seem to be afraid at all, as he received the cigarette and asked Javier for a match.
After she turned it on, Jonah replied, "It's really hard to say."
Javier thought about it and smiled. "I guess so, just like I didn't know that you're the famous Jonah Lambert who lives in our society."
Of course, now that his identity has been revealed, Jonah doesn't need to hide anymore.
He gestured for Javier to hand him an ashtray. After flicking his cigarette ash, he asked, "Why are you here?"
Javier rubbed the straw he had folded up to be razor sharp and threw it into the ashtray.
"I originally came here to kill you Jonah Lambert, but now I realize that it was you, I gave up."
Jonah does not seem to be bothered in the slightest when he hears that he has become the target of an assassin.
Instead, he chuckled and asked, “Why do you want to kill me? I'm sure there must be a reason. Power? Revenge?"
Instead of answering, Javier asked, “Why don't you ask me why I gave up instead?”
Jonah waved his hand. “I can say that you are a very determined person based on your gameplay now and you definitely see through what you have done. So, you might say that you won't kill me now, but you will definitely do it if I really offend you, which makes you ask. This question is useless.”
It was a bit observant of him. It's true that all it takes is one thought and I don't want to kill him anymore.'
Javier smoked his cigarette deeply and turned it off in the ashtray before saying, "Chessie is my wife."
Jonah is a little surprised but quickly understands that Javier did visit him with the intention to kill him.
However, there was one thing Jonah could not understand. "Chessie's been mingling in our society for years, but I've never heard her mention that she's got a man."
Javier chuckles. "I just told you, didn't I?".
Jonah nodded and chuckled as he replied, "I guess you're right."
After Jonah had put out his cigarette, he lay back on the bed and remained silent with his eyes closed, as if he had completely fallen asleep.
Javier curiously asked, "Do you really have nothing to say, Mister?"
Jonah opened his eyes and looked at Javier. "Do you believe anything I say?"
Javier nods. “At least you should try talking to me first. Who knows, I might believe you?”
Jonah put his hand on his head and said, “My wife got pregnant when I was over 30. It was raining that night, when one of my subordinates called me. He said that he was being chased and he needed my help.
“Of course I won't let anyone kill one of my own subordinates, so I take a knife and ride my bike there, killing six people alone. I could actually see my surroundings being dyed red, both from the blood of my enemies and my blood. Then, the subordinate took me to a private clinic.
“There was no cell phone back then, and I was poor, so I couldn't tell eriki anything, as I lay in bed for seven days. By the time I got home, my wife's body had already begun to decompose along with the child on the floor. Her umbilical cord is still attached to my wife's body. The boy eventually starved to death.
“Since that day, I have never found myself with another woman, nor do I plan to get married, because I thought I would never be able to forget my guilt for the rest of my life.
“Newly after I was 40 years old, a teenage gangster became my subordinate. The boy could not hit or take a hit, but when I saw his pitiful appearance and learned that he was an orphan, he was, I ended up adopting her because I had no one to take care of me when I grew old in the future.
“The boy's name is Samuel. Coincidentally, my wife and I would name our son Samuel, so I thought this was the purpose God sent him to me. I taught him how to be a respectable person and sent him to school, hoping that one day he would make a name for himself instead of being a man like me, someone who was just good at fighting.
“Samuel is indeed smart and shows potential in school. You might not believe it when I say this, but she was already 16 when I took her to school. Fifth year of elementary school, actually. But he kept jumping stairs, sometimes even jumping three years at a time.
“By the time he was 19, he was already at university just like everyone else his age. In addition, he managed to get into Gale University, which was a very good school. Actually, I used to be very proud of his achievements in our society, but I was never proud when I saw that little bastard manage to get into Gale
“He really made me proud and happy when he was at university, because he managed to win a scholarship and even started his own business. He managed to build his own company even before he graduated and earned around 470,000 dollars. I was very happy for him at the time for being able to make that kind of money, which was a huge sum 10 years ago.
“I think I should go visit him. He was my son in the end, so I should at least understand what kind of business his company was in. I secretly saw what he had done before, but I finally discovered that there was no company at all . Then, I went to Gale and checked. He did manage to get into university, but he had been expelled after half a year for imposing himself on one of his lecturers.
“I was very angry at that moment because I did not think that the son I had been trying to raise to be a gentleman had finally committed a terrible sin. However, what I want to know more is who in the world has helped him cover up the case of the lecturer and who has helped him earn those 470,000 dollars.
“Then, I learned that it was my own subordinates who asked me to help him kill my enemies while my wife and son ended up dying because of me. I couldn't believe it at the time. The man who used to be my best subordinate not only made me lose my wife and child, but he even dragged Samuel into our society!
“In fact, I discovered that the company Samuel was talking about was actually a nightclub that the two of them operated together. They even sold ecstasy there, something lower than shabu, or so I heard. After all, I hated drugs all my life and forbade all my subordinates from even approaching those damn things!
“I immediately looked for Samuel and threw a knife at him. I told him that he had to cut off his hand and leave the path he went through or cut me and do whatever he liked from then on. ”
At that moment, Jonah looked at Javier with tears in his eyes. “Do you know what he chose at the end?"
