The noise of the sudden fall attracted Jack and the youth’s attention. Both of them looked towards the middle-aged man. The youth quickly went over and helped the middle-aged man and said sarcastically, “Master, this chap can really put up an act. He even took out a status insignia saying that he is an elder pioneer. I’ve never seen one in my life!”
Smack!
The middle-aged man slapped the youth and the youth was immediately stunned. The middle-aged man yelled, “Kneel and bow down to apologize!” The middle-aged man did not dare to even verify the status insignia. He would equally be in trouble if he verified the status insignia and it was genuine. By making the youth apologize by kneeling and bowing would reduce the offense. It was worth the effort but the youth was dumbfounded as his face stung painfully.
But under the stern glare of the middle-aged man, the youth did not dare to disobey and could only do as he was told. He walked slowly towards Jack. The youth was a lowly member and had to do as instructed by Master. He had to kneel, bow and beg for forgiveness as ordered.
“No need to apologize. The matter is urgent. Are you the Master here?” Jack stopped the youth from apologizing. He came to mobilize the prowess of the Grand Freemasons at great risk to himself.
Any delays would expose him to more risks. He would not take the youthful naive disrespect to heart. As he said, he handed the status insignia to the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man reached out with both of his hands to respectfully receive the status insignia. He solemnly looked at it and suddenly his expression turned into terror. The status insignia was genuine!
The next moment, the middle-aged man quickly knelt and bowed as he said, “I’m Cheer Leigh, the Master of the Grand Freemasons of South Maine. Elder pioneer, I’m at your service!”
Kaboom!
The youth looked on in shock as if he was struck by a clear day thunderbolt. His entire body instantly turned numb. Terror overwhelmed him and he felt like he was going to blackout. His body went limp and he also knelt and bowed.
“Elder pioneer, I’m so sorry. I’ve wronged.” The youth lamented.
Smack smack smack… The youth started to ruthlessly slap himself.
“Cheer Leigh? Very well. I’m Jack Hughes. I will not be offended by what just happened. But now I need your help.” Jack was really in a hurry.
“The wishes of Elder pioneer are my command!” Cheer kept his head glued to the ground. At this point, he was so terrified that he was no different from the youth.
There were only two Elder pioneers in the entire Grand Freemasons. Even the Mafia boss of three thousand six hundred regions was ranked number three. Jack was like a deity to him and he felt as though he was insignificant as an ant.
“Cheer, you are to mobilize in full force all you have in this region to protect me for a couple of days,” Jack said calmly.
“Mobilize in full force?!” Cheer was stunned as he raised his head.
“Any problems?” Jack asked.
“No no no, Mr. Jack Hughes is the Elder pioneer and can certainly utilize this region’s full resources.” Cheer quickly explained, “But I need to report this development to the headquarters.”
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