UNDER HIS RULES

“Can you contact your mom, Ra?” Beatrice asked anxiously. She didn’t know what they were actually facing, but everyone helping them to get out of this house seemed tense.

“Yes. Someone picked her up half an hour ago and said it was Bang Sam’s people,” replied Beatrice with relief. Anne, who had been waiting for news about Hera’s mother, also expressed her relief. “Thank goodness,” she said with a sigh of relief. Then she went back to her laptop screen, which controlled several things, especially related to Sam’s main headquarters.

“Boss,” Anne greeted as she saw Sam’s face appear in the corner of her laptop screen.

“Is everything taken care of?”

“Yes. There’s a decoy signal left that I’ll launch in five minutes,” Anne responded.

Sam nodded.

“Has everyone followed what I wanted?”

“Yes.”

Again, Sam nodded. “Don’t lose sight of Gerald and his men. Contact Ferdi once Gerald’s perimeter is crossed.”

“Understood, Boss.” Anne wasn’t someone who liked to ask a lot of questions, but Sam’s order to empty the main headquarters seemed too strange to her.

Anne knew what Sam had been doing all this time, but what did it have to do with the headquarters? “Is Gerald brave enough to attack the South Division?” Anne asked with a hint of doubt, afraid that her boss would be offended.

“I’ve given Gerald a bag of corpses as a gift. He’ll definitely chase after me wherever I go, including attacking the headquarters.”

Anne furrowed her brow.

“It’s a payback for Tony’s death, Anne. I won’t let my men die in vain. You know Yengki, right?”

Anne was silent.

“For me, life pays for life, Anne. If you’re really on my side, you know what you have to do.”

“My loyalty is only to you, Boss,” Anne quickly retorted.

“Well then, make sure Beatrice reaches the location I want safely.”

“Understood, Boss.”

Beatrice heard all the conversation clearly. She had wanted to interrupt, but she truly didn’t understand anything about the world Sam was immersed in. Meanwhile, she was now, willingly or unwillingly, caught in Sam’s world. Everything she had heard since then had made the hair on the back of her neck stand up. Sudden fear engulfed her strongly.

“Are we… in danger, An?” Beatrice asked softly. She was also afraid of disturbing Anne’s concentration. Since then, the girl’s eyes hadn’t moved from the laptop screen in her lap.

“Don’t let it happen. That’s why we’re running before anyone finds out. The Boss has anticipated what his enemies could do to us.”

“But there were still many left earlier, right?” Beatrice suddenly remembered how many people Sam had.

Beatrice’s words made Anne laugh. She relaxed her glasses a bit.

Zein’s car was moving at an above-average speed. In front of them, there was also a car escorting them. Behind them, there were five accompanying cars tailing them. Bella was among them, being forcibly dragged along because she resisted and was difficult to control. However, the woman’s presence in Sam’s headquarters couldn’t be ignored.

For Sam, the order to empty the headquarters meant that none of his people should be left behind, except for Squad Arvery. The team that Sam specifically formed to be the main shield when the attack came. Being involved in a world where bloodshed easily occurred, Sam managed many things. Including his strength in terms of weaponry and trained loyal soldiers.

He… wasn’t just an ordinary thug who only provided loans with high interest rates, as Beatrice knew. Or someone who caused trouble and chaos in various places.

Samuel Aaric Cyril was also a leader of the Twin Dragon Clan who handled many things, where even the police had to mingle with them. Otherwise, Sam wouldn’t hesitate to show his power.

Unfortunately, Sam didn’t like politics.

One thing Gerald could do where Sam found his limit was politics.

“An,” Beatrice called anxiously. “Are there still many left?”

“Don’t worry,” Anne replied. Beatrice kept glancing back at the cars following them. Her face clearly showed concern. Even when she was about to get into the car, she still asked about the others. However, the situation they were facing was equally tense and time was pressing.

Gerald knew what Sam was doing at Mansion De Faux. Their current goal was Sam’s headquarters located on the western edge of the South Division. It was a perfect place to serve as the main stronghold of the Twin Dragon Clan. A place Gerald knew the exact location of.

“We will meet again at the point Boss wants,” Anne said confidently. “Zein, take a right turn into the Frost Forest tunnel. Two cars behind us will follow, while the others will go left towards the outer South toll road.”

“Understood, An.” Without wasting any time, Zein immediately turned the steering wheel to the right. They quickly executed the planned instructions to disperse and eliminate any traces. Anne also released five decoy signals into the air.

