Chapter 269: The Fleet

The next day was Saturday. Since Nathan Sports Lab hadn't finished making the armor, Li Mochen could only take Hazel to the Dream City Club.

The latter's talent was truly frighteningly high; just one night later, she had made great progress in controlling her own power. Except for the moment at the beginning when Li Mochen was surrounded by the female students and suddenly burst into black flames, Hazel was able to control herself well the rest of the time.

Li Mochen lectured the students in the classroom, while Hazel sat cross-legged in the back corner, practicing according to the techniques Li Mochen had taught her, attempting to circulate her energy through the meridians.

Without Li Mochen's guidance, the circulation of Hazel's magical source was very difficult. Her control over her own vast magical source was too weak; once it started moving, all the magical power and source energy gathered together, like a scorching hot ball rolling, rather than the fine, spring-like, continuous flow under Li Mochen's guidance. It stretched painfully within her meridians, like being cut by a knife.

But Hazel's willpower was astonishing; no matter how painful it was, she did not stop, continuing to practice the 'Dual Element Mystic Transformation Method' expressionlessly.

She could hardly complete a full cycle on her own; often, halfway through, the big ball would uncontrollably veer off in another direction. But every time she succeeded once, Hazel felt her control over the magical source increase by a fraction, and her true essence and magical power from the 'Ice Heart Dominating Sea Technique' grow a little stronger.

So Hazel was full of interest, tirelessly moving that big ball, until Li Mochen finished teaching seven classes and woke her up.

By Monday morning, the people from Nathan Group had finally delivered the armor Li Mochen needed.

This could actually be seen as a set of restraints, used to seal Hazel's power and suppress the magical source within her. Besides that, it had another function: to help Hazel practice the 'Dual Element Mystic Transformation Method'.

Under the suppression of the sealing array inside the armor, Hazel could more smoothly control the dragon force within her. Thus, the girl's fighting spirit soared; at this point, when she performed ten cycles of energy circulation on her own, she could succeed three times.

The bloodline of the Silent Demon Dragon was already showing signs of bursting forth.

However, in the afternoon, Li Mochen interrupted Hazel's training and took her by car straight to Baxley City. With the help of the Pearson-Darby-Specter Law Firm, they fought for Hazel's custody.

Harvey Specter took this matter very seriously and attended in person when the judge pronounced the verdict. Fortunately, because of this, the final result did not go awry.

Mike Ross was right: the Jax couple had gross negligence in Hazel's kidnapping and disappearance case, and the court could not support their request to continue raising Hazel. The problem was that the Wiltonshire family also joined the custody battle in the name of Hazel's blood relatives. To this end, they even sent a powerful legal team, almost catching Harvey and the others off guard.

Fortunately, thanks to Li Mochen's reminder, they had made some preparations, seizing on three points: the Wiltonshire family's neglect of the girl after her parents' death, their feigned ignorance during her disappearance, and their removal of her from the family. They attacked fiercely on these points and, citing Hazel's physical and mental health, forcefully rejected the other side's request for a two-week adjournment.

In the end, due to Hazel's own strong inclination, the judge ruled that the girl would be under Li Mochen's provisional custody for three months, after which the custody would be decided based on Hazel's condition.

This result left a loose end, which didn't satisfy Li Mochen, but it was barely acceptable.

When Hazel came out of the courthouse, she was also pouting, looking dissatisfied. She didn't want to return to the Wiltonshire family. Although the person who appeared today was her biological uncle, Doran Wiltonshire, in her eyes, this man was even worse than Danny Jax.

She hated this family, just like her father did.

"I could tell, that so-called uncle of mine, the disgust in his eyes was barely hidden. Was that judge blind? He didn't really want to take care of me at all."

"They might still appeal."

Harvey Specter also frowned: "Amo, you need to be mentally prepared. The Wiltonshire family is very powerful. This time, they probably acted on a whim and weren't fully prepared. We need to think of some ways to prevent that."

"Understood. I'm entrusting this matter entirely to your law firm. I hope you can use as much of your power as possible. I can guarantee sufficient financial resources; money is absolutely not an issue."

Li Mochen smiled and patted Hazel on the shoulder: "So during this time, Hazel, you need to be good, understand?"

At this point, he only needed to keep Hazel by his side for a month or two to help her master her own Calamity Flame Dragon Force. Once the girl could freely deploy her power, who could twist the will of a demigod?

At this moment, Li Mochen did not notice that although the girl nodded obediently, her eyes held hidden anger and malice.

With the armor in place, on Tuesday, Li Mochen felt confident enough to leave Hazel at home and go alone to the Swiss bank.

There were two Swiss banks: one was the Union Bank of Switzerland, and the other was the Swiss Banking Group. Although the two banks had repeatedly reported rumors of a merger, they were still two separate entities.

Li Mochen went to the former first, but on the way, he received a call from Jeremy Burt.

"BOSS, regarding the matters you asked me to investigate, I've got some preliminary results. About your father and the continent of Antolia."

Jeremy Burt knew that Li Mochen was eager to understand the details, so he got straight to the point on the phone: "During his lifetime, Li Chunchu indeed commanded a powerful armed force and five ten-thousand-ton armed merchant ships. But that couldn't support his trade with the three hunting groups: Sacred Blood, Cadia, and Triangle Vikings. However, Li Chunchu had excellent eloquence and social skills; he persuaded some shipping merchants to form a joint fleet of fifty armed merchant ships to supply goods to the continent of Antolia. But after Li Chunchu died from an unknown cause, the armed force he commanded vanished into thin air, with most members suddenly disappearing. Then his five armed merchant ships were also embezzled. Although you and Miss Jennifer have the right to inherit them, three months ago, these ships were nominally sunk. I predict it's unlikely you'll recover these assets. Miss Jennifer made some efforts, but she ultimately failed."

"I see!"

Li Mochen felt somewhat disappointed; it seemed he couldn't inherit anything from his predecessor's father.

The interests on the continent of Antolia were indeed substantial. The business of supplying materials and the magical energy materials from Antolia might generate annual revenues of over a billion shields. But if it was operated by a joint fleet, Li Chunchu's personal income wouldn't be too much.

As for Li Chunchu's armed force, it had likely been completely wiped out; otherwise, there would have been news by now.

"However, aside from that, I also found out something related to you, BOSS."

Jeremy Burt's voice was now solemn: "I wonder if you, BOSS, know about your family's maid, Robert E. Vaughn?"