"I'll go first. I'm leaving things here to you. I'll take care of the inner city. You guys go all out. In three days, I don't want to see anyone from the Cross Society still on Green Street!"

"Don't worry, Young Master Martin, just leave it to us."

"..."

Outside the Elephant Tavern, "Mad Dog" Hogg led a group of Steam Party members to respectfully see Martin off to his luxurious steam-powered car.

Watching the convoy leave, Hogg breathed a sigh of relief.

It was his first time accompanying such an important figure, and he felt a lot of pressure. He was really afraid that some hothead from the Cross Society wouldn't be able to control their temper in the tavern, or that a gun would go off by accident...

Although there were bodyguards present, Hogg felt that he would bear a great responsibility even if this young master was just startled.

Moreover, if a fight really broke out, the Steam Party would definitely suffer in Cross Society territory.

But now that he had sent off this young master, the mission was perfectly completed.

Hogg was in a great mood, and he called out to the gang, "Let's go, brothers."

The roar of hundreds of motorcycles exploded in their ears, and this group of uninvited guests drove away from Green Street in a mighty manner.

........

Before long, Hogg returned to the Steam Party's gathering place in the Wellington district of East City.

Various mechanical modification shops and parts stores could be seen everywhere.

Illegal prosthetic limb modification was also an important source of income for the Steam Party.

Hogg entered a heavy metal-style tavern and met the president, "Butcher" Banner, in a private room on the second floor.

"President, the matter has been taken care of."

"The Cross Society didn't make any moves, did they?"

"Not for now. It seems like they're going to swallow this loss."

"Good job."

Banner was in a good mood, laughing as he hugged the foxy woman beside him.

Seeing that he was in a good mood, the woman asked coquettishly, "Old man, why is that Young Master Martin willing to personally handle such a small matter?"

"Small matter? This matter is not small."

Banner shook his head with a smile, a look of joy appearing on his face, and explained meaningfully, "If this Green Street matter is handled well, the landscape of the outer city will be different in the future... The Cross Society might take a big tumble this time."

The woman asked again, "But... will the financier behind the Cross Society sit idly by?"

Banner said, "That Madam Fino also has a lot of power in the inner city. If the Reis family hadn't split, we really wouldn't have had any chance. But now... Madam Fino is in a desperate situation herself, so she probably won't tear up the agreement for a bit of territory in the outer city."

The woman seemed to understand something, "Are you saying that someone is going to move the financier behind the Cross Society?"

Banner remained noncommittal and didn't explain much, laughing, "Who knows? We can't worry about the inner city. Just take care of Green Street for now."

"Oh."

The coquettish woman didn't ask any more questions. She thought of something and said faintly, "But... when we met, I always felt that Young Master Martin was looking at me strangely..."

Banner laughed, "Heh, he's a man. How can he walk when he sees you?"

The woman gave him a charming glare, "What if the young master really takes a fancy to me?"

Banner had a nonchalant expression, "Then I'll send you over."

"Tch~"

These words caused the foxy woman to beat his chest with her small fists in a fit of coquettishness. Banner laughed heartily, and his big hands were not polite as they roamed over the woman's graceful figure.

But accidents often come unexpectedly.

Just as Banner was in a great mood and was about to move his body, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

After all, he was a high-level professional, and his senses were extremely keen. Listening to the footsteps, his expression changed slightly.

Toc, toc, toc!

In the blink of an eye, someone knocked on the door. Banner said in a deep voice, "Come in!"

The door opened, and a captain with an anxious expression stood at the door. He said quickly, "President, something bad has happened! A big deal!"

These words instantly swept away the joyful atmosphere in the room.

Banner vaguely guessed something, and his eyes suddenly turned cold, "What's wrong?"

"Just now... just now the Reis family's convoy was attacked by a group of mysterious people on Wutong Street in the South City. The entire convoy was wiped out, and that Young Master Martin... was killed!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, Banner's expression changed drastically, and he stood up with a whoosh.

In an instant, the terrifying pressure of a high-level professional was released, making it difficult for the people in the room to breathe.

He asked, "Is the news confirmed?"

"Confirmed! A seriously injured driver survived at the scene. He said... among the attackers, there was a guy who could transform into a red giant."

"Red Devil" Goulon?"

Hearing this news, Banner's eyes flickered frequently, and he cursed, "Damn it!"

He knew very well how much trouble the death of that Young Master Martin would bring to their Steam Party. Not only would the cooperation that he had worked so hard to negotiate be in vain, but the aftermath would be even more troublesome!

He immediately ordered, "Gather the troops and immediately take down the Cross Society's stronghold on Green Street! Notify the cadres to gather and prepare for a gang war!"

"Yes, President!"

The captain also knew that the situation was urgent, and he hurriedly took his orders and left.

........

The sudden bad news made the faces of the remaining people in the room extremely ugly, and the atmosphere was terribly cold.

They had just been rejoicing that their Steam Society had gotten a great deal, but now they heard the news that the young master of the inner city had been killed.

It was as if a hole had been poked in the sky, and everyone was stunned by the news.

