Chapter 116: Could you stop trying to play the hero?
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"You guessed right."
Under Estella Walton's eager gaze, Otto Nicholson admitted it.
"At the time, I figured Spencer E-commerce Media merging into Natella E-commerce had nothing to do with Ashton Peters."
Estella offered her hindsight take, the kind of commentary that's easy to make after the fact. Then, curiosity got the better of her. "By the way, why is Julius Rhodes so afraid of you?"
"Simple. Hold a knife to his throat and he'll be scared."
Otto said it like it was nothing.
"A knife to...
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Contents
Valley of Villains
Chapter 1: Valley of Villains
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 2: Crushing Fist
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 3: You Didn't Come to Repay a Favor; You Came for Revenge
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 4: Do You Even Have a Conscience?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 5: We're All Washouts-Who's Afraid of Who?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 6: Louis, Grandmaster of Traditional Medicine
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 7: Century Ginseng King
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 8: A Card Beyond Black
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 9: The Glory Gang's Revenge
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 10: How am I supposed to lead my crew now?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 11: I Was Already Being Merciful by Not Settling the Score with Them
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 12: You're Actually Okay
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 13: Bucket in Hand, Coming Knocking
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 14: War Goddess Rachel Lynch
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 15: Nala Jameson, Be Reserved
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 16: Louis, the Frog in the Well
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 17: You're Not Qualified to Be My Disciple
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 18: Traditional Medicine Is Nothing but a Scam
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 19: Chris, the Toxicologist
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 20: Let Her Kneel a While Longer and Learn Her Lesson
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 21: Who Could Take Down Lone Wolf with a Single Strike?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 22: Forthright Nala Jameson
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 23: I'll Make Sure You're Bedridden for Three Months
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 24: Take Over
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 25: I've Got Two Million to Spare-Many Times Over
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 26: Estella Walton
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 27: Do You Know Who I Am?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 28: A VIP from the Capital
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 29: Blacklisted by the Banks
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 30: The Imperial Sword of Authority
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 31: Byron, Minister of the Military Department
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 32: Vert Gang
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 33: You Don't Even Deserve Me
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 34: I Shouldn't Need an Appointment, Right?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 35: A Life-Saving Favor, A Debt You Can Never Repay
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 36: Invitation
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 37: Unemployed
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 38: Mayor's Secretary Reuben
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 39: Rise to the Challenge
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 40: Spencer Lambert's Time Was Almost Up
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 41: Let Me Help You With That
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 42: Roberto
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 43: You think you can use needles on me? You're still too green.
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 44: I Saved Your Life Twice
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 45: Actually, You Still Have a Marriage Contract
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 46: Kill Otto Nicholson
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 47: Swipe Ten Million
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 48: Blacklist
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 49: The Skin Trade
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 50: Jared, Humbled
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 51: I wish he were hitting on me
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 52: Blood for Blood
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 53: The Morton Family in the Capital
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 54: Do You All Have Nothing Better to Do?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 55: The Cruise Gala
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 56: Chorus of Mockery
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 57: I Am the Trump Card!
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 58: Cuckoo in the Nest
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 59: Do You Run a Mint at Home?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 60: Fight to the Bitter End
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 61: Who Does He Think He Is?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 62: Close the Trap
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 63: Is Your Life Only Worth $100 Million?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 64: The Hidden Trump Card
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 65: Anastasia Miles
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 66: You Can Call Me Grandpa Now
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 67: Fellow Travelers
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 68: Eight Guardians: Laid Off and Back in the Game
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 69: Just Shy of Wetting His Pants
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 70: From the Eight Guardians to the Eight Security Guards
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 71: Not a Heroic Rescue, but One Crook Preying on Another
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 72: Celeste Peters, Blushing and Breathless
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 73: Could Otto Nicholson actually be… not up to it?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 74: Aziel
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 75: What a Small‑Time Outfit-Shallow Waters Full of Bottom‑Feeders
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 76: Pay to Avert Calamity
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 77: Otto Nicholson Was Stronger
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 78: Shouldn't We Thank Him in Person?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 79: Weakling
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 80: The Beatdown
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 81: Supercar Convoy
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 82: Do You Know Who I Am?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 83: Kneel for a Toast
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 84: Spring Mountain
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 85: Good Dogs Don't Block the Road
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 86: Fast in the corners is real speed
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 87: Alejandro the Brown-Noser
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 88: Are Security Guards in Small Towns Really This Bold?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 89: Tony
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 90: Not Begging Anymore-Now You're Working Security?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 91: Ailee Kendall: Black Stockings and Long Legs
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 92: My Godmother, Your Mother
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 93: White Radish
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 94: Variant Ginseng
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 95: Where'd you rent this van? What is it, like a few dozen bucks a day?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 96: Unlike Some Sons-in-Law Who Only Show Up to Freeload
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 97: You Paid Too Much
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 98: Meant to Show Off, Ended Up Looking Broke
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 99: Do You Think Money Grows on Trees?
