chapter 9 call daddy

Upon hearing Ravager mutter under his breath, Gloomer coldly snorted, "Whether it's a ragtag army or a regular force, they can both take your life!"
"I'm so scared!"
Ravager replied, dripping with sarcasm.
But Gloomer didn't catch the sarcasm; he thought Ravager was genuinely afraid.
"Afraid? Well, you better be!"
Gloomer lit a cigarette and placed it between his lips. "I'm not unreasonable. If you kneel down and bow to me three times, call me daddy, and give me fifty grand for medical expenses, we'll let this slide."
Gloomer's words were directed at Ravager, and they completely enraged him.
A real man only kneels to his parents, so why should he kneel to anyone else?
Ravager slowly approached Gloomer, holding a beer bottle, with a grim smile on his face. "What did you just say? Speak up, I didn't hear you!"
"I said... I'm not unreasonable, if you kneel down..."
Gloomer's words were cut short not because he didn't want to continue but because Ravager leaped at him like a tiger, swinging the beer bottle at his face.
"Bang!"
The beer bottle exploded crisply, and Gloomer staggered back, clutching his head. Luckily, his henchmen behind him caught him in time.
With blood streaming down his face, Gloomer screamed hysterically, "Get him! Beat him to death!"
Following Gloomer's command, his men swarmed towards Ravager.
Spotting the fastest charging and foul-mouthed young man, Ravager met him head-on. With the momentum of his run and his strength, Ravager soared into the air, landing a powerful kick to the man's chest.
Crack! The man flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground, likely breaking several ribs.
What seemed like an overwhelming situation with twenty people surrounding one person turned out to be the opposite.
It was Ravager single-handedly fighting against twenty men.
In just a short moment, a group of groaning and writhing men lay on the ground, while Ravager stood there holding a baseball bat.
"Bro... Bro, I... I know I was wrong!"
Gloomer swallowed hard, realizing that his opponent was not human.
Could a normal person take on twenty people alone?
"Wrong?"
Ravager tapped the ground with the baseball bat, slowly approaching Gloomer. "Besides kneeling to my parents, there's one other kind of person I'd kneel to."
"And that's kneeling to the dead!"
Hearing this, Gloomer's soul seemed to leave his body. "Bro... Please! Can we talk it over?"
This time, Gloomer was truly terrified. If one person couldn't beat so many, then he didn't even have the need to resist.
"I can let you go," Ravager said calmly.
"But come over here and bow to me three times, and call me daddy. Then I'll let you go."
After saying that, Ravager hoisted the baseball bat onto his shoulder, waiting for Gloomer's decision.
Because this choice was just given to him by Gloomer, Ravager's action could also be considered as giving him a taste of his own medicine.
Glancing at the crowd around them, Gloomer felt a bit embarrassed. Kneeling down and calling someone "Dad" in front of so many people?
If word got out, his reputation would be ruined.
"Damn, do you know who my big brother is? Don't you want to stay in Kingsbury after today?"
"I admit you can fight, and I admit you're stronger than me. But my big brother is even stronger than me. He can bring more people than I can. What use is it for you to fight alone?"
"If you're smart, we can let this matter slide today for the sake of future relations."
Now that things had come to this, Gloomer could only try to intimidate Ravager with his backing.
But Ravager completely ignored his threats. He didn't care who was behind Gloomer.
"Today, no matter who comes, you'll do as I say."
"First option, kneel and bow to me, call me daddy!"
"Second option, I break both your legs as punishment!"
"Even children get punished for their mistakes; you're over thirty, it's time to take responsibility for your actions!"
Gloomer originally thought to scare Ravager, hoping to put an end to this matter.
But he didn't expect Ravager to completely ignore him.
Even if Gloomer called his boss behind the scenes to intervene, aside from his boss being busy, when the boss learned the whole story, Gloomer would undoubtedly face his boss's wrath as well.
With this in mind, Gloomer could only reluctantly agree.
"Fine, I agree!"
Gloomer replied, trying to reassure himself that a real man knew when to swallow his pride.
"A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high."
"Now, it's time for me to eat humble pie, kneel, and bow," Gloomer thought, suddenly feeling relieved.
Without hesitation, he knelt on the ground and bowed three times. But no matter how hard he tried, the word "daddy" just wouldn't come out of his mouth.
Calling Ravager "daddy" felt too humiliating.
Surrounding onlookers suppressed their laughter, some even secretly recording on their phones.
Gloomer couldn't bring himself to say "daddy."
"You don't need to say 'daddy' anymore. I don't want my son to end up like a coward like you!"
Ravager dropped the baseball bat. "Now get lost, and if I see you again, I'll definitely break both your legs!"
Because of Gloomer's failed revenge attempt, Ravager lost his appetite. He looked at the astonished Liora and asked, "I'm done eating. Are you finished eating?"
Liora shook her head meekly, feeling inwardly impressed by Ravager's prowess.
"Damn, he's so cool, taking on twenty guys alone!"
In just the span of a meal, Liora's admiration for Ravager had reached an almost obsessive level.
After paying the bill, they headed towards the Maserati parked by the roadside, unaware of a pair of blood-red eyes watching their every move from a distance.
As they got into the car, Liora started the engine. "Where do you live? I'll drive you back!"
"I live..."
Before Ravager could finish his sentence, they heard a piercing sound.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
The sound was coming from Liora's backpack.
"I need to go to the office first. I'll drop you off later!"
In the next moment, Liora stepped on the gas pedal, and the Maserati roared down the night streets.
Curious, Ravager reached for Liora's backpack from the back seat, intending to turn off the incessant noise.
Opening the backpack, he found a black rectangular remote control device with a blinking red light, causing an irritating noise.
Ravager recognized it at a glance. "If I'm not mistaken, this is a miniature surveillance alarm device!"
"Yeah," Liora confirmed.
"Let's go to the office first. I'll explain later!"
Due to Liora's focused driving, they arrived at the company's main entrance in ten minutes.
As soon as they got out of the car, Liora contacted the security department, and immediately, a staff member opened the company's main gate. They took the elevator straight to the top-floor office...