Chapter 129: Looting a Burning House

Chapter 129: Looting a Burning House

That evening, Arthur once again arrived at the Hypnosis Den in the slums.

Subsequently, Enzo led him towards the wasteland behind the slums.

A little further ahead from here was the Viridian Forest.

The dense forest and the reserve, at this moment, actually became their best cover. If any trouble occurred, everyone could just dart into the woods, and the police wouldn't be able to catch them for a good while.

Arriving at an abandoned warehouse beside the wasteland to wait, Arthur watched as wave after wave of people entered the area, the numbers growing larger and larger.

He couldn't help but ask Enzo, "So many people?"

By this time, Enzo had finally regained some of his confidence.

"I already told you. Tonight, our gang originally planned to meet with the Stitched Shadow Army to discuss business."

He spoke these words quite proudly.

The current Yharnam Gang was already one of the top one or two major gangs in this city, and even in the entire northern region of the Star Brilliance Alliance, with ample manpower and formidable strength.

Although, as he spoke, he still didn't dare to stand too close to Arthur, and Krookodile was also constantly being forced by him to stay positioned between the two of them.

Invisibly, this inevitably discounted his imposing manner somewhat.

After 10 PM in the evening, the other party to the transaction finally arrived late.

The person leading them had their hat brim pressed low. Upon arrival, they went straight up to the second floor of the abandoned warehouse, looking like a big shot, directly heading to negotiate with the gang's upper echelons.

After a little while, one person came over, found Arthur and Enzo's group, and asked straight to the point.

"Do you guys have someone looking to move goods?"

Arthur nodded, then slowly and methodically took out the items one by one.

His movements were very slow; throughout the process, he was constantly observing the Stitched Shadow Army member in front of him.

The stolen goods he had managed to secretly take out were ultimately limited, and moreover, his purpose in coming on this trip wasn't truly to smuggle goods.

Seizing the opportunity while the other party was inspecting the goods, Arthur forcibly found a topic to strike up a conversation, "Your Stitched Shadow Army... is it still that so-and-so acting as the leader?"

His original intention with these words was just to find a random pretext to open a topic. However, who would have expected, the moment he finished speaking, the person opposite suddenly looked up and shot him a fierce glare.

That gaze was extremely sharp, momentarily leaving Arthur unable to find words.

Enzo, standing behind him, also secretly tugged his clothes and gave him a subtle shake of the head.

Unfortunately, this was too subtle...

Arthur couldn't understand it...

Unclear as to why, he could only quietly retreat a step and proactively ask Enzo, "What's the situation? Did I say something wrong?"

Enzo looked at him with considerable surprise.

"Didn't your boss, Grey Ghost, tell you?"

"Say what?"

"The Stitched Shadow Army people we bridged the connection for are all subordinates of Cadre Liam, not Leader Oliver's people. Oliver has been on the decline in recent years; his control over the organization is getting worse and worse. Even we can see that."

In that instant, even with Arthur's strong mentality, he couldn't prevent his heart from beating a few points faster.

Ever since hearing the name "Stitched Shadow Army," he had already been rushing about for almost a month!

For so many days, he had traveled far to a foreign land, expending much effort through various twists and turns. Finally, today, he had found this one trace of important intelligence that pointed directly to the core!

Cadre?

Oliver?

The Stitched Shadow Army's internal organizational structure was originally like this!

Then, his Gengar... under whose command is he now?

Could it be this Liam that Enzo mentioned? Or is it someone else?

Arthur was eager to know more.

But the more critical the moment, the more one must not be anxious.

He still had to continue playing his part.

Soon, the Stitched Shadow Army member opposite him finished looking at the stolen goods Arthur had provided and glanced at him with slight disdain, "You specifically called someone to get me down here, and this is all the stuff you have?"

Arthur first calmly picked up the thread of the conversation, "How much can you guys offer for these?"

"Forty-five hundred thousand for everything. Don't say it's too little; this is the highest it goes."

Arthur, indifferent to the price, feigned consideration for a moment, then spoke again, "Just give me two hundred fifty thousand. The other two hundred thousand... could it be used to exchange for a favor from your Cadre Liam?"

