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Chapter 110
“Consider it done!” Blade immediately stationed ten men outside the villa.
Larry, along with Blade, drove off with Severin and the rest of their men.
After returning to the car, Larry said, “Supreme Leader, why don’t I send more people to help you stand guard? Does that sound like a good idea to you? I’m worried that some other people will start troubling you again. Your family can’t resist them if the other people aren’t around!”
Severin gave it some thought and shook his head. “Forget it, I think it’s best that I avoid having your men around all the time. And also, please don’t call me ‘Supreme Leader‘. Mister Severin or boss will do!”
“Understood! I won’t call you that anymore. If no one else is around, I’ll just call you ‘boss‘!” Larry smiled awkwardly.
“Let’s cut to the chase. Your mother isn’t sick, right? Tell me what’s going on,” Severin then said. “That’s exactly the kind of response we expected from our supre–I mean, our boss! Nothing gets past you!” Larry remarked. “Well, the Cedar Gang sent someone over and said that their second–in- command has reached thirty years of age today. They want to celebrate, so they called us to go have a drink!”
“And that’s why you wanted me to tag along?” Severin’s expression turned dark. “Are you guys trying to let everyone know that my relationship with you is much more than it appears to them?”
Severin reaction startled Larry and he hurriedly explained, “No, that’s not it at all! The main reason is that we feel bad if we don’t go, but then if we do go, we’re also worried that it might be a trap!”
Blade also chimed in, “That’s right, Boss! You might not know this, but our relationship with the Cedar Gang is beyond repair. I beat up One–Eye yesterday too, didn’t I? And I even cut off one of his subordinates‘ fingers! You can’t blame us for being worried when they invited us to have a meal with them today!”
“They invited us over for a birthday celebration meal, and bringing too many people there won’t look good on us because it looks like we’re going there for a fight. But then again, if we decline, it’s almost as if we’re not showing them any courtesy, and they might assume that we’re afraid of them. We didn’t know what to do, so we decided to just come and look for you!” Larry continued.
“I see!” Severin understood their dilemma after hearing their explanation, and he said with a nod.” Where’s the location?”
“A villa up a mountain in the city outskirts,” Larry answered. “It’s their territory, and it’s located halfway up
the mountain. Even if we told our people to hide at the foot of the mountain, they won’t be able to rush up in time if Blade and I are attacked. But if we don’t go, they’ll laugh at us for being cowards!”
“Well, then there’s no need to call anyone else. We’ll go there with whatever people we have with us now!” Severin nodded and closed his eyes.
Blade and Larry exchanged bewildered glances at each other when they heard that. There had to be something on the supreme leader’s mind if he told them to go there with the men that they had
then, without calling for more men to join them.
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