Richard stayed silent for a long moment, then clenched his jaw and muttered with a complicated expression, "This kid keeps making enemies left and right—either he's messing with major families or provoking big names like you, Dr. Lake.

"You'd think he's courting death, yet somehow, he's still alive and kicking. But if you say he's unbeatable or has god-tier power, he doesn't exactly live up to that either. I just don't get why he'd go out of his way to pick a fight with someone like you."

Mosby sneered. "The wise adapt to the times, but this arrogant little bastard clearly thinks he's untouchable—like he doesn't have to respect anyone. Well then, I'll be the one to teach him a lesson. I may not command a powerful family…

"But my influence and pull in this city? It's scarier than half the legacy clans put together. I could destroy him ten thousand ways and not repeat a single one."

With a huff, Mosby hung up the call. Richard's indecisiveness had irritated him to the core.

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