Chapter 428 Without Him, It Won't Work
This scene made everyone present change their expressions.
"Walter, are you crazy? What are you doing?"
"Since you think I'm not good enough, then I won't participate in the competition," Walter said coldly.
He just wanted the team leader position, but Isabella refused to give it to him and criticized him as completely worthless.
Why should he put up with this?
Since he couldn't get triple merit, he might as well not participate in this competition.
Walter looked at Isabella and said word by word: "Isabella, without me, let's see how you're going to win this competition."
Isabella chuckled lightly, "Walter, do you think that without you, the Powell family can't win the competition? Who do you think you are?"
Seeing that even at this point, Isabella still didn't take him seriously, Walter's disgust for Isabella grew even stronger.
He snorted coldly, his face dark as he said: "I really don't know how someone like you deserves to be the young lady of the Powell family."
"I believe Ms. Gwyneth Powell would soon regret making you the team leader."
Throwing out these words, Walter left arrogantly with a haughty expression.
He could predict the final result of the competition without even thinking.
Without him, the Powell family's team couldn't possibly win.
Walter's departure didn't affect Isabella's mood. She lowered her eyes slightly, her lashes drooping, and sighed, "Just a clown."
Who cares about him, acting as if the team can't function without him.
They were all kinds of weirdos.
——
The news that Walter broke his own arm and withdrew from the ancient martial arts competition soon reached many people's ears.
"It's all Isabella's fault. If she hadn't been so aggressive, why would Walter have chosen to withdraw from the competition?"
"Is there something wrong with Isabella's brain? She drove Walter off the team. How can the Powell family win the competition now? I heard that all the hopes for this ancient martial arts competition were placed on Walter."
People were discussing this matter privately.
Many people felt that Isabella insisted on using her authority to pressure others. Even though her abilities were inferior to Walter's, she still insisted on occupying the team leader position and refused to give it to someone more capable, which led to Walter becoming disheartened and using such extreme measures to avoid the competition.
Some of these comments naturally reached Isabella's ears.
Isabella didn't care.
But soon, she was called by Gwyneth for a talk.
"Ansley, what exactly happened with Walter? I heard he injured his hand and won't be participating in the ancient martial arts competition."
Isabella explained the whole story to Gwyneth.
Hearing this, Gwyneth pinched the bridge of her nose, "As the child with the highest talent among his peers, Walter has been proud and aloof since childhood. I just didn't expect him to be so decisive at this critical moment."
Knowing his own importance, he would rather injure himself and greatly reduce the Powell family team's strength than compromise and just be a main team member. This really isn't something a Powell family member should do.
It seems she valued Walter too much before.
That's why Walter became so focused on his own interests that he didn't even care about the family's honor.
Gwyneth's expression turned somewhat cold.
On the other side.
Helena was putting a cast on Walter's injured hand.
"Walter, why were you so foolish?" Helena felt extremely distressed. "You actually injured yourself. You are too impulsive."
Walter sat there with an unchanged expression.
He admitted that he was indeed somewhat impulsive at the time, which led him to take such radical action.
But he didn't regret it.
"Mom, I think only when Gwyneth loses something will she realize her mistake."
"What do you mean?" Helena asked.
"I'm referring to the competition results." Walter said, "Without me, the Powell family naturally can't win."
"You know this competition is very important to the Powell family, isn't what you did a bit too..."
Disregarding the Powell family's interests.
Helena didn't say the second half of the sentence out loud.
Now should be the time when the Powell family unites against outsiders. The outcome of the ancient martial arts competition is very important to the Powell family, important enough to even avoid a conflict.
Helena knew that Gwyneth was someone who valued family unity very much, because her parents died from Powell family insiders colluding with The Whispering Sect.
Walter's actions could be said to have touched Gwyneth's bottom line.
And Walter did it so absolutely, directly injuring his own hand, not giving any chance to be persuaded.
"Mom, do you think Gwyneth will have a problem with me because of this?" Walter glanced at his casted hand, his eyes dark as he said, "I don't think I did anything wrong. Isabella said it herself that she doesn't care whether I can participate or not. She doesn't take me seriously at all."
Speaking of this, Walter clenched his fist.
This was the first time he had been... so disregarded.
He really couldn't understand what gives Isabella the right? What qualifies her to say such things?
——
Isabella and Gwyneth were still in the hall.
Knox hurried in from outside.
"Ms. Gwyneth Powell, the head of the Puckett family, is outside, requesting to see you."
"The head of the Puckett family?" Gwyneth felt slightly surprised. "What is he here for?"
Since the last incident with the Puckett family, after Wilford died, Remy became the new head of the Puckett family.
"The head of the Puckett family says he has an important audio file to show you," Knox said.
"Let him in."
After getting permission, Knox went out and soon brought Remy in.
"Ms. Gwyneth Powell." Remy first bowed to Gwyneth.
"What do you want from me?"
"Ms. Gwyneth Powell, please listen to this."
Remy directly handed over a voice recorder.
There was only one audio file inside.
Gwyneth dubiously clicked on the recording, but the next second, her expression changed subtly.
In the recording were the voices of two middle-aged men, and the content they were discussing was actually about how to take advantage of the situation and launch a surprise attack on the Powell family.
"I believe Ms. Powell has also recognized that the two people in the recording are Garth and Rocco, the current heads of the Hope family and the Fife family."
"Four years ago, Rocco promised to kill Eldridge in exchange for Garth colluding with him to launch a surprise attack on the Powell family during the chaos. This recording is solid evidence."
Remy wasn't a fool. When Wilford obtained this recording, his first thought was to use it to threaten Garth and get shares in Summit Technologies Group, but in the end, before he could get the shares, he died.
After much thought, Remy felt the best decision was to give this recording to Gwyneth, to show goodwill to Gwyneth, to express his determination to befriend the Powell family, and to let Gwyneth see Garth and Rocco's true colors.
"Remy, thank you very much for informing me of this news as soon as you got the recording. I will naturally handle the Hope family and the Fife family next." Gwyneth said.
"Ms. Gwyneth Powell, I won't disturb you any further then."
Remy turned and left.