The Grand Duelist

Chapter 184: Gate Crashing[10]

Chapter 184: Gate Crashing[10]

"I wonder when he's going to arrive." 

Within an adjacent room in the Main Control Room of the Headquarters of P.H Works.

Elizabeth uttered under her breath.

Earlier...

She had received a message from Joseph that he was now about to arrive. In response, Elizabeth, Ray, and Mar prepared themselves to receive Joseph. But two hours had already passed since then, yet he still wasn't here.

"Maybe it's because of the traffic? The traffic in this City is quite serious. This is why I'm really glad that we made a separate building for our accommodations..."

"If possible, I don't really want to commute from anywhere in this City to this place. The traffic is just terrifying and horrendous." Mar jokingly said.

Elizabeth turned to look at him and said, "He sent me that message two hours ago. The airport is only about a few kilometers away from here. I don't think that even with the traffic, it'd take him that long to come here. Something must've happened. Is he going to cancel his appointment?"

Mar nodded his head, "That makes sense." He then proceeded to open a bottle of water. But before he could even drink it, an idea suddenly sprung in his mind which made him exclaim. 

"That's right! Why did we not think of this? Since we want to know where he is right now, how about we go and use that Messenger ID of his to track him through our satellite? In that manner, we could be reassured that he isn't scamming us and he's really going here." 

But Elizabeth could only reveal a bitter smile when she heard his proposal.

"Sir Mar..."

"Hmm? Did I say anything wrong?" Ray turned to look at her as if she was someone weird.

"Hahaha..."

Ray Gabriel lightly chuckled, "Let me translate what she said..."

"Eli here is basically saying that there are some laws established for the protection of every person's privacy called the Data Privacy Act. What you are planning on doing is a violation of that law and you could potentially get some jail time. Furthermore, it's also quite unethical."

Mar turned to look at Ray before glancing at Elizabeth, then saying in a strange voice, "How did you know what she was thinking? Didn't she only reveal a smile to what I said? Wait... Could it be that this is something that youngsters nowadays call Mutual Understanding?"

"I see, so both of you are already in that stage..." Mar shot an ambiguous look at Elizabeth causing her to direct her stare onto the ground and hide her expression from Ray. Of course, she didn't deny what he said, but she also didn't directly approve of it.

Ray almost choked in his own saliva when he heard what Mar had said, "Old man... It seems like you're being quite nosy, eh? Haven't gotten that much love from your wife at home? How about you go back right now to your wife?" 

Mar squeezed out a bitter smile.

The reason why Mar stayed within the Headquarters of P.H Works and didn't go home was that he's on bad terms with his wife.

Despite the fact that Mar was such a smooth-talker and an efficient wingman...

He's actually the type of person that couldn't obey his own advice. Right now, he's still quite afraid of his wife despite ten years plus of marriage.

However...

He still doesn't want to come home.

Maybe in the next few days, but not now...

His heart wasn't ready.

Seeing the look of satisfaction on Ray's face...

He scoffed inside and hurriedly changed the topic, "Have you checked if he sent a follow-up message?" He asked this question to Elizabeth.

"No, I haven't received one from him..."

Elizabeth took her phone and right as she finished this sentence.

Her phone vibrated.

Unexpectedly, it was a message from Joseph.

But as soon as Elizabeth saw the contents of the message.

Her body suddenly trembled in anger.

"T-Those bastards..." Elizabeth whispered in fury.

Ray Gabriel and Mar simultaneously a shiver down their spines.

"Wh-What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Is he canceling his appointment? Damn, that punk! He made us wait here for a long time just for him to cancel his appointment so abruptly? Hmmph!" 

Elizabeth shook her head.

"No, he didn't cancel his appointment. The reason why he's not here for so long is that he's not being allowed to get inside despite having that Executive Access Keycard that I handed over to him."

"What?!" Ray instantly shot up from his seat. Fury could be seen within his eyes.

The company rules stated that those with an Executive Access Keycard must be treated with respect. They must be treated as if they were the owner of this company!

Yet, a person carrying such a Keycard was actually being blocked from entering the facility?

Did those bastards think that his words were mere fart?

Ray rushed towards the exit of the room.

Elizabeth followed him from behind, while Mar remained in the room.

"Sigh... How chaotic..." Mar shook his head and proceeded to drink that bottle of water that he opened earlier.