His intention here was to probe, to test whether Liam was the person who had gone upstairs earlier with their hat brim pulled low.

The result: it worked!

"Two hundred thousand and you want to find our Boss (Liam) to take action? Heh! That's a bit little, isn't it! But forget it, wait until the Boss finishes his talks later and makes his own decision. You just wait here for now."

So, this Cadre Liam really did come today and is currently on the second floor!

This is a good opportunity!

Arthur couldn't help but secretly clench his fist.

Subsequently, that person re-wrapped the items Arthur had taken out, asked Enzo for a cigarette, and leaned against the wall smoking out of sheer boredom.

The Yharnam Gang members beside him were generally also quite relaxed.

Even Enzo, seeing that Arthur had stabilized the situation, finally let Krookodile retreat, and they all slipped off to a corner to start eating some self-made barbecue.

They had brought the ingredients themselves; the fire was provided by a Magcargo. The meat slices were placed directly on Magcargo's shell, and before long, half the warehouse was filled with the rich aroma of meat.

The people on the first floor of the warehouse all looked quite relaxed.

Transactions with the Stitched Shadow Army, in the eyes of these ordinary gang members, had always been a form of welfare.

That side offered stable prices and had a good reputation; they were truly renowned high-quality clients in the underworld.

However, no matter how they tried, they could never have imagined that, at this moment, on the second floor of the abandoned warehouse, the atmosphere of the high-level negotiations was completely different from what they envisioned.

Liam looked at the Yharnam Gang leader's family before him, his facial expression like one laughing from extreme anger.

"What you mean is, you want us to pay the full amount, but this time you will only deliver half the goods?"

The Yharnam Gang boss, Kevin's father, stroked his chin once and revealed a hypocritical fake smile.

"It's merely an installment payment. We've all cooperated for so many years; there should still be this little bit of trust, shouldn't there?"

He only mentioned the trust the other party should give, absolutely not mentioning the integrity his own side should demonstrate.

Cadre Liam opposite him couldn't help but take off his hat, his tone also gradually turning cold.

"It seems to me you all think we're about to be wiped out by Kubfu, so you want to loot a burning house, is that right?"

The father of Kevin opposite him wore a smile that didn't reach his eyes, adopting a posture that clearly didn't deny the accusation.

Perhaps in their eyes, the Stitched Shadow Army at this moment was already on the verge of collapse. If they didn't take a bite now, after a little while, they might not even get a sip of the soup.

As for this being a cooperative partner of many years?

If teammates can't be sold, then wouldn't they seem completely worthless?

This entire family, down to their bones, was a pack of greedy vultures. From the moment they rose up, their conscience had long been pawned away.

"Hehehe..."

Seeing the Yharnam Gang leader before him already too lazy to bother arguing, completely putting on a shameless 'so what if you guessed' look, Cadre Liam's eyes grew colder and colder, and the smile on his lips also became increasingly bizarre.

He raised his head, yet his eyes seemed not to be looking at the trading partner before him.

He was only heard muttering to himself.

"Oliver, look at what you've turned the Stitched Shadow Army into after all these years!"

"Forbidding us from targeting Kubfu, forbidding the use of brutal methods... An organization that vowed to subvert order and reshape the world, now even a bunch of slum Rattata dare to jump out and stomp on us twice."

"You truly are useless!"

For some unknown reason, listening to this passage, the Yharnam Gang boss felt a trace of heart-palpitating nervousness.

He hurriedly raised his hand, signaling his subordinates to all draw their guns!

Previously, he had seen clearly: the Stitched Shadow Army this time, including their leader Liam, had only brought a dozen or so people in total.

Whereas the manpower his own side had arranged was several tens of times that of the opponent!

Over a hundred men, over a hundred guns!

Pouring himself a cup of cappuccino, Kevin's father didn't believe the opponent could possibly insta-kill him.

However, the next moment, Liam's right hand suddenly shot towards his waist.

The moment the hem of his robe lifted, his belt was finally revealed—

On that belt, impressively, were pinned a full seven Poké Balls!

(End of Chapter)

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