Three days remained until the meeting.
At this moment, the big shots of Hell's Kitchen who had received Chen Ye's invitation gathered together for a video conference.
"I can tell this is a trap! They say it's to discuss a school for Hell's Kitchen, but really they just want to strip us of power!"
"Damn Chen Ye! He's trying to uproot us!"
"Talking about doing it for the good of Hell's Kitchen? Then he should just leave! That would really be for the good of Hell's Kitchen!"
"One guy from Hell's Kitchen wants to play saint and build a school? Why doesn't he just hand us the money directly?"
During the meeting, everyone vented their grievances against Chen Ye and Jin Bing online—they didn't have the courage to confront them in person.
A bunch of clowns! A bunch of weaklings!
The leader of the Mexican gang, Gust, looked down on these other gang heads for only daring to curse Chen Ye and Jin Bing behind their backs.
"So this meeting is just an online shouting match? If that's all it is, I'm out. I don't have time to play house with a bunch of cowards like you," Gust said loudly.
The other gang heads froze at Gust's scorn.
Hearing this, Tom, the leader of the Irish gang, was secretly delighted—finally, someone was taking the heat.
After a while, someone pointed a gun at Gust and yelled, "Who do you think you are? Back when I was in the gang, you were still playing in the sandbox!"
"You just made your money selling drugs. Who do you think you're showing off to here? Hiding in the slums? Come out and face Chen Ye with real weapons!"
"The marquis of the High Table was just killed. You, a lowly drug dealer, think you can take them on?"
"We're discussing strategies here. No wonder you're stuck in your little slum and can't move forward."
Ever since Chen Ye had eliminated the marquis of the High Table, his reputation had grown. Many of the gang heads knew their limits—they couldn't compare to the High Table marquis. And the fact that Chen Ye had defeated him and taken over the High Table's New York operations made him not so easy to deal with.
Seeing everyone mocking him, Gust felt a surge of murderous impulse.
"You bunch of cowards! Why don't you just hand your territories over to me? You won't dare resist Chen Ye anyway. Pack up early and retire quietly. As for this so-called meeting, I'm not participating. The young guns of Hell's Kitchen can take care of themselves," Gust said.
Hearing this, the other leaders grew uneasy.
One immediately questioned him: "Tell me, if you refuse Chen Ye, and he forces all the Hell's Kitchen youths to attend school, bringing people to attack your territory, how do you plan to stop him?"
Gust laughed confidently: "Then I'll call the police."
The online meeting fell silent. Gust thought the network had lagged.
Seeing everyone's stunned reactions, he asked curiously, "What, is there a problem with that?"
Soon, the first laugh rang out on the video conference, gradually growing louder.
"You, a drug dealer, want to call the police? Are you trying to turn yourself in? Who do you think the cops will go after first—Chen Ye or you?"
"The rules of Hell's Kitchen have always been that Hell's Kitchen business is handled internally. It's an unchanging law. And now, one of the Big Three families—the Gust family—has lost all gang dignity, letting the police interfere. This is a disgrace to all of Hell's Kitchen!"
Gust snorted. He couldn't agree with these old-fashioned, conservative minds. No wonder they spent their lives stuck in Hell's Kitchen.
He explained: "Chen Ye isn't just a superhuman. He has many others under him with powers. Besides, he doesn't belong to any one gang. And everything he does changes Hell's Kitchen. If he can change it, why can't we? So what's wrong with calling the police? Don't forget, he's also an elder of the High Table assassination organization with many killers under him. The cops would love to catch them!"
Someone else objected: "Even if you call the cops, so what? Hell's Kitchen's police can't even beat us. You really think they can capture Chen Ye? Don't you know that the biggest financial backer of Hell's Kitchen police is Chen Ye himself? Last time a bunch of self-proclaimed FBI agents came, they left tail between their legs."
Clearly, these gang heads knew what Chen Ye had done recently and nodded in understanding.
Gust continued: "You're all thinking wrongly. Last time, the government agents weren't enough. Chen Ye is a bigger threat. Don't forget—they're mutants. A bunch of mutants slaughtering ordinary people. Do you think the government will just watch this happen?"
Before anyone could respond, he added: "No matter who it is, everyone wants to eliminate unstable factors like Chen Ye. Ordinary people are always the mainstream. Mutants are outsiders in the eyes of the government and the public. As soon as you eliminate the outsider, no matter which law enforcement agency, they become national heroes. Chen Ye is a piece of juicy meat to them."
"In the face of huge interests, the government and law enforcement will gladly take the risk. And don't think that past failures represent their real strength."
"Last time was probably just a test. The force they sent was nowhere near their full strength. The agencies are surely analyzing Chen Ye and his mutants now, looking for weaknesses or developing weapons to counter them."
"Against such a massive state apparatus, individual power is always insignificant. That's why Chen Ye didn't kill a single agent before—he didn't think he could take on the whole country."
"Besides, do you think even if we attend the meeting, we can stop Chen Ye's plans? Whether the school recruits or not, we have no say. This compromise now will lead to the next. Eventually, will we even have to hand over our own gangs to Chen Ye?"
Gust's words were logical and well-reasoned, leaving all the leaders deep in thought.
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