Chapter 128 – Direction of Development (2/2)
Lei Yu wasn’t some almighty savior or some sort of hero. But there was one thing that other people could not be compared to him, and that’s Lei Yu truly believed when a person had the strength, they had to carry on burdens and responsibilities correlated to it. If they weren’t capable of it, then they had no right to possess that strength.
“Recruiting soldiers is fundamental in expanding our forces but it’s rather difficult to recruit people dedicated to our cause. Anyway young master, how much capital do you have? If there isn’t enough, can we see if Miss. Cui can do something about it? I believe she will fully support you at all costs.” Black Panther asked.
Lei Yu shook his head and smiled, “My guess is the cash on hand she has isn’t as much when compared to mine. The initial capital of our plans isn’t a problem so you don’t have to worry, just do what you must. But you need to remember that we’re not going the underworld route. We only need to expand our powers to a certain extent that’s good enough to rival Dr. Tony and Hasegawa’s forces.”
Everyone nodded. Lei Yu then continued: “First of all, not only do we need some common ordinary people, but we need those with special abilities. We will have a lot of work cut out for us in recruiting both sides.”
Lei Yu clearly spoke his thoughts in detail to everyone present. After a few days of familiarizing themselves, Black Panther and Gray Bear started to know the ins and out of New York City. After these two were injected with a formula that Lei Yu found in the hard drive, their bodies were greatly improved. And the sickening stench that had once weighed down their hearts had disappeared. How can this kindness they’ve been show be put into words?
Because Black Panther and his group had bodies combined with the genetic makeup of animals, Lei Yu only used a single component of the upgraded mutagen H series injection. With an extracted single component, it wouldn’t cause any negatives effects of a double dose of mutagen. Back then, the Yamaguchi-gumi felt the component was too expensive so that’s why they didn’t give it to Black Panther and his group of mutants.
A few days later, they didn’t have that much progress but Hu Jiong’s side had a small breakthrough.
While he was in the Bounty Hunters Guild, Hu Jiong was familiar with some of the bounty hunters. Even though they couldn’t chat with each other while they were in the premise of the guild, but privately and on occasion, they would meet up to chat and drink together. And this pastime happened to be how lonely people would meet up.
After conversing with them, Hu Jiong revealed what his thoughts were. These bounty hunters expressed their willingness to leave the guild but their condition was of course related to money.
This wasn’t a problem for Lei Yu. What he was worried about was how to stay operational. Start a business? He wasn’t the material for things like that. And he couldn’t grab Cui Ying Ying from the Kou country and bring her here. And he couldn’t just let the money in his pocket keep on depleting. There’s an old saying where sitting idle will one day empty a mountain of gold, so what methods can he use to maintain a stable income?
“Young master, I have a method but I’m just not too sure on how to implement it.” Hu Jiong said after thinking awhile.
“Quickly tell us.” Lei Yu had no ideas at all.
“Underground fights are very popular in the U.S., and you should know how they work. We could also start one and become the banker and open up bets. There will naturally be lots of people interested in it.”
Lei Yu thought for a bit and shook his head. “It’s a good idea but isn’t gambling something considered a vice? I mentioned before that I didn’t want to develop our organization through the underworld route.”
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¹ – And that’s how the author avoids coming up with a way to fund them.