Chapter 96 A Hundred Slaps

• "Don't try to scare us! We know you don't have that kind of power!" Bastian stubbornly refused to believe that Finnley was behind everything, for in his eyes, Finnley was nothing more than a worthless nobody.
• "Some people just refuse to see the truth," Finnley sighed. "Oh, well. There's nothing I can do about that. Earlier, I asked if you knew who the chairman of Empire Building was, and you answered Gavin Marlowe. But you're well aware that the Empire Building doesn't belong to any faction in Eastport. Its influence comes from outside."
• At that, he smiled faintly and pointed to himself. "Gavin Marlowe works for me. The authority he holds over the Empire Building was fully granted by me."