"Wow, you can gear up real well. But what is with the gas mask?" Red Hood asked as he double checked the hand cannons he had.
Ricky had been given a set of mercenary gear as well. But he added his own gas mask to the outfit. While at the same time he had a single pistol he was borrowing. Then he grabbed a M320 Grenade Launcher from a display and then began looking in drawers for the types of launchable grenades.
"Hey, I am being careful." Ricky answered. "Are you going to tell me that your armored mask does not have a feature that allows you to filter the air?" He pointed out as he pulled out a few different grenades before putting a basic smoke grenade in the launcher.
Red Hood chuckled, "yeah I do. Lethal smoke?"
"No. I am bringing nonlethal smoke grenades, flash grenades, incendiary grenades, and rubber bullets." Ricky explained. "We are going to a largely populated area and I do not have any training with side arms."
"Huh, a criminal that does not fire a gun?" Red Hood chuckled.
"A freelancer, I never committed myself to anything illegal. It is why I am not part of a larger group." Ricky explained as he walked toward the entrance. "Is that a problem?"
"A fixable problem." Red Hood shrugged. "Sounds like we need you to get committed to my new gang."
"What the Red Hoods?" Ricky asked jokingly as the mobile command vehicle came to a stop. "The only name they have for your group is Red Hood's gang."
"Oh, funny. I will think of something." Red Hood chuckled and then looked at the chuckling mercenaries that were standing around. "Yeah real funny, get ready to go. We are hitting the fish market fast. I want to be in there for only a few minutes."
The door lowered and the mercenaries poured out of the mobile command vehicle. Right in front of the exit was the fish market. Several other militarized vehicles had pulled up next to it. Several mercenaries were pouring out of it.
Ricky would have mixed in with the rest of them if it was not for the fact that Red Hood was staying right next to him. They walked quickly towards the fish market's entrance. Since it was the middle of the day there were many people here.
Ricky walked past them, following behind Red Hood. He waved at the multiple fish stands. "So what are we thinking?"
"Shrimp stands and smaller fish stands are not viable." Ricky explained as he walked past the entrance. Into the central area of the shop where the mercenaries were aiming the guns at the shop keepers. He walked up to one of the stands and looked at the price tags. He spotted a small red 'H' in the bottom corner of one of the tags. "Here we go." Ricky pulled the large fish off the ice and showed the slice in the belly. He opened it up and showed it to Red Hood who nodded.
"That is definitely heroin. They are marked with these tags?" Red Hood raised the sale tag before tossing it to another mercenary. "Go find all fish with similar tags." Hood then tossed the heroin in the middle of the area. "Then toss them in the center here."
Ricky could always see where this was going. So he walked around the back of the stall and opened a cooler. One of the fish sellers mumbled something. But he ignored it and tossed aside the first that were in the top to reveal a stack of heroin and cocaine bundles. "Here are some more." He picked it up and tossed it on the already growing pile.
"Spare drugs are in the coolers." One of the mercenaries called out. They continued for a few more minutes before they decided they had the bulk of it. It covered an entire section of the fish market.
"What now?" Ricky asked.
Red Hood tossed him an incendiary grenade. "Burn it. Then we are good."
Ricky chuckled as he pulled the pin and tossed it in the center of the pile. It was an initiation ritual. The purpose would cause enough damage to an enemy that you would need someone to protect you. He walked away after it started burning. "Figured."
"How about sushi? Do you want sushi?" Red Hood asked as they walked back to the mobile command center.
Ricky thought for a moment before nodding. "Yeah, I could go for sushi."
[Completed Side Mission:
Pick a side. Standing alone in this world is not fun. So you need friends. I suggest you find a neutral one that will allow you to sleep with an array of women and add them to your harem.
Reward: Harem Tracker, 3 Raffle Tickets.
Time Limit: 1 Week
Upon Failure: Death!]
[Congrats on picking the Red Hood Gang!]
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