CHAPTER 583: CHAPTER 583: VENGEFUL SPIRIT CURSE TALISMAN

When Leon Keane picked up that "object," his weary eyes were filled with disbelief.

It was a yellow talisman, with a set of birth date characters he was familiar with because they were his own. Above the birth date, a vicious curse was written: "Death."

Leon’s fingers trembled, and he could barely hold onto the talisman. He felt it was too incredible, unimaginable that a mother would use such a vicious curse to wish death upon her own son.

If it were him, even if he were to die, he would never do such a cruel thing to Ian or Timmy.

The talisman was specially sealed in plastic to prevent water from affecting its intended "effectiveness."

Leon stared intently at the talisman, trying to find a misunderstanding regarding his mother, hoping it wasn’t some evil charm and that there might be another explanation, but the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.

Beneath the birth date, there were drawings of little figures: one pierced through the heart with a nail, another burned to death, yet another run over by a car... all sorts of tragic deaths were depicted on the talisman.

Leon gasped, and the talisman slipped from his hand, falling to the ground. His body swayed, barely able to stand. For days, he had been searching for his mother, barely eating or resting, his strength utterly drained, sustained only by sheer willpower, but at this moment, Leon couldn’t hold on any longer.

His eyes were bloodshot, desperate to find his mother immediately and ask why. Did she hate him so much? Hate him enough to curse him with such vicious methods, wishing him a miserable death?

"President Keane, what happened to you?"

The bodyguard on the island caught the nearly collapsing Leon, looking at him with terror-filled eyes, thinking that the search team had brought back bad news, pushing Leon to a mental breakdown.

"President Keane, you need to rest now, let me help you inside."

Leon didn’t speak, seemingly immersed in his own world.

The bodyguard escorted Leon back to his room, then went to fetch the wet clothes that the search team had brought for Leon, which were his mother’s.

After picking up the clothes, the bodyguard picked up the talisman, and upon seeing its contents, he was also startled and muttered to himself, "Who could Lady Kane have such a deep grudge against to buy such a sinister spirit-killing charm? It’s said this thing is very wicked."

The most formidable thing in F Country’s witchcraft is said to be the spirit-killing charm. The bodyguard, who spent a lot of time in F Country, had heard that as long as you write the birth date of the person you hate and let the spirit orchestrate the events on the charm to cause an incident, you can kill the person you want to kill.

At this moment, the bodyguard did not know that these were Leon’s birth date characters; he thought the person Lady Kane wanted to kill was someone else.

Ravenswood.

Lucas Pierce was taking his grandfather, whose mouth wouldn’t stop bleeding, to the nearest hospital.

The doctor extracted the broken root from Lucas’s grandfather’s mouth, stitched it up with a couple of stitches, gave him some medicine, and told Lucas to take his grandfather home to rest.

Lucas pretended to cry, "Grandpa, you suffered today. Ivana Monroe, that venomous woman, will get her comeuppance."

Lucas’s grandfather opened his mouth, the wind painfully hitting him now that the anesthetic had worn off, and angrily gestured emphatically, expressing his hatred towards Ivana Monroe.

At this time.

Lucas’s phone rang. He glanced at it; it was an unfamiliar number, a long-distance call from F Country.

F Country?

Could it be...?

Lucas thought it might be Leon’s mother and grew excited as he answered the call. It was indeed Leon’s mother.

"Jackie, send me some money, I..."

Her words were cut off by Lucas’s sobbing.

"Auntie, do you know what happened today? Grandpa couldn’t reach you, so he dragged me to the Kane family’s villa to ask about you. Who knew that venomous woman Ivana would not only try to have the bodyguards hit me but also attacked Grandpa? He’s badly hurt now, even his front teeth were knocked out. You must come back and get justice for Grandpa and teach Ivana a harsh lesson."

"What? Ivana knocked out my dad’s teeth?"

Hearing this, Leon’s mother shook with rage. Ivana Monroe, that damn wretch, had gone too far. First, Leon sent her to a deserted island in F Country, then she attacks her father.

When she returns, she’s definitely going to destroy Ivana, that bitch.

"Yes! Grandpa can’t even talk now, and he’s so old. Without his front teeth, how is he supposed to eat? If Grandpa starves to death, Ivana will have to pay with her life."

"Don’t worry, Jackie, I won’t let that little bitch Ivana get away with this." Leon’s mother responded furiously.

"You said it, Auntie. You need to come back right away." Lucas urged.

"I’d like to return faster, but I don’t have any money, do I? Jackie, send me a hundred thousand yuan."

"Auntie, stop joking. How could you not have money? Grandpa told me you had a lot of money. Just hurry back!"

Lucas did not want to send money to Leon’s mother. Forget a hundred thousand, he didn’t even want to give her ten thousand.

"I really don’t have money, Jackie. You know that brat Leon sent me to a deserted island in F Country? When I was escaping, my coat accidentally fell into the sea, all my bank cards were in that coat. I have absolutely nothing now, I can’t even pay the fare to get off the island. If you want me back, transfer a hundred thousand right now, I’ll have the boatman send you my bank card info."

She faked jumping into the sea; she wouldn’t be stupid enough to jump to her death, not until Ivana Monroe was dead.

That night, she had seen a small fishing boat and jumped, knowing that in the dark, a small boat leaving the sea wouldn’t be noticed by people on the island, allowing her to escape successfully.

The most frustrating part was losing her coat in the sea, not only because it held her bank cards but also because it had a "spirit-killing charm" meant for Ivana Monroe’s birth date, cursing her to death.

However, she wasn’t aware of Ivana’s birth date. She only remembered Leon and Ian’s birth dates well.

Her resentment towards Ian wasn’t as deep as for Leon, and this "spirit-killing charm" would be most effective with just one birth date written, so she chose Leon’s.

She prayed that the "spirit-killing charm" wouldn’t be seen by Leon, hoping it sank alongside the coat and the bank cards to the sea bottom!

She held onto that hopeful thought, unaware that Leon had already found the coat and seen the "spirit-killing charm."

Lucas was still reluctant. However, after considering what Leon’s mother said, he believed it must be true. If she didn’t come back, who else would avenge his grandfather?

"All right, I’ll transfer a hundred thousand to you, but Auntie, make sure to pay me back triple. I’m also quite poor."

"Understood."

Leon’s mother wasn’t surprised by Lucas’s stinginess, casually agreeing.