******Still inside the Maple Leaf restaurant.At this moment, Breaker didn’t merely look confident… he radiated the kind of inflated entitlement that made others shrink without fully understanding why their bodies reacted that way.His presence was heavy and oppressive, like a man accustomed to walking into rooms expecting everyone inside to bow by instinct.If anyone who had seen him that morning... right after he learned about Glenn’s background, were to see him now, they would swear he was a completely different person from the frightened, jittery, and obedient thug he had been back then.Instead, at this moment, he lifted his chin slightly, arrogance seeping from every pore, as if acknowledging anyone here was already an act of generosity.“You already need my service so quickly?” he asked, his voice dripping contempt thick enough to stain the air, staring at the young master as though he were some sort of stain.His words weren’t a question… they were a slap.“I…” The yo

******Before long, Glenn reached the gang leader.He walked with the same slow, unhurried rhythm he had maintained from the beginning… as if the entire street wasn’t waiting for him with hearts thundering against their ribs.Glenn's expression remained utterly blank, showing not a trace of adrenaline or worry.If anything, he looked mildly bored, like someone forced to attend a meeting he hadn’t signed up for.“So,” Glenn began, his tone calm, casual, and almost lazy, as though he were talking about the weather and not walking into a nest of enemies who had been praying for his death minutes ago.This time, though, no one jeered… no snickers, no bold remarks, and no cheap shots.Instead, a pin-drop, heavy, suffocating silence swallowed the street whole.“Didn’t you want me here,” Glenn continued, tilting his head slightly, “whether dead or alive?” His voice carried easily, touching every ear. “Well… here I am.”The quiet deepened, thick enough to choke on.Moments ago, the

******The moment she heard the Young Master speak, her jaw clenched and her chest rose sharply as she fought the overpowering urge to crack his skull open with her bare hands.She didn’t answer at first. Instead, she exhaled… releasing a long, heavy sigh that carried years of anger, resentment, and exhaustion.When she spoke again, her voice was icy, dipped in sarcasm and sharpened by spite.“I thought those stupid brutes claimed they no longer work for you?” she asked, her tone mocking enough to slice skin.Silence…Everyone stood confused for a second, but then the customers and workers of Auntie Matilda’s restaurant suddenly remembered… almost in unison the moment the gang leader had proudly declared that they now “work alone.”And just like that, disgust rippled through the street like a foul wind.In the following second, whispers surged as those who had witnessed it quickly explained the truth to the people who hadn’t, filling them in with bitter clarity.The moment th

******“How about this?” the young master called out suddenly, lifting his chin with the smug arrogance of a man addressing a servant rather than another human being. “Work for me, and I will give you everything you ever wanted… money, glory, the platform to shine, women. All of it.”The moment his offer left his mouth, the entire street fell into a silence so sharp, intense, and so suffocating that it felt like the air had frozen mid-breath.No one had anticipated this sudden turn of events, and as such, everyone could only stare at him in utter bewilderment… especially the group of thugs.Someone had beaten, defeated, and made them, his underlings, so mercilessly, and yet… he wanted to recruit them?It was a twist so absurd that even reality seemed confused.Even Red’s breathing couldn’t help but stall, her chest rising and falling unevenly as she snapped back to her senses, disbelief washing over her face.Even she found it very difficult to believe what she had just heard.

******“Hehehe… you brat, weren’t you acting all mighty just now? Let’s see how you continue now.A voice slithered across the air… sounding mocking, delighted, and heavily soaked in hatred.It belonged to the gang leader, whose gaze was currently locked on Glenn with venom so thick that it could be tasted.His words struck the onlookers like a slap, making several of them almost buckle under the sharp shift in power.But the other gang members…“Hehehe!”Their sneers returned instantly, blooming like rot.And just like that… every trace of the fear Glenn had instilled in them moments before evaporated as if it had never existed.“You were acting all mysterious because of your tiny strength? Then let’s see if you can keep up the act in front of real power!”“Hahaha! You’re done for, boy!”“Hehehe! In fact, finished is a great understatement, you’re finished, ya hear that?”Their energy surged back, fiercer and uglier than before… the kind of mockery that drips from the mou