The bald man chuckled upon hearing Lu Pan’s words, “Kid, that depends on whether you have the ability!”
With that, he signaled to the men beside him.
With a whoosh.
Several men charged into the crowd, subduing five or six individuals. With swift strikes, it was unclear how many fingers were severed.
“Ahhh!”
A string of screams erupted, and the scent of blood permeated the casino. Fear gripped everyone, lest they be next.
“Ah, my fingers, my fingers!”
“I don’t want them anymore, I don’t want my money, just give me back my fingers!”
“Mine either, let me go, let me leave!”
Screams and gasps of horror rose and fell.
At this moment, the guests who had come to gamble only wished to escape the tide of money. They did not want to be like lambs led to the slaughter, surrendering their fate to others.
*Bang*—
A gunshot silenced the casino.
“If anyone dares to utter another word, I’ll shoot them dead!” The bald man blew the smoke from his gun, looking at everyone with extreme arrogance.
Lu Pan felt no sympathy for these gamblers. Lu Yuansen’s audacity in opening a casino in Qingcheng made these people his greatest accomplices.
“Since you are the guest, you go first!”
The bald man holstered his gun and eyed Lu Pan coldly, awaiting his bet.
Lu Pan replied calmly, “Double.”
“Count!” the bald man commanded.
Soon, the results were in.
The dealer shouted loudly, “A total of four hundred and eighty-nine fingers!”
“Haha, you lost, leave a hand behind,” the bald man said, a satisfied look on his face.
Lu Pan, however, laughed, “Who said I lost?”
“What? You’re trying to renege?” The bald man’s eyes glinted with malice.
Lu Pan shook his head with a smile, “Of course not, but… it’s even numbers now!”
As Lu Pan spoke, the bald man felt a sudden numbness in his left pinky.
He quickly looked down, his eyes widening in shock. His pinky finger was gone.
“So, I won,” Lu Pan smiled at the bald man, as if the outcome was precisely as he had predicted.
“You cheated!” The bald man, enduring the pain, pointed his gun at Lu Pan.
Lu Pan looked at the bald man up close, his gaze chilling, and said with a smile, “Cheated? No, no, no, this is the rule of the game, isn’t it?”
“I’ll shoot you!”
With a fierce roar, the bald man fired a shot at Lu Pan’s knee.
Because Lu Hao had instructed him, he dared not shoot Lu Pan dead.
Ah!
The gunshot once again sent the crowd into a panic, and they all huddled in the corners, under the gambling tables, fearing being hit by bullets.
The bald man stared wide-eyed at Lu Pan, a look of terror on his face.
Lu Pan stood before him unscathed, his icy gaze making the bald man feel as if he had plunged into an ice cave.
“You said something right earlier, I’m here to trash the place today!”
With two shots, Lu Pan crippled the bald man’s knees.
With a thud, the bald man knelt before Lu Pan, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Lu Pan, “You, you dare to trash the Lu family’s establishment, Master Lu will not let you go!”
“This was originally just a hotel, I didn’t expect Lu Yuansen to turn it into a club, even a den of iniquity. I’m just taking back what belongs to me!”
Lu Pan toyed with his pistol, his tone utterly relaxed, as if the Lu family elders around him were no more than ants in his eyes.
“Go, hit him for me! Kill him!”
The bald man, enduring the piercing pain in his legs, gave the order.
At this point, whether Lu Pan lived or died was no longer that important to him.
Hatred blinded him, making him forget Lu Hao’s words. He only wanted Lu Pan to pay the price!!
*Whoosh whoosh*—
At that moment, two figures appeared like specters, sweeping through the crowd.
Everyone only saw a blur. The thugs, all armed with guns, fell to the ground, groaning in pain.
Ye Wudao and Feng Tutu, having dealt with everyone, returned to Lu Pan’s side.
“Had enough to drink?” Lu Pan looked at the two of them.
“Boss, how could I dare to drink when you were fighting here?” Ye Wudao awkwardly scratched his head.
“Take this man back and make him explain everything that happened here!” Lu Pan pointed at the bald man, giving instructions.
As he spoke, Lu Pan glanced up at the camera in the corner of the casino.
In the private room, Lu Hao met Lu Pan’s mocking gaze and trembled all over.
He both hated and feared Lu Pan!
“Lu Pan, you damned Lu Pan, my Lu family is irreconcilable with you!” Lu Hao roared at Lu Pan on the video like a madman.
“Young Master, let’s leave first!” another masked man in black appeared.
“Mobilize everyone, we must capture him!” Lu Hao’s face was filled with unwillingness.
How could Lu Pan, having barged into their Lu family’s territory, be allowed to leave unscathed?
“Young Master, don’t worry, you leave first, the rest is up to your subordinate!”
With that, the black-clad man pressed a button, and a hidden passage appeared in the private room.
Lu Hao quickly departed.
Lu Pan withdrew his gaze and said, “Notify the Governor’s Mansion, tell Zhao Changming…”
*Clang*—
Before Lu Pan could finish speaking, the casino doors were pushed open, and over a dozen guards in Governor’s Mansion uniforms rushed in.
“Everyone, hands up, don’t move!”
Captain Cui Dahai of the guards walked in, accompanied by Deputy Commander Liu Sanbao.
Liu Sanbao glanced at the bald man kneeling on the ground, in a pathetic state, a hidden glint flashing in his eyes.
Lu Pan frowned, looking at the Governor’s Mansion guards who had suddenly burst in, he vaguely guessed something.
The expression beneath his mask turned a few degrees colder.
“Gathering for gambling and harboring filth here, take everyone back, don’t let anyone go, interrogate them one by one!”
Liu Sanbao, beside Cui Dahai, suddenly spoke, his gaze fixed on Lu Pan and the other two, a fierce look in his eyes, “Especially these three, they might be the masterminds behind this casino, take them back for further interrogation!”
“Nonsense!” Feng Tutu immediately became angry and blurted out, “You dog official, stop spewing slander here. I think you’re in cahoots with the owner of this casino!”
“Utterly baseless!”
Liu Sanbao did not expect Feng Tutu to be so sharp-tongued, and he retorted angrily, “I am Liu Sanbao, Deputy Commander of Qingcheng. I received a report that this place is suspected of gambling, which is why I brought my men here.”
Feng Tutu, however, looked unconvinced and continued to question, “You’re telling that ridiculous story to yourself, aren’t you? The Governor’s Mansion guards have no law enforcement authority. As Deputy Commander, don’t you know that?”
“You!” Liu Sanbao was stunned, not expecting Feng Tutu to know so much.
“As I said, I received an immediate report, so I had to bring the guards first!” Liu Sanbao’s face was grim, “Cui Dahai, what are you waiting for? Take everyone back quickly!”
“Yes!” Cui Dahai obeyed.
“Also, send the injured to the hospital for treatment first,” Liu Sanbao said, looking again at the bald man.
Gratitude flickered in the bald man’s eyes.
Lu Pan observed everything.
“His life belongs to me now. Whoever dares to touch him will die!”
Lu Pan said suddenly, looking at the two guards who stepped forward.
Instantly, a chill spread outwards from Lu Pan.
The vast casino’s temperature plummeted to sub-zero in an instant.