Chapter 810: Red Hood (Part 1)

Schiller shook his head and said: "Remember, don't talk to me when you see me outside of school... Oh, by the way, what's up with the Roll-Tail Gang? Can you come to class on time tomorrow?"

Jason shook his head and said: "Nothing big. I heard a big boss from the Twelve Families is looking for someone. You know, they rely entirely on Cat Getan's children to find people. The Roll-Tail Gang also wants to take this job. We can get a lot of benefits, and it's also convenient for us to get to know more big mafia people. Life will be easier in the future..."

Schiller nodded and said: "Okay, although I think you should view your career choice from a more cautious perspective, if you feel you have the responsibility to do so, then go."

Jason rarely showed a smile and said: "Thank you, Professor. No one has ever said this to me before. They just think I was born to like changing gangs..."

Schiller stood up, took Jason to the door, and said: "There are many people in this world who can't help themselves and can't do what they like. They will never fall in love with the work they are doing now. But since the situation is already like this, you might as well think about what you can learn from this career you don't love."

"Learn what?" Jason scratched his head and said: "What is there to learn from being in the mafia?"

Schiller patted Jason on the shoulder and said: "Everything has a place to learn, and you are currently in a suitable environment to slowly explore the ways of it. Some people want to learn but still have to pay tuition."

Jason nodded as if he understood, and then he left the school.

He didn't let Schiller send him back. If that happened, all the children on the street would know he was dealing with the professor, which would lower his prestige.

Going to school was fine. After all, learning good skills could also be used to teach others. But if you walked too close to the upper echelons of society and were favored or adopted by them, you couldn't be the child king anymore.

All the children here knew that if you were adopted by a rich man, you would be far away from this world forever and would definitely not be responsible for the children in the gang anymore. For any child king, this was a fatal blow.

Therefore, Jason couldn't let the children here know that he had a good relationship with a university professor. Otherwise, the gang would be in panic, feeling that he might leave here at any time, and gangs that didn't have a good relationship with him would also use this to spread rumors and ruin his reputation.

The Roll-Tail Gang was the second-largest child gang on this street. Jason was not the first leader. This gang was not established by him. It was just because the place where he was born was not far from here, and after being brought in by children older than him, he slowly sat in the leader's position.

Jason felt that he had an unshirkable responsibility to the children here. After all, when he was a child, it was also children older than him who went out to work to support him.

In Cat Getan, orphans who want to grow up have two ways.

The first is to be adopted by people in the adult mafia. After adoption, you have to inherit the family business and join the original mafia.

Because the mafia lacks fresh blood, they also support members to adopt children. This is why Selina said that as long as you can wait to be discovered in a safe house, you can survive.

The mafia raises children very roughly, basically relying entirely on the children's own physical fitness, let alone any education. After adoption, they give them a bite to eat, and when they grow up, they continue to be mafia thugs. Occasionally, one or two with good talent can climb up, which is considered the adopter's luck.

There is another way, which is to be picked up by older children in child gangs, run errands for them, support themselves, and raise themselves up.

The advantage here is that the older children in child gangs are more attentive, especially some older girls, who basically treat the children they pick up as their own younger brothers, taking them with them for everything. Jason was also raised like this.

The atmosphere of the entire child gang is very much like a big family. Brothers and sisters must take care of each other, and whoever has difficulties must help.

However, growing up in a child gang has a bad point, which is that it is easy to have the next meal without the previous one.

Growing up in an adult mafia, although raised relatively roughly, sometimes no one takes care of you when you are sick, relying entirely on resistance, and mafia members can't take care of them. Most of the time, children are let run wild on the street, but at least they can eat their fill.

Most stable mafia don't lack a bite to eat. Larger and more regular mafia even give some subsidies to members with children to prevent them from not growing tall and not being able to be thugs.

However, child gangs don't have that many livelihoods. Most of them run errands for big mafia. Before the snow disaster, most child gangs' income was completely unstable. If no money was earned today, everyone would have to go hungry together.

Simply put, being adopted by the mafia, you will grow up relatively strong physically, but lack education, fail to socialize well, and easily develop a relatively extreme personality.

Growing up in a child gang, your spirit is relatively rich, you socialize well, your personality is relatively stable, and you have more collective consciousness and cooperative wisdom, but your nutrition can't keep up, which will lead to your body not being so strong.

Maybe many people will feel that in Cat Getan, it is still better to be strong and healthy, but in fact, this is not the case.

A smart brain and a stable personality are easier to stand out among mafia members, be selected by the upper echelons, participate in part of the decision-making, and then turn into white-collar workers. After all, the mafia can't just have thugs; they also need white-collar work.

Children raised in the mafia have a high lower limit and a low upper limit. Children from child gangs have a low lower limit, but their upper limit is also very high.

Many high-level members with surnames other than the Twelve Families came from child gangs. Many people, after making a fortune, will ask their subordinates not to make things difficult for children in child gangs. Therefore, child gangs with no ability to resist can exist in the streets and alleys of Cat Getan.

The leader of a child gang will create a main base, usually a cellar or basement, and then set up a temporary stronghold at the head and end of the street using containers and oil drums. The more powerful ones can even get a few guns and distribute them to the oldest and strongest children in the gang to carry.

However, among the rules of Cat Getan, child gangs are not allowed to engage in armed conflict; if anyone dares to open fire, they are finished.

Gunshots would alert the adult gangs that own this street. If they were to get involved, none of the children would be able to escape. Therefore, in most cases, they just hold their guns and intimidate each other; no one dares to pull the trigger.

