One day later…
A man slowly walked out of Capital Airport. He was dressed in ordinary and humble clothes, looking no different from a typical farmer.
That man’s appearance was completely different from those around him.
The man was James.
James rushed directly to the Capital after mastering the True Nine Ordeals Energy.
Half a month had passed since the battle in Malgudi.
Although he met his grandfather, Thomas had never mentioned anything about the aftermath at Malguldi.
After he passed out, he had no idea what had taken place there while he was away.
He was clueless about the current situation in the Capital.
Since he was anxious, he rushed back to the Capital without a minute to spare after recovering his strength.
He hailed a taxi outside the airport.
“Sun Dragon District, please.”
The driver gave James a once over and noticed that his attire did not suggest that he was well off.
The Sun Dragon District was full of courtyard houses, and it was populated by the wealthy.
“That’ll be one thousand and eight hundred dollars.”
The driver gave an outrageous price.
“I’ll pay you when we arrive.”
James leaned into the back seat of the car.
His phone was destroyed in Malgudi, and he did not make a habit of carrying around a wallet, so he did not have any cash on him.
The positions he held allowed him to forego the need for a plane ticket. Therefore, all he needed to do was show his face.
He wanted to head to Thea’s house to check if Thea was home.
If Thea was not around, he had planned on asking Delilah to help him pay the taxi driver.
The driver turned around and turned his nose up at James. “No money, no ride. I’m not accepting your booking.”
James frowned.
“It’s not like I’m not going to stiff you. Hurry up. I have something important to do. I don’t think you’d want to bear the consequences for delaying me.”
“Haha! What’re you going to do if I don’t accept your booking? I’d like to see how you plan on making me pay for it!”
There was indeed nothing he could do to this driver at this moment.
“Could you at least borrow me your phone?”
“If you’re not going to accept my booking, I’m not going to stay in your car. Open the door and let me out.”
“Brat, you wasted a few minutes of my time. Do you know how much I can earn in these few minutes? Pay me twenty dollars. Otherwise, you’re not leaving this vehicle.”
The driver could tell James did not have money and wanted to make things difficult for him.
It was not because he looked down on farmers. He was also born into a farming family. However, he had a dislike for people who were broke yet pretended to be rich.
From his perspective, James was one of those people that pretended to be wealthy even though he had no money.
“Alright, just wait for a while. I’ll have someone bring the money. I’m just worried you might not want to accept it.”
James did not argue any further and simply waited in the car.
The driver was also in a cantankerous mood. He turned off his engine and lit a cigarette.
Smoke filled the car.
James had the urge to smoke too as the smell of tobacco wafted into his nose.
He parted his lips but chose to not ask for a cigarette.
Instead, he closed his eyes and mediated.
Half an hour passed.
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