Rancho sabotaged the speech of their classmate, Silencer, to prove to his friend, Raju Rastogi, that memorizing without understanding is useless. His plan was a success!

Later one night, cloaked by darkness and rain, Sullivan ambushes and kills Rooney's bodyguards with a Thompson submachine gun before walking up to Rooney, who accepts his fate and states, "I'm glad it's you," as Sullivan shoots him at point-blank range. With no further reason to protect Connor, Nitti reveals his location, after making Sullivan promise to end the feud. Sullivan goes to the hotel where Connor is hiding and kills him in the bathtub.