Ch. 1351..1360
Life at the Top Chapter 1351
The doctor took off his mask and said, “It’s not too bad, she’s fine. However, the patient lost a lot of blood, she’s pretty weak now. If you’d like to visit her, please limit it to ten minutes.”
“And, the patient can’t be disturbed, please don’t excite or agitate her.”
Jasper nodded his head and said, “I understand, thanks, doc…”
Although the doctor who had been busy rescuing her in the ward did not know what happened on the outside, he shot a glance after he came out from the room. He saw the way the arrogant and bossy Martin and his men, nodding and bowing modestly at Jasper, looking like a pug.
Martin’s arrogant behavior contrasts with the mysterious aura and power of Jasper’s. The doctor spoke politely spontaneously.
“It’s alright. That’s my responsibility, will you excuse me, I have some paperwork to do. If you’re paying a visit, make it fast.”
After the doctor left, the nurses came out one after another from the room. Jasper then entered the room. The concentrated smell of the sanitizer in the ward was slightly piercing.
Jasper stepped over to the side of the ward bed, he saw Penelope was staring weakly at him.
“I am sorry…”
Jasper had no idea why the first word that came out of his mouth was those two words after seeing Penelope.
Penelope’s eyes reddened at once, and spoke softly, “I should be the one to apologize… Martin, are they still here?”
“They’re gone.”
Jasper sat down.
“The next thing you should be doing is to recover. Don’t think about these matters, they won’t be coming for you anymore.”
Penelope choked and said, “Never had I thought that you’re the one to help me again.”
“The doctor said you should keep calm.”
“These are just a piece of cake.”
Jasper thought for a moment, and said, “Get well and wait until you’ve recovered. If you’re looking for a job I can help you to get one, if you’d like to continue your business and manage your company, I’ll help to get in touch with the business channels.”
“There’s a company under my name, Abbylon. The company focuses on the e-commerce platform. It’s doing quite well now, the future prospects of the company are good too.”
“I’ll help to contact them then. You can distribute your stocks to the e-commerce platform, it’ll be best to go in the future.”
Penelope was biting her lip, and replied without continuing to talk about Jasper’s topic, “I already knew about my little brother’s matter, I’m sorry…”
“There’s nothing to do with you.”
Jasper saw Penelope’s eyelids were getting heavier, knowing that the anesthesia was working, he stood up and said, “Get some sleep, I’m leaving. I’ll visit again when I’m free.”
Jasper turned and walked toward to door while saying that.
Penelope’s voice came from behind all of a sudden.
“Jasp, l, we…”
Jasper turned around, gave a smile to Penelope, and said, “We’re friends.”
Penelope fixed her gaze at Jasper, at last, she nodded with tearful eyes. Eventually, the other half of the sentence was left unspoken.
Jasper was in a bad mood after he came out of the ward. “Let’s go to Brew Splash Teahouse.”
It suddenly came to his mind that Conrad was still waiting for him. Jasper looked at the time, there was still time to talk over a meal.”
“To meet Conrad?” Henry asked.
“Yes.” Jasper nodded.
“Hey, that kid, he’s kind of popular in Harbor City.”
Henry gave a cold grin, his eyes were slightly gloomy. This was his prelude to punch someone.
“Did he provoke you?” Jasper was surprised.
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“Do you know Fabian opened a luxurious nightclub called the Empire Meet in Harbor city?” Henry spoke in an annoyed tone.
“Yes, I thought that was some time ago?” Jasper asked curiously.
“Humph, humph.”
Henry snorted in an enigmatic manner, then continued, “It certainly was some time ago, but after Conrad went there, he became the deputy of Empire Meet, and he’s causing a lot of trouble in Harbor City.”
“Now the Empire Meet’s influence is getting stronger, it was all because of Conrad.”
“Needless to say, this is none of my business, but this b*stard created something called the Harbor City’s top ten grandmasters. Although they told the others that it was based on the club member’s ranking, everyone knows he’s trying to establish the Empire Meet’s authority.”
