Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 91: I'm not here to negotiate with you

The entertainment industry in Green Street is one of the most developed districts in the outer city.

Because of the mysterious Lady Filov behind it, there are many wealthy people from the inner city who come here for entertainment and consumption. Especially for gambling projects that the inner city does not have, such as bloody gladiator arenas, even just the commission from those gambling high rollers is an exaggerated amount.

Usually, such entertainment venues are under the protection of the underworld, dealing with things that are more convenient for the local bosses to handle.

For example, thieves, cheaters, non-paying customers, troublemaking drinkers, illegal human trafficking, hallucinogenic potions... and some other shady deals.

It's not that the behind-the-scenes bosses are incapable of handling these matters, but outsourcing them with some money can save a lot of trouble and even be a win-win situation.

Originally, the situation was that the Cross Society had the power to control Green Street.

And because the benefactors behind the Cross Society could bring some high-quality customers to the entertainment industry on this street, everyone was happy.

But now, the third branch of the Reyes family has obtained the ownership of some major venues in the Green Street area, and the situation has changed.

Young Master Martin wants to kick out the Cross Society and bring in his own Steam Party, which he is closer to.

Originally, many venues on Green Street had shares owned by the Reyes family, such as the gladiator arena "Crimson Citadel" that Su'en always liked to go to, and now the third branch is the major shareholder.

It's reasonable to change the person in charge of one's own industry, and there's nothing wrong with it.

But it's reasonable, but it's not in line with the rules of the underworld.

After all, the outer city is the territory of the three major gangs, and they are all desperate outlaws who live by the sword. They earn their lives with their lives. Why should they listen to you just because you say so?

Originally, negotiations were about give and take.

The ultimate goal of gangsters fighting and killing each other is to make a profit.

The Steam Party does want to come and take a look, make some profit, and even lose a large sum of money, so there is room for negotiation.

That way, everyone can save face.

But Young Master Martin's current intention is to kick the Cross Society out with nothing.

........

"Smoke Ghost" Sangbu looked at the broken old-fashioned on the table, a flash of gloom in his eyes, and suppressed his anger without showing it.

He looked at the young man in the suit upstairs and asked in a deep voice, "Young Master Martin, what do you mean by this?"

"What do I mean? Hehe..."

Young Master Martin sneered, not even looking at this member of the Cross Society, and said, "From now on, Green Street is under my control. Also, please watch your tone and don't think that anyone has the right to talk to me. I didn't come here to negotiate with you. I just let Hogg come to inform you. Within three days, I don't want to see any members of the Cross Society in my venues."

After speaking, he turned his gaze to Smoke Ghost and asked, "Now, do you understand?"

Not only Smoke Ghost, but the faces of everyone in the Cross Society were very ugly.

If someone else spoke so arrogantly, they would probably have already started a fight.

But facing this big shot from the inner city, none of the members of the Cross Society dared to point their guns at him, and they all held back their anger, their faces turning red.

With a cold face, Smoke Ghost spoke again, "Young Master Martin, we will withdraw from your venues, that's not a problem. But by doing this, it might not be easy to explain to Lady Filov..."

Soldier against soldier, general against general.

Smoke Ghost knew very well that he didn't even have the qualification to negotiate with this young master, so he could only bring up the benefactor.

Gang members are all desperate outlaws struggling at the bottom of society, in the upper class of the inner city, they are just lowly "thugs", with miserable lives.

Identity?

Respect?

Thinking too much, they are just tools.

Although it sounds cruel, it is the truth.

Upon hearing this, Young Master Martin coldly said, "If it weren't for Lady Filov's sake, I wouldn't have come in person. Besides, this matter is the business of my Reyes family, and it has nothing to do with Lady Filov..."

This statement directly blocked all the arguments of the members of the Cross Society.

Without even giving face to the benefactor, there is no room for further negotiation.

.......

Upon hearing this, Su'en, outside the tavern window, frowned.

The more powerful the family, the more they value networking, and the less they should offend others so recklessly.

This Young Master Martin looks aggressive and has the arrogant temperament of a spoiled young master. Facing this group of wicked gangsters, Su'en felt that this guy definitely shouldn't be as shallow as he appears.

Not giving face to the Cross Society is one thing, but not even giving face to Lady Filov is quite intriguing.