Ute, sitting behind Beatrice, could only rub her shoulder to calm her down. Hera, who was sitting next to Ute, couldn’t comment much either. Anne had said that Hera and her mother could be new targets for Gerald because of the gift Sam had given earlier.

Beatrice felt like her life was just beginning now. Not when she was forcibly dragged into a stuffy room, filled with the strong scent of alcohol and smoke.

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“Are we going to Flown?” Rulli asked, repeating Sam’s strange command. In their previous communication with Anne, Sam never mentioned going to Flown first.

“Don’t question Boss’s orders!” Hugo threw a water bottle cap at Rulli, which Sam had just taken a sip from.

Rulli winced and looked down. He immediately stepped on the gas pedal to quickly arrive at Flown Discotheque.

“Have you secured it?” Sam asked without even looking at his assistant.

“It’s done.”

“Jack?”

Hugo paused his phone, which he was playing with, for a moment. “Jack? Why with that giant kid?”

“He’s a valuable asset, Hugo. Whatever he asks for, you go through Jack.”

Hugo laughed heartily. “I forgot he’s our gold mine.” He immediately made a call to one of his trusted contacts. “Have you heard Boss’s orders today?” he asked Jack on the other end of the line without any preamble.

“I have. Just bother someone else.”

“Get ready, I’ll be at Flown soon.”

There was a groan on the other end. “I’m almost done. I’m just waiting for the code from Anne.”

“Boss doesn’t want the headquarters to be damaged.”

“Goodness. Our Boss sometimes has uncontrollable thoughts! How can a counterattack not damage the headquarters? Besides, if you want to give a gift, it should be a good forest prey. Wild boar, red eagle, or golden antlered deer!”

Hugo burst into laughter at all of Jack’s complaints. “Talk to the Boss yourself.” Unable to resist, he handed his phone to Sam, who glanced at it cynically.

“Boss, if you don’t want the headquarters to be damaged, don’t make a fuss!” Jack said with annoyance. “Everything has been calculated, but still, there will be losses.”

“It’s time to test the resilience of the new fortress, right? Don’t you remember who insisted on having shields around the headquarters?”

Jack sighed again. “Whatever Boss wants!”

Sam grinned. “Do it, Jack. I’m coming there to pick you up. After that, we’ll leave. There’s a fifteen-minute window before Gerald realizes he’s been tricked.” The screen that Sam had been watching displayed almost ten or fifteen moving red dots converging on scattered green points. The green points were the diversion signals Anne had released into the air using Sam’s sophisticated gadget.

To slow down Gerald’s arrival at Sam’s headquarters and prevent its destruction. Unfortunately, Sam was also late in setting up separate security there. He wouldn’t let a four-story luxurious house and his parents’ legacy be destroyed by Gerald.

Whoever started playing, especially by using the blood of people Sam trusted, would face his retaliation without hesitation.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Understood, Boss.”

Hugo handed the phone back, which was then used for playing games again. Sam chuckled softly, but he also took out his phone. No, Sam wasn’t interested in playing like Hugo. There was only one thing he was focused on now.

“Are you afraid?” Sam asked as soon as he received a response on the phone.

“What… Will everyone be safe?”

Sam laughed with a trembling tone in response to the girl’s worried question on the other end. “Why do you think about others? Don’t you think about yourself, Beatrice?”

“That’s not it,” Beatrice replied with frustration. “I feel like I’m being chased by a whole battalion of police for committing a criminal act. But I’m a good citizen, right?”

Once again, Sam burst into laughter.

“What… When I reach the designated point, will you be there too?”

“I still have unfinished business.”

Beatrice let out a soft sigh.

“Why? Are you afraid I won’t show up there?”

“Well… yeah. The sound of gunshots earlier scared me,” Beatrice whispered.

“Don’t worry. Zein will protect you. Anne and Ute are there too.”

“But… can they use guns?”

“They can.” Sam couldn’t hide his laughter anymore.

In her mind, Beatrice asked with innocent eyes and a cute blink. Her long, curly eyelashes and black eyes made Beatrice’s face even more adorable. Unfortunately, Sam couldn’t enjoy it directly because of the matters he had to prioritize. “Anne is skilled in martial arts. Ute can handle opponents up to five people.”

Suddenly, Beatrice looked intently at Ute and Anne. “Seriously?”

“Do you ever know when I’m joking? Especially in a situation like this?”

At the other end, Beatrice blinked softly. “Impressive.”

“I always place you near people I trust, Beatrice. No one will be able to hurt you. Just relax. I guarantee it.”

For some reason, those words warmed her heart. “Thank you,” Beatrice said sincerely.

“As a return, you know what to do when I’m in front of you, right?”