“As time goes by, people like us who didn’t join the Empire Meet are going to be outsiders.”
“There’s also another series of actions. After all, their purpose was to strengthen the fame and status of those who joined the Empire Meet, and to weaken those who didn’t.”
Jasper heard this and said, “It was a good move indeed.”
“Your generation is already in the twenties. Those who are slightly elder are in their thirties, which is a critical period for them as they’re starting to take over their family business.”
“It’s hard to see the consequences now, but wait until ten or twenty years later. After this generation took over, there’ll be tons of resources for the Empire Meet.”
“Think about it, out of ten there’s six or seven of the family heads are the members of Empire Meet in the Harbor City. Even the four richest families wouldn’t dare to underestimate them.”
Henry’s facial expression turned darker at once.
“Well, it’s fine. You’re able to realize the problem now, which means you improved a lot.” Jasper smiled and complimented.
Henry was a little embarrassed, and replied, “My sister reminded me about it when she called me last time when I was being brought back home.”
“Has she been busy these days?”
Jasper recalled that he called Anna the day before but ended the conversation shortly.
“Don‘t even mention it, she’s planning to open a workshop in a foreign country. She’s been terribly busy, she’ll be free after this. Her birthday is just around the corner, don’t you forget that.” Henry reminded him.
Jasper recalled back the previous conversations with Anna, it seem ed like she was hinting at something. He could not help but smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I got it.”
Brew Splash Teahouse had the best quality tea in Nauritus City, yet it kept a low profile. The owner never put up any advertisement as if ‘whatever will be, will be’ was its business management style. Had it not been for the tea ceremony experts, no one would have known that there was a place like this.
It was Jasper’s first time here.
Brew Splash Teahouse was located in a remote place, and so it was a quiet place. It was quite a scene walking along with the shadows of bamboo in the inner courtyard.”
“Mr. Laine, Mr. Monty is already in the private room waiting for you, please follow me.”
It was a woman with an attractive figure, wearing a pale blue-colored cheongsam, speaking gently.
Jasper and Henry walked toward the private room together, following behind her. As for Julian, he stayed outside waiting for them.
“Tsk, the boss here is smart enough.”
Walking beside Jasper, Henry spoke while he stared at the woman’s wriggling waist and booty who was leading the way ahead.
“Look at this figure. Tsk tsk, I wonder where he found her. Well, I’m starting to like here. I wonder if there is any club membership available here?”
The woman in front turned around all of a sudden, gave Henry a charming smile, and said, “Young Master Law, I’m Adele, who’s in charge of the Brew Splash Teahouse.”
Henry was startled for a moment and felt awkward.
“This little teahouse was meant for a bunch of fellows who loves tea ceremony, it’s not particularly profitable. Young Master Law can visit more often if you like it here. As for the member system, we don’t have one here.”
“Yes I will, I’ll visit often…”
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Henry was the expert among the experts in fooling around at nightclubs, and he chuckled after he heard her reply.
Jasper who was beside him slightly raised his eyebrows, and said, “Looks like our lady boss Adele knows a lot.”
Ranging from the Southeast Province to the Mainland, only a few would have known Henry.
However, it was unusual that she exposed Henry’s identity once she spoke.
Adele gave a faint smile and said, “Even though there aren’t many customers here in the Brew Splash Teahouse, but tons of information were gathered here. I’ve heard about Young Master Law occasionally, and that’s how I know the Young Master Law looks like.”
“I didn’t know I’ve grown in such popularity.” Henry was pleased.
Adele flattered him further. “Young Master Law is a virtuous and talented person, and of course, you’ll attract attention no matter where you go.”
“Hahaha, I’m starting to like you.” Henry gave out a big laugh.
Jasper slightly narrowed his eyes, looking at Henry and Adele talking and laughing while they were walking.
It seemed like Adele was flattering Henry, but there was some leaked information from within.
The one thing that Jasper could confirm was, the Brew Splash Teahouse, and the lady boss Adele was not as simple as they looked.
‘Does she have anything to do with Conrad?’
