Don Marchetti

"Thank you for accepting my invitation. I am glad to see a lot of you attending this small party of mine, even with such a brief notice," said Paul without minding the crazed ladies and he snapped his fingers.

Instantly, a group of Badami family men brought out packages that are wrapped and distributed them to the bosses present in the banquet. Though they were confused, the bosses of different forces in the party accepted them. Whereas Sheikh Salman handed one of such packages to Paul.

"Even though we are from the diverse ethnicity and dabbling in various businesses, in the end we are all the same species, the Humans. Anyway, according to our Italian custom, we will always reciprocate the courtesy by giving gifts" paused Paul. He unwrapped the pack and picked out a wine bottle and a small truckle of cheese out of it.

"This is the wine that is made with the authentic vineyards in the Marchetti city" he announced and glanced at the people before him and saw the radiant smiles on their faces.

As most of the plants are also mutated, it is remarkably hard to find a non-mutated grapes. So wine is one of the most sort after commodity. They are extremely rare and expensive. In the whole East domain, the Marchetti family is the only one that makes wine with non-mutated grapes. Every year, not over five hundred bottles are produced, and Paul instantly distributed twenty bottles of them to the bosses before him.

"This is Pecorino Romano. Cheese made with the mutated mountain sheep's milk. Don't worry, we refined the milk before making them into cheese, so they are safe to eat" he said and instantly everyone chuckled hearing his remark.

"Just like the Badamis are to the Marchettis. I know everyone of you is associates or the supporters of various families" Paul continued, but as soon as he said this the whole compound turned silent.

"Long time ago, the godfather tried to form a syndicate with all the mafia families in the East domain but his efforts never prevailed. I don't believe in my grandfather's ideals but I don't mean that we should always fight between ourselves". Everyone nodded at what Paul said.

"What I want to tell you is, the Marchetti family will never make enemies. We like to make peace and live in harmony and extending that to the forces in the Xuzhou city" Paul said with a smile.

"So," Paul said while his expression swiftly switched from his cheerful into stone cold.

"Be nice and don't come in our way" he said chillingly.

Paul can see a visible shock on the faces of the bosses, whereas their spouses and children who went mad looking at Paul before shuddered.

"That's all. Enjoy the party" he stated again with a smile and turned around to leave.

"This is a blatant provocation. He is not merely warning the Xuzhou city forces but also the other nine great families supporting them" Salman whispered to his grandfather with his wide eyes opened. It stunned even the Badamis to hear what Paul said.

Suddenly Paul came back and said,

"By the way. I will stay in Xuzhou city from now. Please take good care of me" he said with a broad grin and left the banquet. While going inside the mansion, he signaled Salman to come to him and whispered something.

Soon the entire party became silent after hearing Paul. At the beginning it elated them to receive an extremely rare wine bottle but now they understand the meaning behind the courtesy Paul said about.

"He basically means that, if you stay out from the Marchetti family, they will reward us like this" said the boss of a Spanish cartel in Xuzhou.

"Well, that is how the Marchettis roll. Even his grandfather is like that" said an old man wearing a suit.

"But this kid sure has guts. He still decided to stay at Xuzhou city after warning us" said a woman who seemed to be an Asian.

"The Italians are acting weird. Look at the Luciano and Conte, till afternoon they fought like rabid dogs and now talking like long-lost brothers" said that Spaniard boss, looking at two people laughing and hugging.

"There are also weird movements in the Federation office. I also received intelligence that powerful ability users are gathering in the city" said that woman gain. Instantly, the expressions of the bosses surrounding her turned grave.

While they are speaking, the food is served. Unlike the bosses of the underground forces, their family is care free and enjoyed the dinner because the Badamis specially prepared Tier-3 grade beast meat.

Meanwhile, Salman came towards a few of the bosses and whispered something in their ears. Quickly, he ushered them into the manor.

"Looks like the owner called his dogs inside" that Spaniard said while looking at the people following Salman.

"Is there anyone in your family that has an ability to bypass the anti-surveillance barrier?" that Asian woman asked, looking at the men before her. But everyone shook their heads from side to side.

"There is a Normal in our family with an eavesdropping ability but as I said, he is a normal" that old man in the suit said. The Normals are tireless but if there are cases where a Normal will receive a boost in their ability while taking a potion or at the time of life of death situations.

"Anyway, I have to report what happened here to the Fernandez clan," said that Spaniard, and took a large bite off the Tier-3 steak.

"So do I. The Yotsubas are always wary of the Marchetti family. I should too" that Asian woman said, "By the way, there is no reception in my PAD. Do you know why?" she added.

The other left at the table also fiddled with their PADs and realized that even their devices are not working.

"Stop checking. There is no use. I think there are jammers placed in the manor. This Marchetti kid is really interesting" that old man in the suit said.

"Ah! This is the first time we are seeing him and this kid is already rude to his elders" he said.

"About that. Isn't this the first public appearance of the Marchetti heir?" that Asian woman said while getting up.

"I heard he went into seclusion after his parents died in the last mafia war. This must be the first time he came out after eight years. Anyway, let's leave. We should send our reports" said that old man and soon everyone other than the ones related to the bosses that went inside the manor were left the banquet. Taking their gifts, of course.

Meanwhile, inside the Badami mansion. The conference room used by the Badami family got specifically cleared for this meeting and a huge round table was placed in it. There are less than twenty people in that room.

"Don Marchetti" the boss of the Luciano family, came forward and kissed Paul's hand. Then the boss of the Conte family also followed him.

"Don Luciano, Don Conte, Master Luo and Sheikh Khalid" Paul said while making eye contact with them when he said the names.

"Your four families are the close associates of my family. But what I am going to say is a very sensitive. So other than you and your consigliere, the remaining should leave this room" he said seriously. Consigliere is a counselor and adviser to the boss of a family. They are a trusted friend and confidant, usually the Number 3 man in the family.

Immediately the bosses followed his command and sent their personal guards and others that came inside with now only nine people inside. Don Luciano has Emanuel by his side, whereas Ibrahim stayed beside his father. Don Conte and Master Luo have their trusted men beside them. Whereas Paul sent his superhuman bodyguards outside.

"Good," said Paul and stood up from his chair and operated his PAD. Instantly, a holographic map appeared in the middle of the table. A standard PAD has a holographic screen, whereas a high-end model has a holographic projector.

"What you are seeing now is the satellite image that our Marchetti family gained secretly from the federation. The green dots are the D and E level cities and blue dots are the mid-level cities" he said and clicked on his PAD. Instantly the image got zoomed and a cluster of red dots appeared on the map. It stunned everyone in the room to see those red dots.

"I think you already guessed what those red dots represent," Paul said, seeing the shocked faces of the bosses, and clicked on his PAD again. This time a blue dot appeared close to the red dots. This time everyone collectively stood up, trembling.

"A large beast tide is coming"