Chapter 68: The Hongmen Banquet! The Scent of Gossip! (2/5, Requesting Data)

Bisji immediately perked up her ears to eavesdrop; she couldn't quite make out the specific words, but she could tell the person on the other end was female.

Moreover, the age difference shouldn't be much, making her a peer of Luo Ge.

A feeling called "gossip" arose spontaneously; Bisji raised an eyebrow at Machi and Shizuku beside her and said:

"I smell the scent of gossip."

Machi, Shizuku:...

The two exchanged a glance and helplessly shrugged their shoulders.

Seeing this, Bisji felt somewhat surprised; had she been mistaken?

Luo Ge heard Bisji's words clearly, forcibly restraining the few black lines on his forehead, and continued his call with Zhu Di.

After a brief casual chat, Zhu Di got straight to the point, her tone dropping slightly.

"I don't know if you've been free recently, but there's a gathering coming up where you might need to appear."

"A meeting?"

"Yes, it's a rather important meeting; if I attend alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold the ground."

After Zhu Di's explanation, Luo Ge finally understood what kind of meeting this was.

This meeting was a Heibang Society gathering organized by multiple Erliuhei Gangs, with some Erliuhei Gangs and Sanliuhei Gangs mainly invited.

The Sanliuhei Gangs were purely there to fill the numbers, while also hoping to gain more familiarity by attending such a meeting.

To establish friendly relations with other families and secure a better future for their own families.

The real highlight lay with those few Erliuhei Gangs.

Sanliuhei Gangs were just minor squabbles; if you could just gather a few people, take a name, and that counted as a non-ranked gang.

Then the difference between Sanliuhei Gangs and non-ranked gangs wasn't great.

The main difference was that Sanliuhei Gangs had a slight local reputation and possessed their own territory.

This territory was usually not large, sometimes even as small as a single shop on the street.

Erliuhei Gangs were different.

In a typical city, an Erliuhei Gang was already considered a sizable organization, usually having members in the hundreds.

Some exaggerated top-tier Erliuhei Gangs even had members in the thousands; this level was almost equivalent to a Yiliuhei Gang.

The former Elra family was considered quite low-tier among the Erliuhei Gangs.

After the operations by Luo Ge and others, even some old-established Erliuhei Gangs were now unwilling to provoke the Elra family.

However, the interests involved in Manhattan City and the surrounding cities were significant.

So other Erliuhei Gangs were unwilling to see the Elra family swallow this big cake alone.

This meeting was initiated and organized by several Erliuhei Gangs that wanted to get a share of the pie from the Elra family.

And they specifically sent invitations for the Elra family to send someone.

One could say this meeting was held specifically for the Elra family.

The resources of just these few cities naturally weren't worth them doing this; the main reason lay in the nearby Meteor City.

Occupying the cities around Manhattan was equivalent to controlling part of Meteor City's resources.

Yiliuhei Gangs might not care much, but these Erliuhei Gangs valued it highly.

This gave rise to this "Hongmen Banquet."

And the meeting location was also a place Luo Ge was familiar with—Yorknew.