1223 Surrendering is the Only Option

Edmunds vigorous and powerful voice made everyones hearts shake.

However, not everyone agreed with his decision.

Thats absolutely impossible! Joel was the first to step forward and voice his objection. Thats the Hamilton family, a royal family branch. Do you think its some weak family? How can we fight against them? Hah, given the Coles strength, youre just seeking death!

If you have a death wish, go ahead and kill yourselves. Dont drag us down with you!

!!

His words and tone were extremely rude.

Anthony looked at Edmund with disapproval and snorted coldly. Yeah! Some people really think too highly of themselves! You think your family is very powerful, but youre nothing in the eyes of the Hamiltons! Fancy you thinking of fighting against the Hamiltons. With what? What a joke!

In their opinion, the Hamiltons were not a family they could afford to provoke.

Joel and Anthony wouldnt have dared to go against the Hamiltons if it wasnt for the fact that they were unwilling to succ.u.mb to them and hand over the family businesses they had been managing for years. It also happened that the families in California had received the same threat, so they planned to join forces with them to negotiate with the Hamiltons.

In Joel and Anthonys opinion, fighting the Hamiltons to the death was incredibly foolish, and they would never do this.

Edmund had been in the military, where he had trained hard and developed a strong character. He had great tenacity and wouldnt easily succ.u.mb to others.

But the others clearly didnt have his courage.

Joel and Anthony werent the only ones who didnt dare to make an enemy of the Hamiltons. Even Bruce and Ethan were contemplating hard.

Seeing the way they were behaving, Edmund snorted coldly. Hmph, are you all that timid? Once the Hamiltons decide to show a tough att.i.tude, Ill see what you do!

Hah, I was wrong about all of you. You brought so many experts with you, so I thought youd at least have the courage to fight against the Hamiltons. But I didnt expect you to be all cowards! You brought so many people here just to give yourselves a little more courage, didnt you? The truth is that theyre useless, right?!

Edmunds merciless mocking made a few people subconsciously look away.

Indeed, they had brought so many experts with them purely for the purpose of emboldening them rather than to deter the Hamiltons.

They would never fight against the Hamiltons, never in this life.

Knowing that Edmund was a tough nut to crack, Joel simply ignored him and instead turned to ask Bruce, Mr. Hale, tell us how we should be dealing with the Hamiltons. Do we negotiate or get physical? We ultimately need a strategy.

Bruce mused but remained silent.

Ethan said, I think if we can win against the Hamiltons, I will definitely agree to starting a war with them. But the problem is, even if the eight top families of DC join forces, they might not be a match for them. Even if we join forces, we wont be able to do much to the Hamiltons, right?

Although the Hamiltons only brought a few people, theyre all top-tier experts far stronger than ours! Since we can never defeat them, do we have any other choice?

Bruce subconsciously nodded.

Indeed, the Hamiltons experts were all incredibly impressive. If they resorted to firearms, they might be able to defeat them, but it would definitely result in a lot of casualties. If the Hamiltons pursued the matter and retaliated, they might really have no way out.

Just as Ethan said, since there was no way they could defeat them, they didnt have a choice.

Edmund looked at the people in front of him with disappointment. Hah, since you are too scared to fight against the Hamiltons, theres no point in discussing anymore! Just submit to the Hamiltons now and become their dogs. Why are you talking so much nonsense here?

Joel yelled furiously, Edmund Cole! Stop making sarcastic remarks! We are here to discuss a solution for the matter. Who said were going to submit?

Edmund refused to compromise. Whats there to discuss?! Isnt the matter obvious? None of you dare to fight against the Hamiltons, so what right and confidence do you have to negotiate with them?

You dont even have the courage to fall out with the Hamiltons. As long as the Hamiltons arent stupid and have a slightly tough att.i.tude, they will see that youre just a bunch of cowards. Then they wont bother to negotiate anything with you!

In that case, isnt your only choice surrendering to them and obeying their orders obediently? Am I wrong?

Hearing this, the crowd fell silent again.

Although Edmund sounded harsh because he was furious, he was stating facts.

Since they didnt even have the courage to go against the Hamiltons, how could they negotiate with them?

It was just as ridiculous as someone who didnt dare to even pick up a rod saying that they would negotiate with robbers using knives. The robbers would definitely take it as a joke and ignore them.

What else could they do then?

Lucas remained sitting on the couch in the corner, watching everything in front of him quietly.

In his opinion, the Hamiltons were nothing to fear. But he wanted to know the att.i.tudes and standpoints of Bruce, Edmund, Ethan, and the rest.

Only after knowing where they stood could he decide what to do next.

Seeing Bruce caught in a dilemma, Connor gritted his teeth and whispered, Grandpa, at this juncture, you should ask Mr. Gray for his opinion!

Brue suddenly trembled and finally realized that he had forgotten to ask Lucas for his opinion in his folly and confusion!

When Lucas first returned to Orange County, Bruce had already personally sensed how terrifying he was. On the day of his great-grandsons baby shower, Lucas had gotten soldiers to take away all the Hales and almost eradicated them.

Later, Lucas had given the Hales a chance to return, which Bruce had seized and offered all of his familys businesses to Lucas in exchange for the opportunity to work under him.

Of course, Bruce had made the right decision. Ever since the Hales pledged allegiance to Lucas, they had not only not declined, but they even became many times stronger than before with the help of Lucass influence. Now, they had even become a top family that was second only to the Coles in California.

Their achievements were all thanks to Lucas!

Now, Lucas was sitting in the corner of the hall, yet he was so muddled by the matter regarding the Hamiltons that he had forgotten to ask Lucas for his opinion. It was too inappropriate of him!

Joels eyes were keen, and he noticed the sudden change in Bruces expression after Connor said something to him. He couldnt help asking, Mr. Hale, it seems like you have some ideas. Why dont you share them with us?