After Hawkeye Ghost left, he went straight to the McLaughlin family. Kristina and Darwin were eagerly waiting for him.
"Mr. Ghost, how did it go? Did you take care of Lachlan?" Kristina asked anxiously.
Darwin also had a look of anticipation on his face, waiting to hear news of Lachlan's death.
However, Hawkeye Ghost snorted coldly and shook his head. "Not yet."
Upon hearing this, Kristina and Darwin exclaimed in surprise, "What? He... he hasn't been taken care of yet? Mr. Ghost, are you not strong enough to defeat him?"
Darwin also looked uncertain and thought to himself: Is Lachlan really that powerful? If Butch Ghost couldn't take him down and even his master wasn't a match for him...
Hearing their words, Hawkeye Ghost raised an eyebrow and looked at Kristina with a sinister gaze. He grabbed her by the neck like she was a chick being held by its mother hen.
"You bitch! My disciple died helping you deal with this Lachlan guy! How dare you talk back to me?! Do you want me to crush your neck like I would with a chicken?"
"How could I not be able to defeat that Lachlan guy? I beat him half-dead already! He's barely hanging onto life!"
"I'm just being merciful by giving him seven days before taking care of business."
Kristina was now being strangled in mid-air by Hawkeye Ghost. She felt like she couldn't breathe as her face turned red from lack of oxygen.
Feeling the evil aura emanating from Hawkeye Ghost made her tremble all over in fear.
"No... Mr. Ghost... I didn't mean anything else! I'm sorry..."
"I knew it all along; that Lachlan guy is nothing compared to you!" She opened her mouth wide trying hard not to offend or upset him any further while complimenting his strength at the same time.
"Yes yes yes! You have immense power beyond measure; crushing Lachlan would be as easy as crushing an ant! My mom didn't mean any disrespect towards you either so please don't get angry; please don't!"
Darwin quickly chimed in too looking very scared but sincere.
Hawkeye ghost snorted coldly once more before finally relenting. He threw Kristina onto the ground causing her scream out loud upon impact.
"After seven days pass, I will come back for my disciple's revenge against Lachlan! And remember, you are responsible for my disciple's death too! You have seven days' time to prepare 50 million dollars as compensation!"
With these final words spoken harshly, he left abruptly.
Within these seven days, he wouldn't lay a hand on Lachlan again, but he couldn't help worrying that the kid might have some powerful backing.
After he left, Kristina and Darwin looked shaken.
The next second, the mother and son stared at each other with a hint of resentment in their eyes.
"50 million! We have to come up with another 50 million?" Kristina's face twitched with annoyance and pain.
"What should we do, Mom?" Darwin was at his wit's end.
They never expected that because of one Lachlan, they would have to spend nearly 200 million dollars inside and out for this period of time.
"What else can we do? Will we dare not pay?"
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