Jasper kept that question in mind, and asked as if it was unintentional, “Is Mr. Monty a regular customer here?”
“Not really.” Adele chuckled, her bright eyes turned to look at Jasper, it was stunning.
“Mr. Monty and Mr. Laine are too busy, it looks like there’s no spare time for them to visit my teahouse that often. If Mr. Laine likes it here, you’re always welcome.”
Jasper nodded his head and smiled. “Sure.”
Adele brought them both to a private room, excused herself to prepare tea then left.
Henry’s eyes were shining while he watched Adele’s graceful figure walking away from behind. “This is such a good place.”
“What about Jill?” Jasper replied.
Henry glared at Jasper. “Can they be the same?”
“Adele, the prettiest wildflower, that’s how we called it in Harbor City. You see, two flowers are essential for a man a wildflower and a garden flower. I can’t find anyone else other than Adele to be that particular wildflower.”
“Normal people wouldn’t be able to handle it.”
Jasper shook his head as he pushed the box’s entrance door.
It was not big a small winged room structure, the decorations, and furnishings were the pseudo classical style. It made people felt like they’ve transmigrated to some ancient courtyard house’s guestroom after entering.
The materials used for every piece of furniture were luxurious.
All of them were made from scented rosewood, it was being used as a material for large areas on the furniture, which was something that could not be done by just having enough money.
The small room was suffused with the aroma of wood, and the thin wisp of incense curling up, made them felt relaxed.
Conrad was sitting beside a round table, pouring tea. Seeing the two of them, he smiled and stood up. His hands reached out and gestured to the two seats opposite him, and said, “Mr. Laine and Mr. Law, please take a seat.”
The moment Henry saw Conrad, he pulled a long face immediately.
However, he did not lose his temper as Jasper was there too. Instead, he snorted and sat down.
Jasper sat down at the same time and glanced toward Conrad, smiled, and said, “How free is Mr. Monty, having the time to enjoy a cup of tea here. Well, too bad I didn’t know it’s such a nice place here.”
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Listening to what Jasper said, Conrad then smiled. “I’m just an ordinary person, and exquisite hobbies like tasting tea don’t suit me. This is my father’s favorite place to go, I came to know this place before long.”
“The lady boss Adele is a sophisticated woman, and so is her social status. That’s why her Brew Splash Teahouse is the best place to talk about business.”
Unusual social status?
Jasper narrowed his eyes.
While his facial expression showed no sign of changes.
“What’s the matter that Mr. Monty invited me here to talk about?”
Conrad chuckled and said, “I’d like to form a united front with you, Mr. Laine.”
Not to mention that Henry was shocked, even Jasper raised his eyebrows after listening to what he said.
“Fabian wouldn’t have agreed on this, right?”
Conrad laughed and said, “Can’t the matters that he disagreed with be hidden away from him?”
“Give me a reason,” Jasper replied coldly.
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch, you have your reason for doing this. Stop giving false excuses, I’d like to listen to the truth.” Jasper added.
Conrad spoke expressionlessly, “A few months ago, I talked to my father. He told me that it took more than twenty years for the Monty family to make their fortune, which started with my grandfather. Within all these twenty years, given that the few chances, there’s only one reason that strengthened the Monty family.”
“My grandfather didn’t put all his eggs in one basket when he was making important decisions last time.”
Henry scoffed once he heard it.
“Nonsense, sounds nice but isn’t that being a fence sitter?”
Conrad did not lose his temper, instead, he nodded and replied sincerely, “Yes, it is.”
“Although fence sitters were always being cast aside, you can’t deny that no matter you’re standing on the left or the right side of the wall, you need that fence sitter to exist. Otherwise, who’s going to rebuild that wall after the wall came tumbling down?”
“Winners disdain to do such things, so this is why fence sitters exist.”
Jasper replied calmly, “Mr. Monty seems to forget about something else. Fabian and I only need a steadfast ally in the battle of life and death. Of course, this character could be one of those Fabian’s loyal attendants.”