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 100: Sophia Was Poisoned
Oct 17th, 2025
Chapter 101: You Quack!
Oct 18th, 2025
Chapter 102: Anyone who wants to kneel can. I won't.
Oct 18th, 2025
Chapter 103: Is There No Rule of Law Left in This World?
Oct 18th, 2025
Chapter 104: Nykomar's Richest Man, Dexter
Oct 18th, 2025
Chapter 105: Even Gods Can't Dodge a Bullet
Oct 18th, 2025
Chapter 106: Bury You Together with Your Lamborghini
Oct 19th, 2025
Chapter 107: Otto Nicholson Courted Death
Oct 19th, 2025
Chapter 108: Vert Gang and the Jarvis Family Joined Forces
Oct 19th, 2025
Chapter 109: Anyone Named Nicholson Must Die!
Oct 19th, 2025
Chapter 110: Your problem is an irregular period
Oct 19th, 2025
Chapter 111: No Membership Card-Just This Face
Oct 20th, 2025
Chapter 112: Julius Rhodes, a Rich Fool
Oct 20th, 2025
Chapter 113: You son of a bitch, I'll kick the crap out of you!
Oct 20th, 2025
Chapter 114: Brothers in Misfortune
Oct 20th, 2025
Chapter 115: I Get It
Oct 20th, 2025
Chapter 116: Could you stop trying to play the hero?
Oct 21st, 2025
Chapter 117: Ailee Kendall's Background
Oct 21st, 2025
Chapter 118: Vert Gang’s Assassination Plan
Oct 21st, 2025
Chapter 119: The Time Is Ripe
Oct 21st, 2025
Chapter 120: Staged for You
Oct 21st, 2025
Chapter 121: Summoning the Third Elder
Oct 22nd, 2025
Chapter 122: Harming Others, Harming Yourself
Oct 22nd, 2025
Chapter 123: Another Nicholson
Oct 22nd, 2025
Chapter 124: Finger Flick Skill
Oct 22nd, 2025
Chapter 125: Kids These Days Don't Respect the Code
Oct 22nd, 2025
Chapter 126: Face and Survival
Oct 23rd, 2025
Chapter 127: You went out and stirred up trouble again?
Oct 23rd, 2025
Chapter 128: Mr. Cameron's Conference
Oct 23rd, 2025
Chapter 129: Had You Met Me Sooner, You'd Have Been Beaten Sooner
Oct 23rd, 2025
Chapter 130: For the Men, It's Death or a Wheelchair-and the Women…
Oct 23rd, 2025
Chapter 131: You couldn't have come at a better time
Oct 24th, 2025
Chapter 132: Racing to Save Cameron Kingsley
Oct 24th, 2025
Chapter 133: Longcastle Hospital - The Rabble
Oct 24th, 2025
Chapter 134: Storms Gathering
Oct 24th, 2025
Chapter 135: The Fine Art of Passing the Buck
Oct 24th, 2025
Chapter 136: Chief Expert
Oct 25th, 2025
Chapter 137: Sister Leia
Oct 25th, 2025
Chapter 138: He
Oct 25th, 2025
Chapter 139: Alejandro, the King of Hell
Oct 25th, 2025
Chapter 140: Can I go now?
Oct 25th, 2025
Chapter 141: Old Six
Oct 26th, 2025
Chapter 142: Not Even a Chance to Cry
Oct 26th, 2025
Chapter 143: Payday
Oct 26th, 2025
Chapter 144: Being Rich Lets You Cut the Line
Oct 26th, 2025
Chapter 145: Bank Heist
Oct 26th, 2025
Chapter 146: A Classmate of Nala Jameson
Oct 27th, 2025
Chapter 147: Vincent
Oct 27th, 2025
Chapter 148: Drunk Driving
Oct 27th, 2025
Chapter 149: Another Run-in with the Line-Cutter
Oct 27th, 2025
Chapter 150: Kowtow and Apologize
Oct 27th, 2025
Chapter 151: Making a Simple Thing Complicated
Oct 28th, 2025
Chapter 152: Finally, He Showed Up
Oct 28th, 2025
Chapter 153: A Complete Wipeout
Oct 28th, 2025
Chapter 154: What's the Name of the Guy Who Hit You
Oct 28th, 2025
Chapter 155: Nykomar's richest man ain't worth shit!
