The cold bark of Victoria's rebuke made Rupert glance at her slender legs before looking down and flippantly saying, "Yes, Boss. I know I should not have done that."
However, immediately after, he straightened up and his voice took on an argumentative tone.
"Still, he was being insubordinate! Not only is he always talking about another gang leader to you, but he even lied about how he witnessed Xanxus' fall! A treasonous person like him would never know his place if he is not taught a lesson!"
With gritted teeth, Leoric climbed to his feet with his hands still clenched over his stomach.
"I am not a traitor, and it was not a lie! Xanxus Norton was taken down by Boss Nicholson!"
Hearing that, both Victoria and Rupert stared at him in shock.
A few seconds later, Rupert let out a derisive snort.
"F*cking hell! That is absolute rubbish! I have never heard of Boss Nicholson in Solaris Province! Even so, you still insist he took down Xanxus?"
"Leoric, this is important," she added, disbelief clear in her voice. "Don't fool around."
"Boss Jeanne, I am here today to report to you about this." Leoric wiped away the sweat from his forehead.
"This morning, I went to Diosna City. I watched Boss Nicholson defeat Xanxus Norton and his men. Furthermore, he gave Sunshine Casino to us, the Jeanne Gang!"
She was rendered speechless.
Rupert was at a loss for words as well.
"He... We were given Sunshine Casino?" She gasped with disbelief.
"Could it be... Are we now the sole owner of Sunshine Casino?"
Leoric nodded hard. "That's right! He even said I am to be the manager of the place!"
As soon as Rupert heard that, he was roaring with laughter.
"Hahaha! Are you daydreaming? Who do you think you are? What makes you think you can be the manager of Sunshine Casino?"
Rupert then walked over to Victoria.
"Boss, I think he's gone mad," Rupert slyly said. "Just listen to the unrealistic nonsense he's spouting! Get him out of here so that we can properly discuss how we should handle the new change in Solaris Province..."
Just then...
Ring, ring!
Leoric's phone began to ring.
It was a video call from his subordinates in Sunshine Casino.
Rupert was furious about being interrupted. "Get out already! Stop intruding on our talk!"
However, Leoric ignored him and answered the call. "What is it, Johnny? Why are you calling me?"
How dare Leoric disregard his words and answer a call as if he were alone!
Rupert immediately charged over to Leoric and grabbed him by his shirt. "F*cker! Did you not hear what I just said? You absolute..."
Before he could finish speaking, a box of TNTs appeared on Leoric's phone screen.
"How do we dispose of these explosives, Leoric?" Johnny asked. "None of us have experience with them, so we're all too scared to touch them."
"Leave them in Xanxus' storage room for now," replied Leoric. "Don't mess around with them."
As Rupert watched the shaky footage on the phone, he gradually loosened his grip on Leoric's shirt.
"How can this be?" Rupert was stark pale with disbelief.
"Explosives? Xanxus' storage room? What kind of joke is this? You... You must have planned this! It is just a prank!"
He then snatched Leoric's phone away and roared into it, "Johnny, what on earth are you guys doing?"
When Johnny saw Rupert appear on the call, he hurriedly focused on the call.
"Hello, Rupert! We are in Sunshine Casino, clearing out the things Xanxus left behind!"
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