From Bullets To Billions novel Chapter 72

Chapter 72: A Senstive Question

A wave of chuckles rippled through the Pit members the moment they heard the name.

"Enough!" Wolf barked, instantly silencing them.

"Any name, no matter what it sounds like, deserves respect. It might sound stupid today, but tomorrow, it could be a name none of you would dare to speak aloud."

The name Max had chosen was more than just a title, it was a reflection of what he was going through.

He needed to accept his new life and use everything in it to his advantage.

What stuck with him most was the amount of wealth he had at his fingertips, and the way he intended to use it to build a new empire.

That wealth had come from his bloodline, so mixing the two ideas together felt perfect for this new beginning.

"Hey... wouldn’t it have been better if he, like, brainstormed the name with us first?" Joe asked. "And wait, are we officially part of this Billionaire Bloodline too? Are we, like, a crew now?"

For someone like Joe, who’d just been another delinquent under Ko, the whole thing actually sounded... exciting. Being here in front of a real gang was terrifying at first, but now? Now it felt like he was living out the version of life most delinquents only fantasized about.

In a way, school had just been a smaller, safer version of the real underworld waiting outside its gates.

"Billionaire Bloodline, huh? Makes us sound like some high-class crew..." Steven said, raising an eyebrow. "And I’m anything but wealthy."

"Haha! Yeah, if you made a gang, it’d be called the Broke Bloodline," Joe laughed.

He was immediately rewarded with a slap to the back of the head from Steven.

"Alright," Wolf said, rising to his feet. He looked serious now, ready to move. "From here on out, The Pit agrees to work with the Billionaire Bloodline for this task."

"It’s okay, I’ll come to you," Max said. "I need to send over that deposit payment anyway."

As Max stepped toward Wolf, Aron instinctively followed, but Max turned back, raising a hand to stop him.

"It’s fine," Max said calmly. "I’ll sort this out. We need to show there’s a level of trust between us. If they break that trust, they’ll ruin their own reputation. No one would work with them again, and they’d spend the rest of their lives stuck dealing in petty crime, stealing and selling car parts just to survive."

Some of the Pit members grunted, muttering complaints under their breath, but they knew he wasn’t wrong.

When Max reached Wolf, he sat down on the battered sofa and extended his hand. Wolf accepted it, sealing the deal with a firm handshake.

The two of them continued talking as Max pulled out his phone, requesting Wolf’s payment details to send over the agreed deposit.

While that was happening, Aron turned his gaze back toward Joe and Steven, who, as always were still bickering between themselves.

Eventually, Aron walked over to them.

"Hey, good job messing those two people up earlier," Steven said, offering a nod. "I think that might’ve been what stopped the whole fight from spiraling. I’m still not happy about you cheating in our match, but credit where credit’s due."

Steven clenched his teeth, but reminded himself, they’re just kids... immature kids.

Had so much happened to Max that Aron didn’t know about? And if that was the case, was Max really telling the truth about his amnesia?