The Invincible Arthur Gardner

Chapter 57 - Taking the Boss Hostage

Estella lunged forward, throwing a flurry of punches at Arthur. But, Arthur dodged and parried each of

her strikes with lightning-fast reflexes, almost as if he were savoring the fight, searching for something

more than physical dominance. His movements were precise and calculated, as if he were trying to

unearth something deeper, to comprehend Estella and her relationship with the criminal underworld.

"Why are you dodging me?" Estella's irritation was clear in her tone, and she jumped back into a

defensive stance. "I won't tolerate any games. If you don't fight me seriously, I promise I won't show

you any mercy, and make you pay for daring to disrespect me."

Arthur's response was simply a faint smile as he said, "It's true, the underworld can be quite

intimidating. I was so scared when one of the higher-ups came up to me."

Arthur deliberately provoked Estella's anger in order to gain more information from her. “Is Aston also

your friend?” he inquired. “Why didn't he come to me himself if he was the one holding a grudge

against me?”

"Aston is one of the five leaders in the underworld," Estella proclaimed, "but his level is far inferior to

mine. I could easily annihilate him and his entire army if I so choose. As well as you, like I did this

time."

She had only intended to test Arthur's combat prowess; however, it seemed he was merely attempting ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

to extract information from her and was not taking their skirmish seriously. Estella felt she had to be

more serious in dealing with him. She couldn't let him go and became even more powerful.

"Are you interested in joining the underworld, Mr. Glitzy?" Estella inquired.

"Not really." Arthur replied calmly, "My goal is to live a peaceful, fulfilling life - and if that means I have

to confront you and the other four leaders of the underworld, then I'm willing to face that challenge."

He was aware of the five people who ran the underworld and knew that Estella and Aston were among

them. He was aware that he had provoked them and expected some retribution for his actions. Despite

that, he kept his composure, hoping that he would be able to discover their true strength and prepare

himself for any potential conflict.

"Should we help our boss?"

Estella's men seemed to be getting restless, their anger piling high, as they watched their boss not

immediately beat Arthur.

"Are you crazy? Do you really think our boss, who is very good at fighting, will lose to that stupid guy?

Look at her, she's just playing with her prey!"

"Our boss is very strong, she won't be easily defeated," one of them reassured.

They were all fully prepared to attack simultaneously if anything happened to Estella. And they seemed

impatient to beat Arthur.

"I won't let anyone who insults The Kraken breathe easy!" one of them exclaimed angrily.

Arthur felt he had enough information from Estella and wanted to end their fight immediately.

"You seem to be getting serious, Mr. Glitzy?" Estella said sharply, her temper flaring.

"I think so," he answered calmly.

At that moment, Estella quickly lunged toward Arthur and began throwing her fists rapidly. However,

Arthur was able to catch both of her hands swiftly.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" she shouted angrily.

Smiling faintly, Arthur threw Estella's body away and delivered a sharp punch to her stomach, sending

her crashing to the floor. He then pressed down on her back with his knee and held her hands behind

her back.

Witnessing the fate of Estella, all of her men quickly readied themselves to attack and moved nearer to

Arthur.

"If you come any closer, I won't guarantee your boss's safety!" Arthur bellowed.

"Is this what you had planned? You're so cowardly that you'd take our boss hostage?" Brave, who was

close to Arthur, also appeared enraged and attempted to get nearer and launch an attack.

Alicia then swiftly stepped in front of Arthur and stood before Brave.

"I don't advise going any further than this!" She snarled. "I won't hesitate to fight you all, and your boss

is in our hands. I'm sure you don't want anything to happen to her, do you?"

Estella was held captive by Arthur, tightly secured in his firm grip. He forced her to stand up and stood

directly behind her, his right hand gripping her neck and his left hand locking her arms in place,

preventing her from moving or fighting back.

"Are you locking me up just so you can touch me, Mr. Glitzy?" she said, her voice tinged with

provocation.

"Are you satisfied now? Are you planning to take this further? Do you want to touch me so badly that

you would do this to me? I thought you were a gentleman, but you've made me a prisoner. Do you think

you can get away with this?"

"You're really over-thinking this, Estella," Arthur responded, disregarding her provocation.

The video that was shown live by Alincia was abruptly cut off, leaving some viewers questioning what

would happen next in the fight between Mr. Glitzy and Estella.

"This man is really foolish," one person exclaimed. "Why does this live streaming have to stop just

when the scene gets to the most exciting part?"

"Does anyone know where it happened? We'd better go and record it for ourselves," suggested

another.

"Hey you guys, look at the videos on this channel. There are people showing similar incidents from a

different angle," said a third.

"Is it true!?"

"Yeah, it's true! Let's go watch it now!" another one proclaimed.

Brave and his entire army surrounded Arthur from every side, armed with their golf clubs and ready to

teach him a lesson. They were cautious, though, as they did not want anything to happen to their boss.

"Let him go!" Brave shouted, taking a step closer. "If you don't listen to us, I won't hesitate to beat you

up!"

Arthur kept his grip on Estella so tight that it seemed to paralyze her.

"What do you plan to do now, Mr. Glitzy?" She asked in a quiet voice.

Alicia, her face now ashen, turned to Arthur. She was seized with fear for the first time, not for herself

but for Arthur, for her mistakes.

"Oppa," she whispered softly, swallowing hard. "What should we do? Should I give myself up? But it

seems they're only after you."

Unexpectedly, Arthur smiled at Alicia, providing her with a glimmer of hope.

"Don't worry, Alicia," he reassured her. "I won't let them hurt you. We'll get out of here together, safe

and sound."

Alicia's heart warmed at the idea, even though she still didn't think it was possible. She wondered to

herself, "Does he have a plan? What is he planning?"