This kind of completely disrespectful behavior gives the impression that... the other party doesn't care about offending people at all.

"It seems that things have become more complicated..."

Su'en's thoughts started to spin.

He quickly realized that the incident on Green Street was just the tip of the iceberg, involving more high-level power struggles.

The control of several streets' venues wouldn't be enough to make this young master come in person.

If there is no further value, there is no need to give face...

This kind of thing usually happens when a building is about to collapse.

A flash of insight came to Su'en's mind, and from Young Master Martin's words, he quickly deduced two possibilities: 1. Someone wants to take action against the Cross Society; 2. Someone wants to take action against the benefactor behind the Cross Society!"Could it be that someone is planning to target Lady Philo, or the power behind her?"

Upon careful consideration, Su'en immediately felt that his speculation was probably close to the truth.

He had known before that the power behind Philo was closely related to Rena's father. After all, Rena was still her aunt.

If anyone had the ability to force the Reis family to split, wouldn't they take advantage of the situation and weaken them?

In fact, when Rena was assassinated, Su'en had already guessed that things were not that simple.

If it was only through killing that one could rise to power, then the people in the Leonard family who were in charge would be too foolish.

Choosing assassination was probably to create internal conflicts.

Now that Rena was not dead and the consortium was still forcibly split, the high-level members of the Black Tower who had been pushing things behind the scenes had also come to light. But since they had already done it, they had to swallow the criticism.

Splitting the Reis family into seven clearly showed that the other party did not have the ability to kill this behemoth, so they created internal conflicts, rallied some people, divided others, and struck another group...

This was a very clever political strategy.

Therefore, this was also why the Third House did not continue to support the Cross Society, their old partners in the outer city, but turned to the Steam Party. This was actually a true reflection of the internal conflicts being transferred to the outer city.

Thinking of this, Su'en suddenly understood why Martin Young Master was so tough, because he knew that someone was planning to target Lady Philo.

In a flash of thought, Su'en muttered to himself, "If that's the case, there will probably be a lot of deaths in this territorial dispute..."

.......

Martin Young Master slapped all the members of the Cross Society in the face with a few words. Kay, who was beside him, gritted his teeth and muttered under his breath, "This damn Young Master, I really want to shoot him!"

He said it, but no one dared to actually do it.

Even though the Reis family had been split, it had gone from being an "oligarchy" to seven "tycoons".

The Third House was not to be underestimated, and it was definitely not something that a gang in the outer city could provoke.

At this time, Martin Young Master lost patience and no longer stayed in the tavern. He threw two gold coins as if he was giving alms and arrogantly said, "This is for the drinks just now."

Without even looking at the members of the Cross Society, he said, "Remember, three days later, I don't want to see you again."

Then, without looking back, he walked out of the Elephant Tavern with his bodyguards.

The members of the Steam Party followed behind him like foxes behind a tiger's butt, with a triumphant smile on their faces, and left with the Young Master.

The Smoke Ghost and Red Demon, the two executives, had dark faces and remained silent.

Although the members of the Cross Society were filled with anger, no one dared to stop them.

.......

After the enemy left, Kay and the other captains also rushed into the tavern.

As long as the executives gave the order, they could immediately take their weapons and chase after them.

"Smoke Ghost Boss, what should we do now? This damn Steam Party has gone too far!"

"I'm telling you... Let's take our weapons and teach them a lesson! I almost couldn't resist shooting those damn dogs just now."

"That's right! That damn Young Master, I really want to twist his head off!"

"..."

There weren't many gang members who were afraid of trouble, especially those who became captains. They had all crawled out of a pile of dead bodies.

They weren't afraid of fighting. They rolled up their sleeves and were ready to fight immediately.

But the executives clearly knew that there were more internal factors involved in this matter, and they had a higher level of consideration.

Su'en didn't have the qualifications to go in, so he quietly listened outside.

He felt that what he could think of, the executives would definitely be able to think of as well.

If they really started a war now, the Cross Society would lose both in terms of reason and money.

No matter what, would they dare to openly attack a young master of an inner city family?

Killing people might be satisfying, but what about the consequences?

Did they really think that the security and defense forces of the inner city couldn't eliminate a gang because their knives were not fast enough?

The Smoke Ghost suppressed the anger of the crowd and said, "I'll go back to headquarters first and ask the president what he thinks... Don't act impulsively, wait for news."