Li Du did not feel like drinking and so the treasure hunters did not force him to . The
bunch of treasure hunters got out of their car and gathered in front of the alcohol stall .
They filled their cups and started drinking .
The auction would begin the next day, and many treasure hunters had long arrived . It
was because Li Du had wanted to stay with Sophie longer that he had arrived late .
Smuggler warehouse auction was a large-scale event . There were many valuable
things inside . However, the extraordinarily valuable items were few .
Now that Li Du possessed a lot of money, he was no longer uptight about warehouse
auctions . The main reason he was still participating in them was that he wanted to fulfill
Hans's dream of joining the Million Dollar Club .
According to the rules, one had to earn more than a million dollars' worth of profits on
four occasions before being able to qualify for the Million Dollar Club . Li Du and Hans
had already achieved a million dollar profit twice and they needed to do so two more
times to qualify .
Of course, if they counted the time when they had landed their hands on Van Gogh's
original painting, they have achieved a million dollars thrice .
However, that occasion could not be taken into account . They had not retrieved the oil
painting from their warehouse . They had gotten it from the warehouse owner . It was
considered as picking up something that others left behind, and not as loot from a
warehouse auction .
Li Du's goal for this auction was to land his hands on a warehouse worth two million
dollars .
The warehouse to be auctioned this time was considered a state-owned asset . It was
located near the border . Under the lead of Hans, they drove towards the location of the
warehouse .
When the car neared the warehouse, Li Du spotted the familiar figure of Princeps .
Princeps looked worse than before . He had lost his arrogance, wore a gloomy face, and
looked lifeless and weighed down .
Li Du pretended not to see him . However, Hans wanted to tease him and called out to
Princeps, "Hey, buddy! Long time no see . When did you get out of prison? Heard that
your prostitutes were arrested too?"
Princeps said coolly, "That's right . Nothing surprising . It's not like the two of you haven't
been arrested . You guys got out fast too . "
Hearing that, Li Du felt that something was not right . He frowned and said, "What do you
mean?"
Princeps revealed a strange smile and said, "Haha, the two of you were checking out
the prostitutes at a Korean spa and then the cops arrested you . That was what I was
referring to . "
Hans started to get anxious . Li Du held him back and looked at Princeps . He said, "No,
we did not go looking for whores . That was a misunderstanding . But how did you know
about that?"
Princeps hummed and avoided his question . He said, "Haha, you can say what you
want . In any case, I admire the two of you . The two of you messed around with one
chick . You two are really good brothers . "
Li Du continued to stare at him and said, "You were keeping an eye on us . You were the
one who called the police, right?"
Hans finally realized what must have happened and said, "Is that so? No wonder, that
Korean bathhouse was a lawful place . Why would the police come knocking on the
door? Our luck could not have been that bad!"
Li Du had also considered himself unlucky . He had just entered the bathhouse when the
policemen came to arrest him for engaging with prostitutes . Now it seemed that it was
no mere chance . The policemen had arrived thanks to a tipoff .
Princeps replied coldly, "That's right . That was me . Why? Wasn't it thanks to you guys
that I was arrested too?"
Li Du shook his head and kept silent . There was nothing for him to say . They had
violated the law and discipline or, to be exact, Hans had done that . There was nothing
wrong with people reporting .
Seeing that Li Du stayed quiet, Princeps took the opportunity to continue provoking him .
He said, "How did it feel for you two when you both were messing around with the same
slut? I heard that you got engaged, Li . Did you get engaged to that Korean woman from
that time? Was she that good?"
"You're asking for a beating!" Li Du said calmly .
Princeps could mock them with that incident because Li Du was the one who had
reported him to the policemen to arrest him on another occasion . Hence, it was kind of
fair that Princeps should pay them back with the same coin .
However, now that he was dragging Sophie into the picture, Li Du could not bear it .
Brother Wolf walked towards him . There were still some treasure hunters around
Princeps, all from the Tucson gang .
The men gathered behind Princeps . There were more than twenty of them, all big-sized .
If Brother Wolf were to strike, he would likely be beaten .
Li Du held Brother Wolf back, which made Princeps turn even more arrogant . He said,
"You thought that the Tucson gang was doomed, right? Haha, dream on . We, the
Tucson guys, have tons of brothers . This is our territory, we have more men, more…
f*ck!"
He was just about to get even more arrogant when he saw Li Du take a gun out of his
clothes .
Faced with the muzzle, the big men in the Tucson gang were shocked . Someone
shouted, "Run!"
Li Du pulled the trigger . The gun did not emit the common loud shot, but let out the
sound of chi-chi, as though the air was escaping a tire .
One bullet struck Princeps . After lashing out, Princeps stumbled . Then, both his legs
gave way and he fell down . It looked like he was suffering from an epilepsy attack as he
started to flail and twitch on the ground .
Li Du had used the taser gun that he bought from Princeps . It was ironic that the gun's
first shot was at Princeps .
Princeps did not get stunned, but could only convulse on the ground .
The Tucson men could not believe their eyes . It was the first time they saw someone
fire a shot wordlessly and on their territory . They were at a loss for what to do .
Someone shouted, "Who are you? I am telling you, bastard, you are going to regret
this!"
"If you dare, leave your name and wait for us to sort you out!"
"Big boss Princeps, boss Princeps, wake up . Ah, big boss Princeps, you couldn't have
died, right?"
The questions from the treasure hunters surprised Li Du . He asked them, "You guys do
not know who I am?"
A bunch of them looked him in the eye and said, "Do you think you are a superstar?
Why would we know who you are?"
Hans rubbed his nose and bellowed, "I know what's going on . These dumbasses are
people Princeps just pulled together to form a gang . The treasure hunters from before
have betrayed him and left him, the poor chap!"
Li Du had not expected Princeps' current situation to be that poor . He had heard from
Hans that the Tucson gang had fallen apart and two groups have split up from Princeps .
However, he had thought that there would still be some old treasure hunters from before
who would stay with Princeps . He had not expected Princeps to be left with a handful of
newbies .
Besides, seeing it made him realize that these people were all new to the treasure
hunter trade . They did not even know about the tussle between Li Du and Princeps .
The newbies did not possess the courage of experienced treasure hunters . They helped
Princeps up and wanted to leave . However, the electricity was still running through
Princeps's body . The two newbies who interacted with Princeps almost fell to the
ground from the current as well .
All they could do was wrap their clothes around their arms to support Princeps and take
him to the car .
Soon, a police car came by . A policeman held his gun as he stayed behind the car door,
looking at Li Du and his party . Another policeman got out of the car and asked, "Who
fired a shot and injured someone?"
Li Du pretended to be innocent when the two policemen came over to search him . How
could they have found the taser gun? He had long hidden it in the black hole space .
The police did not manage to find the taser gun and there was nothing they could do
about the incident . The border inspectors were not that strict . Besides, the gun Li Du
had used was a taser, not a real gun .
Hans made a few calls to inquire about the situation with the Tucson gang . It turned out
that the gang was torn apart and completely disintegrated . However, there were now
many Tucson gangs . Many were waving the Tucson flag, recruiting people .
Chapter end
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