"Sir Supervisor here has given you a good chance? Who did you call? Your mama? And what did you say? Mom, come pick me up, I'm scared...?" Thomas mocked. He even acted along with his sentence making his actions look hilarious from the eyes of the crowd. 

Joseph coldly stared at Thomas. He didn't say anything.

It was because he knew in his heart that Thomas was someone that would never amount to anything.

He was a fool.

And fighting with words against a fool was useless since he would just drag you down to his level and beat you with his experience. 

Thomas was irritated that he didn't get any response from Joseph.

As someone that wanted the spotlight for himself, he really hated it when people deliberately ignore him.

"So, you're trying to ignore me, eh? You stealing bastard!" Thomas rushed at Joseph and raised his right leg.

He then swung it towards Joseph's face.

"STOP!"

An unfamiliar feminine voice rang out like thunder.

Thomas subconsciously stopped what he was doing in astonishment. Without even turning his head, he angrily retorted.

"Who the fuck is that bitch that dared to stop me?"

His words rang loud and clear, and he suddenly realized that apart from him. No one was speaking.

The scene was silent to the extent that one could even hear a pin drop.

He then swung his head behind him out of irritation and his eyes widened to saucers when he saw the two people standing right behind him.

Secretary Elizabeth and CEO Ray Gabriel!!!

What are they here?

Could it be that...

Thomas was no fool; remembering what Joseph said earlier in his explanations.

He felt his throat go dry and he found himself unable to speak.

Ray Gabriel's eyes dangerously narrowed into slits, "That bitch is my secretary, what do you want?" 

"N-N-No... Nothing... I didn't say... that..."

Thomas fell onto his butt and didn't dare to say anything anymore.

Ray turned his gaze away from it and directed it to Joseph.

Ray wanted to be happy upon seeing Joseph for the first time, but witnessing his current state. He felt nothing but anger.

"Are you okay?" Elizabeth promptly helped the woman who seemed to be here with Joseph. 

"I-I'm fine, madame..." Lily's cheeks blushed crimson when she saw how beautiful Elizabeth was.

After being helped by Elizabeth, she finally stood up and glared at the direction of the security guards.

Ray helped Joseph up and after checking that the two suffered quite a lot...

Both Elizabeth and Ray turned to look at the security guards.

Particularly at the supervisor, and Thomas.

"S-Sir... I was just... I was just doing my job..." The supervisor directly kneeled down and profusely explained his side.

"Doing your job?"

"Y-Yes... I was just... I thought that he stole the Executive Keycard... that is why I didn't allow him to go... inside..." 

"Stole the Executive Keycard?" Elizabeth raised an eyebrow.

"Stole the Executive Keycard?" Ray repeated what she said, "What bullshit!"

"How can something like that be stolen? The locations of all Executive Keycards are monitored around the clock and whenever they are held by someone other than their owner for an extended period of time, they would be disabled and rendered useless..."

"And also, why did you not bother on checking the legitimacy of his Executive Keycard?"

"All of this wouldn't have to happen if you just did your job properly and checked if the Keycard that he has was real or not!" Ray Gabriel furiously scolded. It has been such a long time since he got riled up like this.

"Sir... It's because I thought... I thought that..."

"Yeah, you don't have to explain." Elizabeth suddenly spoke up at this moment, "You and every security guard under you are hereby fired. Go to the finance department and take your salary for this month and scram!"

"M-Madame..." The supervisor trembled. Elizabeth was uprooting the problem from its roots!

How ruthless!

Before the crowd could even breathe...

Elizabeth turned to Thomas and said, "Earlier, you called me a bitch, right? Then, I'll act like a real bitch and tell you this! From now on, you are permanently banned from using all services of P.H Works, you are also banned from entering any virtual world in the future!"

"Forget about playing any virtual game in this lifetime of yours!"

The crowd reeled in shock when they heard what she said.

"No..."

"No... I'm not..."

"I did not do anything wrong... Why would I..."

"Why must I be permanently banned?"

"Please... madame... Don't... Don't ban me... Victory is my life!"

Thomas sprawled forwards and started begging.

But Elizabeth remained indifferent.

Everyone then suddenly realized that with just a few words from Elizabeth.

Thomas had lost everything that he had. 

Everyone looking at what was going on at this moment realized that...

Elizabeth...

This woman...

Was someone that they must never offend!