Ruiz couldn't immediately identify the mole, so he had to let Seventeen continue the operation as planned.
Seventeen had been mingling in the underworld for many years, knowing many people, so this time he used his private clandestine transport channels to intervene in illicit trade, making it easy to spread information within the underworld.
A secret transport route is undoubtedly very attractive to the underworld; however, Seventeen was never a gang leader before, and most of the people he associated with were mid-level or even lower-level members of other gangs. To convince the leadership of these gangs would take some time and tests, and Seventeen was well aware of this, so he just had a private meeting with Ruiz, reported in, and started working.
Seventeen gained not just the unfinished submarine dock from Todd the Cripple, but also took over the transport routes Todd had prepared.