Oct 28th, 2025
Chapter 156: Law-Abiding Otto Nicholson
Oct 29th, 2025
Chapter 157: A Woman Chasing a Man Is Just a Thin Veil
Oct 29th, 2025
Chapter 158: You're a Lot More Reliable Than Your Old Man
Oct 29th, 2025
Chapter 159: A Do-or-Die Gambit
Oct 29th, 2025
Chapter 160: United Front, One Target
Oct 29th, 2025
Chapter 161: Supreme Lord
Oct 30th, 2025
Chapter 162: Unopposed
Oct 30th, 2025
Chapter 163: Meat Grinder Newman
Oct 30th, 2025
Chapter 164: You Should Thank Me for Saving Your Life
Oct 30th, 2025
Chapter 165: The Difference Between First and Second Is Like Night and Day
Oct 30th, 2025
Chapter 166: Seizing Grip
Oct 31st, 2025
Chapter 167: Sharing Dinner
Oct 31st, 2025
Chapter 168: The Uninhibited Princess of Radiuria
Oct 31st, 2025
Chapter 169: Soft Bone Powder
Oct 31st, 2025
Chapter 170: Lionel Morton Loses His Cool
Oct 31st, 2025
Chapter 171: If You Like Her, Then Go With Her
Nov 1st, 2025
Chapter 172: The Gatekeeper
Nov 1st, 2025
Chapter 173: Rachel Lynch, Who Never Backed Down
Nov 1st, 2025
Chapter 174: The Man Who Fell from the Sky
Nov 1st, 2025
Chapter 175: I Refuse to Accept This!
Nov 1st, 2025
Chapter 176: Redemption Through Deeds
Nov 2nd, 2025
Chapter 177: Please, just make it quick!
Nov 2nd, 2025
Chapter 178: Monetary power?
Nov 2nd, 2025
Chapter 179: Fleeing in Shame
Nov 2nd, 2025
Chapter 180: Good luck-you'll need it
Nov 2nd, 2025
Chapter 181: Good Intentions Gone Wrong
Nov 3rd, 2025
Chapter 182: The Last Hope
Nov 3rd, 2025
Chapter 183: If We Could Bring in That Master
Nov 3rd, 2025
Chapter 184: The Royal Hotel, Again
Nov 3rd, 2025
Chapter 185: You think you can just brush me off with a marriage certificate?
Nov 3rd, 2025
Chapter 186: I Want a Full Explanation
Nov 4th, 2025
Chapter 187: If You Let Him Leave Like That, He Won't Stand for It
Nov 4th, 2025
Chapter 188: You're Not a Miracle Doctor, You're a God
Nov 4th, 2025
Chapter 189: Going Abroad: Radiuria
Nov 4th, 2025
Chapter 190: Taking Out Otto Nicholson
Nov 4th, 2025
Chapter 191: Natalia Ivanov
Nov 5th, 2025
Chapter 192: Three Chopsticks
Nov 5th, 2025
Chapter 193: Otto Nicholson's Suggestion
Nov 5th, 2025
Chapter 194: I'll Send You to Meet Your Maker
Nov 5th, 2025
Chapter 195: Black Ice: Radiuria's Crime Syndicate
Nov 5th, 2025
Chapter 196: Lusting After Otto Nicholson's Body
Nov 6th, 2025
Chapter 197: When There Are No Tigers in the Hills
Nov 6th, 2025
Chapter 198: Long Hair, Short Insight
Nov 6th, 2025
Chapter 199: Brought to My Door
Nov 6th, 2025
Chapter 200: The Death of Reiner
Nov 6th, 2025
Chapter 201: Harry Berant
Nov 7th, 2025
Chapter 202: Tit for Tat
Nov 7th, 2025
Chapter 203: Time to Make Another Call
Nov 7th, 2025
Chapter 204: Three Plans
Nov 7th, 2025
Chapter 205: Sharing a Bed
Nov 7th, 2025
Chapter 206: Money Down the Drain
Nov 8th, 2025
Chapter 207: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Nov 8th, 2025
Chapter 208: Enough Already
Nov 8th, 2025
Chapter 209: A Blessing in Disguise
Nov 8th, 2025
Chapter 210: Murder? Or Saving a Life?
Nov 8th, 2025
Chapter 211: The Sheltered Italio Team
Nov 9th, 2025
Chapter 212: I Want Him Dead Too
Nov 9th, 2025
Chapter 213: Jolie and Her Thirty Boyfriends in Three Years
Nov 9th, 2025
Chapter 214: Ski Jumping
Nov 9th, 2025
Chapter 215: The World Champion Zeke
Nov 9th, 2025
Chapter 216: A New World Record
Nov 10th, 2025
Chapter 217: A Jaw-Dropping Score
Nov 10th, 2025
Chapter 218: Jinx
Nov 10th, 2025
Chapter 219: The Traffic Accident
Nov 10th, 2025
Chapter 220: Vice President of Polar Fox
Nov 10th, 2025
Chapter 221: The Duke's Fury
Mar 30th, 2026
Chapter 222: The Draconian Aegis
Mar 30th, 2026
Chapter 223: The Judgment of the Valley
Mar 30th, 2026
Chapter 224: The Dust Settles
Mar 30th, 2026
Chapter 225: The Master of the Valley of Villains (Finale)
Mar 30th, 2026
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