“It doesn’t matter if he’s an ally or an attendant. I’m afraid that once the fence sitter has any second thoughts, he’d be the first to die.”
Conrad replied blandly, “Mr. Laine, maybe we should change our perspectives regarding this matter.”
“Looks like you’re sure that I’m going to say yes.” Jasper laughed.
Conrad lifted his hand to pour tea into the cups and served Jasper and Henry a cup of tea each personally in a humble manner.
When the tea was served in front of Henry, Conrad smiled. “Mr. Law, you don’t have to detest me. Working with Mr. Atticus, there are many things I had to do in that position, otherwise, I’m useless to him.”
“You know how Mr. Atticus’s behaved, If I don’t show how useful am I to him, I’ll out of luck.”
“You’re good in smooth- talking.” Henry sneered, his face was still unhappy.
Conrad got back to his seat, looked at Jasper, and said, “I’m sure because there’s no reason for Mr. Laine to reject someone who working beside Mr. Atticus a spy who’s able to obtain first hand information from Mr. Atticus’s right?”
“How do I know this wasn’t Fabian’s plan?” Jasper asked.
Conrad’s facial expression was cahn, he then answered, “Fabian has already teamed up with Softwin’s Mr. Welch and Mr. Morrison from Layman Investment Bank. Three of them combined and collected not less than 1.2 billion US Dollars, and were planning to liquidate all of your stocks on Jow Dones Index.”
“And they’re planning to do it…”
Conrad lifted his hand and shot a glance on his watch, then said, “Five hours later when the US Jow Dones Index stock market opens.”
Conrad looked at jasper, and continued, “Does this prove my sincerity?”
Henry’s facial expression slightly changed when he heard these words, then he turned and looked at Jasper.
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However, whether it was Henry or Conrad, both of them looked at Jasper who was as calm as still water.
“Yes.” Jasper nodded his head and gave a reply.
Conrad said, “This is the core of what Fabian is doing now. It wasn’t long before I heard the news. I decided to contact you when I knew about it.”
“Reason?” Jasper asked.
Conrad shook his head and said, “The reasons Fabian teamed up with Softwin investment and Layman Investment Bank, one of them was to fight against you, but I have yet to know the other one which is the true secret.”
“As for the reason that you asked for, it’s still the same. Fabian doesn’t seem to be sharp enough, but I’m not sure if you can win either, so I’m betting on both sides.”
Jasper replied, “When the whole world thought I was crazy for investing in the US stocks, you’re here thinking that there’s a chance for me to win?”
“They haven’t played against you, they don’t know how scary you can be.”
Conrad gave a mocking smile, and said, “But I sensed it, even if everyone out there is crazy, I know that you’re not.”
“I didn’t know I portrayed such an image in your heart.” Jasper laughed.
“If I can, I’ll kick you away without hesitation when you fall, but I’ll not be the one who’s going to make you fall.”
“Does that mean if I don’t fall, you’ll side with me?” Jasper was trying to figure it out
“Something like that…”
Conrad smiled and answered.
“Deal,” Jasper uttered the word slowly.
Conrad smiled while he raised his teacup, and said, “Then we shall celebrate our partnership in advance, let’s toast with our cup of tea.”
Clink.
It was the sharp ringing sound of expensive porcelain cups clinking together.
After finishing the tea, Jasper stood up and spoke. “Please excuse me, I’ll have to leave.”
“I’ll have to go back to Harbor City immediately,” Conrad replied.
Jasper turned around all of a sudden when he reached the door, and asked Conrad, “The money that Fabian invested, do you have a share of it?”
Conrad stared at him blankly for a moment and shook his head. “No, but if you lose, everything in Southeast Province will be mine.”
“You believe that?” Jasper was amused.
80% of his assets were within Southeast Province, it was unexpected that Fabian went so far as to make a declaration like that.
Conrad shrugged and said, “No.”
“Interesting, I’m glad you don’t have a share of that money. As a gift for my new partner, I suggest you start short selling now. Better be quick, there’ll be no chances left if you’re late.”
