Chapter 88: 88. Young thug

[Your first mission today is to capture those thugs]

[The thugs came to demoralize Selene, because Selene, Angeline, and the others are preparing for their debut as an idols]

Riki frowned at his first mission of the day and its explanation. If the thugs had such intentions, then the real culprit was the person behind all of this.

Someone who is jealous of—wait a minute, is it Hannah’s bad behavior again.

[It turns out you are now smarter, master]

Riki frowned again, feeling annoyed by what the system had just said to him.

[One thing is for sure, you will get a surprise reward if you complete this mission]

[Good luck!]

"Call the police immediately," said Riki.

"Yes, sir!"

Riki hugged Selene again, then pulled his cousin back into the mansion.

"Riki—"

"Stay here, Selene, let me take care of them. I’ll find out why they suddenly came. Someone must have asked them to do all this," said Riki, after sitting Selene down on the sofa.

"What happened?" asked Anton, who had just woken up.

Sean, who had also just woken up, looked curious. "What’s all the commotion outside, Riki?" asked Sean, then yawned briefly.

"You calm Selene down here, I’ll explain it later. What’s certain is that there are a lot of thugs outside. Anton, come with me to check on them," said Riki.

Anton nodded and followed Riki back to the mansion’s main gate.

Several thugs forced their way in while shouting Selene’s name. They also mentioned a number of debts they accused Selene of owing.

If this continued, Riki was worried that the media would come and report bad things about Selene or Sean. Riki’s name and Hayper Entertainment’s reputation would also be tarnished.

"The police will be here soon, but the thugs are getting more violent, sir!" reported a butler.

"If we secure them ourselves, will the police blame us later?" asked Riki.

"I don’t think so, Riki. Considering how they are, the police will surely understand if we knock them unconscious now," replied Anton, already smiling broadly and with his hands ready to beat up the thugs.

"Then let’s knock them unconscious, but leave the weakest one alive so we can question him later," said Riki, which was immediately agreed upon by the others.

Since the security guards, the butler, Anton, and Riki were very strong, they managed to immobilize the thugs. As Riki had said earlier, they only knocked the thugs unconscious and left the weakest and seemingly youngest one behind.

Riki took the young thug into the mansion while the others were being questioned by the police.

Riki took the young thug to the back of the mansion, in front of which was a large swimming pool and a stretch of white sandy beach.

Anton placed a glass of drink in front of the young thug. The young thug looked much younger than Sofie. He was around 15 or 16 years old, still very handsome, but he did look unkempt.

The young thug trembled as Riki and Anton stared at him with intimidating gazes.

"I’m sorry... sir... I was just following along because if I joined in the riot, the big boss would give me $300. I need money to feed myself and my siblings at the orphanage. I beg you... sob."

Riki and Anton frowned at the young thug, who was crying like a child whose candy had just been taken away by his friend.

Riki signaled to Anton to leave, leaving Riki and the teenager alone.

"All right, tell me your name. I won’t hurt you if you cooperate. If you refuse to cooperate with me, then you’ll end up in prison. In prison, there are many bad people who will beat you up, so which one do you choose? Me, or your big boss?"

The teenager looked up at Riki, his teary eyes looking pitiful.

Even when Riki used his detection skill, the results were very sad. Riki, with his kind heart, felt sorry for the teenager who was forced to become a thug.

The teenager’s name was Nicholas, usually called Nicho. He came from an orphanage, and his orphanage was very bad because it was managed by someone who was under the leadership of a gangster boss. That person always took money from government aid or other people’s aid for himself. He didn’t care whether the children in the orphanage were starving or not.

Nicho had not been to school for about a month because he had to work to earn money. When he had given up hope of finding a good job, the orphanage manager told him that he had a job for Nicho with a good salary.

And that was why Nicho had been with the gangsters for a week. He always got $100 every day, which he used to feed his younger siblings at the orphanage. Nicho’s job involved computers because he was quite skilled at operating them. He entered the data requested by the gangster boss, while always being threatened that if he dared to leak the important data, he would be killed immediately.

Of course, Nicho was terrified.

Then suddenly, yesterday, the boss told Nicho to go to the mansion with the others. If he succeeded, he would get $300.

Nicho himself told Riki everything according to what his detection skill said. The teenager was honest.

"My boss is named Kylo Xavier, a man in his 30s who has served as the regent in my area. People wouldn’t believe that he is the boss of a gangster. But my boss also has his own boss, named Jack Handerson. He was given the mission to disrupt this place because of orders from his superiors," said Nicho.

Riki was no longer surprised when he heard the name Jack Handerson again. No wonder. Jack must have done all that for Hannah. That meant Jack would also mess with the other girls, not just Selene.

"Does your boss have an extensive information network?" asked Riki.

Nicho nodded, "That’s right, they also know a lot about you, Mr. Riki."

Riki smiled slightly, not expecting the problem to spread everywhere, but also not too surprised.

"Then, what else do you know about them? The more information you have, the more I will give you what you want," said Riki.

Nicho looked up, staring at Riki who was smiling slightly, or... maybe it was a smirk. Riki seemed very interested in him, but Nicho felt that Riki was very dangerous. Even though Riki’s aura was much better and brighter than his boss’s.

"You’re not lying, right?" asked Nicho.

Riki nodded confidently, "Yup, I’ll grant your request, so prepare the request you want the most."

Nicho’s heart was pounding. He had finally gotten the chance to get what he had always wanted. Nicho knew that Riki had a lot of money, because all the information about Riki was in his boss’s files.

"I-in that case... I have one request, Mr. Riki," said Nicho.

Riki nodded, "Okay, go ahead and tell me what it is."

Nicho swallowed hard, because he was very nervous.

He then made a request that Riki never expected.

"I want you to save our orphanage. I know you are more than capable of doing it, so I beg you... I am willing to work for you without rest, so—"

"Okay."

Nicho fell silent, his eyes welling up again.

"Yes?"

"I said okay. I can do that for you."

Nicho was stunned again, not expecting Riki to immediately agree to his request.

Riki laughed at Nicho’s expression, which he found funny.

"You could have asked me for a lot of money, an apartment, a luxury car... Or the other luxury thing, but instead of all that, you asked me to save the orphanage? Hahaha, but I like that, Nicho. So, now, tell me, what information can you give me?" asked Riki.

Nicho looked serious now, and it was very funny to Riki, considering the traces of tears still on his cheeks.

"If you have a computer or laptop, I can show you all their important data, Mr. Riki," said Nicho seriously.

Riki raised an eyebrow, "Oh? You can do that? That’s interesting, I’ll bring you a laptop."

Riki stood up from his seat and went to Anton, who was still behind the door. Even though Riki had asked him to leave, he felt he had to keep an eye on the boy named Nicho. Anton still didn’t trust him.

"Anton, get me the laptop on the table, the one without any important data on it," Riki asked.

"But what for, Riki? That kid could run away with the laptop. We can’t just trust him," said Anton.

Riki smiled slightly, then patted Anton on the shoulder. "But you trust me, right? I know what I’m doing."

Hearing that, Anton had no choice but to comply with Riki’s request.

After Anton got the laptop and gave it to Nicho, he glanced at Riki, who was still smiling and looked calm.

"I’ll start, Mr. Riki," said Nicho.

Riki nodded, "Alright, go ahead, Nicho."