The Shadow Peddlers

After I left, I went straight to the store owned by a member of the Shadow Peddlers gang. When I got there, I told my men to wait outside. When I entered, I saw a man in his 30s without a beard and with an unimpressive body but with a look full of intelligence who started to notice me as I entered the store.

-Do you know why I'm here? To which he replied.

-No, but I'm sure it has nothing to do with selling or buying. He said this while looking intensely at me, to which I replied.

-It is true that I have no intention of selling or buying anything. When he heard this, he asked.

-Then how can I help you, sir? To which I said

-I want to see the one who controls the Shadow Peddlers. When I said this, he frowned and said.

-I think you're wrong; this is just a shop; I don't deal with gangs. As he said this, he pulled a dagger from his sleeve and threw it at me, and I used my right hand to catch the dagger and quickly threw it to the left side of the wall in front of him, stopping the attempt to escape. When he saw the dagger, who was a short distance in front of him, he fell on his back and tried to get up quickly, but while he was trying to get up, I came in front of him, and I grabbed him by the neck with my hand, lifting him up and holding him in the air while I said.

-I think I should make myself understood. I will kill you if you don't take me to your boss, and if you want to die so badly, know that I will visit every member to find your boss. When he heard this, he said:

-I'm going; I'm going; please spare my life. After hearing this, I took my hand from his neck and let it fall to the floor, when he got up from the floor, I told him to take me to his boss, and that's what he did, he took me and my people to what I think is the office of one or more merchants who had a sign that read Nuli Cheng Merchant Alliance, when I entered all the people inside focused their eyes on me and my people, he he took us to an office on the 3rd floor of the building, when we arrived in front of the office i told him and my people to stay here and I entered the office when I entered I saw a girl in her 20s with shoulder-length black hair with black eyes with white skin dressed in a black ruqun  who was at a desk with some papers in front of her and who looked at me with intensity and said.

-Who are you, and what are you doing here? In a tone that didn't hide the fact that she was nervous that someone interrupted what she was doing, I responded by shooting a beam of qi from my right index finger to make her understand to speak politely and to know that she can't play with me, and then I said.

-If I were in your place, I would choose the words and tone in which I speak carefully. After I said that, I went and sat on a chair in front of her office and I continued to talk.

-I am here to tell you that The Shadow Peddlers will be under my command from today onwards. I want half of the profits, information, and cooperation from you; if you refuse, I will kill you and put someone else in charge, so think carefully before you say anything.

After I said that, she sat at the desk for a few seconds thinking about what to say, and then she got up from the desk, got down on one knee, and said.

-I, Lian, the head of the Shadow Peddlers, swear to serve you.

After she said that, I told her to sit down at the office, and that I said as I told the others that I had taken under my command that I want half of the profits, informed and cooperative, that The Shadow Peddlers will not have any restrictions imposed on them, and that they can operate as before, and after I said that the other 2 gangs in Nalu Cheng are under my command.

After I said that, I left for the inn where I stay to sleep with my people. Before entering my room at the inn, I told Jing and Yun to go tomorrow morning and get money from The Shadow Peddlers and at The Shadow Syndicate before they woke me up and told them that in the afternoon I would like to talk to all 3 gang leaders in The Scarlet Haven pagoda.