The Great Ethan Lee

Chapter 96

Staring at Ethan for a few seconds, Brad suddenly slammed the table, his small eyes flashing with a sinister emotion.

Brad ignored Ethan and instead turned to Sunny, "Wolf King, is this your new recruit? How does he not understand any rules?!"

Sunny remained expressionless, saying nothing.

Brad raised his voice, "Today, I'll give you face. Take him back and educate him well. Let him know what should be said and what shouldn't!"

Sunny smirked and replied, "Director Grant, my apologies. First, he's not my recruit. Second, when I ask you a question, you should answer. If you don't want to answer, you still have to answer."

"Bang!"

Brad slapped the table hard, his momentum rising, "Outrageous! Sunny, I'm giving you face by calling you Wolf King. Do you really think highly of yourself? When you're in Phil Prison, you better behave, or else!"

Ethan's eyes flickered with determination, "Director Grant, you wield quite the authority! It seems you don't intend to answer my question?"

Brad abandoned his demeanor as a prison director and instead ranted like a ruffian, "Damn it, go! Refusing to leave? Guards! Drag this guy to the solitary confinement, charge him with attempted escape, and give him a good beating!"

Ethan's gaze turned cold, "Director Grant, are you abusing your power?"

Brad, full of arrogance, laughed uproariously, "Haha... in Phil Prison, I am the ultimate authority! Kid, your life is in my hands. If I want you to live, you live; if I want you dead, you die. What qualifications do you have to talk about retribution with me?"

Unexpectedly, Ethan didn't show any fear but smiled faintly instead, "Director Grant, I truly admire you! As a law enforcer of the prison, why act like a pirate? Don't you know that excessive arrogance invites retribution?"

Brad laughed even more wildly, "Haha... in Phil Prison, I am everything! Kid, your fate is in my hands. I decide whether you live or die. What right do you have to talk to me about retribution?"

Ethan suddenly chuckled, "Oh? Since Director Grant is so powerful, why haven't your guards arrived yet?"

As soon as he said that, Brad froze!

Indeed, it had been a minute since Brad called for help.

The guards were nearby, and given their speed, they should have arrived within twenty seconds.

Brad shouted again, "Guards! Where are you all?!"

Suddenly, the door opened, and a middle-aged man in a suit, with an exceptionally dignified demeanor, walked in calmly, "Heh, Director Grant, were you calling for me?"

Upon seeing the man's face, Brad's expression changed drastically: this man was his immediate superior, Aelric Smith, the prosecutor of the Imperial Capital Patrol!

Brad stammered, "Prosecutor Aelric, you... why are you here all of a sudden?"

Aelric looked at Brad, dripping with sweat, and said coldly, "If I didn't come, how could I appreciate Director Grant's great authority?"

Brad looked aggrieved, "Prosecutor, you've misunderstood! I was just disciplining a disobedient prisoner!"

Aelric pointed to Ethan beside him, "This prisoner? You mean him?" Aelric looked at Brad as if he were an i***t, "Director Grant, you can't even distinguish whether the people in your own ward are real criminals. I seriously doubt whether you're still qualified to be the director of Phil Prison!"

Upon hearing this, Brad finally changed his expression, "Prosecutor, what do you mean?"

Aelric ignored him and turned to Ethan respectfully, "Master, Phil Prison is now fully under control. Please instruct our next move!"

Brad stood dumbfounded in place. After a long while, he trembled and said, "Pro... Prosecutor, why are you calling him Master?"

The person the esteemed prosecutor referred to as Master gradually surfaced in Brad's mind!

Master Ethan!

Seeing Brad's face change dramatically, sweating profusely, Ethan gently spoke, "Director Grant, can you now answer my earlier question? Where is Rais?"

Brad hesitated for a moment, and said: “I...I don't know.”

Upon witnessing this scene, Ethan shook his head gently, his expression betraying his displeasure.

Beside him, Aelric immediately understood the situation and his tone turned stern. "Brad! As the warden of the Phil Prison, you've abused your power, mistreated prisoners, and betrayed the trust placed in you by the state!"

He then cast a disdainful glance around the luxuriously furnished office and sneered, "Moreover, the corruption evident in this very office alone is enough to condemn you to death!"

Brad, accustomed to a life of extravagance, feared death above all else.

Seeing Brad's psychological defenses crumble, Lee Fan's gaze hardened, and he demanded harshly, "Speak! Is it Rais Carter who's being held in the deepest cell of Block 2?!"

Upon receiving Brad's affirmative answer, Aelric beside him was shocked!

As one of Ethan's disciples, Aelric naturally understood Rais' significance to Ethan.

But three years ago, Rais suddenly encountered an incident and disappeared without a trace. They, as his disciples, had been discreetly investigating his whereabouts, but to no avail!

Never did they expect that Rais was imprisoned in Phil Prison!

And as Brad's immediate superior, Aelric was completely unaware!

Aelric said sternly, "Let's go! Take me to see Rais!"

Ethan's gaze sharpened, "What do you mean?"

Ethan's expression changed slightly, "What?! Who took him away? Where did they take him?"

Facing Ethan's question, Brad shook his head, "I... don't know! All I know is that it was a special department with extremely high authority. In front of them, I didn't even have the right to speak!"

Aelric's face also turned grim as he looked at Brad, "Brad! Phil Prison is holding such an important person, why didn't you report this to me?"

Brad cried, "Prosecutor, Rais was directly sent down from above, with strict orders not to disclose his presence in Phil Prison... especially to you! I wanted to tell you, but I didn't dare!"

Aelric was furious, "You... bastard!"

Ethan waved his hand, stopping Aelric from attacking. His eyes gleamed with profound understanding, "Heh, interesting... very interesting indeed! It seems someone deliberately avoided all my disciples!"

Ethan murmured, "Rais, what secrets do you hold? Why are certain people so afraid of us finding out?"