Jasper left with Henry after saying those words.
In the box, Conrad slightly creased his eyebrows and thought deeply of what Jasper told him.
He knew that Jasper planned strategically in everything he did, then he would make each move with confidence. However, he certainly did not expect Jasper had so much confidence this time.
As far as he could see, even if it was Fabian, Layman, or Softwin, they meant nothing to him, it was as if they couldn’t harm Jasper.
Conrad gave out a light sigh, and muttered, “Jasper, where did you get that confidence from?”
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“Leaving so soon, Mr. Laine and Young Master Law?”
Both of them had not walked far away from the private room, Adele’s voice came from behind.
Jasper stood still and turned around, smiled at Adele, and said, “We must leave, there’s still work to do. Lady Boss Adele, is there anything I can help with?”
Adele smiled faintly and shook her head. “Nothing, but Mr. Laine, you can just call me by Adele. I wouldn’t dare to address myself as a lady boss in front of you. Not to mention that it sounds old fashioned being called that way.”
Jasper gave out a laugh. “Sure, I’ll take note of that.”
“Take care, Mr. Laine, do visit here often, ” Adele spoke gently.
“I will.” Jasper nodded.
Henry grinned and said, “I’ll come more often too.”
Adele gave a faint smile and replied, “That’s great. I’ll personally make tea for both of you the next time you’re here again.”
“Hey, I don’t feel like leaving anymore.” Henry gave an evil grin.
Adele chuckled. “It is an honor that Young Master Law likes it here, but my teahouse isn’t big enough to provide accommodation, only enough to have tea here.”
“Let’s go.”
Jasper spoke before Henry caught the chance to flirt with Adele again.
Adele was a tricky person, her background was unknowingly mysterious too. Jasper did not plan to rub shoulders with her too much, not until he figured out her background.
Adele held a gentle and faint smile while watching them disappear at the end of the aisle.
Not long after, Conrad came out too.
“Miss Adele, I’m leaving.” Conrad showed great respect for Adele.
Adele nodded and smiled. “Take care, Mr. Monty.”
Something came across Conrad’s mind and he asked, “Miss Adele, people have been calling you by your name, but none of them know your family name. I’ve heard from a friend that Miss Adele’s family name is Browns, from the swallow capital in the North, is that true?”
Adele was still smiling and replied, “Indeed, my family name is Browns, but it has nothing to do with Brew Splash Teahouse. I’m just the owner of this teahouse.”
Conrad suppressed the uneasy feeling in his heart, nodded, and said, “I understand, Miss Adele. Please wait a minute.”
On the way back, Henry looked at Jasper and asked, “Do you trust him?”
“He didn’t lie,” Jasper answered.
“It wasn’t about trusting him, it’s a mutual benefit partnership, so why not?”
Henry was unhappy. “He gives me that enigmatic feeling.”
“It was as if he’s not the same person I knew in the past.” Jasper narrowed his eyes and said, “Speaking about how much he has grown, he’s changed the most among the people I’ve ever met…”
“Hey, are you afraid?” Henry laughed.
Jasper shook his head, and replied, “Not really, I have my ways of dealing with him. It looks like we should review his identity, this man might surprise us.”
Right after Jasper reached his home, Jake called his phone.
“Mr. Laine, US stock market will be opening in a few hours, we only have less than 500 million US Dollars in hand. We’ll go into liquidation if Dow Jones Index increase more than 10 points.”
Jasper answered, “I know, just wait for it.”
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Jake lowered his voice and said, “Mr. Laine, the rumors were not in our favor. If anything goes wrong, we’ll have to pay at least 1 billion US Dollars in deposit for this heavy stock which costs 2.5 billion.”
“Are you afraid?” Jasper laughed.
Jake forced a smile and spoke honestly, “I’m kind of nervous.”
“Don’t worry.”
Jasper who just walked into his office looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, and said, “3 hours till the market opens, and we’ll see who the winner is.”
The trading hours of US market stock opens from 9:30 AM. until 4 PM. every trading day without closing in between. However, that incident occurred at 8:40 AM, so it would happen in less than 2 hours.
