Looking around, the Howlers could only guess who belonged to a gang for those people who were dressed similarly. Of course, without special knowledge, that didn’t tell them where those gangs came from. It was of the utmost importance to avoid any type of conflict with those who had established themselves in high-tier cities, especially as a new gang.To prevent anything from occurring the group was staying together, and they were enjoying their drinks and some casual chat. Still, Marie noticed that a certain person was continually looking their way. At first, she had decided to ignore it, wondering if she was just imagining things, but as time went on, she could see his eyes were following them.“Have you noticed that flamboyant man over there? Ever since we came here, he’s been staring at us?” Marie whispered to Kai. The girl felt tingles running up her entire back when she looked over. The creepy thing was that the man didn’t even try to hide that fact, and even smiled and waved at

Following the instructions, two lines formed, five metres apart from each other, at either side of the hall. Behind the large door, there were several staff members dressed in the same dark purple clothing as the ones outside. Their faces were visible as they stood straight and proud like guards. This wasn’t the typical entrance or type of group that Kai was expecting. The Dark Guild was a well-known gang. Although gangs operated differently and did different businesses, all the guards were gang members, but this was almost like a well-tuned army.Guiding the guests in the front was a woman who was dressed in a skirt, a white shirt and a purple waistcoat. Next to her was a man with a purple sleeveless waist and a top hat. They didn’t say much, other than for the guests to follow them for the time being. The hall they were being led through was littered with giant paintings that depicted scenes of old armoured knights, kings with crowns, as well as fantastic beasts like dragons. At t

Everyone had been comfortably sitting in their seats when they heard Kai mention the budget that their group had, but the moment he revealed the number, all of them nearly jumped up in shock. Five million was an unimaginable amount for any of them.Instantly, they were all thinking about what they could do with this kind of cash. There were even dollar signs in their eyes. Coming from a Tier-3 town, they could practically go anywhere, select any apartment and car they fancied, and still have enough left over to live a happy life… and yet for some reason, their blonde leader had mentioned it as if he was talking about fifty bucks.“I know what you're thinking, but it shows that you guys have no idea how much it actually costs to run an organisation as big as ours. While we get paid protection money from various businesses, we have dozens of people on our payroll, not to mention that each property we own has its own costs associated with it.“This money we’re using will be gone. We won’

As his upperclassman, Kai had never really interacted with Blake Hunt. The former had only known the latter due to being Westbridge’s rugby ace, making him famous in their school. Only later did he find out the younger teenager’s double life as an Altered Hunter, and that was mostly from Gary.During Slough’s big gang war, involving the Underdogs, the Grey Elephants and the Howlers, Blake Hunt had come out to help. One could argue that he had merely acted as an Altered Hunter, who wanted to get rid of the Infected Altered, but it was undeniable that his intervention had helped out their entire town.‘Have the Altered Hunters sent him on his own? No, I doubt that. He would make too easy of a target if that were the case. I should assume that either the ones next to him are Altered Hunters, or they’re somewhere else hidden in the room. Have they come here to buy Anti-Altered weapons… or are they here for another reason?’ Kai wondered. They were in a room with many Altered. The more Kai

When the Howlers heard Kai bid their entire budget on the solution, they could feel their hearts stop for a moment. Even after the gavel was struck down, they didn’t really feel like celebrating. As the one responsible for their finances, they could only hope that there had been a good reason for their de-facto leader’s behaviour.Kai would be lying if he said that his emotions hadn’t influenced his action in any way, but it hadn’t been fully without any logic. Admittedly, it had been a calculated risk, and if someone had bid higher than them, the Howlers would have been unable to do anything about it. At that point, they might as well have packed their bags, as it would have been the same as admitting their entire budget was capped at 5 million.The Werewolf had bet on the fact that the others would be holding out their bids due to the Dark Guild bringing out more and better items each time. With this being the first mystery solution, it was clear that there would be more to come. Ha