The Roll-Tail Gang where Jason is located occupies the cellar with the best terrain here.

The entrance to the base is at the end of an alley. The cellar entrance is very hidden. After entering, the space is also very large. In addition to the storage room, it is also connected to a basement. Above the basement is not a noisy nightclub or bar, but a warehouse used by the mafia to store materials.

That mafia will let the children of the Roll-Tail Gang help them watch the movements of the warehouse. For this, they will pay a little reward. This is also the minimum guarantee for the Roll-Tail Gang, allowing them to afford to raise the smallest children in the gang when there is no work to do. This was all fought for by Jason.

Jason opened the entrance to the cellar and climbed down lightly, but as soon as he reached the ground, he heard a familiar voice. Little Slippery came up and hugged him, asking: "Why did you come back at this time?"

"Oh, Little Slippery? Why aren't you at school? Why did you think of coming back today?" Jason turned his head and looked at Little Slippery with some surprise, asking.

"Oh, it's like this. A few days ago, Big Sister Six-Fingers got a broken truck. She wanted me to come back and see if I could fix this car. If I could, then it would be a big profit."

Jason widened his eyes and said: "A truck?! My God! Where did she get it? Won't she get into trouble with other mafia?"

"Who knows? But Big Sister said that this car seemed to be abandoned because it was broken too badly, but she looked at it a few times and felt it could still be used, so she called me back." After speaking, Little Slippery put on his tool bag and climbed up the ladder. Jason followed behind him.

Turning through an alley, they came to the back of the warehouse. There was a wasteland here, and there were not many people. The truck Little Slippery mentioned was right here.

From the outside, this car was really too broken. However, Jason, who had studied auto repair at school for two days, could see that this car still had room for rescue.

Watching Little Slippery put down the toolbox and start working, Jason waved his hand and said: "You go ahead and get busy. I'll go find Big Sister. I still have something to ask her."

Jason went around from the back of the warehouse again and kept walking forward along the street. He walked to an alley at the head of the street, where there was an older girl who was directing a few children to work.

That was the Big Sister Six-Fingers in Little Slippery's mouth. She was born with six fingers and was also the oldest child in the gang now. Her boyfriend was a formal member of a mafia on the next street. It was estimated that in a few years, the two would get married and would officially leave the child gang.

Jason found her and said: "Hey, Big Sister, I'm back. You asked someone to bring me a message at school before, saying that the big boss above is looking for someone. Can we do this job?"

Big Sister Six-Fingers turned around, tossed her hair with her hand, and said: "You're back? That's right, the old man living on the front street stopped me today and said the big boss is looking for you. You weren't there, so he asked me to tell you that the one above is looking for someone. I heard it's quite urgent, and the price given is relatively high. Whoever can find it will make a fortune!"

"Did he say who he was looking for?" Jason asked.

Big Sister Six-Fingers shook her head and said: "You have to go there in person for this. I heard it's a stranger from out of town. It should be quite easy to find."

After hearing this, Jason went to the mafia stronghold on this street. He used to come here often and was familiar with most of the people here. He greeted the guards and the mafia members coming and going. Jason ran in quickly, but before he could enter the door, he heard the boss of this mafia talking to others.

"... You all give me some spirit! Don't say it's an outsider, even if it's a fly or an earthworm, you have to catch it!"

"Do you know what stupid thing he did? He broke into the Falcone family's most important warehouse area in the middle of the night. Do you know where that is? It's the sub-center of the Falcone family's cold chain transportation industry in the future, and it was just put into use not long ago..."

"The first batch of goods arrived that day, and that guy who didn't know life from death broke in. You say he didn't do it on purpose, who would believe it?!"

"And I heard that the reason why the big boss is so angry is because this guy annoyed Young Master Falcone..."

"In short, this job is very simple, but the return is very high. If anyone can complete it, they will definitely be able to show their face. You little bastards, instead of running around on the street every day, you might as well spend some time on business. If you can really be taken to the Falcone Manor, that would be incredible..."

"Who is outside the door??... Jason? Why did you just come! Come in quickly? I was just about to point to you. In my territory, only little Jason can let me borrow some light. He is a college student now..."

Jason was called in by this mafia boss. In the past, he had a good relationship with the mafia boss. This mafia boss also had foresight, saw Jason's difference, and liked to hand over some brain-using work to him.

After coming out of the room, Jason got a name and a few appearance descriptions, but in fact, appearance didn't matter at all. As long as he knew he was an outsider, he would definitely be easy to find. Outsiders and local Cat Getan people had a big difference in temperament, just like a sheep breaking into a wolf pack, and it was easy to distinguish.

Returning to the Roll-Tail Gang base, Jason gave an explanation, and at the same time, he also carried out an unprecedented mobilization. After all, this job looked really simple and had a lot of returns. Both big and small children could participate. If they did well, it would also pave the way for their future.

After explaining, the night was already deep. Jason lay on the bed in the base, feeling unparalleled peace of mind. This was his home, the place where he grew up since he was a child. Only here could he sleep a peaceful sleep.

But this peaceful sleep didn't last long. After sleeping for less than three hours, Jason heard some strange noises in a daze. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a person standing at the head of his bed.

Jason was just about to scream, but his mouth was covered by a pair of hands. He widened his eyes in horror.

Through the faint light in the room, he saw that the uninvited guest who broke in was wearing a red hood. ===== CHAPTER 811 =====