Chapter 595

He had gotten Sole Wolf to interrogate Jacob. Zeke was certain that he would soon find out more.

Zeke believed Sole Wolf had the skills to extract that information.

He stood up and suggested, “Let’s go. Take me to Logan Hugh’s and Harvey Hoffman’s bodies.”

Jeffrey nodded. “Okay.”

“It is extremely likely that their body contains a worm of death, too. The worms are a treasure, and we can’t let them go to waste.”

Just hearing those words repulsed Jeffrey.

Please stop messing with me, Mr. Williams. How can a worm from a dead body be a “treasure”?

At the backyard of Riverdale Ramen, John looked into the well. “You dealt with the body, right?”

The owner of the restaurant quickly nodded and reassured, “Don’t worry. It’s dealt with.”

“I asked you to look into the connection between Zeke Williams and Jeffrey Middleton. How is that investigation going?”

The restaurant owner reported, “I’ve learned everything. Zeke Williams helped to contain the toxic worm inside Jeffrey Middleton’s body temporarily. He saved Jeffrey’s life. Hence, the latter is thankful for the former. Zeke also promised to purge the toxic worms inside Jeffrey’s and his master’s body.”

John’s face glowed with fear.

“Damn it. Williams knows about toxic worms! That asshole Wilson. How could he not have learned about something so important? Useless pig. He deserved a painful death!

Wait, hang on. You said Jeffrey has a master. I-is his master the Justice Defender?”

The owner answered, “Yeah, his master has that nickname.”

John couldn’t stay calm anymore, and he jumped out of his chair.

“F**k, f**k, f**k! The Justice Defender must not wake up, and we must stop Zeke Williams from curing him!”

The restaurant owner was surprised and asked, “You know the Justice Defender?”

John took a deep breath to calm his nerves before answering, “Ten years ago, the Justice Defender traveled to our tribe and discovered some illegal matters that led him right to our boss! I poisoned him to silence him. He has been in a coma since. If Williams cured the Justice Defender, the latter would identify and tell everyone who our boss is. That would threaten our boss’ life.”

The restaurant owner couldn’t help but gasp aloud.

Back then, he regarded Zeke Williams as nothing more than an irritating worm that could, at most, cause limited financial loss to their boss.

He couldn’t be more wrong. Zeke was, in fact, a freaking dragon that could threaten their boss’ life!

The restaurant owner freaked out. “What do we do now?”

John replied, “This issue is too grave. I must report it to the boss and await his orders.”

The restaurant owner nodded, then left obediently.

John was going to communicate with the boss, and the restaurant owner was not qualified to be there.

The boss’ identity was top-secret, and the restaurant owner had no right to know that.

John fished a bulky satellite phone out of his pocket and entered a series of complicated numbers to unlock it. Only then did the phone operate.

Only one number was saved inside the phone, and John tapped the ‘call’ button.

He sounded extremely respectful when he said, “Boss, something big happened.”

The phone’s signal was specially encrypted, so no one could hear their conversation even if someone had somehow tapped into that signal.

An authoritative voice sounded from the other side. “Explain.”

John reported, “Do you remember the Justice Defender? Back then, he discovered something that could expose your secret. I poisoned him and put him in a coma to protect that secret.”

The boss replied, “The Justice Defender? He was my nemesis, so naturally, I remember him.”

John continued, “We have gravely underestimated Zeke Williams from Rivermouth. He knows about the toxic worms! He plans to cure the Justice Defender. The consequences will be dire if he regains consciousness.”

Silence.

John was so nervous that he was breaking out into a sweat.