Chapter 3 Kill Him Now!

"What's going on? Mario, don't do anything rash."

At that moment, Alice, who had been silent on stage, stepped forward. She exuded an aura of nobility mixed with the dangerous allure of a black widow.

Just standing there was enough to capture everyone's attention.

She looked down at Leo from her elevated position, a sharp glint flashing in her beautiful eyes, her face breaking into a well-practiced smile. "So you're Leo. Luke mentioned you many times. He said that even though you weren't blood-related, you were closer than real brothers."

"Meeting you today, I can see you're quite remarkable."

"However..." Alice's tone shifted, "Luke has been gone for over a year now. The dead can't come back to life. You should understand that dead money sitting in a bank helps no one. By reorganizing and investing it, I'm letting Luke's legacy continue in another form."

"Today is a big day for my new company. I don't want things to get ugly. If you're smart, leave now, and I'll pretend nothing happened."

Alice's words were hypocritical to the extreme, yet flawlessly delivered.

She gave Leo considerable leeway.

Hearing this, Leo glanced at Alice, his expression darkening slightly.

This was the woman his friend had protected with his life, and she could make swallowing a dead man's money sound so righteous.

However, Leo's heart was like iron. Alice's words couldn't stir even a ripple of emotion in him.

"Since you've stepped forward, it's time we settled our accounts."

Leo said calmly, "If Luke knew that his family's destruction was orchestrated by you and the Romano family working together, and now you're using his hard-earned money to open a casino."

"I wonder what he'd think from heaven."

"Luke's death—I'm giving you a chance. Explain it now."

At these words, the venue erupted in shock.

Everyone present changed color, unable to believe their ears.

"Did I hear that right? This lunatic dares to say such things in front of Alice, he's asking for death..."

"Alice is Mario's favorite right now. This Leo guy has no sense at all."

"He's offended both the Romano family and Alice. Today, even God can't save him."

Below, Chloe looked anxious, beads of sweat forming on her forehead, completely at a loss.

She never expected Leo to be so bold as to publicly question Alice.

What was he trying to do?

Alice's face stiffened, then she put on a hurt expression. "Leo, I really don't understand what you're saying..."

"Everyone knows I loved Luke deeply. How could I harm him? I'm just a weak woman. In this cutthroat business world, I need someone to rely on to protect what little Luke left behind!"

Her acting was flawless.

Especially the pitiful expression on her face, which immediately won the sympathy of most people present.

"Sir, making a mistake in business is forgivable, but crossing the wrong person can get you killed."

Mario's face turned dark, his expression twisted and cold. "On the Romano family's turf, disrupting my event, bullying my business partner—are you trying to humiliate me?"

"If word gets out, where's my dignity? If I don't teach you a lesson today, everyone will think they can push the Romano family around."

With that, Mario pulled out a diamond-encrusted custom handgun from his waist.

It was handcrafted by a famous Italian artisan, limited to three pieces worldwide, the body embedded with South African blood diamonds that sparkled brilliantly under the lights.

Mario toyed with the gun as he walked toward Leo step by step.

Bodyguards immediately surrounded them, blocking all escape routes.

"Know how much this gun costs?" Mario sneered, gently tapping Leo's cheek with the barrel. "Five million dollars."

"Using it to blow your head off would be an insult to this work of art."

"But..."

Mario suddenly pressed the barrel against Leo's temple, madness flashing in his eyes.

"Today's the new company launch. Perfect timing to use your blood for the ceremony. In front of all of Chicago's elite, let them see what happens to those who block the Romano family's path!"

The sound of the safety clicking off was particularly sharp in the silent hall.

Chloe covered her mouth in fear, tears streaming down her face.

Other guests backed away, afraid of getting splattered with blood.

At this critical moment.

Leo's figure flashed like a ghost.

Mario only saw a blur before the gun was snatched from his hand, followed by a bone-chilling coldness.

Leo had somehow grabbed a champagne flute from the top of the nearby tower and crushed it with his bare hand. The sharp glass shards became like a blade in his grip.

The pointed glass shard pierced precisely through Mario's gun hand at the wrist, pinning his shoulder firmly to the pillar behind him!

"You..."

Mario's eyes widened as he let out a scream, blood gushing out like a fountain.

The warm blood splattered across Alice's face, staining her elegant black dress with a layer of dark red.

"Ah..."

Alice let out a piercing scream, her pretense of elegance completely gone as she collapsed to the ground.

The scene fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was too shocked by this bloody scene to speak.

The Romano family's second son, a Chicago underworld boss, had just had his hand crippled?

However, what happened next shocked everyone even more.

Leo leaned close to the screaming Mario's ear, his voice cold as a judgment from hell. "You won't touch a single penny of that fund. And I won't let you die so easily."

"I'll make the Romano family members die one by one in front of you."

"Your father, your brothers, your men... I'll make you watch your family crumble to dust in my hands. Finally, I'll personally send you to hell to apologize to Luke!"

With that, Leo grabbed a white napkin and methodically wiped the blood from his hands, tossed it in Mario's face, then turned and strode toward the exit.

Not one of the dozen or so bodyguards dared to stop him.

They were all paralyzed by the terrifying killing intent radiating from Leo.

This was a true god of death who had walked through mountains of corpses and crossed seas of blood!

"Stop! Stop right there!"

Alice finally snapped out of it, her face contorted as she screamed hysterically, "Kill him! Kill him now! If you don't kill him, you'll all die!"

However, the bodyguards looked at each other, and not one dared to move.

They'd all been in gangs and seen plenty of tough guys.

But someone like Leo—this was their first time.

That aura of death emanating from his very bones instinctively filled them with fear.

Leo didn't look back, walking straight out of the Diamond Palace Hotel.

Leaving behind pools of blood, Mario howling while pinned to the pillar, and Alice, whose launch event was completely ruined.

Not until Leo disappeared into the night did the banquet hall erupt with gasps...

Single-handedly disrupting a mafia event, severely injuring Mario, and publicly issuing a death sentence to the entire Romano family.

Such audacity—if they hadn't witnessed it themselves, no one would believe it was real.

Chicago was about to change!

Watching Leo's disappearing figure, Chloe's beautiful eyes rippled with uncertainty.

What had Leo experienced all these years?

Why had he become this Reaper-like existence?

Alice's expression slowly shifted from terror to extreme viciousness.

She looked at the agonized Mario, then stared hard at the bloodied napkin on the floor.

Overwhelming hatred filled her heart. "Leo... you shouldn't be so arrogant."

"You think that by using brute force to hurt Mario, you can stop the asset reorganization, you can destroy the Romano family?"

"Too naive."

"When Mario's father, the Romano family's godfather, finds out about this..."

"You'll die a horrible, horrible death!"