It was already nighttime in Summerland.
2Jasper asked his men to get him a television equipped with a satellite receiver in this office. He would be able to watch the US live broadcast in this place.
After adjusting the channel, Jasper threw a bottle of drink to Henry, sat down, and said, “Let’s wait for it.”
Henry could not hold back, and asked, “You’re still watching the news? Is there any breaking news today? One that can influence the stock market?”
Jasper stared at the news anchor who was live broadcasting, and replied calmly “Yes, there must be.”
Henry suppressed the impulse to ask for more answers and waited patiently.
“Things have come this far, just relax and wait.”
Far away in Harbor City, inside the chairman’s office of Law’s Corporation, Zachary spoke blandly to his assistant who was looking worried.
“But Mr. Law, a few shareholders disapprove that you’re releasing funds for Jasper.”
“Yesterday, the Dow Jones Index closed at 11650 points, if it climbs up to 11660 points and above, there’s a risk that Jasper’s stocks will be fully liquidated, it’ll be a big threat to our capital.”
Zachary looked up at him straight in the face when he heard his assistant.
“Are you Mr. Law or am I?”
One word from Zachary and the assistant was terrified, he lowered his head immediately, and said, “I’m sorry Mr. Law, I shouldn’t question your decision.”
Zachary replied with his face slightly darkened, “The Law’s Corporation belongs to the Law family, the shares that those shareholders were holding were not even 10% of it, if they have any opinions, ask them to talk to me. I’ve released 7 billion of capital, who’s objecting? Who’s eligible to object?”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Law.”
“Leave and do your work.”
“Yes, sir…”
In Harbor City, the thick and fragrant smelling cigar smoke was curling up, Fabian was laughing out loud with Morrison. “Mr. Morrison, my father, and your father, Mr. Robin were good friends for such a long time. I had dinners with Mr. Robin a few times, but I’d never thought that I’d hit it off quite well with you instead of him.”
Mr. Morrison fiddled with the cigar in his hands and smiled. “By having the same goals, we talked about the same topics. Wall Street believes in teamwork, I think Mr. Atticus and I will become good partners.”
Fabian patted Morrison’s shoulder heavily and laughed. “3 more hours till the market opens, we’ve already spread the rumors that we’ll trample Jasper to death once the market opens today. But no one knows that we had already put our funds into it, once the market opens, Jasper will be dead!”
“2.5 billion US Dollars, what a huge amount. The higher the amount, the faster Jasper will be dead. Once it opens, I wonder about Jasper’s remarkable facial expression when he comes to realize everything has been arranged last night.” Morrison was delighted.
“Too bad Mr. Welch is far away in Sunrise, he’s unable to celebrate with us.” Fabian smiled.
Morrison shrugged his shoulders and said, “Perhaps he’s waiting for the stock market to open too.”
Countless people, organization and capital, were waiting silently. The moment when the stock market index opened, it would be a moment of the earth cracking and heaven falling.
A big war was about to erupt!
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Time passed by as they waited.
Everyone thought today was just another ordinary day. None would have thought that such an ordinary day would be written into history.
Tommy was a backpack traveler. In the year 2001, all he had was his traveling backpack on him. He got his clothes and camping tent, some electronic devices in his backpack, and a portable DV camera. That was all the equipment he got.
Tommy made a living by recording down the beautiful sceneries and his travel stories in different countries all around the world with his DV camera and uploaded it to the internet.
Today, Tommy came to the World Trade Center. It was New York City’s landmark in the US, not only it was the pride of the nation, it was one of the icons that represented the World’s Economy Center.
Tommy stood on top of another skyscraper which was opposite to it, facing the camera, the Twin Towers of World Trade Center stood tall behind him.
“Hello everyone, it’s me, your old friend Tommy. I’m currently in New York City, one of the greatest and the most modern cities on this planet.
“Behind me, that’s the famous Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the pride of New York City and the might of US.”
