NOVEL NEXT Chapter 369: I Call the Shots in California
Everyone:...
"Third Rank Life forms, they're no match for you, it's like fighting children, what's the point of having a meeting..."
They even accepted Rashid, a man from outside Los Angeles, naturally, they also accepted Brian, an outsider.
Hence, the meeting turned into mere formalism.
Once Brian displayed incomprehensible power, naturally, faction leaders sought to ingratiate themselves with him, offering up concessions for the sake of making a good impression on him.
Brian didn't even say much.
Amidst this internal scrambling, they voluntarily put forth various stringent demands on themselves…
Which were slightly better than the ones previously proposed by Rashid, but not by much.
Moreover, the requests Rashid had made were clearly intended to create negotiating room, a tactic like opening a roof to open a window, not truly expecting people to work for him for free.
This left Brian at a loss.
He waved his hand, "I'm not one to benefit alone, gentlemen. Just work well with me, and I can guarantee your basic interests. As for technology and talent, please organize a list for me after you return, including the special resources you control. As for the rest, I'll just take half."
Upon hearing this, the crowd looked at Brian with surprised gratitude.
A new benevolent boss!
The schemes of Thor and Rashid ended up serving Brian well, saving him quite some time.
Consequently,
NW Organization, except for the Liki family, who were still unaware, regrouped immediately.
As for Thor's two allies…
They knelt quicker than anyone else.
...
After regrouping, NW Organization's first action was to obliterate the Abak family and stifle any disturbance caused by the event.
The Abak family played the role of Europe's foremost proponent for their own benefits and power.
They failed.
It wasn't a problem for everyone to work together to subdue them.
The only trouble was that the Combat Department of NW was controlled by the Liki family and most military movements in Los Angeles required their personnel, which was excessively slow.
But due to the collapse of the Deep Sea Base's defenses, all families' personnel had withdrawn.
The crowd gathered together.
An elite assassination squad of thousands was more than enough to wipe out the minor Abak family.
In face of NW Organization's integrated artificial intelligence-assisted combat drones, Electromagnetic Guns, combat robots, exoskeleton soldiers, and automatic 24-hour espionage monitoring satellites, except for Third Rank Life form, even a Second Rank Life form could hardly escape.
In one night, there was no longer an Abak family in the world.
The wealth in their hands was also taken over by personnel dispatched by Umbrella Company.
As for the legality under federal laws…
Such matters are but tools of rule against the weak, a fig leaf for the powerful...
In the current turbulent situation, with no one standing up for the Abak family, nobody dared to bring up such trivial concerns.
Another matter was silencing the noise from the prior combat.
This turned out to be much simpler.
The meeting location was initially a sprawling and sparsely populated mansion.
Those present were naturally among those who understood the true nature of the world. Without NW's intervention, they helped contain the news themselves.
The more cumbersome dealing concerning further interests,
Brian left those to a management layer set up by Umbrella Company, along with management talent sent by the Adams family, and management talent Brian himself later personally interviewed and recruited, to liaise with various major families.
These people had all experienced the trials of the Blissful Heart Domain.
They had personal desires but feared death more.
Brian would use the Blissful Heart Domain to audit them periodically, so he wasn't worried about them causing problems.
If any fat rats appeared.
Just kill and eat them.
...
After settling all these matters, it was already the next day.
Upon returning home.
Brian narrowed his eyes.
An invisible sensorial force field, mixed with Destruction and death Rule Power, habitually spread outwards, penetrating into the Fourth Dimension, the corresponding Spirit Realm of this area.
He found nothing.
This eased Brian's mind.
In fact, since yesterday, he had been maintaining this high-frequency detection activity.
The only person he was truly wary of now was Long.
Fortunately, this guy seemed to have some problems with his mind, mostly in an incoherent state and not being active outdoors, nor capable of monitoring globally; otherwise, he would have been exposed long ago.
...
After Susan returned, she remained in a sullen mood.
Knowing Susan wasn't a fragile-minded person, Brian had dealt with the miscellaneous issues first and hadn't had time to address Susan, but now that he was free, he immediately went up to her.
He held Susan and kissed her cheek habitually, "What's the matter?"
Susan sighed, "I don't know how to tell Caroline about her father's issues..."
Caroline was Susan's best friend.
Her father, the man who had staged the step-up with Rashid, with the little mustache.
He likely tied up with Rashid long ago. At yesterday's meeting, he blended into the crowd enabling him to be the first to respond after Rashid stepped forward, acting as a spokesperson and also negotiating to reduce demands.
Such a person was essentially a collaborator for Los Angeles.
If everyone lacked the power to resist Rashid's plunder, this man could naturally receive preferential treatment from Rashid, living better than others.