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."