Tommy was busy introducing the building behind him. Before uploading the video, he would need to edit the video after he finished recording.
When he was recording halfway, all of a sudden Tommy heard the tourists beside him were in panic and screaming loudly.
Tommy was startled, he turned around and saw something he could never forget in his whole life.
An aircraft appeared in the sky, it was diving through the clouds. The aircraft was moving fast, at first it was a tiny black shadow, then in a blink of an eye, it was clear enough to see its outline.
At this moment, all the witnesses did not realize how serious it would be, including Tommy. Tommy sensed something was wrong at the first moment.
“Why is this plane flying at such low altitude?”
Other than backpacking, he was an aircraft enthusiast. Although he was not a professional flyer, he knew that in New York City, where tall buildings were everywhere, the flight routes across the airspace were highly restricted.
It was obvious that the aircraft was flying so much lower than the altitude required.
For some bizarre reason, Tommy focused on the aircraft with his DV camera. At the same time, he shouted to the voice recording equipment, and said, “Friends, look what I’m seeing. An aircraft flying low…”
It was more than ten seconds after the aircraft appeared.
It continued to fly at low levels with increased speed, the aircraft became clearer and bigger as it in their eyes.
“Oh my God, this plane is flying way too low. It’s dangerous, I can even see the windows and emblazoned design on the plane clearly, it’s a US aircraft!”
“Oh God, it’s flying toward the Twin Towers, what’s going on!?”
As the distance got closer, the stronger the impact flying in full throttle.
At this moment, countless witnesses including Tommy were able to hear the roaring engine of the plane approaching.
Along with the humming of the machines, neither did the aircraft slow down nor fly up. With countless people’s dumbfounded and disbelieving gazes, it crashed into one of the Twin Towers!
Boom!!!
A loud roar with a massive explosion, followed by a strong trembling of the ground as if there was an earthquake.
The unseen impact from the crash on the tower spread out, Tom fell and sat on the floor, the DV camera was dropped from his hands.
Without hesitation, Tommy picked up the DV and focused on the crashed tower as if he was possessed, even if he felt that tingling in his scalp which made his hair stand on end.
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At this moment, there were loud explosions continuously ringingin his ears, and the horrified screaming of the people around him.
Crowds were streaming out onto the streets, fleeing. Looking from above, it was like ants fleeing for their life after their nest was stirred up, countless people were fleeing.
High above, there was smoke billowing from the tower of the trade center, a fiery red fireball exploded instantly at the crash site.
Rolling clouds of smoke streamed up, covering up the higher floors of the tower, it was unknown that how many people had lost their lives in a second without knowing what happened.
The most tragic thing that happened was when some of the survivors who were trapped in the higher floors of the tower were suffocated to death by the smoke, while some opened the windows, tried to jump off the building, but it was a skyscraper of hundreds of meters high, completely cutting off their way out.
“Oh my God!!! Sh*t!!!”
Tommy yelled so loud that he almost lost his voice, causing hoarseness in his voice.
“What the hell happened, is there a war?!”
The whole city was in chaos, the sirens of the fire engines were wailing from every corner of the city. The people in New York City were able to see the plume of black smoke billowing from the tower, covering up the skies once they lifted their heads from every direction.
All of a sudden, it was as if the horrendous fear of the apocalypse had shrouded New York City.
People were screaming and running around like a headless chicken, looking for shelter.
Before this happened, the US nation would have never thought that being a resident of the world’s strongest country would be envelop ed by such terrifying trauma one day.
There were continuous explosions and trembling of the ground, Tommy finally realized that it was dangerous for him to remain there.
He even saw an office worker jumping out from the window from the Twin Towers, hundreds of meters above, and disappeared in the black smoke and fiery blaze.
He could feel the ground shaking as if the skyscraper he was standing on was not safe anymore.
Again Tommy heard another familiar humming sound, he lifted his head, and another aircraft came diving from the skies above, piercing through the clouds.
Tommy was frozen with horror at that moment. “There’s, there’s another one! ”
Tommy screamed in fear as if he saw the devil’s face. Without hesitation, he turned around and ran.
