The male supporting character was actually myself.

Seeing this, the little white cat pouted, rolled its eyes, and looked helpless. It had no choice but to hop up to the roof and squat there.

The room was small, the wooden bed was simple, and the lighting was dim.

After the tall Joyce entered, the space was compressed even further, and the two could almost only face each other.

Joyce looked down at her with deep eyes. "You should have known. I am a devil, a devil forged in bloodshed, but I did not steal your heart, much less tear it apart. You know that better than I do."

“I lied to you before, Joyce,” Bella whispered, sobbing as she nestled against his chest. “I had a boyfriend.”

Joyce nodded, puffing on his cigarette. "Obviously, you know more tricks than I do."

"You're not angry with me?"

"Why get angry? We each have our own needs, and that's how it is for both of us."

Bella leaned against him contentedly, thinking how wonderful it would be if he weren't a member of the mob.

Unfortunately, the Irving family is destined to be destroyed in my hands!

With that gentleman's letter of recommendation, I'm sure I'll be able to get better treatment based on my perfect record...

Chapter Twenty-Four: Bloodbath

"The Thunder Gang was wiped out?" April thought she was still half asleep when she heard the rumor early in the morning.

She heard the men laughing and talking loudly in the drawing room from the stairs. Benson described the rumors he had heard in detail: "I bet it was Joyce who did it!"

That's definitely his style.

Those gangs are now fighting amongst themselves, all believing that their arch-enemies are colluding with fake police officers.

I must say, Joyce made a brilliant move!

That rabble actually dares to plot against us?

Haha, it was just yesterday that people were talking about it on the streets. The gangsters who came prepared numbered in the dozens, but they couldn't even wipe out a dozen or so fake policemen when they ambushed and attacked them.

As more and more people started discussing it, doubts also began to emerge.

From speculation to unfounded rumors to firm convictions, this wind was blowing everywhere early in the morning!

Everyone agreed that Oliver had bribed certain gangs under the guise of torture. These gangs, who were infiltrated by him, not only went easy on him during the fight but were also planning to collude with the fake police to reap even greater benefits.

In any case, infighting has already begun.

Our crisis is now over.

"What are you talking about?" April asked, completely bewildered.

She only slept a few extra minutes today, so why does it feel like she missed out on so many important things?

As Lucy was serving everyone morning tea, she excitedly replied, "Mom, two fantastic news items!"

Joyce exploited the conflicts among the assembled gangs, deliberately spreading rumors to incite infighting among them.

Those guys are already fighting, so we don't need to worry too much about them now except for guarding against Oliver.

There's even better news. Susanna was so happy that she didn't have time to explain it to you in detail.

Daniel, he raided the Thunder's territory last night!

Bloodbath!

Bloodshed, Mother!

Can you imagine how imposing that is?

Those who surrendered have been put into custody; those who resisted have all been killed.

Joyce led his men to take over the Thunder Gang's territory early this morning!

"Daniel!" April was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then ran down the stairs, staring at him with wide eyes and an incredulous expression. "Daniel, what's wrong with you?"

Why would you do something so dangerous?

Is this what war teaches you?

What exactly did those American bastards do to you?

"Were you in charge of assassinations before?"

Ed, smoking a cigarette, shook his head and sighed, "We all know so little about this young man who came back from the battlefield."

I still can't figure out how he did it all by himself!

What's even more infuriating is that he didn't even invite me to do this!

Damn it, they really don't respect me, their boss, at all.

How many other things have you done behind my back?

“Ride your horse over there, put the gun on their boss’s head and pull the trigger, it’s that simple.”

Jiang Chen shrugged, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and said nonchalantly, "If I weren't worried about us making too much progress and causing unnecessary trouble, I could kill all these gang leaders day and night."

After all, the fighting and killing in this mission world is too unchallenging. If he didn't have to follow the plot to complete the exploration, he could have killed his way down to just the book title.

Anyway, those gangsters who burn, kill, rob, and plunder are bloodthirsty and not good people, so I have no psychological burden at all.

Benson gasped. "Daniel, we should be so glad you're a loyal member of the Owen family."

