Chapter 180 Robert, The Second Child
Keith then left to the police station and went directly to the prison area where all the people who were caught, were there.
"Keith?" a familiar voice came out, but Keith simply gave him a knowing gaze before shaking his head, "I told you long ago, to not join a gang but you still did it. Don't try to ask for help cuz I don't think I can or will."
The workers at the station silently watched as Keith took a good look at the prisoners.
He then turned to look at the new sheriff who was sitting on Adam's previous chair and gave him a curt nod.
"I wish to know your take on their punishments, sheriff."
The middle aged man nodded and pointed at six people, "Those six have multiple charges of assault, robbery and public disturbance. We've arrested him a lot of times, but it looks like they never change. We don't really have any power to punish them seriously as the only thing we can do is to keep them in the prison and get them fed.
It's infuriating, but I will be really glad if you take care of them. As for the others... it's their first or second time here, so I have some hope for them."
Keith nodded and looked at the six people. All of them were smirking, but Keith didn't bother with their facial expressions and simply placed his hand on one of their heads.
The next instant, he had disappeared. People gasped in shock as Keith moved on to the next person.
"I will erase them from this world. They will get neither a cremation or a burial." he declared as he placed his hand on the second guy and even he disappeared.
This continued until he got all the six and once he was done, he looked at his brother, "... Father gave you his three acres of land. Sister got married off and luckily, he was a good guy. I had to get a scholarship to the academy and work hard while you sold off all the land and threw the money away on alcohol.
I'm disappointed in you and I also feel anger towards both you and father. But the old man is dead, so I hope that you change after you're released. Just keep in mind that if I find you in a similar situation, I will treat you as my worst enemy.
Rebecca still cares about you, but I'll make sure that you disappear. She'll never know what happened to you, so take this seriously."
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A resounding slap echoed in the room.
Keith looked down on his brother who was shaking from rage, "You.... you dare?"
Seeing Robert in such a state, Keith crouched down and made eye contact with him.
"You have no one left in your life Robert, and you lost the right to call me your brother the moment you joined the gangs. Both me and Rebecca tried to stop you, but you literally spit on us for not being of much use in the name of family when all you wanted was money so you could throw it away on gambling. One more word and I will, kill."
Robert stared into Keith's eyes and he instantly knew that the person in front of him wasn't his brother. Keith never was a strong person emotionally and he also never spoke against him. This kind of change in such a short amount of time was something Robert found hard to believe.
He wanted to open his mouth and blame Keith for not stopping him in the past, for not giving him money as that was the sole reason for his decision to join a gang.
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But as he stared into Keith's eyes, he just knew that if he did speak, he might not live to see another day.
Keith silently stared at Robert and once he made sure that his brother was not going to talk, he stood back up before he moved to the sheriff.
"Don't give him any special treatment. We don't consider him a part of the Zenister family anymore." he said and pointed at his brother, "In fact, I'll be happier if you teach that bastard an unforgettable lesson instead."
The sheriff nodded and Keith left the place before he mentally dived into his spatial dimension. The six guys were on his 100m x 100m plot and there was nothing but gold, silver and weapons there.
He silently watched them jump around and celebrate as they played with all the gold. He silently smiled and shook his head, "Let's see if those things will feed you or quench your thirst. I'll wait until you guys reach a state of despair first."
He then left his spatial dimension and headed straight to the church's library. In there, he grabbed the books that promised information on the current baronets, the trading organization and the books that might have information on businesses.
It was still early in the morning, so he used this time to silently read these books. It consumed a lot of time and the reading wasn't really done in just a day.
Instead, Keith spent almost two weeks to finish reading all the books he had picked. He had learned about the baronets and the trading organization a lot, but the knowledge about business and trading was exceptionally lacking and didn't really show much promise.
He placed the last book on the table and leaned back on his chair, 'The things I learned in my previous life is way more practical and useful than the business ideas here. But all in all, it doesn't change the fact that I need a strong distribution network.'
His thoughts slowly wandered as he thought of various strategies and ideas until he settled on one.
'The trading organization is corrupt and they do a lot of scams against new merchants so going to them is a bad idea. I guess I'll talk with the baronets who are barely able to pay the taxes and since they're in need of money and already have a decent distribution network, they can be more trustworthy.'
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