After a few minutes.
Boom!!!
The second plane smashed onto the second tower.
The two crashes hit through the sixth floor within the Twin tower thoroughly destroyed from the inside to the outside.
The explosion took hundreds of lives in a second, the most terrifying was the aftermath, the fire, and smoke which caused the death toll and the number of injured to escalate.
Running away from the building, Tommy was trapped in the escaping crowds. Suddenly, he heard a roar as if the sky had fallen.
He turned his head over, the horrendous scene of the 12th floor of the Twin Towers, World Trade Center collapsing was reflected in his pupils.
Tommy shivered, his heart almost stopped beating, and there was nothing more tremendous than what happened right in front of him at this moment.
“The US… is doomed!” Tommy groaned.
He had no idea that, at the very same time, there was a third aircraft crashing onto another building.
Here was the military base of the US.
The Pentagon!
Life at the Top Chapter 1360
Three loud smashes sent the whole world in terror.
Before this happened, the US nation would have never thought that there would be a horrendous terrorist attack happening on the land of the US.
There was not even a gunshot during the world war, but after the new millennium, New York City and the US capital had suffered from the worst terrorist attack that had never happened in world history.
The aftermath of the explosion had quickly spread across the whole world at the speed of light.
There were slight yet complex changes happening to the whole world in a second.
Jasper was not aware of anything but Henry was giving him that death stare.
“You, dmn you…! Fck!!! What the hell?! Are you a human or a ghost?!”
Henry looked at Jasper in disbelief, he was short of breath and slightly frightened.
He could not help himself being terrified.
At this moment, on the television screen in the room, it was an image of a reporter holding the microphone standing in front of the debris of the Twin Towers, reporting about this incident on the live news stream. It was a piece of emergency news that just came in 4 minutes ago.
Although Henry was a rich kid, he was from the Law family after all. Even if the Law family’s nature was doing business, they are still somehow connected to politics.
Henry acquired that political mindset after many years of upbringing by his family.
When he saw the apocalyptic scene with his own eyes, he knew what serious aftermath the incident would have caused immediately.
There was no doubt that the US would take revenge after being provoked, no matter who was the mastermind, none of the countries in this world would be able to deal with their anger.
Henry could not be bothered about those matters, at least he understood that the US stock market was going to explode.
As the evolution of globalization is getting developed, economies, politics, and the military were associated in every modern country. The terrorist attack in the US would cause significant economic damage to the country.
In the immediate aftermath, the stock market would be the first to be affected.
The stock market was meant to be doomed.
“You were planning this. Everyone thought you were crazy until this happened. You, how do you know this would happen!?”
“Do you have anything to do with the mastermind of this incident?!”
Henry asked from the deep of his heart.
“Nonsense…”
Jasper’s mood was swirling up and down now.
In the past life, he was one of those countless onlookers, but this time, he was the witness.
Even though he was only playing strategy games in the stock market, it was considered as participating in this significant matter in history.
The anxiety and nervousness that he felt before were all finally gone at this moment.
“Even if I’m given ten more lives I’ll still not get myself involved in this.”
Jasper gave his answer straightforward.
Jasper knew that this world was dangerous.
All this time he had been reminding himself that to control everything he needed and wanted to do within the economic sector. Going as far as playing political games with countries, no thank you, Mr. Laine was not interested in that.
Attacking the US , Mr. Laine was not mad.
“Then how is it possible that you know this is going to happen?” Henry asked, surprised.
If he had not seen with his own eyes, Henry would not have believed that.
He could not help feeling suspicious when he saw what happened.
“I can only tell you that, something happens for a reason in this world. Where there is a cause, there will be a consequence. It would be the same in the opposite.”
There must be a reason why this happened today, it was because of all what they had done before.
“If you would like to know more about it, I suggest you start with the policies that the US implemented in the Middle East countries three years ago.”
“Only after you’ve seen it all, and think about it, then you’ll know. There must be rebellion when living under such stressful policies and exploitation by oppressors.”