"Ha, if you hadn't already done it, I would have thought you were just bragging." Ed exhaled a smoke ring, looking utterly dejected. "There will be even less use for me in the future. Am I going to have to taste the bitterness of a hero's decline at such a young age?"

“But the sudden annihilation of the Thunder Gang is scary enough!” April said in a low voice. “Daniel, you’ve been exposed. Think about it, which gang doesn’t have a few spies planted by others?”

In addition, with your high profile, you quickly took down the entire Thunder Gang.

We're probably being targeted!

Susanna handed her a cup of hot coffee and smiled, "Don't worry, Mom."

Daniel has already explained this issue.

Apart from a few of us, no one else knows the details of the Thunder Gang.

Joyce took his men to handle it before dawn; I'm sure he can manage it. Joyce is very good at this kind of thing, isn't he?

After breakfast, Jiang Chen solemnly called his eldest brother, Ed, to the basement and handed him a key, saying, "Big brother, I can only feel at ease entrusting this matter to you."

This contains some of the Thunder Gang's savings accumulated over the years. I brought back the lighter parts first. Now I'm giving you the keys; please keep them safe!

Also, could you please count and sort out all this money and hand it over to April as a big surprise for her birthday in three days?

how about it? "

“Counting money? You know I’m not good at math.” Ed wanted to decline, but then he thought that since his brother trusted him so much, he might as well try counting first.

How much could he possibly bring back all by himself? Even if he counted the money, he couldn't possibly use it all…

Ed thought to himself, then casually unlocked the padlock and opened the door.

"Splash!"

Piles of coins formed small mountains, interspersed with gold bars and various gemstone jewelry.

"Daniel, Daniel, did you bring this back in a horse-drawn carriage?" Even Ed, who didn't particularly like math, was stunned by the amount of money.

Who can resist the allure of yellow and white things?

Moreover, the sheer number of them gathered together creates a powerful visual impact!

“I’ll count them all.” He rubbed his hands together, his wide brown eyes gleaming. “Don’t bother me for the next couple of days. Oh no, I need to ask Lucy to prepare some food and put it here…”

“I’ve already prepared everything for you.” Jiang Chen pointed to the wooden shelf next to him, which contained sandwiches, beef jerky, water, a barrel of liquor, and many canned foods.

Ed's face was beaming with happiness, but his tone carried a hint of reproach, "Looks like you didn't want me to go out before April's birthday."

Hey kid, take the wine!

You can't drink alcohol while counting money. If you make a mistake in the accounts, those guys will laugh at you again.

They would laugh so hard they'd be doubled over, clapping their hands and saying, "Ed, Ed, how come you still can't even count? Shouldn't you go back to school for two more years?"

Daniel, I should get to work now.

"You go back first. Don't worry about the money; I'll take care of it all!"

Jiang Chen came out of the basement and glanced at the script.

There's no update?

Ed's life trajectory remains unchanged: he will die in a gang shootout tomorrow.

Since that's the case, let's clean up all the gang leaders in the area.

By the way, put the corpse in the system space and take it far away to dump it. Then, without a leader, can they still attack?

While Jiang Chen was busy cleaning up the nearby gangs, Dom Privion, far away in his luxury villa in the Lehrkas district, was frowning and asking his subordinate, "Say that again?"

"All the undercover agents I planted for the Thunder Gang disappeared overnight? What does that mean?"

His subordinate, dressed in a specially made red uniform and looking dashing, hesitated with his head down, not daring to look up, and said, "Literal meaning, that's all."

They were nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead!

The Thunder Gang's territory was sealed off early this morning.

It is said that the gang was infighting over the ambush of the Owen family in their fight for legal horse racing licenses.

It seems... our moles have been discovered and eliminated.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Robbery

"Heh, I didn't expect those brutes to have such skills?" Dom stroked the forehead of a fierce dog that was more than half a person's height with his right hand, and pried open its mouth to check its teeth.

After a moment, he finally spoke, "Have those lunatics from the Owen family made any moves?"

"Nothing has been found yet. As you know, it's difficult to plant spies on the Owen family's territory. For now, we can only observe from the outside and haven't obtained any valuable intelligence."

Dom nodded casually and said, "Yesterday at the horse race, Daniel looked at me like I was a dead man."

do you know?

That's how I always viewed the enemy on the battlefield.