Chapter 45 - Volume 3 (1/2)
On the sa with Mazelan when both cities were still engrossed in the excitement froroup Soland had gathered Isaac’s plan was si exactly what Isaac originally planned to do with his own casino – using it as a front forThe fastest way to both hinder the casino and destroy its credibility was to rob the place clean
To do this, Isaac used Soland to asseendary heister nicknaet the job done
Isaac provided them with all the equipment and funds they demanded, and if necessary, he didn’t hesitate to recruit inside inal aim for the Grand Canal Race was to act as a distraction to cover up the heist However, after hearing of the unprecedented intrigue that ran deep below the city, Isaac thought of another way to destroy the casino coot a list of people ere quick to abandon shi+p and tried to s turned shaky
“Why’s everyone so ratulations tomy own life?”
Atop the rooftop of New Port City’s City Hall, all of the merchant employees and Isaac’s hubaes stood still with their heads down, unable to utter a single word
Cordnell was the exception; he still couldn’t process what had happened The expression on his face was an infinite cycle of a dumbfounded look, a broad sarette as he savoured to glass of fruit wine Rizzly had poured for him
“Hm, maybe it’s because I haven’t had it in a while, but the wine seeotten even better”
“Hahaha Thank you for your complihed Both Rizzly and Lanburton ht now since they were free of any crimes, but for the merchant employees and hubaes, this was the last place they wanted to be in
“Ho could a triple pair come out at that moment?”
Cordnell asked the question blankly, still unable to determine whether this was a dream or reality
“Obviously because I was lucky”
“But it’s not so lucky!”
“Well, you have a point”
“I knew it! You rigged it somehow, didn’t you?”
Cordnell shouted out when Isaac avoided the question byto himself Isaac quickly put on an innocent act when he was accused by Cordnell
“Hey! Watch what you’re saying! Rigged the game you say? It was an honest battle, fair and square”
‘Impossible’
nobody on the roof believed a shred of what Isaac had said But despite being sure of it, they didn’t have the evidence to prove it On the outside, it really looked like Isaac had won the battle through sheer luck
It was the casino that demanded Isaac check the dice at the start, and just before the final gaain It was Isaac who pleaded that they cancel the bet, and the casino refused Now that Isaac had won the game, the casino s
Already, news of this legendary battle had spread throughout the Eh the Communicators Most people would simply be awed and excited by what had happened, but there were groups of people who couldn’t be as happy about the outcome And the ean to speak, and every time he uttered a word, a cloud of smoke puffed out fro at Isaac with suspicion, and the hubaes, ouldn’t dare look into Isaac’s eyes, listened
“You see, hue suh it becomes super obvious if they just think for a er picture Cordnell”
“Yes?”
Isaac snickered when Cordnell answered politely
“Why don’t you call me a bastard like before?”
Baffled, Cordnell quickly tried to make an excuse
“I, I must have lost my senses back then”
“Hht head when so much ht context…”
“I told you that it’ll only take one gaantly boasted about what had happened, and Cordnell could only suppress the anger rising inside hih aardly At the end of the day, Isaac did do as he said
Cordnell suddenly came to a realisation and asked Isaac a question orry on his face
“But… will Port City really pay up the money?”
“What do you mean?”
“Ieven reht?”
“I think you’re mistaken”
“Sorry?”
“It’s not Port City that needs to pay up but the owners and shareholders of the casino”
“Isn’t that the same? It’s the four who really rule Port City”
“Ha, really? Isn’t it the ns supreme in the city?”
“Huh?”
Isaac snickered with a face of a child trying to keep a secret And it was at this moment that Soland and the other syndicate bosses entered the rooftop
“How did it go?”
Soland replied with a snicker
“They applied for an extension on the pay the robbery as an excuse, but they fainted the moment I showed them the verdict declared by the Department of Law”
“Wait, a verdict?”
Cordnell asked the question that everyone was itching to know the answer to
“Huh? It’s nothing I just wanted to knoould happen if I can’t pay for soe sum As you know, the laws aren’t exactly prepared for this kind of thing yet So I used hts as a Lord’s Representative and sent an official document to the Department of Law to receive an answer What will happen if the casino says ‘tough, you get nothing’”
“A, and?”
Soland replied instead of Isaac
“The Department of Law declared that the casino s the moment it incurs the debt No exceptions If the casino cannot pay for all of the winnings, then the responsibility falls to the owners and shareholders of the casino The amount they must pay is proportional to how the size of their share in the casino If soo bankrupt, the responsibility falls to the others and their underlings to pay off the winnings”
Everyone was at a loss for words after Soland finished If an official document had been sent to the Department of Law, it would h court officials had gathered in ato discuss this matter
With a verdict favourable to Isaac, Port City had no choice but to pay up
“Wait! When did you send this document?”
Cordnell quickly realised that the time it took to process didn’t make sense and shouted out When an official docuhly dissected and analysed before a verdict coe, it takes half a year to one year before the results are out
“Huh? I sent that e first opened up our casino It’s a good thing the verdict caot lucky”
“Don’t tellthe moment Port City opened their casino”
Isaac quickly waved his hand as an act of innocence
“Hey! Watch what you say! You’reit sound as if I planned all of this”
So he did plan it!
Everyone shouted out in their mind Everyone’s suspicions were now confirmed despite Isaac’s pleas of innocence and the lack of evidence
“W, what insane plot is this! What would you have done if this plan were to fail?”
Isaac replied nonchalantly to Cordnell
“I’d just die if I failed”
“How could you say that so casually?”
Cordnell shouted in frustration
“Because I wouldn’t die alone”
“What?”
“You see those syndicate bosses? We h ere born on different days, ould at least die together Ah! This only counts if I die Aren’t they so loyal? I didn’t ask the with me Hahaha”
Everyone looked to the syndicate bosses when Isaac finished speaking and had an epiphany when they saw the expressions the syndicate bosses were ht Isaac was done for and desperately tried to save their own skins by e, the syndicate bosses, who should have been the most proactive to do so, were eerily passive On top of that, there were always a number of North Bears who followed each syndicate boss wherever they travelled Everyonethat they were sith But in truth, they were being watched the whole time
“Um… there is one problem”
“Proble for an opportunity to speak, hesitantly spoke out his words
“While ere going through the list of shareholders for the casino, we found out that one person had pulled out from the entire ordeal”
“Hm?”
Isaac pressured Soland to continue with silence, his eyes coldly narrowing
“Z, Zeroo and pulled out of the business”
“Zerohts to the southern ays”
“He pulled out of the whole thing, you said?”