Max Banks

The reason why Travis was deeply astonished was simple though. The story was simply unbelievable.

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Ten minutes earlier….

The centre of the death Ravine where everyone's target, the flag stood was a large park. The centre was full of green grass, giving a unique and attractive feeling to those visiting it for the first time. The grass could be seen all across the park and the magnificent Flag that stood in the middle of the park signified the importance of this location to the participants.

However, at this moment, the grass of this special place had already been discovered as a group of men could be seen busily plotting something.

"I think we should go back and hide. Then when they appear here, we will attack them together. That would be the fastest way", one of the boys said.

"I don't think so. If we leave, It might be too late by the time we arrive here.", another said.

"Yeah, then we should stay here and conceal our aura so that no one can sense us.", said another.

"Hm, who are you trying to fool here? Do you think we can hide our aura without using any Treasure? Do you think that is even possible?" another person asked. This person was rather remarkable. There were two main reasons why he could be said to be remarkable. One was about his clothing. He is wearing a standard shirt and left it unbuttoned at the top for a more casual look. On top of the shirt he's wearing a trendy vest with 6 buttons, it has a fairly deep v-line, which causes the vest to line up perfectly with the jacket's v-line when it's buttoned up.

He was one of the people that one would know that he was very remarkable just for his clothing alone. Moreover, he had a very handsome face.

His blonde, straight hair which carefully hung over his sculpted, radiant face made him look like a celebrity from the movies. Hooded aquamarine eyes set dreadfully within their sockets, which gave the impression of a ruler just by looking at them.

However, his clothing wasn't the most remarkable thing about him. It was the title plate on his waist. On the title plate, three bold words were written on them. They were Banks Family.

Yes, this person was called Max Banks and he was a member of the banks family. However, at this moment, he was planning to help people who wanted to hurt his only family member. From this alone, it could be seen that he is very scheming and vicious.

"I think we should use a treasure or a technique instead." another said.

"A technique won't work. I know Bryan and Lance very well. They are very strong that it is beyond your reasoning.", Max Banks said to the group of people.

"Then what do we do now then?" someone asked. At this moment, everyone turned their face to Banks. They knew that he was one of the most knowledgeable about Lance and Bryan.

At this moment, Max became extremely complacent and confident. With a voice full of contempt and eyes full of arrogance as he said to the crowd,

"Don't worry. I will be able to help you. I know someone who might be willing to help us."

"You know someone? Then what if that person isn't willing to help us?" someone asked with a suspicious voice.

"Don't worry. I am very sure that person will agree to help." Max Banks replied with a confident voice.

"What will we do to that person after he helps us then?" another person asked.

"We will eliminate him", Max said as a flash of ruthlessness flashed through his eyes.

"Hmm", all the people, except one nodded their heads.

As for the person who didn't nod his head, it was none other than Duane. Duane was very nervous about all this. He knew what they were doing was very bad, but he was completely powerless.

He knew the situation was already bad now, but he gathered his courage and said one thing that shocked everyone on the scene.

"I don't think it is good for us to do this," He said.

Once he said this, the place turned completely silent. Even the drop of a pin could not be heard. Seeing this, Duane began to feel nervous however, what happened next completely stunned him.

The people suddenly burst out laughing as if they had heard the funniest joke in their life. Everyone was laughing even Max was included as they began to rock back and forth from laughter as if they would fall at any moment.

At this moment, Duane was lost for words. Why would they be laughing when he asked the question? He thought they must be at least angry but it seemed to be completely different from what he had anticipated.

"Okay, okay, Duane I know why you are confused. You expected us to be angry when you asked that question right?" Max stopped laughing and asked.

"Hmm," Duane nodded his head earnestly.

"Well, the truth is, we already anticipated this. So we weren't surprised when you asked. In fact, it could even be said that we were waiting for you to ask", Max explained.

"Oh?" Duane finally understood why they were laughing so hard.

"But Duane, truth is told, and not changed, we all know that you are a kind and benevolent person but you shouldn't affect decision making," Max said as he parted Duane's shoulder.

"But–", Duane tried to press on.

"No buts. We should work together." Max said with a smile on his face. Hearing this, Duane grew silent. He wasn't scared. Merely, he knew that things had escalated to the path of no return.

"Em, Max, you haven't told us who we are going to request help from", someone suddenly said.

"Oh, right. I nearly forgot. We will be asking Martin Hale for help. Do you have any objections?", Max asked as he scanned through the crowd with a piercing gaze.

"This…", after they heard the name of the person they were going to ask for help, they grew silent.

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"What? You people got any problem with that?", Max asked his voice filled with displeasure.

"Em, No, no, we don't have any problem with that merely we are not really sure that we can eliminate", someone said.

Hearing what the man said, the others nodded their heads. They obviously agreed with him.