Banner sat on the sofa with a gloomy face, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Mad Dog" Hogg's face was pale. Not long ago, he had personally sent Young Master Martin away, and now he heard the news of his death. He knew that he could not escape the blame.

But he didn't lose his mind because of anger. He raised his own doubts, "President, could it be someone else who awakened the [Red Devil] talent pretending to be Goulon?"

Anyone with eyes could see that the convoy deliberately left a survivor, and he was recognized as a stalker who had awakened the [Red Devil] talent. No matter how you looked at it, there was a problem.

"President, I always feel that something is wrong with this matter. It looks like someone deliberately set a trap to provoke a conflict between our two gangs..."

Hogg felt that he had found the suspicious point, and then analyzed, "After all, even if those guys from the Cross Society feel that they have suffered a loss, as long as they haven't lost their minds, they wouldn't dare to really intercept and kill that Young Master Martin. If we go to take down Green Street now, what if it's a misunderstanding..."

"Heh... you think I don't understand?"

Banner interrupted him with a sneer, and said, "Now, whether the attackers are that Goulon or not, the Cross Society has to take the blame!"

He snorted coldly in annoyance, and added, "Also, our Steam Society shouldn't think of having it easy!"

It could be seen that Banner was really angry to the extreme: "Now, regardless of whether it was the people from the Cross Society who attacked the convoy, that young master is dead, so someone has to pay the price! Do you really think that the big shots in the inner city will wait for us to slowly investigate the truth and find the murderer? If some people don't die today, we can forget about completing the task!"

"Ah... this..."

As soon as Hogg heard this, he immediately realized that the matter was more serious than he had expected.

In the eyes of those big shots in the inner city, the lives of their gangsters were no different from the rats in the sewers.

The young master of a top chaebol family had died, and even killing ten thousand gangsters couldn't make up for it.

If they didn't make a show of it, the higher-ups of their Steam Party would immediately face the storm-like anger of those big shots in the inner city.

After Banner vented his anger, he gradually calmed down from his anger.

He thought of something, and his expression became very ugly, as if he was mocking himself, "I thought those big shots in the inner city were going to deal with the Cross Society. Now it seems that they don't want to see us grow bigger either..."

Who the murderer is doesn't matter at all!

What's important is that their Steam Party and the Cross Society, the two major gangs, must fight each other and give an explanation!

This fight will definitely be a lose-lose situation.

The person behind the scenes wants to see this situation!

At this time, Banner suddenly thought of something, and his eyes turned cold. He asked, "Hogg, besides you, who else knows the travel route of the Reis family's convoy?"

Hogg's face instantly turned pale when he heard this.

He immediately realized that the president asked this question because he probably felt that there was also a problem within their Steam Party.

........

After the Steam Party guys left arrogantly, the Cross Society's gang members did not leave Green Street.

Everyone knew that there would definitely be a major event happening within these three days, and the gang members were all prepared for a gang war.

The gang members in other districts also canceled their rest, and one by one, they carried guns and ammunition, gathering in various taverns.

In the dilapidated building on Green Street, Kai led his forty or fifty men and squatted in the dilapidated building.

A bonfire was burning in the iron bucket, and the firearms and ammunition in the armory were also distributed. Mechanical arms, cannons, grenades, heavy machine guns... it was completely the standard for fighting a war.

The veterans set up their rifles on tripods next to the bonfire, then gathered to chat, joke, and play poker. Gang fights were commonplace, and there wasn't much difference from peacetime.

The newbies hadn't experienced this kind of battle before and were shivering while holding their guns.

The dilapidated building had five floors, and standing on the top floor, one could overlook most of Green Street.

Kai and Soren stood by the building, looking at the brightly lit streets in front of them.

A cool breeze entered their collars, bringing a slight chill.

Kai was in a particularly low mood when he came out of the tavern. Now, looking at this prosperous street, he sighed, "If we lose Green Street this time, I'll really have no face to see Smoker and the others."

It was his first time as a captain, and Green Street was his first district.

If he really lost it, he would feel like his little wife had been snatched away.

Looking at his expression, Soren didn't directly say that this matter was no longer something that he, as a captain, could interfere with, or even something that President Chuck could reverse.

He could only advise, "Captain, I always feel that something big is going to happen. Be careful."

Hearing this, Kai became even more annoyed, "Hmph, if those guys from the Steam Party dare to come, I'll definitely beat them to death!"

Soren: "..."

He guessed that there might be an armed conflict, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly and so directly.

Kai was also a jinx.

Just as he finished saying this, a "boom" explosion suddenly ignited the entire Green Street.

Immediately, someone shouted a warning, "It's not good! The people from the Steam Party are attacking!"

Soren fixed his eyes and his pupils shrank sharply.

In the distance, on the streets, the Steam Party's convoy was coming in a dark mass, troop carriers, motorcycles, armored vehicles, modified heavy trucks... even tanks. There were probably hundreds or thousands of vehicles!

Seeing this formation, Kai also let out a strange cry, "Damn, how many people did the Steam Party bring?"