[AUTHOR NOTE: Several of you have raised concerns and queries regarding Adam's current actions of destroying the golf course and other buildings without regard for innocent life.
As always, I won't say too much as it pertains to spoilers, but this is part of his character growth and also, did you all believe that travelling through time didn't come with consequences?
I did warn you all that things would get worse, Kekeke.]
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"What do you mean?" Ayana Keita asked angrily.
"All in good time, Mrs Keita," Adam replied before his tone turned cold as he added, "First, I believe I should give you a proper demonstration of what I am capable of by dealing with the Sokolov family?"
"The Sokolov family?" Tomio asked in confusion.
"What could the Sokolov family have done to piss him off?" Oliver asked.
"They ordered a Russian sub to launch a cruise missile at him," Isabella replied.
"What!" Sebastian replied in shock before asking, "But why?"
"Most likely in an attempt to get him to destroy the Keita family so that they could claim their spot as one of the five families," Isabella explained.
"You mean they did it thinking that he would believe that my family did it in retaliation for what he did to my daughter?" Nada asked as she understood Isabella's meaning.
"That seems to be the case," Isabella confirmed before the heads of the five families went silent and waited to see Adam's response.
"Spector, drain all of the Sokolov's bank accounts and transfer the money to charities around the world, also calculate the optimal firing pattern to destroy all buildings belonging to their family."
"Affirmative," Spector responded as the eyes of the five family heads widened in shock and fear.
[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): Oh fuck, the streamer's going hard.]
[Gunlovergirl (Earth): I love it.]
[AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): Well, they did fire a cruise missile at his loved ones.]
[Celebrityhunter69 (Earth): He must be pissed, I know I would be.]
[1000yearsofdeath (Earth): So much for them replacing the Keita family, they will be lucky to survive this.]
"Sokolov family bank accounts have been drained of all funds, with the currency having been donated to various charities," Spector announced before continuing.
"Optimal firing calculation complete.
Repositioning to geosynchronous orbit over Russia.
Arming laser repeaters, seeker and rattler missiles.
All targets acquired and locked on."
"Fire," Adam said coldly.
"Commencing orbital bombardment," Spector announced before the stream and conference call switched to show numerous seeker and rattler missiles launching and flying off towards various locations around Earth, while the laser repeaters fired dozens of shots down on Russia.
Across Earth, people screamed and fled in fear as numerous buildings started to explode as missiles that fell from the sky impacted them. The seeker missiles tended to target the Sokolov buildings that stood alone, which the rattler missiles split into multiple smaller missiles before hitting multiple buildings belonging to the Sokolov family that were close to each other.
Meanwhile, Russia's sky lit up as the energy bolts fired by the triple repeaters fell from the sky and destroyed dozens of buildings."
"My god!" Sebastian remarked in shock after the video feed switched back to that of the conference call.
"Such destructive capability," Isabella stated.
"Still curious to know if I'm worried about remorse, Mr Zhao?" Adam asked, but didn't wait for an answer as he asked, "Spector, how long before we can jump to Fenix Nest?"
[Phoenixempress (Fenix Nest): About time.]
"Fourteen hours, eleven minutes and thirty-one seconds," Spector replied.
[MercheadAnderson (Palaxia): Damn, he's been live for ten hours, I hadn't even noticed.]
[OfficialMuriel (Aqua Primus): Well, it has been an entertaining stream like always.]
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): Time flies when you're having fun.]
[Beinglittleisnotadisadvantage (Strathorp 7): What? That makes no sense.]
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): It's an Earth saying that time always seems to go faster when you're having fun and slower when you're not.]
[Beinglittleisnotadisadvantage (Strathorp 7): Ohhh, that's actually true.]
[SciFifanboy (Earth): Time is relative, just ask Carter.]
[Beinglittleisnotadisadvantage (Strathorp 7): Who?]
"Ok, here's the deal," Adam began, "You all have twelve hours to use your connections to clear me of Jenny's murder. For every two hours that you waste, I will target and destroy a building or landmark your family owns."
"WHAT!" Nada Keita cried in surprise.
"You can't be serious?" Tomio Zhao asked in disbelief.
"I'm quite serious, as I'm sure you just witnessed for yourself." Adam replied before saying, "But if you still require another demonstration, Spector, target the Melbourne Skydeck, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, Shanghai Tower and Hillbrow Tower and calculate the explosive yield needed from a seeker missile to destroy them."
"Affirmative," Spector replied.
[Noobkiller9000 (Earth): WTF!]
[HackerSu (Trillion): Damn, Adam's going hard.]
[AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): That's like one major landmark from each continent with the exception of Antarctica.]
[Gunlovergirl (Earth): Oh my god, I love this. He's making me so wet.]
[Justiceistruth (Earth): You seriously have an issue.]
[Superior4horns (Vinox 3): Doesn't that mean he's targeting a landmark that the Flemming family owns? I thought he wouldn't target them.]
