Chapter 981 Strifehold City, Another King
Not much had occurred with the Howlers or Gary after the meeting with Kanu in Centerfield. After all, the decision had been made that they wouldn’t act at all. It meant no running investigations into NIRV, no trying to find out how the One Gang operated or who its enemies were.
If anything, they wanted to do everything in their power to avoid getting into another situation like they had before. With the Phoenix Gang, it truly felt like they were just protecting themselves.
In this case, doing anything against another King would just be asking for a fight. As time went on, the day of the big event approached, and a large limo-like vehicle was seen leaving Slough, heading to Strifehold.
While traveling down the highway at a reasonable speed, the man behind the wheel couldn’t help but keep a big smile on his face.
“I have to say once again, thank you so much, sir, for giving me this opportunity!” Park said. “Honestly, when the job came up and a chance to work closer to you guys who created the Howlers, I just had to jump at it.”
“I’ll make sure to do my best. Oh, and how’s my driving? Would you like the window down, or an update on where we are every minute?”
“It’s okay, Park. I’ll let you know if I need anything,” Gary replied with a nervous smile. It had already been thirty minutes, and the new driver, Park, had been like this the whole way, constantly asking questions one after the other.
“Do you remember when we first met, sir?” Park asked again.
“Was it at that bakery that time?” Gary answered.
“Right! You have a keen eye, sir. I thought you might have confused me with someone else because both me and my brother, Park, were made into squad captains. At the time when you asked for Altered selections, I was the one who volunteered.” n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yet, Kai couldn’t send them off completely helpless and on their own because they were going into enemy territory. Given the situation with the rest of the Howlers, he had decided to send Austin, a trustworthy member of the Howlers, who Kai knew could be relied upon to help Gary.
Then second, he sent Ice, a person no one knew and wouldn’t know was part of the Howlers.
“Xin, there’s something I wanted to tell you before we get there. It’s about your brother... and who he’s fighting today,” Gary said.
“You mean about Kanya? Yeah, I know, but I didn’t know when you knew. When did you find out?” Xin asked, a tinge of annoyance in her voice.
“Oh, you already knew as well?” Gary replied. “I only found out last week, the day you texted me to get those tickets.”
“Oh!” Xin replied, much happier, realizing that she couldn’t be annoyed at Gary because he hadn’t known either. If it was something he had purposely kept from her, then that would have been different, but it wasn’t long from when he had found out.
“Yeah, I know how much this fight means to him, which is why I was asking,” Xin said. “I have to see what he does today, and I have to stop him if he tries to do anything crazy.”
Gary then went to grab her tense hand, holding it firmly.
“And I’ll be there as well if you need me to. I mean, I want to help Jayden too, not just you... of course, I want to help you as well. I just mean Jayden is important, but not as important as you.” Gary continued to fumble with his words, going around in circles.
“Thank you, Gary,” Xin replied, placing her hands firmly on his as well. “I need someone right now, and you’re the closest person to me, other than Jayden.”
“Guys, I hate to ruin the moment back there!” Park shouted, tensing both of his hands around the wheel, “But we’re here, we’re just entering Strifehold.”