Chapter 701 Chaotic Situation (6) Eruption
After Dashiell and Cassius finished their call, Dashiell still sent a message to Alaric.
He couldn't hide anything from Alaric.
The message would contain only one symbol.
X.
X meant failure, O meant success.
He put down his phone and drove back to the hotel.
Although he didn't know where Cecilia had been secretly sent by Gideon.
He couldn't give up.
Dashiell returned to the hotel to search for Cecilia through the vast traffic surveillance in Astralton City.
In the banquet hall.
The atmosphere was always good.
Alaric stood respectfully behind the Monroe family.
There were also many staff members providing service nearby.
Suddenly, a staff member accidentally spilled wine directly onto Gideon.
The staff member turned pale with fright and quickly said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hotchner, I'm sorry!"
His body trembled uncontrollably.
Such a commotion naturally alarmed the entire room.
Gideon looked at his soaked shirt and glanced at the staff member, "It's okay. Be more careful next time."
"Really sorry, Mr. Hotchner, really sorry." The staff member kept apologizing.
He seemed so scared that he lost his senses, only repeating those few words.
"It's nothing, you can go now." Gideon remained calm from start to finish.
He didn't get angry, but he wasn't very friendly either.
He didn't show any pretense.
Giselle also chimed in, telling the staff member to leave.
After he left.
Tomas said, "Gideon's clothes are all wet, and the air conditioning in the banquet is so cold, go change."
Gideon hadn't answered yet.
Tomas called over the on-site staff and invited Gideon to change clothes.
Such international banquets are naturally well-prepared.
So naturally, they had clothes prepared for members of the two major noble families.
Gideon stood up, "Then I'll excuse myself for a moment."
Tomas nodded slightly.
Gideon left.
Alaric knew very well that the recent accident was Tomas's intention.
Tomas had started to act.
He deliberately sent Gideon away to make others think that Gideon was leaving to arrange for an assassin.
Alaric remained calm.
After a while.
Alfonso leaned close to Tomas's ear and whispered, "Not wearing."
Meaning, Gideon wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest.
The Monroe family ultimately didn't really trust Alaric.
Their recent deliberate actions were partly to create an "opportunity" for Gideon to kill Tomas and partly to check if Gideon was wearing a bulletproof vest. If Gideon was wearing one, they would definitely doubt Alaric's loyalty, but if he wasn't, they could basically dismiss that thought.
Gideon wouldn't gamble with his life.
What the Monroe family didn't know was.
Everything they could think of, Alaric had thought of.
So he reminded Gideon not to wear a bulletproof vest, partly to avoid the Monroe family's suspicion and partly to better kill Gideon.
Gideon changed his clothes and returned to the banquet hall.
Previously, he might have had some doubts about Alaric and had struggled for a long time about whether to wear a bulletproof vest today, but in the end, he took it off.
Tomas, this insidious and cunning person, really considered everything thoroughly.
He was also impressed by Alaric's thorough thinking.
As soon as Gideon returned.
Tomas quickly called out, "Gideon, come, let's have a drink."
Gideon quickly raised his glass, appearing very humble, "I toast to you, Mr. Monroe."
"Good." Tomas appeared very casual.
After they finished drinking, Tomas deliberately said, "I originally intended to marry Lyra to you, but who knew Lyra would meet Dominic? forget it, let's not talk about it. Fortunately, I still have a daughter, Juniper, although not as beautiful as Lyra, she has a simple personality. How about I arrange for you two to have a meal in a few days?"
"I remember Juniper is still very young, still in school, right?" Gideon followed the topic.
"Not young anymore, she just turned twenty. She had her twentieth birthday a few days ago. I originally wanted to invite you, but Juniper is naturally shy and didn't want to see too many people, so I didn't hold a birthday party for her." Tomas explained.
"Didn't expect Juniper to be twenty already, in my memory, she's still a little girl." Giselle also said.
"Let Juniper and Gideon get to know each other better, what do you think?" Tomas asked Giselle.
"Of course." Giselle quickly agreed.
"Come, Mrs. Hotchner, I toast to you. Whether Juniper and Gideon end up getting married or not, it's still a good thing." Tomas raised his glass.
Giselle also raised her glass.
Tomas drank it all in one go.
He always had a smile on his face, completely hiding his cruel and bloody nature.
At that moment.
"Watch out!" A sudden scream echoed in the hall.
Suddenly.
A man dressed as a waiter, holding a gun, walked straight towards Tomas and fired at him.
At the same time.
Alaric suddenly tackled Tomas to the ground.
The bullet instantly hit Alaric's arm.
The gunshot instantly turned the entire banquet hall into chaos, with screams everywhere.
Seeing that he hadn't hit Tomas, the assassin rushed forward to fire another shot.
He was instantly subdued by the surrounding guards.
The scene remained chaotic.
Tomas looked at the gunshot wound on Alaric's arm.
At that moment, he was still a bit shaken.
If Alaric had been a little slower.
Tomas's face darkened.
With Alfonso's help, Tomas stood up from the ground.
He looked at the assassin, his face extremely grim, "Who sent you?"
The assassin didn't speak.
"Search him!" Tomas ordered.
The guards quickly searched the assassin and picked up his gun.
The mark on the gun.
The guards didn't dare to speak.
Tomas said coldly, "What did you find?"
The guards took the gun to Tomas, removed all the bullets, and respectfully handed it to Tomas.
Tomas took it.
As soon as he took it, he saw the mark on the gun, and his face darkened.
It was marked with an "H".
H was the mark of the Hotchner family.
The weapons of the Yakurosean Empire were controlled by the two major noble families.
Each weapon had a serial number for effective control.
Tomas looked at Gideon.
Gideon acted as if he knew nothing.
Tomas said directly, "Gideon, you should know how I've treated you all these years! What's going on!"
Saying that, Tomas threw the gun hard in front of Gideon.
This truly ignited the conflict between the two major noble families!
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