"Hello, who is it?"
Vega's emotionless voice came through the phone.
"Congratulations, Vega Vongola!"
"I never imagined you would actually wipe out the Shelby family. I'm afraid you'll be in control of the entire underground order of Naklo City from now on."
Raising an eyebrow, Vega remained perfectly calm, seemingly immune to such flattery. He casually said, "Enough with the nonsense. I know you want something, so come talk to me at the Vongola headquarters!"
"After all, you don't want the newspapers throughout Naklo to be full of big news first thing tomorrow morning, do you?"
"Hahaha. I understand." A hearty laugh rang out: "Then let's have a proper discussion about the cooperation!"
He hung up the phone casually.
Vega dialed another number, and once it was connected, he immediately asked:
"Hey, Crook, are you still alive?"
"Young Master, hello. This is... this is my name, Kolok." A somewhat cautious voice came from the phone.
Korok, a mid-level executive in the Vongola family, has always been known for his caution and timidity. He seems unremarkable within the family and is his deceased father's direct subordinate.
In the past, when Vega had troubles to solve, he would go directly to Crook for help, as Crook was someone he was quite familiar with within the Vongola family.
Moreover, given Crook's cautious, timid, and cowardly nature, he was someone Vega believed might be able to escape the Shelby family's pursuit.
"Gather a group of people and go to the Vongola headquarters to clean it up. I have something to do there." Vega cut straight to the point, not bothering with small talk.
In Vega's view, if someone is obedient, he'll take them in as a subordinate; if they're disobedient, he'll just eliminate them.
After all, there are probably quite a few people who would want to be his dog these days.
As time passes, once the news of Vega's single-handed annihilation of the Shelby family spreads tomorrow, Naklo will enter the order he has ordained.
At that time, there will probably be countless people wanting to curry favor with him.
Moreover, he would accept those former Vongola family members who had survived and were willing to follow him.
If they don't want to, then let's part ways amicably and kick them all out.
After all, Vega possesses decisive military power, so he doesn't need to think too much; he just needs to grasp the overall situation.
"Young Master, the Shelby family is still hunting us down outside. I'm afraid headquarters isn't safe!" Kolok, who had been hiding, hadn't received any intelligence from the outside world and was unaware that Vega had wiped out the Shelby family.
So even now, Kolok still spoke cautiously, "Young Master, how about we find another place? Otherwise, the Shelby family might not let us off the hook!"
"No need. The Shelby family won't bother us anymore. Everything's been resolved," Vega explained, then ordered, "Go to the Vongola headquarters right now and clean it up."
"I don't want to say the same thing a third time."
"Yes, yes, Young Master, I will go to the family headquarters." Upon hearing this, Kolok's expression immediately changed. He quickly agreed.
After the call ended, a thoughtful expression appeared on Kolok's face. Had the Shelby family's troubles been resolved? It seemed the former head of the family had left some unknown people for the young master!
Thinking of this, Korok immediately made a phone call and started buying information from intelligence agents outside, wanting to know how Young Master Vega resolved this matter. After all, in the morning, the Shelby family seemed to be completely annexing the Vongola family!
Soon after hearing the words on the phone, a look of utter horror appeared on Kolok's face.
Young Master Vega, with a group of men of unknown origin, has been relentlessly attacking Shelby family members and strongholds, causing heavy losses to their operations team and rendering them unable to dominate the entire city of Naklo.
The crisis facing their Vongola family has been averted.
A look of surprise appeared on Kolok's face. He immediately started making phone calls, summoning all his former subordinates and ordering them to assemble at headquarters.
This is the perfect time to show loyalty. The Vongola family has suffered heavy losses. If I can prove myself, could I become the young master's confidant and eventually become a core member of the Vongola family?
With this in mind, Korok no longer had any intention of hiding in this godforsaken place and hurriedly headed towards the Vongola headquarters.
…
Just as Vongola and a large number of his men were waiting for their young master Vega at headquarters, one of his underlings suddenly ran in from outside.
He said breathlessly, "Lord Kolok, people have come from outside. It seems to be members of small gangs like the Wild Wolves and Hell's Angels, all armed with weapons."
"What?" Kolok's expression changed instantly, a look of hesitation appearing on his face. Finally, he gritted his teeth, pulled out his weapon, and roared, "Everyone, take out your weapons and prepare for battle. I want to see what these people are up to."
If it were someone from the Shelby family, Korok would hesitate. After all, everyone knows that the largest underground force in Nakro City is the Vongola and the Shelby family.
Now that the Vongola family is almost completely wiped out, although the Shelby family suffered heavy losses under the attack of the young master, they still have enough manpower to come for revenge.
But some of these smaller gangs are trying to take advantage of the chaos, which is just wishful thinking.
As Korok led his men toward the door, they immediately clashed with smaller gangs such as the Wild Wolves and the Hells Angels, and were even preparing to exchange fire.
Just then.
Several cars sped from the street corner and stopped in front of the Vongola headquarters.
The tense atmosphere immediately eased slightly as they realized that the cars belonged to one of the councilors of Naklo City.
These people dared not offend such important figures.
Then, a dozen bodyguards immediately got out of the car and carefully protected the vehicle in the middle.
A gentleman's cane was lowered from the car door, and an elderly man in his fifties with a few wrinkles on his face and a slicked-back hairstyle stepped out of the car.
Looking at the two opposing forces at the Vongola headquarters, his gaze swept over the smaller gangs, a hint of disdain in his eyes seeming to say: "A bunch of greedy hyenas."
He then glanced at Kolok and ordered, "What, do you want to fight in front of me? Or do you want me to leave you some space to settle things?"
"No, no, we wouldn't dare," Kolok and the members of the small gang bowed repeatedly to Councilor Jack in apology. At the same time, they ordered their men to put away their weapons.
Jack snorted coldly.
He instructed, "Don't stop them, let them go in together."
"Wait a moment, your young master Vega will be here for a meeting. There are many things that need to be resolved then."
"Hahaha, thank you, Representative Jack." The leaders of the small gangs immediately beamed with joy, because in their ears, this meant that Representative Jack supported their actions against the Vongola family. Perhaps after these big shots finished eating, they could get a share of the spoils and follow along for some soup.
After all, in the eyes of these people, although Vega was constantly attacking the Shelby family's action team with a group of people, the two tigers fighting might end up hurting each other.
Now is the perfect time to take advantage of the fact that the Vongola's top brass have been wiped out and their elite forces have suffered heavy losses. We can directly defeat the Vongola family and then get enough territory to strengthen these smaller gangs.
Even if the Vongola Family wants to retaliate in the future, these small gangs that snatched territory from the tiger's mouth will no longer be afraid of the Vongola Family after they have digested those territories.
Perhaps from now on, these small gangs will form a three-way balance of power with Shelby and Vongola, instead of being at the mercy of the two families as they are now.
Seeing this, Kolok, though extremely anxious, had no choice but to step aside. Jack was a city councilor, someone a mere mid-level manager like himself could not afford to offend.
If I stop Congressman Jack today, he can easily get people to do things for him with just a word, and I'll probably be in deep trouble.
After all the smaller gangs had gone inside, Councilor Jack said meaningfully, "Don't worry, your young master Vega will take care of it."
"As for these minor characters..."
Jack gave a dismissive smile, then leaned on his walking stick and walked inside.