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Chapter 977: Cut his wings

Chapter 977: Cut his wings

Meanwhile...

"Pfft—" Dane suppressed his laughter, but to no avail. His laughter was still heard from within him, which grew louder by the second. "Haha!"

Alfred, Romnick, and a few others in the same room with him couldn’t help but look at each other. Just now, their boss received a phone call. It was brief. But the moment Dane hung up, he started laughing like a maniac.

"Oh, goodness." Dane shook his head, running his fingers through his hair. He then snapped his eyes up, only to see his people looking at him with genuine wonder in their eyes.

Reclining against the armchair, the corner of his lips curled up into a smirk. "Didn’t I tell you not to worry about the Central Intelligence?"

"Boss, what do you mean?" Alfred asked out of plain curiosity. "What happened?"

"What happened? Well, I just heard that the Wolf of the Reapers was arrested," he announced, surprising everyone, as they were just talking about their plans and how to get rid of them. "I told you. Wolf is no longer a threat to us. It’s a surprise you were all arguing with me just now when I said that, but I’ll let it pass. After all, it had been many years since I took charge of our operation. So, doubts are the natural consequences of my absence."

Silence followed his remarks as some of them lowered their gaze while others looked at Dane with mixed emotions. Of course, they knew their boss. They were just simply worried that after many years of absence, Dane would need a bit of time to get used to this life again.

Considering what happened a few days ago, they were worried that Dane might have to relearn everything. Or maybe just a little bit more time for him to adjust. After all, they lost a lot of people including some important members like Katherine and the old man. And yet, their enemy left unscathed.

But it seemed they were wrong... or rather, that incident was enough to wake up their boss back to his reality.

"How was he arrested?" asked Romnick after a prolonged silence. "Did you out him to the Interpol and FBI?"

"Well, yes." Dane rocked his head. "It’s a hard decision to make because I want to take him down myself. However, that man in the CIA is a real threat unless he’s out of the picture."

Romnick went quiet as he processed Dane’s remarks.

"The Reapers might have disbanded a long time ago, but Hera Cruel’s name in the underground still had its impact," Dane continued in a knowing tone. "Although we’re not yet sure about her whereabouts and condition, we can’t risk her taking back the control she gave up herself."

He paused, swinging his foot to and fro while tapping his fingers against the armrest. "And for us to not worry about that, we have to take down all resources she spread out before she even decides on that."

"I see." Alfred nodded in understanding. "Now that Wolf guy is in the authorities’ custody, who is next?"

"Hmm." Dane rubbed his chin as if he had been thinking about it.

Thanks to Dragon, Dane had ideas of who else could help Hera rise back from the dirt she was now in. Even so, it was hard to take them all down one by one; it would take them a lot of time. On top of that, there were still those who were blatantly out there targeting them.

"How about that old man?" Alfred suggested. "That Ram. He’s also a threat. He’s the one who led the attack on all our warehouses. Considering his position, he could deploy a nation’s military power and that would be a problem."

Romnick looked at Alfred with a bit of surprise. Normally, Alfred would just take orders, as he hated the planning phase. But now, he was participating and using his thick skull to think critically.

"Logically, targeting Ram is the natural course of action. Just as you said, he has military power. But... no." Dane shook his head.

"Boss."

"Do you know why he’s not our priority right now, Alfred?" Dane cocked his head to the side. "Because of the same reason we have to target him. He’s an important figure and back in his country, he’s like a hero to his citizens. If something happened to him, people wouldn’t just sit still."

"Then are we just letting him off?" This time, Romnick couldn’t help but ask. "Because he’s an important figure, are we just going to let him do as he pleases?"

"No." Dane chuckled, shaking his head more as if he found their line of questions funny. "Surely, after working for someone like Dominic Zhu, I find these conversations funny. But anyway, you’re right. We’ll let him off..."

He trailed off as a glint flickered across his eyes. "... because we don’t need to do anything to take him down."

Deep lines appeared on everyone’s brows as they heard Dane’s last remarks. It was a little confusing. What did he mean by that?

"Ram and Dragon had been in an alliance. And why would Dragon need Ram? Because that coward wants me dead," he explained nonchalantly. "Even though Ram didn’t do anything to attack Dragon directly and kept his side of the deal, he, still one way or another, betrayed Dragon. I mean, even if he didn’t participate in the incident, I’m sure Dragon wouldn’t let him live that long."

Dane raised his brows, sporting a knowing look. "Do you understand where I’m heading? We don’t need to exhaust our resources on taking down that person because someone else will do that for us."

"I see." Alfred’s eyes shone in amusement. "But boss, wasn’t Dragon injured?"

"He’s a wicked man. I’m sure he won’t die."

"But —"

"Moreover, I think it’s time for me to dispose of Dragon," Dane cut off whatever Alfred wanted to say as he spoke aloud. "You’ve always asked me why I recruited Dragon and gave him the authority to do what he pleased with the organization."

His lips stretched evilly. "I guess it’s time for him to do his purpose. Wolf’s death, Ram’s, and everyone’s death... would all be done by an evil mafia boss known as Dragon." He didn’t have to say more for everyone to understand what Dane meant by that.

So, the reason he recruited Dragon was so Dane could pin all the crimes they had done to the ’acting’ boss of the syndicate.

"Hah..." Romnick breathed out, almost chuckling. "Now I understand."

"Now, onto our next target." Dane smiled, watching everyone look back in his direction before he said, "Our next target would be Dominic Zhu. He knows a lot and if we don’t kill him now, he’ll be a huge obstacle in the future. Let’s cut his wings before he could even spread them."