Chapter 120: Money
Enzo felt like laughing as he watched Lancelot and his men forced to leave miserably.
He was the winner.
Claire herself left immediately afterward because her power was gone.
She was probably uncomfortable without any power in her body.
Only after she was away from Liam did her strength return.
Liam himself did not continue to suppress Enzo's power.
He released his aura pressure after the atmosphere calmed down.
Enzo looked at him and then at Rosa, hesitating to approach her.
However, they were lovers, he needed to approach her, so he walked towards her which made Liam knit his brows.
"Why are you back here? I'm taking Rosa home," he said matter-of-factly.
"Dad, Enzo just wanted to see me for a minute," Rosa said in response, protesting to her father so that the latter looked even more annoyed.
He couldn't believe that the daughter he raised and nurtured with such grace would give herself to a man. She even went to the hotel with him and from the looks of it, he could not separate them.
"Ehmm!" Luis cleared his throat.
"Mr. Liam, I just wanted to say goodbye to Rosa," Enzo said.
Of course, with that man here, he couldn't keep walking around with Rosa.
They needed to rearrange the time to meet.
After saying that, Enzo looked at Rosa.
"I'll go home first, let's meet again later, you can call me," he told her.
"Sure!" Rosa responded with a charming smile.
Even Liam had never seen his daughter smile like that.
Soon after that Enzo stepped away and got on his motorcycle, zooming off into the distance.
The government will likely foot the bill for the damage caused by this fight. However, the responsibility should fall on Lancelot since he was the first to attack.
Of course, he could be evasive and the association likely wouldn't dare to charge him considering who his father was, but Enzo wouldn't pay either. If the association was smart, they should do the repairs themselves.
Vrom!
Claire's car suddenly appeared beside him from a corner.
She opened her windshield and motioned for him to get into her car.
Enzo didn't know what she wanted.
He moved his motorcycle to his Dimension Artifact before getting into the woman's car which had a luxurious interior despite its outward appearance of an old car.
Of course, the woman was no longer wearing a robe. She was wearing her usual attire, which was a black suit.
"What's wrong?" Enzo asked her.
"I just wanted to remind you to stay alert. Lancelot lost this time, he can still hire someone. Worst of all, he might hire an Ascendant. The boss still can't come back for at least two days, so you'll have to fight on your own," Claire replied.
"Is he still blocking the head of the association?" asked Enzo.
"Yes, but we can't say that she's blocking him. She tricked him by luring him with a treasure and then making him move around in the Primordial World. Of course, her ultimate goal is to kill him if the opportunity arises. The boss has wanted to do that for a long time." Claire explained.
Enzo nodded his head at her words.
Ruby's goal was to take over the reins of power from the current government, it was not strange that she was targeting the head of the association. However, how could killing him be so easy, especially since she said she was only slightly stronger than him.
"Young Boss, I suggest you don't meet anyone else until everything is settled. We can anticipate Lancelot, but if he involves others, things will be more difficult. It would be best if you stayed at the headquarters for a while," Claire continued.
For Enzo, there was no problem not getting close to his close people for a while. However, just staying in the headquarters of the Dark Star Palace, it would not be easy for him since he was used to wandering around.
Moreover, Enzo was somewhat uncomfortable being called Young Boss again by Claire.
However, he knew that if he protested, she would insist it was the boss's order.
"By the way, are you able to prepare Life Cores whose amount are equivalent to 10 Billion Dollars?" asked Enzo.
Waiting for Ruby, it was difficult, so he needed to think on his own to prepare the Life Cores so that he could absorb the dragon skin. That way, his strength would increase again as he had a defense equivalent to his highest attribute.
"10 Billion Dollars?" Claire who was rarely surprised could not help but be surprised at the number.
She then looked thoughtful, as if doing meticulous calculations.
"The boss has more but she is not around right now while the amount in the headquarters is not enough," she said.
"The only way to collect that much is by making purchases. As long as the money is there, I can help you make the purchase, it won't take too long considering the network of the Dark Star Palace."
"How much money do I need to provide?" asked Enzo in response.
His voice was a bit low when he asked that because the amount of money he had was not much.
"The headquarters can provide Life Cores which are worth about 3 Billion Dollars, so you need to prepare about 7 Billion Dollars more," Claire replied calmly but it made him uncomfortable.
7 Billion Dollars?
Even if he sold all his assets consisting of weapons and artifacts, the value might be less than that.
His thoughts quickly went to his wife, Miya, who had recently become much richer with the increase in her stock price.
However, he thought it was too much if he went to the extent of asking for 7 Billion Dollars from her.
That was too big a number.
When he thought about it, he just felt like scratching his head.
"Why is there so little stock at the headquarters," he said.
"It's a lot and we're not really focused on collecting Life Cores," Claire replied.
"Don't you have the money?" she asked after answering.
Enzo rolled his eyes in response, as if to tell her how he had that much money.
"Looks like I'll have to help you," Claire said with a sigh.
"Do you have any way of getting that much money?" Enzo was surprised to hear her words.
"We can borrow it from the bank," Claire replied.
"Really?" Enzo showed an expression of disbelief hearing that.
"I don't have any collateral, how will the bank lend me the money?"
"Of course, we'll use special means," Claire replied calmly.
"Does that force the bank to lend me money?" Enzo looked at her with some disbelief.
In his opinion, the only special way was just that and Claire nodded lightly in response.
Whoosh!
Suddenly she turned into a special street that was the location of financial companies, from investments to the main offices of major banks for the Vera branch and beyond.
They were lined up neatly, from American banks themselves to foreign banks, from Europe and Asia.
After that, Claire stopped her car in front of one of those banks, JP Morgan Bank which was the largest bank in the United States.
Enzo didn't think she would choose this bank.
"If we had to choose, other banks probably couldn't give us 7 Billion Dollars without shaking their banks, but only in this branch, JP Morgan has a vault that contains 10 Billion Dollars," said Claire.
"Are we really going to borrow?" Enzo asked.
"Of course, we could rob, but I'm afraid that would cause such a panic that it would shake up Vera's economy. If that happens, it won't be good for the people of Vera," replied Claire.
"Who would think of robbing?" replied Enzo while rolling his eyes again.
At the same time, Claire suddenly took out her cell phone.
She opened a gallery that contained many videos.
Enzo who accidentally glanced at her cell phone couldn't help but be dumbfounded as he looked at the videos.
Even from the pictures, it was obvious that they were all porn videos.
He did not expect Claire to keep so many such videos.
"I often receive spy assignments from the boss and I record the activities of the various people I spy on. Most of them do these activities and most of them are done with their mistresses, prostitutes, gigolos, or even rape," Claire said, explaining before she commented.
Of course, Enzo did not immediately accuse her as he knew her personality quite well.
However, watching things like this too often, who knows what effect it would have on her brain.
He didn't ask about it, just smiled and said, "humans have various desires. Unfortunately, sex is an activity that comes naturally to everyone. It's not like drugs or gambling that people have to try first before they get addicted to it, but even people who have never tried it, will continue to crave it. No wonder those rich and powerful people engage in that activity more often than anything else."
"Aren't you an example of that yourself? I've been watching you and I know there are already three women for you to enjoy," Claire replied while giving him a look but he couldn't tell what that look was.
"Uhmm..." Enzo cleared his throat lightly. "This is something different. I don't pay prostitutes or rape women like those guys do. I rely on my own charm to make them fall in love with me and want me as much as I want them," he replied.
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