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): Yes, the Flemming family owns the Eiffel Tower.]
[Celebrityhunter69 (Earth): Well, the streamer did say that this is for not clearing his name in Jenny Downs' murder, which the Flemming family also didn't do.]
[Superior4horns (Vinox 3): Ah, I see.]
"YOU CAN'T BE FUCKING SERIOUS," Oliver Williams cursed loudly.
"Is there really any need for that, Mr Spencer?" Isabella Flemming asked before adding, "We will clear your name now."
"Calculation complete and Melbourne Skydeck, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, Shanghai Tower and Hillbrow Tower are all locked on."
"You all had several years to clear my name, Lady Flemming, and while your family may not have gone around slandering me like the others, you still didn't clear it, so I'm afraid it's too little too late," Adam replied before saying, "Fire."
"Firing seeker missiles," Spector replied before the stream and conference call once again switched to show five missiles rapidly launching.
"DAMN YOU!" Tomio Zhao shouted angrily before turning to those beside him and ordering, "Evacuate Shanghai Tower."
"There won't be enough time, you saw how quickly his missiles reached Sydney Harbour Bridge before," Isabella Flemming said with a sigh before turning to the side and saying, "Immediately send emergency personnel to the Eiffel Tower."
"Remember, you all have twelve hours to clear me of Jenny's death and for every two hours that goes by, I will destroy another building or landmark," Adam said before adding, "Oh and one more thing. If my name isn't cleared after twelve hours, I will destroy each of your families' main residences."
Several of the heads of the five families were about to complain, but Adam left the conference call before they could.
"And he's left," Isabella Flemming said with a sigh.
"FUCKING BASTARD, HE DARES TAKE OUR MONEY AND DESTROY OUR PROPERTIES!" Oliver Williams yelled in rage while hitting the desk in front of him.
"WE can consider ourselves lucky in comparison to what he did to the Sokolov family," Isabella replied.
"She's right, calm down, you idiot, anger won't get us anywhere, " Sebastian Morose remarked.
"Calm down? You want me to calm down?" Oliver asked before angrily saying, "This whole thing was caused because of your idiot grandson and his jealousy."
"Oliver has a point; an argument can be made that this whole thing is indeed the fault of your Morose family," Ayana Keita stated.
"It wasn't my daughter who tried to assassinate Emma Hopkins," Sebastian retorted.
"Shut the fuck up," Ayana angrily replied.
"Enough, we don't have time to argue," Tomio Zhao said with a sigh.
"Tomio is correct," Isabella said before adding, "We need to get to work clearing Adam's name.
"Are you actually suggesting we do what he says?" Oliver asked.
"Are you suggesting that we reveal that it was my grandson who actually killed Jenny Downs?" Sebastian asked with a frown.
"Do you have a better suggestion? Or would you rather he keep destroying properties that belong to us until he finally destroys our family homes?" Isabella asked with a sigh.
Oliver didn't reply except to glare at Isabella, who rolled her eyes before saying, "Look, you can all do whatever you want, but I'm going to use my family's influence in the media to announce the truth here in Europe about what really happened."
"You dare go against our agreement?" Oliver asked.
"I never agreed with your agreement in the first place, which is why my family never actively spread those rumours. I simply did it to prevent you four idiots from ganging up on my family," Isabella replied before adding, "Now, however, the situation has changed, I would much rather have you four as enemies than Adam Spencer, at least you four can't launch orbital bombardments from space."
As she finished speaking, Isabella also left the call.
"Damn bitch," Oliver cursed.
"Forget about her for now, we can deal with her after this whole mess is dealt with," Tomio stated before adding, "However, I do believe that for right now our best course of action is to reveal the truth of what really happened."
"It's better than losing anymore buildings," Ayana said in agreement.
"But you all agreed to cover this whole thing up," Sebastian retorted.
"That was after we knew that bastard had left Earth and never expected to see him again," Ayana replied before asking, "But seriously, would you rather protect your dead grandson's name or stop that bastard from destroying more of your properties?"
"I agree with Ayana," Tomio stated before adding, "For the time being, we should clear his name to prevent anymore losses."
"Fuck," Sebastian cursed.
"This is Lucy Lightweave reporting live for BBC News about the chaos that has recently unfolded across the world.
We have received numerous reports from around the world of objects falling from the sky and destroying buildings. Notable buildings that include the Melbourne Skydeck, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, Shanghai Tower and Hillbrow Tower.
While in Russia, people report buildings being destroyed by red lights that fell from the sky.
Many people are starting to wonder if World War Three has begun with how widespread the attacks have been; however, so far, no government or terrorist organisation has come forward to claim responsibility.
We will continue to bring you updates on this story as we receive them, so make sure to stay tuned.
In other news, numerous charities have reported anonymously receiving large monetary donations."