Chapter 155: Plan Failed
While the three people in Vikram’s Territory were sleeping soundly, Rahul Soniwal in Savage Wolf Shelter was not in a good mood.
At this moment, he was sitting on a large chair with a gloomy face. "Who can tell me what’s going on with these suddenly appearing small fries?"
"Didn’t you say Vikram was a lone wolf before he took those two ignorant women away?"
"Then what about these people who came out to help him? There’s even a leader from King Kong Shelter speaking up for him."
"What good are you people who investigate information? I even left some women for you to play with a few days ago."
As he spoke, as if unable to contain his anger, the wooden water cup in his hand was slammed heavily onto the table.
The force was something no normal person could exert; the water cup cracked from the bottom all the way up until it completely shattered into pieces.
The several Survivors he referred to as responsible for investigating information were all as silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to breathe, only bowing their heads in silence.
"Henry, you tell me, what exactly is going on?" Seeing that no one was speaking, he casually pointed to a subordinate.
Henry, who was called upon, was clearly unaware of the truth. Although the outdoor temperature was as low as -70 degrees Celsius, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, which slid down his cheeks and dripped onto the cold ground.
Facing Rahul Soniwal’s sharp, knife-like gaze, he finally couldn’t hold on, his legs went soft, and he directly knelt on the ground.
"Boss, I... I really don’t know where their group came from. Regarding Vikram’s information, we only learned it from some sellers."
Henry’s voice trembled, almost with a sob. "His other information, we really have no way to investigate!"
"Yes, Boss!" A companion standing nearby, seeing the situation, quickly spoke up to mediate, trying to ease the atmosphere.
"This Vikram hardly ever speaks in the chat channel. The only thing we found out is that he used to have some unpleasantness with Brijbhushan. Besides that, he acts too cautiously and leaves no traces at all."
The few of them spoke one after another, trying to push the responsibility onto Vikram’s "lone wolf" personality, but Rahul Soniwal’s face grew even gloomier.
He coldly scanned the group, his gaze like a venomous snake slithering over them, finally settling on the kneeling Henry.
"Are you implying that I’ve wronged you, and I should blame Vikram for being too formidable?" His voice was low and hoarse, and a glint of sharpness could be seen in his slightly narrowed eyes.
Upon hearing this, Henry trembled all over, burying his head even lower, almost touching the ground.
"Boss, give us another chance!" Henry gritted his teeth and said, steeling himself, "We will definitely find out Vikram’s background and will never let you down!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding silent atmosphere seemed to ease considerably.
Henry didn’t know what had happened, but he felt as if he might still be saved.
"Alright, lift your head," he then heard Rahul Soniwal’s words enter his ears, no longer as harsh as before.
He immediately beamed with joy, not daring to hesitate, and quickly lifted his head.
What met his eyes was Rahul Soniwal’s gentle smile, and he could only force a grin and smile back.
Just as he was about to say something, a long metal blade had already appeared in his line of sight.
Rahul Soniwal still wore that gentle smile, but the long blade in his hand had already pierced Henry’s chest.
Blood gushed out, staining the ground, and quickly congealed into ice by the cold weather.
The scene shifted, and a corpse with wide-open, unseeing eyes appeared in the room.
"Useless people should just lie down. Opportunities are for those who are useful."
As he spoke, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of his subordinates around him.
With just one indifferent glance, they all immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
Fortunately, after killing Henry, his anger subsided considerably, and for the kneeling few, he merely waved his hand dismissively and sent them away.
"What’s wrong again? Why such a big temper?" Just as he was about to rest, a graceful figure elegantly walked towards him and asked in a caring tone.
Upon hearing this, he snorted coldly, "It’s still that trouble with those two women from last time. It seems your few followers didn’t die in vain."
"This Vikram still has some background. This time, even using the Savage Wolf Shelter’s name didn’t disgust him." Rahul Soniwal didn’t hide anything from the woman beside him, clearly trusting her greatly.
Upon hearing this, she first furrowed her brows. Hearing that name, only disgust remained in her eyes.
This person was Shalini, who had been kicked out of the group chat.
And the reason she hated Vikram so much, even changing color at the mention of him, was not only because he ruined Shalini’s plan to snatch the two women, but also because Vikram killed several of her subordinates who had entered Savage Wolf Shelter with her.
