Chapter 390 What a Cunning Old Fox
Seeing Trevor sit up, the younger members of the Lee family jumped in surprise, and Molly froze in her tracks.
Isaac exclaimed, "Dad, you're alive?"
"Mr. Lee!"
The Lee family members were overjoyed, unable to believe Trevor was still alive.
Daryl and his group were bewildered. Trevor had clearly died, so how was he alive again?
Molly, after a moment of shock, let out a sinister laugh. "Trevor, you were pretending to be dead? You're as cunning as ever."
"But it's perfect for me. I can take my time torturing you, and then use you for the ritual on the eighteenth."
Her smile was chilling. "Do you know how long I've waited for this moment?"
Trevor still looked frail. "If I didn't pretend to be dead, how would I lure you out?"
The crowd was once again in an uproar, realizing that Trevor had faked his death to lure Molly.
Molly sneered, "Lure me out? And then what?"
"Obviously, to kill you," James said, taking a bite of an apple.
"If my guess is right, Mr. Lee knew you would come out of hiding, so he set up this trap."
"He knew someone like you, who thrives in the shadows, would be hard to find and has extraordinary means. With your abilities, you could destroy the Lee family without ever showing your face."
"So to deal with you, Mr. Lee had to find a way to lure you out and then strike with a thunderous blow."
After witnessing Molly's methods, Gerald and the others nodded in agreement with James's analysis.
To deal with Molly, they had to confront her directly to have any chance of killing her.
Otherwise, if she stayed hidden, no matter how many people they had, they couldn't kill her. On the contrary, she could easily poison any target.
For instance, she could poison the water supply and cause mass deaths.
Molly's eyelid twitched, sensing danger, but she quickly regained her composure.
She didn't take Trevor and the others seriously.
"To lure you out, Mr. Lee pretended to be terrified of your revenge, making himself restless and sleepless."
James's eyes were fixed on Molly. "Then he faked an illness."
Daryl was shocked. "Faked an illness? But his body showed abnormalities."
The other doctors nodded in agreement. "Yes, the instruments couldn't detect anything."
James didn't reveal Trevor's ability to fake death.
"The abnormalities were deliberately created by Mr. Lee. He probably took some medicine to make his body appear that way."
"He pretended to be scared to death, eventually lying in bed waiting to die. The process was logical and wouldn't make anyone suspect he was faking."
"After all, he was supposedly extremely scared."
"He knew that due to the significance of the ritual, Molly and her group wouldn't let him die prematurely."
James pointed out Trevor's strategy. "So he used his sudden death to lure Molly out."
"I understand now. If Mr. Lee died before the eighteenth, Molly would definitely come out to investigate." Gerald also figured it out. "If she shows up, there's a chance to confront her."
"Exactly. Mr. Lee had this plan and made all the preparations, but he lacked the opportunity for a 'sudden death.'"
"After all, if he didn't die openly or get an authoritative death certification, Molly wouldn't easily show her face."
"She would consider the possibility of a trap and test the waters before appearing."
"In this way, Mr. Lee could easily expose his flaws because he was faking the illness, even hiding it from his family, with very few people able to cover for him."
"I don't know what this billion-dollar bounty meant today, but it gave Mr. Lee the perfect chance for a 'sudden death.'"
"When I checked him out, I immediately knew he wasn't sick."
James pointed at Trevor. "But he looked like he was on the verge of death, so I figured he was faking it to lure Molly."
"So James helped me out." Trevor chuckled. "He saw that Daryl's 'Soul Augmentation Technique' ninth needle was off and exaggerated that it would kill me."
"He even described symptoms like spitting blood and body convulsions."
"Those weren't reactions to the ninth needle but added credibility to my 'sudden death.'"
"Think about it, when Daryl used the ninth needle, I showed the symptoms James described."
"Doesn't that prove James's medical skills and also show that I was indeed killed by the ninth needle? And Daryl couldn't save me."
"In this way, when I secretly took the fake death medicine and entered a state of apparent death, wouldn't everyone believe I was truly dead?"
The doctors instinctively nodded.
Daryl smiled wryly, pointing at James and Trevor, almost scared to death by them.
"Everyone believed I was dead, and Molly's spies, who were watching me, would immediately inform her."
Trevor looked at Molly.
"Seeing that I died prematurely and couldn't be used for the ritual, she would come to verify and destroy my body."
"Everything went as I expected. Hearing of my death, Molly showed up."
"The only unexpected thing was James's assistance, not only helping me with the plan but also directly exposing White Shadow."
Trevor was curious. "How did you figure out she was a problem?"
"As you said," James didn't hide anything. "Someone was watching your every move, so when you suddenly died, the watcher would be anxious and come out to save you."
"She didn't use conventional medical techniques but Gu Sorcery, so I immediately linked her to Molly."
"And I identified her as White Shadow because she was similar in age and temperament to Dark Shadow."
James looked at the unconscious White Shadow and smiled. "Of course, regardless of who she was, I had to strike."
The room fell silent, everyone stunned by the complexity and the traps involved.
"Impressive."
Molly clapped lightly, a mocking smile on her lips.
"I must admit, Trevor, you're cunning. Your series of schemes truly lured me out."
"And this young man is smart, not only detecting your fake illness but also helping him."
"But what does it matter?"
"Against my absolute power, what value do your schemes have?"
"In the end, I'll still kill you all."
Molly exuded dominance. "The Lee family, whether a thousand or ten thousand people, I can poison them all."
"What if there are people immune to your Sorcerous Poison?"
A cold voice came from the doorway, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
Isaac and the others looked over, their faces changing slightly as they saw Patricia leading Debra and a group of people—twenty-eight of the Lee family's strongest fighters.
They wore masks, soft armor, and protective gear, fully armed.
Patricia, as strong as ever, led Debra and the others towards Molly. "Molly, your time has come!"
Molly sneered. "You think you can deal with me?"
"We took the Toxiclear Elixir." Patricia's face was cold. "For twenty-four hours, we're immune to your Sorcerous Poison."
"So today, you die, and we live!"
The twenty-eight fighters surrounded Molly.
James looked at Trevor and sighed.
"What a cunning old fox."
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