Chapter 3485: Everyone Is Now Safe

The two Maldives islands were nothing to Ye Chen.

If he wanted such islands, he could simply siphon off a bit of spare change from his bank account and buy a whole bunch of them.

However, the islands gifted by Bernard Arnault had many advantages over those he bought himself, the biggest being concealed ownership.

Bernard Arnault himself is an entrepreneur specializing in luxury brands, and even if he owned countless luxury resort islands, they would not attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

In this era, the two main means of investigating a person's assets are property ownership and fund flow.

Just as some people register their companies and houses under others' names, the company's profits, rental income from real estate, or proceeds from sales eventually still return to their own hands.

This way, one cannot guarantee the cleanliness of the chain.

As for these two islands, with ownership under Bernard Arnault's name, once all external operations cease, they generate no profit but instead require continued investment; funds coming from Bernard Arnault here mean he need not worry about being investigated.

Regarding ownership, he now has nothing to worry about, for Bernard Arnault will from today onward obey him completely—two mere islands, he would not bother playing tricks over them.

Once everything was arranged, Ye Chen said to the few: "Ma Kui, take your men now and finish off the bodies outside; the plan is about to begin."

Ma Kui nodded heavily, daring not to hesitate in the slightest, and quickly said: "I'll do it right away!"

Ye Chen then turned to Bernard Arnault and Tawana, saying: "Mr. Arnault, Miss Svetlana, the rest is up to you to handle as I previously required; tonight I should have been sleeping in the water villa with my wife, knowing nothing of what happened here."

Bernard Arnault respectfully said: "Very well, Mr. Ye, rest assured—I will greet the Maldives officials and try not to disturb you and your wife."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "You must fully exert your identity as the owner of White Horse Island and your initiative; once the incident is exposed, the world will closely watch every move of White Horse Island, and you must immediately control the situation after it blows up, no matter what method you use—remember not to let the Maldives authorities conduct overly deep investigations, so outsiders think you are trying to make a big thing small and a small thing disappear."

Bernard Arnault nodded and said: "Mr. Ye, rest assured, I will maintain proper measure."

Soon, Bernard Arnault instructed the already-off-duty and asleep staff to repair the power supply of the communication equipment.

During this time, netizens worldwide watching Tawana's bar performance live stream found all related streams simultaneously terminated, assuming it was merely a communication glitch on the Maldives island.

But they did not expect that, instead of waiting for the audience's live stream to resume, they got Tawana's personal live broadcast.

After Tawana's account on the short-video platform opened a live stream, fans flooded into her stream.

Yet no one expected that, during the stream, Tawana cried and said: "Just now, a terrorist landed on White Horse Island, used narcotics to incapacitate all the bar's patrons, and took them all hostage; if it weren't for Mr. Bernard Arnault, I would probably already be dead!"

Instantly, across global internet social media, it seemed as if an earthquake had erupted.

Had these words not come from Tawana's own mouth, no one could imagine such a world-top-tier, currently popular female singer suffering a terrorist attack in a Maldives resort.

Thus, the world turned its attention here.

Bernard Arnault also appeared in the live stream, and alongside Tawana, he filmed all the unconscious guests while saying to the camera: "The reason Miss Svetlana and I remain conscious is because they gave us an antidote, wanting to extract more benefits from us..."

The subsequent plot unfolded exactly as Ye Chen had planned.

After Ma Kui finished administering coup de grâce to all his fallen subordinates, he stepped before the camera and loudly said: "Hello everyone, my Chinese name is Ma Kui, English name Jack Ma, I am of Sino-Japanese mixed heritage and Australian nationality; I joined the world's largest mercenary organization, American Blackwater Company, ten years ago, and have been executing missions in the Southern Hemisphere ever since..."

In the video, Ma Kui detailed the specific circumstances of the incident.

To enhance his credibility, Ma Kui, following Ye Chen's instructions, not only laid out all his details from Blackwater Company clearly, but also produced his phone, displaying his information on the company's internal app and the mission's specifics.

At the same time, he revealed the true reason for coming to the Maldives to carry out a terrorist attack: to assassinate a warlord of the opposition, then fabricate a terrorist attack and frame everything onto Blackwater Company's biggest rival, Wanlong Palace.

Upon learning this, Blackwater Company's shareholders nearly went berserk—never expecting that the meticulously selected Ma Kui would betray them so ruthlessly, almost driving them into an abyss of eternal ruin!

Many dirty deeds they could commit, but only if never leaked in this lifetime.

Originally they thought this plan was flawless, but never expected that Bernard Arnault and Tawana, two internationally renowned figures, would also be on White Horse Island.

Even less expected, Ma Kui, for money, betrayed the organization and even killed several of his own subordinates.

After Ma Kui feigned remorse before the camera, he pretended to produce a kind of "potion," had someone let the unconscious people sniff it, and the miracle of this potion lay in that, after sniffing it, these unconscious people began to slowly open their eyes.

In fact, the potion had no medicinal effect whatsoever; it was merely Ye Chen coordinating with Ma Kui's rhythm, timely awakening everyone from unconsciousness.

To these people, it had just felt like experiencing a vivid, exhilarating dream. When they opened their eyes, the paused memories surged forth, and everyone recalled the scene before unconsciousness, when terrorists stormed in.

Ma Lan was frightened mad, blurting: "Please, heroes, spare this old woman—I am old, have never had a good day in my life, first time coming to the Maldives, I cannot lose my life here no matter what!"

Ma Kui hastily said to her: "Madam, do not misunderstand—I was indeed planning a terrorist attack just now, but while you were unconscious, I reached an agreement with Mr. Bernard Arnault; he will give me a generous reward sufficient for my lifetime's food and clothing, and I will swear allegiance to him; the Blackwater mercenaries I brought, aside from these few loyal subordinates beside me, I have killed all the rest—in short, you are all safe now!"

Ma Lan asked in disbelief: "What do you mean? You're not killing us?!"

Ma Kui nodded heavily: "No killing—thanks to Mr. Bernard Arnault's generosity, I have already chosen to devote this life solely to him; from now on, you may rest assured, for you are completely safe!"