Although she was now the woman of Rahul Soniwal, the leader of Savage Wolf Shelter, she had been very close to her deceased subordinates.
Now that they had all been killed by Vikram alone, how could Shalini not harbor animosity towards him?
Turning her head, remembering Rahul Soniwal’s words just now, she responded with a puzzled expression: "Background? What background does Vikram have? He’s just a lone wolf."
"Your subordinates were right. This person on the ground died for nothing," she then said with certainty, pointing to the Survivor in the pool of blood.
"You said he had no background, but what about the Survivors who spoke up for him, including a King Kong Shelter Director?" Rahul Soniwal pointed his index finger around, questioning with dissatisfaction.
Hearing this, Shalini just shook her head, then slowly said in a regretful tone, "The origins of those people are very simple; they are members of the same group chat as Divya and Anjali, whom you tried to seize."
"Including Vikram and me before, we were all in the group chat. Originally, I could have quietly lurked in the group chat."
"Now, because of those two young girls, I’ve been kicked out of the group chat. And this is all because of you." As she spoke, she didn’t forget to give Rahul Soniwal a resentful look.
The more Rahul Soniwal listened, the more he felt something was wrong. It sounded like he was responsible for all these things.
He leaned over, staring at Shalini, and said, "You mean, just because they are group members in a chat, they would stand up for this, even at the risk of offending Savage Wolf Shelter?"
He still couldn’t believe a small group could have such courage and strength to dare to challenge the prestige of the three major Shelters.
"I’ve told you several times already, that group chat is not as simple as you think." She snorted, crossing her arms to show her disdain.
"If you don’t believe me, you can go find the Survivors who spoke up for Vikram yesterday and see if you can threaten them."
Seeing Shalini like this, Rahul Soniwal knew that perhaps he had indeed been careless and missed a good opportunity to get many resources for free.
Although she was just a woman, Shalini was his most favored one. Who could blame him when she was so beautiful?
"Alright, alright, this matter was my oversight. From now on, whatever you want to do, as long as it doesn’t affect the Shelter, I won’t stop you."
"Are you finally appeased, my darling~" As he spoke, he put on a lecherous expression, and his hands also began to wander, moving over her body.
"You said that. If you ruin my good deeds again, I’d rather commit suicide than stay in your Shelter." She glared at Rahul Soniwal, removing his hand.
Rahul Soniwal laughed loudly, "Good, good, I’ll do as you say."
What he didn’t know was that, in a place no one noticed, Shalini slightly turned her head, and a glint of shrewdness flashed in her eyes.
Then it quickly returned to normal...
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"Divya, how are the crops in the vegetable garden growing recently? Are they almost ready for harvest?"
Now, he had fully entrusted the planting in the Shelter to Divya.
However, with the system’s intelligent greenhouse, Divya didn’t need to do much, just observe if the crops had pests or diseases.
Quickly chewing the food in her mouth, she nodded, "Hmm... I almost forgot if you hadn’t mentioned it. The potatoes were almost ripe yesterday, and they should be ready for harvest today."
"Then you two keep eating, I’ll go take a look."
"Hey~ I want to go too." Before Anjali could finish her sentence, Vikram had already darted away and disappeared.
She could only follow him, holding her unfinished breakfast bowl, trotting along.
In the greenhouse, he first spent some intimate time with Pinku, and the goat, who came to greet him.
It seemed that this place had already become her favorite spot, even though there wasn’t even a decent chicken coop, the temperature here was indeed suitable for living.
Even though the Shelter already had hot air pipes to maintain the indoor temperature, it still couldn’t reach the temperature inside the greenhouse.
It was also thanks to Pinku not being interested in these crops that Pinku could live together with the crops.
If a few ordinary chickens from outside wanted to enter the vegetable garden, Vikram would definitely not agree.
He carried Pinku back to the chicken coop. He didn’t come to the greenhouse often now; Pinku’s food and water were all taken care of by Divya alone.
Presumably, there would be no more situations of chasing people away.
Coming back to his senses, he didn’t forget that the crops in the vegetable patch were the main event today.
Looking around, the left half of the cultivated land was already mature, which was where the potatoes were sown.