Chapter 265 Starting Trouble

At this point, the situation was already quite clear.

However, they still didn’t discuss it in front of the people below. After calming down the few injured members, they all went to the meeting room together.

As soon as they entered the room, the fat guy turned around and kicked the door shut with a bang: “Damn it! This is too much!”

Xia Xinyan sat down on the couch, taking stock of the others in the room, her expression unchanged.

Honestly, it was her first time seeing the fat guy this angry—she always thought he had a better temper than she did. In her previous life, even when he was pushed around, he never exploded, and she never expected to see him blow up like this now.

But it made sense; the fat guy genuinely wanted to develop and grow this organization. Whether it was the beggar gang he had built in his previous life or the Chicks that she and Ling Mo had given him in this life, both represented a platform built from scratch—a crucial bargaining chip for protecting themselves amidst the impending chaos and a solid foundation for future standing.

The Chicks were indeed weak at this stage, and the fat guy never intended to bully others. On the contrary, he always maintained absolute goodwill towards all the other forces he encountered, even those much weaker than them.

Yet, even under such circumstances, they had been dealt such a heavy blow, and it was clearly aimed at them. Anyone with a good temper would be hard-pressed to hold back.

And who were they? Among the higher-ups of a small organization, there were three, four, five, six, seven, or eight who made it onto the rankings. Even if they weren’t absolute top dogs, it was enough to prove their strength, right? Getting ridiculed like this while in such circumstances—who wouldn’t be embarrassed?

Moreover, the most important thing was that the other side was playing dirty.

“I’ve really never been this mad in my life!” After a while, the fat guy managed to regain some composure. He looked at Ling Mo and said seriously, “Old Ling was right just now; we can’t indulge them. Let’s do something!”

They were just good-natured, but that didn’t mean they lacked anger. Whoever dared to provoke him would have their heads smashed!

Bai Yu seized the moment to pour cold water on the situation: “How do we do that? You don’t even have your abilities now, and there are only a few real combatants in our organization. Plus, we still don’t have clear intel. Are you planning to go find someone and start a fight with a brick?”

“Why can’t we?” The fat guy pounded the table, “Combat power? With Old Ling around, are we still afraid of lacking combat power? Even the cleaning lady at the entrance, if we gave her an RPG, she could send their boss to meet their maker! Intel? What intel do we need? Those bastards clearly came looking for trouble and are already well-prepared. Are we really going to send our brothers to scout? Isn’t that a blatant death wish?”

He paused and pointed at Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan: “And with these two here, that’s enough. Even if the enemy is strong, can they beat them? I don’t want to talk about moral high ground; I just want to send them to hell!”

“Calm down for a second…” Bai Yu couldn’t help but advise.

An Xiao also nodded along: “Don’t drag my brother down with you; didn’t you say it wasn’t a good time to create large-scale conflicts? Now you want all of us to be rocket artillery?”

Hearing this, Ling Mo agreed: “Calm down; if we’re going to deal with them, we need a plan.”

The fat guy turned to him: “What plan?”

Ling Mo paused, shrugged: “Not established yet.”

“But I can’t wait!” The fat guy’s flesh twitched, “This is only the first incident; who can guarantee those guys won’t target others again? I’m the leader of this organization; I must ensure everyone’s basic safety. I have to take responsibility for each and every one. Old Ling, do you understand? Even if we can’t wipe them out, we at least have to find a way to warn them that we’re not pushovers.”

He continued: “You just said we need to deal with them, right?”

“I didn’t say it was wrong.” Ling Mo nodded, somewhat helpless, “But we need to figure out where they are first, right? Otherwise, where do you plan to fight?”

He did want to retaliate against those who attacked from behind, but the main reason wasn’t that they were sneaky—it was because their sneakiness led to Xia Xinyan getting hurt while trying to save them.

In other words, when he first learned of this situation, he was somewhat angry, but not nearly as much as the fat guy. After Xia Xinyan got hurt trying to help, his emotions multiplied.

As the indirect cause of Xia Xinyan’s injury, every single one of those dogs needed to pay with their lives.

However, even so, he could still maintain his basic rationality and calmness. Because in the quest for vengeance, he also had to protect Xia Xinyan from further harm.

“The Turing Bar back alley in the New De District, that’s where the incident occurred,” Xia Xinyan suddenly interjected, “They were approached by the other side while looking for a target, and this matter might have something to do with that target—based on what I see… it’s likely related to Ling Mo. You guys should know, Ling Mo has been targeted by some people.”

“I know about that.” Nearby, Hao Nan chimed in, “It’s been on the internet, and several organizations I’ve come into contact with recently have heard the rumor that Old Ling is a ‘sugar daddy’… I suspect Old Ling has offended someone, and now someone is targeting him.”

“I’ve never actively offended anyone,” Ling Mo said firmly.

If anything, he only had a few instances where he chose to not save someone in danger.

If that counts as offending, then so be it.

But those with the power to target him shouldn’t only have such narrow-mindedness.

That’s blatantly unreasonable.

“Regardless,” he sighed, continuing, “it’s highly likely that because of me, the Chicks have also become a target. This matter must be dealt with; otherwise, there will only be more trouble in the future.”

“Isn’t that just going in circles?” The fat guy shrugged, “Let’s just go deal with it.”

Xia Xinyan shot the fat guy a glance.

Suddenly realizing that no matter how similar he was to his previous life, maturity was something that couldn’t be faked. Although the current fat guy often acted well, he was quite impatient when it came to matters like this.

“We shouldn’t stir up too much trouble at this stage,” she spoke up, “You all understand this reasoning. We can take action, but we shouldn’t go overboard. If we’re prepared, let’s go now.”

She had been emphasizing that while chaos had begun, on the surface, peace was still maintained. Even though everyone knew that this peace would inevitably be broken in the future, no one of any intelligence would want to be the first to break it—because that would lead to dire consequences.

Of course, the range of ‘not going overboard’ was still quite broad before the peace was broken. How to measure what was too much was really up to them.

—Anyway, the fat guy’s full-on RPG tactic definitely wouldn’t work.