The Capital.
The Ma Family Residence.
Old Master Ma's lodgings in the Capital.
The Ma Family had now established a firm foothold in this ZZ Center.
With their deep foundations and Old Ma's ability to curry favor on all sides, the Ma Family had become a force that could not be ignored in the Dragon Kingdom's Capital.
Although Guotai Min'an kept them in check, Old Ma's slick maneuvering left them unable to find anything to use against him.
Inside the study.
Old Ma, whose career had entered a second spring, stared at the report with a miserable expression.
Every personnel transfer he had arranged had been rejected.
"Did the Guan Family swallow gunpowder?"
Normally, they would reject some requests but still throw him a bone.
This time, every transfer he had arranged for Ma Family members within the government system had been rejected. That was going a little too far.
"All four families of Guotai Min'an opposed them."
Old Ma's secretary explained in a low voice.
"Why?"
Bang!
Just as the secretary opened his mouth, the front door downstairs was smashed open.
An old man in a shabby military overcoat, cheap tobacco dangling from his mouth and his hands tucked into opposite sleeves, appeared outside the Ma Family's entrance like an old farmer.
"Instructor."
Old Ma's brow tightened.
Though he was in the study, he could already feel the man's intense killing intent.
"The Guan Family has gone too far. I'll send him packing."
The secretary started downstairs with a cold expression, but Old Ma stopped him. "Something's wrong here. That brute wouldn't come looking for trouble without a reason. I'll take a look."
When Old Ma reached the living room with his secretary,
twenty or thirty security guards were already sprawled outside the front door.
These were all members