Bath City's basement.
As the five bosses entered one by one with their bodyguards and underlings, Su Bai and Jin Manfu waited inside.
Only the two of them.
No one else.
Su Bai sat on the plush sofa once belonging to Jin Manfu; Jin Manfu respectfully sat to one side, clearly showing the hierarchy.
So, when the five bosses arrived and saw the two waiting figures, their gazes only lingered briefly on Jin Manfu before focusing entirely on the fierce-faced, cold-aura mysterious young man.
Judging by the aura and build, the man who delivered the invitations last night was likely him.
They also confirmed that with Jin Manfu's personality, he wouldn't have done something so drastic.
The death invitations last night and tonight's banquet must have been under this cold mysterious young man's orders.
"Boss Yuan, Boss Yang, Boss Zhang… please, have a seat."
The five bosses arrived as promised, and Jin Manfu stood, his round face beaming with a warm smile, enthusiastically welcoming his peers.
After sitting in the hall, the five exchanged secret glances.
Finally, the most socially skilled Boss Yuan smiled and looked at Jin Manfu, "May I ask who this gentleman is? Master Jin, won't you introduce him to us?"
"Oh, right!"
"How could I forget!" Jin Manfu slapped his forehead as if suddenly remembering, "Lord Crow, let me introduce you. This is Boss Yuan, who owns several car repair shops and scrap markets, mainly dealing in smuggling; this is Boss Yang, who owns several quarries and sand pits, mainly dealing in stone and sand..."
"... This is Boss Zhang, who owns several demolition companies, mainly involved in demolitions."
After introducing all five bosses, Jin Manfu looked at the group and said, "This gentleman... is Black Crow. Like me, you may call him Lord Crow. He's my superior, and now I work for Lord Crow."
The five bosses finally confirmed: this cold, mysterious young man was the mastermind behind the banquet.
Jin Manfu had indeed switched sides.
"So it's Lord Crow."
Boss Yuan nodded with a smile, cupping his hands, "May I ask Lord Crow why you've invited us? If it's something within our power, I'm sure none of the brothers here would refuse."
"There are two matters."
Su Bai smiled, "First, Linjiang City's underworld is too chaotic and scattered. After tonight, I hope you will hand over your roster of underlings to Jin Manfu."
"From now on, we are family."
When Su Bai made his first request, the five bosses were silent.
The roster—meaning the lists of their businesses and underlings.
Handing those to Jin Manfu meant submitting to him and becoming his subordinates, thus uniting Linjiang City's underworld.
Putting aside that unifying a city's underworld was absolutely taboo in Great Summer country, the five had all fought for over a decade and survived countless attacks to reach their positions.
Who would willingly give up their place and become someone else's underling?
So, when Su Bai made his first request, they all remained silent.
They would not agree.
But before they fully understood this mysterious young man's background and what he had done last night, they dared not refuse outright.
As the five bosses grew silent, the atmosphere in the basement thickened.
Su Bai sat calmly on the plush sofa, not pushing or urging, giving them ample time to consider.
However, during this process, he quietly spread his spiritual power, covering the five bosses and their underlings.
This nearly tangible spiritual power had more than just perception uses.
When Su Bai enveloped someone with his spiritual power, it brought great pressure and could sense the person's emotions, even catalyze and amplify them!
Just now, under his spiritual pressure, Su Bai clearly sensed Boss Yuan and Boss Zhang's resistance, two others' fear, and Boss Yang's emotions—anger and... murderous intent?
Murderous intent, huh?
Perfect.
He was just looking for a chance to kill as a warning.
Smiling secretly, Su Bai increased the spiritual pressure around Boss Yang, wildly amplifying his murderous intent!
Snap!
Within seconds, Boss Yang abruptly stood, and to the shock of the other four bosses, pulled a pistol from his back and pointed it at Su Bai:
"Kid, you're the one who did last night's business, right?"
"Breaking into I, a certain Mr. Yang's home, leaving death invitations, forcing us to gather—don't think I've forgotten this debt. And now you're eyeing my businesses?"
"I don't care how you did it—high tech or ghost tricks—I just know that anyone trying to swallow my businesses better be ready to be bitten back!"
Gun aimed at Su Bai, safety off.
Boss Yang's face was fierce, ready to shoot this cold-aura mysterious youth here and now!
"Boss Yang, put the gun down! Let's talk!"
"Not that serious, not that serious, Boss Yang don't be angry yet. I'm sure Lord Crow won't let the brothers lose their jobs."
Not only Jin Manfu was surprised by this turn, the other four Mafia Bosses seemed dumbfounded, quickly standing to calm Boss Yang.
Whether they were genuinely calming or fanning flames... only they knew.
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