Chapter 158

Chapter 158

"Tell me, what exactly is the Infernal Order? How many people are we talking about? What do these people do for a living?"

William asked Aiden question by question as he drove toward the eastern suburbs horse ranch.

Aiden nervously explained to William in a low voice, "The Infernal Order has quite a few people. The eastern suburbs horse ranch is basically the Infernal Order's headquarters. Ten years ago, the so-called Infernal Order was just a team made up of a few small-time thugs who had just become adults. They made money through scams and organizing illegal activities. Then a professor named White joined the Infernal Order for some reason. In less than three years, under White's leadership, the Infernal Order grew rapidly. Besides opening several entertainment venues in Novaria, they also built Novaria's largest horse ranch in the eastern suburbs. Of course, while it's officially a horse ranch, it's actually their base for illegal activities. Over time, people in Novaria started calling this professor Rufus."

After finishing this explanation, Aiden paused briefly, then continued a few seconds later, "Rufus has two subordinates, a man and a woman. The man is named Pinkman. He likes to wear pink clothes, so people call him Pinky. As for the woman, her name is Lika. This Lika is said to be quite attractive. She's recruited more than a dozen girls fresh out of school to win over Novaria's powerful figures."

William nodded without saying anything. He took out his phone with one hand, called Fox, and said word by word, "Fox, bring people to the eastern suburbs horse ranch in an hour."

Then William glanced at Aiden. "How many Infernal Order people are there at the eastern suburbs horse ranch?"

Aiden said, "No more than two hundred."

William continued speaking to Fox, "Dig a pit big enough to bury two hundred people in the eastern suburbs beforehand."

Fox replied without any hesitation, "Lord, please rest assured. I'll take care of it right away."

When William hung up, all of Aiden's hair stood on end.

He asked William in shock, "Wait, are you planning to kill all these Infernal Order people? William, if you want to go crazy, go by yourself. Why drag me into this? What did I do to you at my age? There are one or two hundred of them, and there's only one of you. I know you're capable, but you..."

Before Aiden could finish, William snapped, "Shut up!"

Aiden gasped. Deep down, he kept telling himself to stay calm—the more critical the moment, the calmer he needed to be.

Licking his dry lips, Aiden changed his approach to stay alive. "William, I can now confirm you had nothing to do with Emily being kidnapped. You want to rescue Emily, and I want to rescue Emily too. On this point, we have the same goal. How about this? Since you're planning to go into the tiger's den, I won't stop you. Pull over and let me out now. I'll call the police station right away and have Chief Kirk bring a team to help you wipe out all these Infernal Order people. Also, think about it—I'm so old. If I go with you, you can't just watch me get killed by the Infernal Order people, right? Won't I just drag you down when you're trying to rescue Emily?"

Only then did William reveal the real reason he brought Aiden along to rescue Emily. "Over these past eight years, I've heard about how the Taylor family has treated Emily. Now I'm back, and Emily is about to officially become president of the Taylor Group. Under these circumstances, I want you to hand over all power in the Taylor family to Emily. After this is over, you'll officially retire, and maybe you can die peacefully. On the other hand, if you keep interfering with anything Emily does in the Taylor family, once you completely piss me off, I don't care if you're Emily's grandfather—I'll kill you just the same!"

Aiden stood there with his mouth half open, too shocked to say a word.

After a long while, having finally calmed down, Aiden took a deep breath and continued, "William, let's talk about these things after we rescue Emily. Right now, I think you should calm down. If Emily really was kidnapped by these Infernal Order people, we can go to the police. There's no need to take such a big risk."

William sneered and said casually, "What risk could there be in crushing a bunch of ants?"

Aiden was stunned.

Ants?

The one or two hundred people in the Infernal Order were just ants in William's eyes?

This guy was way too arrogant!

While shocked, Aiden looked out the car window.

As they got closer and closer to the eastern suburbs horse ranch, Aiden's heart rose to his throat.

Meanwhile, in the Taylor family living room, Daniel sat in the seat Aiden had occupied earlier, his brows furrowed. He looked at Milo and Jasper in front of him and said coldly, "Speak. Now that Father has also been taken away by William, what should the Taylor family do?"

Milo sneered and said, "What's there to talk about? If you ask me, if the old man doesn't come back before dark tonight, we should just split all the assets three ways, then hurry up and leave Novaria. Saving our lives is what matters."

After hearing Milo's words, Jasper thought about how Kian still owed thirty million dollars in debt outside, and his eyes lit up.

If they really divided the assets as Milo suggested, their family would get at least several hundred million dollars.

Once the debt was paid off, the three of them could flee abroad and still live comfortably, right?

Once this idea took hold, Jasper kept nodding and quickly said, "Milo is right. If Father really gets killed by William and Emily disappears without a trace, even if William doesn't come after the Taylor family, Mr. Sanchez will be furious. Think about it—the Garcia family is an earl family, and when facing Mr. Sanchez's terrible rage, they can only disappear from Novaria. What more for our small Taylor family?"

Layla's palms were sweating. She asked rather naively, "If William kills Grandfather, won't we avenge him?"

Daniel glared at Layla and snapped, "The adults are discussing things here. Is it your place to butt in as a kid?"

Layla immediately fell silent.

But Juniper stepped forward and grabbed Layla's wrist, saying firmly, "Let me tell you, if you dare say a single word about what we're discussing here today, before Heath comes back from the hospital, I'll make him divorce you."

Layla's face showed unease as she quickly waved her hands. "I definitely won't say anything."