As for the rest of the Valentino Gang...
Jack had left the Valentino Gang ten years ago.
He hadn't been with the Valentino Gang for very long.
But this wasn't how he remembered them.
Jack didn't know when the Valentino Gang had fallen so far, too.
When they had turned into this sorry mess.
He could even predict that, once he led Padre's men into a fight to the death against the Sixth Street Gang...
At most, only the Gustavo Family and the Manuel Family would be willing to provide support.
Help from members of the Juan Family, the Gonzalez Family, and the Hernandez Family was out of the question.
They might even stab him in the back.
And even the support from the Gustavo Family and the Manuel Family would be very limited.
The reason was simple.
Gangsters talked about loyalty and honor, but business was all they really cared about.
The Gustavo Family and the Manuel Family couldn't provide their full support at the expense of their own interests.
Otherwise, their leaders would lose their grip on power, and challengers would soon emerge.
It wasn't just gangs, either. Countries were no different.
Why had the Unification War lasted less than a year? Because the brutality of the war far outweighed any benefits it could bring.
The war had left over a million soldiers from New America and the Free States dead or wounded, yet the front lines hadn't advanced a single step.
The high-tech weapons purchased from mega corporations efficiently reaped human lives, but failed to deliver victory.
The scales of war hadn't tipped in either side's favor, but both sides were drowning in debt while the mega corporations grew filthy rich.
It wasn't that the president of New America didn't want to keep fighting.
She simply couldn't