Nathan turned to Colin and instructed, "Since he doesn't want to kneel, send him to hell."
Colin pointed his gun at Chester. 'Til count to three. Three, two..."
Colin counted swiftly, he gazed at him coldly like a butcher waiting to chop the meat. It was obvious that he wasn't joking.
Before Colin could count to three, Chester's knees dropped down in humiliation.
Nathan scoffed, "I thought you are stubborn, but it turns out that you're nothing but a coward.”
"If you want to survive, tell your family to transfer ten billion to me in exchange for your life."
"Before the money reaches my account, you shall kneel here. You can only leave after I receive the money."
"If the money isn't here before the next morning, that means your family has given up on you. My men will send you to hell."
What?
Chester was in a fury of grief. "How dare you threaten me and blackmail my family?"
Nathan replied calmly, "What do you mean by 'threaten' and 'blackmail'? I think punish is a more suitable term."
With that, he turned and walked into his house with his family.
Before he left, he commanded Colin, "Send the injured security guards to the hospital. If the Carneys agree to pay us to release him, donate the money to Channing for the development of the city."
Colin answered, "Yes, Sir!"
The news of Chester and Seth's mishap reached the Carneys in Brimmopolis soon.
The Carney family was a prominent family in Brimmopolis. They were wealthy enough to overthrow the country, but ten billion wasn't a small amount that could be gathered in two hours.
It was almost dawn when a sum of money that amounted to ten billion was banked into Channing government's bank account as stipulated.
Chester was forced to kneel for almost five hours before he was finally released and sent to the hospital.
The next day, Chester and Seth were both transferred to a private hospital in Brimmopolis.
Meanwhile, in the Carney residence in Brimmopolis.
The head of the Carney family, Myles, was talking to his brother Martin, Craig and Clark in their luxuriously decorated living room.
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