He forced each word through clenched teeth. "Are you really going to wipe us all out?"
"Wrong. I'm not 'going to' wipe you all out. I'm already doing it."
The moment he finished speaking, there was a bang.
The front door downstairs was kicked in.
Then came a sustained barrage of gunfire, punctuated by the desperate dying screams of Cannon's men.
"You devil!" Cannon was shocked and furious. "How dare you..."
"Thanks for the compliment. Have a wonderful evening, Mr. Cannon."
The gunfire didn't last long.
It soon stopped.
A short while later, someone picked up the phone again.
A tall man wearing a mask appeared on the holo-call.
The man removed his mask.
It was Emmerich.
"All done. Even the cockroaches in this house are dead."
"How many people did you bring?"
"Three full squads. To avoid exposing ourselves, we killed every guard in the compound. Now no one will know we were here."
"Thanks. I'll transfer the money to Rogue right away."
That night, the Clementi Family collapsed with the death of its new leader, Cannon.
The other families of the Sixth Street Gang signed a ceasefire agreement with the Tiger Claws Gang's Kiryu Group in the Clementi Family's stead.
With the Clementi Family destroyed, the other families of the Sixth Street Gang would never pay compensation on its behalf.
The Kiryu Group was unwilling to extend the war to the entire Sixth Street Gang, either. That could make the situation going forward unpredictable.
Although they received no compensation, the destruction of the Clementi Family did somewhat appease the Kiryu Group's anger.
The Kiryu Group agreed to a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the Juan Family had descended into internal strife after its former leader, Juan, was assassinated by an unidentified attacker.
Several officers within the family fought fiercely over the