KK was nothing like the rumors. He was unexpectedly easy to talk to.
That was the thought that surfaced in every former Wraith representative's mind after their brief conversation with KK.
Although KK had only asked each of them a few questions, his words had been gentle.
He lacked the authority and sternness of Dogtown's former king, Kurt Hansen, and none of the arrogance or indifference common among corporate personnel. Every word KK spoke was earnest, his attitude calm and even.
Whenever he questioned someone, he looked them in the eye. Under that gaze—without the slightest trace of severity or threat, carrying only the sense that he was quietly listening—every former Wraith he spoke to gradually lost their nervousness without even realizing it.
Even the former Wraith squad captain, who had dealt with KK before, felt the same way.
He had already sensed before that KK was different from the rumors, but now that he had properly spoken with him, he felt another kind of emotion from KK—something that could only be felt through a genuine conversation.
KK was looking at him. KK was communicating with him as an equal.
It was a strange feeling.
Whether in terms of strength, influence, status, money, or any other factor, KK had no reason to speak to them as equals. They had even come today to swear their loyalty to him. Yet while talking to KK, they could not help feeling that equality.
It was as if KK really was listening carefully to what they said, thoughtfully responding to the information in their words, genuinely treating them as equal partners in conversation.
It was something these former Wraiths had never experienced before.
Since the day they were born into this world, they had never felt such equality.
From childhood to adulthood, it had