Chapter 26 King Of The Underworld
Derek nodded. “Alright.” With that, he started his car and drove off quickly.
All the ladies looked at each other in confusion. Who was this man, and why did Derek obey his orders?
After all, Derek was the king of the underworld in Nebula City. He had numerous underlings working under him, all of whom addressed him respectfully as Mr. Fleming. Many of the business clans had to humble themselves in front of him.
On the other hand, Alex was dressed very plainly, and quite frankly, he looked very much like a loser. However, Derek addressed him politely as Mr. Jefferson and deferred to his every need. This was the first time Derek did for someone.
Gazing at Alex’s side profile from the backseat, the ladies’ hearts fluttered a little.
With his eyes focused on the road, Derek asked, “Mr. Jefferson, when did you arrive in Nebula City?”
“It’s been about seven or eight years ago.” Alex replied.
“Oh, that means you arrived just after I did.” Derek felt a little surprised. Alex hailed from one of the most prestigious families in Lumenopolis. As the oldest son, his status within the family was undisputed, and he commanded great respect in the Northern Territory. If he had already been here for seven or eight years, that meant that…
Derek glanced at him and understood everything at once.
He pressed, “Mr. Jefferson, are you leaving now because something has happened back at home?”
“One of my friends is in trouble, and I’m heading over to lend him my help,” Alex replied.
“Did he get into a fight with someone from the underworld forces? If that’s the case, one word from me will resolve everything.” Derek said, puffing out his chest in pride.
Alex turned to look at him. “You’ve done quite well for yourself these few years, Derek.”
Derek smiled cheekily. “I’ll have to thank you for saving my life and lending me some money eight years ago. With the one million you lent me, I arrived in Nebula City and worked as hard as I possibly could. I finally made it a few years later.”
Hearing this, the ladies in the backseat felt extremely startled. Had Alex really lent Derek a million eight years ago?
With inflation, that would come up to about five million in today’s money.
Was Alex some sort of big shot?
One of the ladies spoke up. “Mr. Fleming is the king of the underworld. There is nothing in Nebula City that he can’t solve.”
“That’s good, then.” Alex nodded approvingly. Back then, he had seen how tough Derek was. After saving his life, he gave Derek a million on a whim to see if he could make anything out of himself.
Back in Lumenopolis eight years ago, Derek had mixed with the underground crowd.
He didn’t let Alex down. With that one million he gave away so casually, Alex had accidentally created the king of the underworld.
Derek laughed. “I got lucky, that’s all. I have to thank Mr. Jefferson for saving my life back then, or I would have died in Lumenopolis a long time ago.”
Alex smiled. Chatting happily, they quickly arrived at Grange Road and turned in to Woodgrove Lane.
Something was happening in Woodgrove Lane. When they arrived, they immediately spotted a crowd gathering around a kneeling man. The man was wearing a delivery man’s uniform, and his face was covered with bruises.
In an instant, Alex’s face clouded over.
Pointing to a wolfish man standing in the crowd, one of the ladies exclaimed in surprise, “Isn’t that Bob Lane?”
Alex turned to Derek and asked, “Is he one of your men?”
Derek nodded. “Yes. I don’t know what’s happening though.”
“Alright, just drop me off here then. There’s no need for you to show your face, I’ll resolve the matter by myself.” Alex said.
However, Derek demurred. “Who do you take me for, Mr. Jefferson? Don’t worry, I’ll handle my own men.”
The ladies knew that Bob was Derek’s right-hand man. He was the big boss of Grange Road, and no one in the area dared to offend him.
However, he had inadvertently offended one of Mr. Jefferson’s friends. How was Derek going to settle this matter?
The ladies couldn’t help but feel excited. It was time to see how deeply Derek regarded his benefactor, Mr. Jefferson.
Derek had wanted to call Bob to warn him, but the car had already pulled up to the scene. Alex told him to stop the car.
Derek had no choice but to follow his orders. As soon as the car rolled to a halt, Alex threw open the door and got out.
There were about 30 over people in the crowd. Around ten of them were gangsters that Bob had called in for backup.
Dylan was kneeling on the floor with his face completely covered in bruises. His clothes were muddy with footprints all over, and he looked as though the life had been kicked out of him.
However, his eyes were full of hatred.
Alex felt enraged. There was no way this matter was simply a case of debt collection.
Shoving through the crowd, he found himself standing right in front of Dylan.
However, the wolfish man and his pretty counterpart stood next to Dylan.
The two of them looked at the kneeling Dylan mockingly.
Dylan looked at Alex for help. “Mr. Jefferson…”
Bob looked Alex up and down, his expression was full of scorn. “So you’re this loser’s friend, are you?”
“Were you the one who hit him?” Alex asked, his gaze was cold.
Bob laughed manically. “Of course! Since you’ve come, if you don’t help him pay his debt of 200 thousand today, I’ll beat you up too.”
“You must be tired of living!” With a loud roar, Alex lunged forward to punch Bob in the face.
In an instant, the smile disappeared from Bob’s face. He hadn’t expected Alex to use get physical. Quickly, he ducked to avoid his punch.
However, Alex had thrown too many punches to miss.
With a damning thud, his fist landed squarely on Bob’s face, knocking a few of his teeth out.
Derek pushed his way through the crowd trying to stop Alex, but it was too late.
“You imbecile!” Spitting out his broken teeth, Bob stared daggers at Alex.
Even his boss, Derek, had never hit him before, let alone knocked his teeth out
“Boys, get him!” With a wave, the gang members Bob called for backup dashed towards Alex with steel pipes in their hands.
Realizing that a gang fight was about to break out, the crowd quickly dispersed.
The fights between rival gangs were always fun to watch, but they were often dangerous as well. Fearing for their own lives, everyone scuttled away from the scene.
Suddenly, there was a loud yell from behind them. “Stop right there!” Derek hollered angrily.
Seeing that their leader’s boss had arrived, the gangsters froze in terror and lowered their steel pipes immediately.
“Mr. Fleming!”
“Mr. Fleming!”
As Derek approached Bob and Dylan, the crowd of onlookers bowed and greeted him quickly.
However, Bob frowned in confusion. Looking from Derek to Alex, he had only one question in his mind. How did both of them know each other?
Seeing Derek, Dylan’s face became pale with fright.
He heard a lot about Derek Fleming. He was known to everyone as Mr. Fleming, Derek was the king of the underworld. His power was undisputed.
At this moment, Dylan cried out, “Alex, leave while you can! It’s all my fault, I should never have called you!”
Dylan had no wish to implicate Alex in the fight against Bob Lane and his gang.
However, Alex turned to him and replied, “If you still think of me as a friend, then let me settle this for you.”
Dylan shook his head frantically. Bob Lane and his gang moved about in the underworld forces. He didn’t want Alex to have anything to do with them. “It’s because I still think of you as a friend that I regret calling you over! Leave now, and don’t worry about me!”
“Get up first,” Alex said, helping him up from the ground. “Now, tell me what exactly happened.”
Dylan turned to look at the woman standing next to him. His eyes narrowed with hatred, but there were certain things he didn’t want to say aloud.
