"By the way, before I forget, can you take a long leave from your duty for the time being? Just try to put much more effort and time in building a relationship with Michael.

If you can really succeed, and you become his wife, the issue concerning revenge, he can definitely help you with that. Otherwise, if you just want to depend on rising through ranks, it will take a very long time.

Additionally, there is no guarantee that you will be able to succeed in taking revenge for your father just because you hold a high position. After all, the gangs are deeply rooted.

You might be able to deal with what you believe to be the mastermind, but it turns out to be a pawn. If you destroy the pawn, there will be someone that will come looking for you later on.

So, you can think about that. You can decide to have him help you out, or you can decide to spend decades in order to be able to get the revenge that you have already been waiting for over a decade." Olivia reminded.

Kate gritted her teeth as she thought about her father. Of course, she hated those that were behind the death of her father.

But what a mother had said was true. During the time that she had not yet joined the police force, she had always thought that it would be easy for her to be able to climb the ranks.

She did not have the intention of using any connections in order to be able to rise. But, she believed in her own abilities, thinking that as long as she completed several missions, solving several cases, she would be able to acquire enough merits to rank up.

But unfortunately, despite the large number of cases available, she was not trusted with the major cases. She only dealt with some petty thieves, something that could not allow her to be promoted.

This was so frustrating, to the extent that she previously wanted to ask Michael to give her the issue related to the Kingsley family. That way, she could have at least have her superiors have some confidence in her.

Then, as long as she could be given several cases to handle, she would not be too far away from getting promoted.

But now, the prospects of something like this happening were very minimal. Most of her colleagues looked down on her due to her age, believing that she did not have the capability to handle those cases.

They felt that she needed to gain more experience by dealing with the small cases first. And after a few years, she would finally be trusted with bigger responsibilities.

But Kate was not willing to wait for several years. After all, she believed that she had the capabilities of dealing with some bigger cases, at least bigger than dealing with some small thieves.

Unfortunately, the part of her that could handle those cases was never given a chance to shine. The only side of her that was allowed to shine was her combat skills.

Now, hearing her mother's suggestion, she felt that this might actually work. Despite this not being what she wanted, in the end, it was all for revenge.

As long as she could get the revenge, even if the method was unconventional, she was willing to take it.

Since it was something that was related to taking revenge for her father, she could at least lower her head. But, that was only if she really had no any other way forward.

So, for the time being, she decided not to follow her mother's suggestion. But, there was this option. If Michael had the ability of getting information on criminals, maybe he could help her out.

So, instead of targeting the big fish, she could start by targeting the small fish that were hidden. As long as she could deal with them, the trust would finally be built, and she would be able to handle major cases.

With the connections that Michael had, it would be quite easy for her to be able to deal with those issues, and promotion would not be far away.

Having made the decision, she looked at her mother and said, "I'm leaving. I still have to go back to work."

"Okay. But remember what I said. You have to consider this carefully. After all, this is something regarding your own future. I will be happy only if you are happy." Olivia nodded as she watched Kate leaving.

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Friday 8th August 2025...

Three days after the fall of the Kingsley family...

During these 3 days, Annex supermarket chain had made very big moves.

The stores that were acquired were quickly renovated within just 2 days. Now, on the third day, which was on Friday, they were already ready for stocking.

The vehicles needed for transportation had already been acquired, with several warehouses being bought.

The suppliers had also been found, and the cooperation had already been agreed upon, with the contracts signed. The suppliers had already begun supplying the products, which were all stored within the warehouses.

According to the arrangements that had been made, the official start of the stores that had just been recently acquired would be on Monday, the following week.

The efficiency at which Annex supermarket chain operated was something that shocked many people. After all, they were very efficient, in terms of not only hiring employees, but even the acquisition of assets and resources.

Sometimes, they even went to the extent of paying the price above the market price, in order to be able to obtain what they wanted.

But one thing was very clear, they never forced anyone to do anything. That was something that many people had noticed, and were quite surprised.

As for those that had gotten the wind of the movements of Annex supermarket chain, and had the intention of raising the price for some benefit, they ended up regretting it.

After all, with the ability that Damian had, it was quite easy for him to be able to investigate. So, unless there was a genuine reason why someone did not want to sell or cooperate with them, he would not bother with offering higher prices.

So, for those that ended up not getting what they wanted, they only ended up regretting. After all, they understood that with what they had done, it would be impossible for them to be able to cooperate with Annex supermarket chain.

And considering the ability of the one behind this supermarket chain, just what had already been demonstrated was frightening.

If they could make a collaboration, even if they lost for the time being, at least, they would be able to gain much more in the future. Unfortunately, once the opportunity was gone, no matter how much they begged, they could not get it.

It was not just Annex supermarket chain that was making waves within the Eastern province. But instead, even Sky Technologies did.

Even though the actions of sky technologies did not seem to be too grand, at least at first, but when people began paying attention, they were shocked.

The products that Sky Technologies produced were actually improved. Better versions were released, which easily took the technological market by storm.

If Sky Technologies had been listed, the market value would have already gone up by several dollars. It was even possible for the market value to have doubled.

After all, the efficiency of the second version of the products that was being produced was way better than the others produced before.

This immediately cemented the domination of Sky Technologies in the technological industry in the Eastern province. And, they had also began infiltrating the other provinces.

The only province that was not much affected was the central province, considering that it had bigger companies there.

Considering that Lauren and Christine were not the ones who actively improved the products, the waves created could not shake those giants in the central province.

Nevertheless, those who knew who was behind Sky Technologies, they were shocked regardless. That was obviously especially for the few Morgan family members, who knew that Michael was the one that was behind Sky Technologies and Annex supermarket chain.

None of them had ever expected that Michael had such incredible abilities. It was not just in terms of financial capabilities, but resources as well. After all, for those products to be improved in such a short time, it was clear that he had gotten great experts to do the work.

They had already gotten some news that there was a change in the research and development department. It was just that, they had never expected that such a change would bring such results.

Still, the supermarket chain and the technology company were not the only ones that had attracted attention. Instead, the sudden appearance of another restaurant chain was quite surprising.

According to the investigation results, most people came to know that the restaurant chain was owned by an old man who came from a small city.

The old man had only been within this city for about a month. But, for some reason, the small restaurant that he owned before, it was suddenly expanded.

They did not expand simply. Instead, they acquired several small restaurants, or opened new ones in other areas, especially close to those who did not want to sell their restaurants.

Simply put, they were going to compete against those other restaurants. As for what the capital behind their confidence was, that was related to Benjamin.

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