The Born Winner (Jack and Katherine)

Chapter 317 Thanks Master

Steady as a mountain and raging like fire! Jack was quick as lightning.

He knew that whether it was due to the current state of his body or his current situation, he only had

one chance to strike. It was now or never!

But, just as he dashed towards the person, a familiar face appeared before his eyes. Jack was startled.

He released the fish scale line and then his right hand quickly tossed it away.

Whoosh! A high pitch whistle and the fish scale line wound back into the metal line.

“Mr. Ward?” Jack remarked in surprise and was in total disbelief, “Haven’t I asked you to go back?”

The abrupt situation also alarmed Mr. Ward considerably. With a deep breath, Mr. Ward endeavored to

suppress his shock.

The old face smiled and said, “How can I bear to leave master alone?”

Jack was stunned and he felt extremely touched. His heart was still raging with fury. He looked beyond

Mr. Ward and there were several men in suit. They were the protection guards! From one glance, all of

them were injured in some way and their heads were covered with dust and soot. All the men in suits

were rather battered up at this point.

Jack’s guilt surged and he said weakly, “I’m sorry everyone, thanks for covering for me and Brent to

escape.”

In the battle at TM Hills, if it weren’t for the protection guards who fought valiantly, Jack and Brent

would never have the chance to escape alive. It was with the intense suppressive fire of the guards that

Jack and Brent could drive out and crush the three Deadpool Mercenaries during their escape.

Thud!

As soon as Jack spoke, all the protection guards knelt together. The corridor was filled with people and

they said in unison, “Thanks, Master!”

Jack was stunned and surprised.

Mr. Ward smiled in admiration, “Master is a valiant and responsible leader, a true heir of the Hughes

family.”

What did he mean? Jack was flabbergasted and looked dumbfounded at Mr. Ward. He even

momentarily forgot about his injuries.

Mr Ward smiled and looked at those who knelt and said sternly, “All of your lives were saved by Young

Master!”

“Yes!” All of them yelled gratefully.

“What is going on?” Jack didn’t understand what was going on and finally asked.

“Master. Just now when you took Chief and rushed out of the perimeter, you had drawn most of the

attention of the Deadpool Mercenaries. That allowed us to stage a counter-attack.”

The guard who was closest to Jack reported, “Under the circumstances just now, if it wasn’t for

Master’s break out move, we would have been decimated by the heavy weapons of Deadpool

Mercenary. Master not only saved Chief, but you also saved all of us!”

Jack was speechless.

He didn’t expect it to turn out this way. But when he had penetrated the perimeter, he had hoped for

this outcome. But that was the best outcome that he hoped for and to some degree it was self-

consolation. Because he was already very lucky to have been able to save Brent.

It was impossible for him to save anyone else. The protection team was there to protect him. In the

end, though he and Brent managed to escape, he felt guilty that he left them to fight for their own

survival. His self consolation also enabled him to calm him down so that he could take Brent to safety.

But now… Jack felt as though he was dreaming. He took a deep breath.

Jack felt a sense of relief and smiled, “Guys, it’s good that you’re back. Thanks for everything.”

“We have dedicated our lives to serve the Hughes family. These are our responsibilities.” A middle-

aged man said solemnly, “Without your break out move, we would have been decimated. Now we were

able to drive away the Deadpool Mercenaries and reduced the casualties to a minimum, all thanks to

Master.”

Jack smiled awkwardly as he felt that he wasn’t worthy of such a compliment.

Jack took a deep breath and looked at Mr. Ward, “How’s the situation at TM Hill?”

Since Mr. Ward had brought all of the protection guards, the security at the hospital must be adequate.

So now the situation at TM Villa remained to be appropriately handled. As compared to TM Villa, what

happened at the hospital was nothing.

“It’s complicated but I’ve already sent people to handle it. I believe it will be properly sorted out.”

Mr. Ward pondered deeply and then suddenly looked beyond Jack and then he saw the body of the

female assassin on the ground. His expression immediately changed, “Master, this…” Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“She’s an assassin. I’ve handled it.” Jack said calmly, “Clean this up and summon the doctor to attend

to my wounds. Brent is still at the emergency treatment room.”

“Understood!” Mr. Ward’s expression calmed down.

Jack felt more relaxed with Mr. Ward around. Everything was now handled by Mr. Ward and Jack

changed a patient’s room after his wounds were treated. The rest of the protection guards took up

positions around the hospital to protect Jack.

It was almost five in the morning when all these were settled.

Jack sat on the patient's bed and didn’t sleep the entire night.

Whether was it Brent’s condition or his own injuries, or the kill order by the Assassin Squad, all caused

him to remain awake.

Clunk!

The room door was pushed open and Mr. Ward walked in slowly. Mr. Ward had been busy for the entire

night and it was truly exhausting to an old man like him. Under the bright lights, Jack could see the

beads of sweat on Mr. Ward’s forehead.

After he sat down, Mr. Ward slowly said, “Brent is still in the operating theatre and it doesn’t look good.”

“Okay.” Jack’s heart sank but he maintained calm, “How about the injuries of the guards?”

“Twenty one dead. Eight were severely wounded. The rest are minor.” Mr. Ward was extremely solemn.

Jack knew why was Mr. Ward in such a mood.

All the guards who had served his father for a long time were the elite of the industry. Without

exaggeration, any one of them could manage an entire security detail for a wealthy family. The battle at

TM Hills had cost them twenty one guards! This was an extremely heavy price to pay!

Each one of them was priceless! Each one of them was forged through time to be the elite guards that

they were. But Jack was also clear that they were fortunate to have this outcome.

Jack consoled Mr. Ward, “This was the best outcome. For a team equipped only with light weapons to

fight against a team of mercenaries with heavy weapons is an impossible task. Furthermore, they were

able to capitalize on me drawing away the mercenaries’ attention to launch a counter-attack and drove

them away. That was a miracle in itself.”

“Yes.” Mr. Ward nodded and said, “The Mercenaries had forty two casualties, and about ten escaped.”

Jack nodded. This was close to what they estimated the number of mercenaries that they were up

against. The kill ratio also was a strong testament to the fighting abilities of the protection guards.

Perhaps a team of mercenaries could not even get the same results!

At this moment, the door of the room opened.

A guard ran in with his eyes welled up in tears and said, “Master, Mr. Ward, the lights of the operating

theatre which Chief was in had been turned off.”