NOVEL WEB Chapter 1053: Chosen One
At first, Joe Ga had no interest in Anon Talan's life, but when Enji talked about it, he couldn't help but be amazed.
So there really are 'chosen ones' in this world, and 'choice' is sometimes a hundred times more important than 'effort'!
Joe Ga never considered himself superior to others, but he always felt he had an extraordinary intuition for 'choices'.
But after hearing about Anon Talan's experiences, Joe Ga had to admit there are truly lucky people in this world...
Anon Talan retrieved many sealed jars from a lake in the Alps in Austria, and inside these jars were some of the secret account information of the Nazi in the Swiss Bank.
It wasn't the end; in the secret warehouse beneath that so-called naval observation point, the Nazi had stored five million British pounds secretly manufactured for the 'Bernhard Operation'.
The so-called 'Bernhard Operation' was a secret mission planned by the Nazi specifically to destroy England's economy.
The Nazi used advanced technology at the time to print 5 million 'real notes' of one pound each, intending to flood the market with them during the war to ruin England's economy.
But as the war situation took a sharp turn, the plan was abandoned.
Anon Talan suddenly acquired a huge fortune, but he couldn't transport the wealth alone.
With the characteristic shrewdness of the Jewish people, he exchanged some of the Nazi Swiss Bank deposit slips for friendships with Jewish bankers, while slowly laundering those one-pound notes through Jewish banks in Europe.
To ensure his safety and keep prying eyes away, Anon Talan joined the then-nascent 'Avengers Alliance'.
He used his abundant financial resources and the Jewish desire for revenge to become one of its founding members, gaining immense prestige among the Jewish community through actions of hunting down remaining Nazi elements.
Eventually, at the age of 80, he retired, moved to Brazil to live in seclusion, and handed his enterprise and seats in the Edward Fund to his two sons, Joseph Talan and Rani Taran.
Joseph Talan was responsible for the connection between the Taran Family and the Edward Fund, while Rani Taran took charge of the Taran Family's business.
According to the classification in Europe and America, Rani Taran was considered an extreme right-winger. He had immense financial and political mobilization capabilities in Israel and Europe and America, and frequently intervened in Israeli politics through contacts in America.
They exploited the hatred between Israel and surrounding countries, amassing enormous wealth and attracting a large number of extreme right-wing politicians.
This was merely the rise of the Anon Talan family, but to save his life, Enji revealed a secret of this old fellow...
In the underground chamber lay a palace constructed from large amber blocks, the most valuable thing Anon Talan got from Toplitz Lake in the Alps...
This old fellow was astutely clear-headed; he used a part of the quickly liquidable wealth to build a protective network for himself, then hid the most valuable item.
The "Amber Room"!
This structure, hailed by Europeans as the 'eighth wonder of the world,' was built in Prussia in 1701, designed by the German Baroque sculptor Andreas Schluter.
In 1716, the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I gifted the palace to Peter the Great to decorate the Catherine Palace near Saint Petersburg.
Though called a 'palace', it was actually a room approximately 55 square meters in size, ostentatiously decorated to the extreme with amber.
The amber panels, used as building materials, were inlaid with golden leaves and mirrors, with a total weight of 6 tons.
Later, the Nazi looted the Catherine Palace and took away the 'Amber Room' along with a large amount of gold and artworks stored within this invaluable palace!
These items are now stored in the manor's underground chamber, with Anon Talan having made the Amber Room his abode.
So, Enji had been probing to determine whether Boss Qiao was after people or treasure.
For Anon Talan, the outcome was the same in both cases, but for Enji, there were subtle differences.
Because if Boss Qiao was after money, Enji could find a way to persuade him to spare his life...
The manor's underground structure was very complex, and Enji could make Joe Ga feel that without his help, the treasures couldn't be found.
Too bad Enji clearly underestimated Boss Qiao...
Does Boss Qiao at this stage really care about those so-called 'treasures'?
Yes!
After all, they are valuable.
But if everyone is killed, wouldn't those things still be there?
If it were an ordinary small-timer handling this, they might not manage to take the things before the Taran Family's counterattack, but who was Boss Qiao?
After unraveling the Taran Family's history, Joe Ga looked at the pale-faced Enji and smiled, then attached two Broad Swords to his chest and hung six Gas Grenades on either side of his chair...
Watching Enji panic and lose composure, Joe Ga smiled and shook his head, sticking an explosive on the junction of the chair's back and seat, inserting a blaster and activating the remote, then pushing Enji into the elevator.