"Clang~"
Luca casually tossed aside the iron bar he had picked up, looking at Dragan, who lay sprawled at his feet like a dead dog, his expression calm, not saying a word.
He reached out and took the clean handkerchief Samira offered him, casually wiped his mechanical prosthesis a few times, and then fell into contemplation.
At first, Dragan racked his brain trying to exonerate himself.
Unfortunately, the man named Barton was much more sensible than him; knowing he was caught this time, he honestly confessed everything he knew, only asking for a quick death.
As for Dragan, he wasn't a tough guy to begin with, and after Samira used a few small tricks.
Luca, who already had a general understanding, basically filled in the remaining information.
According to Dragan, there were two minor shareholders in Orange Industries who had always had some cooperation with Kingpin.
After the Battle of New York, these two unfortunate minor shareholders 'coincidentally' all died, and this made Kingpin notice Orange Industries, or rather, Luca, the child holding a gold brick.
Perhaps Kingpin wanted to use Orange Industries as a springboard to secure the contract for handling alien debris after the Manhattan disaster, or perhaps he simply coveted Orange Industries' assets.
In any case, after some investigation, Kingpin proactively sought out Dragan, who was on the verge of being unable to survive in Las Vegas.
He wanted to use his Orange identity to swallow the entire Orange Industries in one gulp.
However, the initial Kingpin might have made two preparations.
Either be gentle, let Dragan mislead Luca, this 'ignorant youth,' into voluntarily giving up control of the company.
Or be efficient, directly kill Luca and make Dragan his puppet.
However, even though Dragan had no cards in his hand, he still had his own little schemes.
Clearly, even as a puppet, he preferred to directly control the entire Orange Industries, so he directly ruined that 'long-awaited reunion' with Luca.
Dragan vehemently denied involvement in the subsequent car accident.
Luca also believed it should have been Kingpin's doing, as it happened too quickly.
'Perhaps something unexpected happened that made Kingpin somewhat anxious?'
Normally, that kind of car accident would basically be a sure kill, and the timing was just right, shortly after he left the cemetery.
Afterward, Kingpin would only need to use some connections, and without evidence, it wouldn't affect his subsequent involvement in Orange Industries at all.
However, after the car accident, Luca himself was perfectly fine, and Kingpin seemed to have learned that Pepper Potts had appeared at the funeral.
The famous Tony Stark might have some unclear relationship with Luca.
Unwilling to provoke Iron Man, Kingpin decisively abandoned the too-flashy overt assassination, preparing to seize Orange Industries through 'legal' means, so that no matter the success or failure, he would have a way to clear himself.
And Dragan, naturally, became his bargaining chip.
'On the other hand, tonight's night raid...'
Looking at Dragan, who was like a dead dog, Luca shook his head speechlessly.
These people were indeed Kingpin's subordinates, but Kingpin had not arranged for them to assassinate Luca.
Their true identity was actually 'bodyguards' assigned to guard Dragan.
However, Dragan, with his glib tongue honed from swindling in Las Vegas, successfully persuaded these people to eliminate Luca for him, promising them a large sum of money afterward to help them escape, which is why they chose to send everyone out and attack Luca's Villa in the middle of the night.
"So, where did that large sum of money you mentioned come from?"
As he spoke, Luca lifted his foot and ground it on Dragan's three fingers on his right hand, making him scream again in agony.
"Ah ah~~ It's gone, there's no money left, I was lying to them, all the money I had I already gave to them! Ah ah~~ Please spare me!"
"No money left? These people will definitely have to run after betraying Kingpin, if you can't produce the money, aren't you afraid they'll just kill you before they run?" Luca asked curiously, his foot pausing slightly.
"They… ah, they definitely wouldn't dare. Just killing… killing you, they would also be helping Kingpin, and Kingpin wouldn't want to hunt them down. But killing me would mean destroying all of Kingpin's plans, and then Kingpin definitely wouldn't let them off."
"Moreover, as long as I'm alive and control the company, I'll definitely make up that money for them later! Really!"
At this point, Dragan's mind had completely collapsed; he explained everything, desperate to suffer less.
Luca, seeing his appearance, rolled his eyes under his glasses.
'It seems he does have some brains, but only a little...'
For a moment, he didn't know whether to admire his courage and confidence or to mock his ignorance and arrogance.
Dragan's idea was simple: if he were the only heir left to Orange Industries, as long as Kingpin didn't want the company's assets to fall into the government's hands, he would definitely keep him alive.
At that time, even as a puppet, he could outwardly enjoy the wealth and fame.
It's just…
Logically, the fact that he could persuade those guards to betray Kingpin for non-existent money while under custody should mean he had some skill.
But did he not consider whether Kingpin would turn around and kill him after this was done?
Or did he think that after 'cooperating' with Kingpin, he could rest easy forever?
However, Luca, who had by then gathered almost all the information, was too lazy to dwell on these minor details and directly asked the last question.
"Who has the share transfer contracts for those two deceased shareholders?"
Hearing this, Dragan, who had been trembling, suddenly tensed up, his face filled with an unconcealable despair.
Seeing his gaze, Luca nodded with a calm expression.
"I understand."
Dragan immediately felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
The next moment.
Luca raised the Dominator in his hand.
"Bang~"
A gunshot.
Dragan's body on the ground twisted violently, and then his upper body exploded into a mess of flesh.
Looking at his suit jacket, which had been splattered with a few drops of blood, Luca secretly clicked his tongue twice.
'Sure enough, I shouldn't use lethal mode this close, it's f*cking disgusting!'
Samira, standing beside him, looked a bit pained and said, "Young Master, next time you can let me do it. There's no need for you to dirty your hands."
Luca merely waved his hand indifferently, taking off his blood-stained suit jacket and casually covering Dragan's gruesome corpse.
Young Master Luca was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see such bloody scenes.
"Young Master, should we start faking the kidnapping scene?" Samira asked.
Yes, according to Luca's previous plan, he intended to stage this incident as if he had been attacked at home and then kidnapped to this location by thugs.
Finally, he and Samira, his loyal bodyguard, would use their intelligence to successfully counter-kill the enemies and escape.
Afterward, they would either call the police or directly summon Tony Stark.
This way, everything he did today would be reasonable and legal, and he wouldn't leave a bad initial impression on Iron Man, the superhero.
However, after understanding the whole story, Luca hesitated again.
Now, besides solving the problem and retaliating against Kingpin, Luca had some other ideas.
Well, to put it bluntly, he had his eyes on the shares in Kingpin's possession.
And… he didn't want to spend money.
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