Alex Has Always Been Working Hard for His Dreams!

Alex fell silent.

Jack was actually his high school classmate. In high school, he was discriminated against and bullied by tall white students because he was small and thin. Alex inadvertently stopped an incident where Jack was being bullied, displaying formidable Chinese kung fu by taking on ten opponents. From then on, he became an object of Jack's admiration, and Jack followed Alex's lead.

During their three years of high school, because Jack followed Alex's lead, he wasn't bullied. Alex, on the other hand, learned about the chaotic scene of rival gangs in the lower city from Jack.

Jack was a slick, timid, and skinny Black man. When Alex told him that he would teach him Chinese kung fu for self-defense, have him act as an informant to familiarize himself with the lower city, and then, after Alex graduated from college, unify the gang forces in the lower city to enjoy all the good things in life, Jack, who couldn't get into college, was thrilled.

Jack weighed his options and figured that following Alex was better than selling milk tea or pushing a food cart to sell egg pancakes. Plus, he was born in the lower city and was somewhat familiar with its chaos. Without thinking too much, he took a few hundred dollars and joined a gang.

He firmly remembered Alex's reminder: the most important thing in gangs is loyalty. He unhesitatingly took bullets and knives for several bosses, but his luck was so good that he came out unscathed, leaving only a few shallow scars. However, the bosses he followed were killed one after another by other gangs. He, on the other hand, gained a good reputation on the streets and made a name for himself in the lower city.

Speaking of Jack, everyone knew he was a righteous guy, willing to go through fire and water for friends, brothers, and bosses, full of loyalty.

Alex intended to integrate the gangs in the lower city to make it more convenient for him to act and gather information. His ability to have over ten million dollars and establish his own underground base was inseparable from his cooperation with Jack. They engaged in "black eats black," taking a lot of gang money and destroying many gangs.

But Alex truly didn't expect Jack to develop so quickly. Was Jack really this suited for the gang life?

Alex's initial plan was to first establish himself in the legitimate world and then control the underworld, achieving success in both. Afterward, he would withdraw from the legitimate world, use his fraternity connections in Central City to make money in business, earn a lot of dollars, build a conglomerate, live a life of luxury every night, and do whatever he pleased with his immense financial power, even building a giant robot to fly around. Alex was always working hard for his dreams!

He just didn't expect Jack to adapt so well to the gang rhythm, being directly nominated as a gang leader and about to go to war with the third-largest gang in the lower city. If they won, his future would indeed be limitless…

Alex pondered for a moment, realizing that letting Jack become a gang boss was a strategic mistake. While Jack had some popular support at this time, it was also possible that others were using him as a scapegoat, pushing him to his death.

He couldn't worry about Jack for now. If he were to truly fight other gangs, under a hail of bullets, the kung fu Alex taught him would likely result in Jack being riddled with holes like a sieve.

Alex immediately notified Jack to stabilize the gang and not take any rash actions. He told Jack to wait a few days. If Alex couldn't capture The Multiplicity by then and establish a foothold in the police department, he would transform into a superhero to eliminate Jack's gang rivals and either kill or imprison the higher-ups of the Crimson Angels, allowing Jack to lead the gang.

"Alright... Boss, I'll wait for you..." Jack replied very reluctantly. Without Alex as his backing, he didn't even dare to casually leave the gang headquarters to go to a nightclub to party. He was afraid of being stabbed or ambushed by other gangs.

He really missed the days when he was just a small-time leader, freely DJing and rapping at nightclubs. Back then, no one wanted to stab him.

Not anymore. He was too conspicuous now.

Being a boss was really stressful!

After hanging up the call, Alex frowned, pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger, narrowed his eyes, and exhaled. Why did it feel like everything was going wrong today? First, Al Swan had scared away The Multiplicity, and his first mission as a new appointee had failed. Then, Jack suddenly said he had become a gang leader. It seemed like neither the legitimate nor the underworld paths were going smoothly.

Next, Alex contacted two other undercover agents. While they were called undercover agents, they were like Jack, relying on Alex for support and wanting to achieve something. Those two were quite capable, more so than Jack, but their luck was clearly no match for the unpretentious Jack. They each controlled only one or two streets in the most chaotic areas, making it difficult for them to stand out. Sometimes their gangs were wiped out, and they had to flee…

He notified them to keep an eye out for Danton Black's whereabouts in the lower city, and then Alex stopped paying attention.

Within a few minutes, Alex's phone rang one after another. His adoptive father, Bert, and the police chief, among others, knew that Alex had beaten up Al Swan. Bert scolded Alex fiercely, then let out a cold snort and spat out, "Well done!" before hanging up.

The chief, after understanding the situation from the information department, stated that it was his oversight in not managing his subordinates properly. He indicated that after this incident, Al Swan would be demoted. Such things were truly disheartening within the police department, causing him to fly into a rage. He then anxiously asked, "Can you still catch The Multiplicity?"

While recovering the jewelry would certainly alleviate the pressure from the city government and the National Bank, as long as such a superpowered criminal wasn't caught, he would still have the ability to commit similar crimes. Sooner or later, the police department's reputation would be ruined and lose the trust of the people of Central City.

"I still have another method, and it needs a few days to deploy," Alex said after a moment of thought. He did indeed have another way to capture The Multiplicity. He couldn't allow his first mission as a new appointee to be ruined like this.

"Okay, Alex, I'm counting on you this time," the chief's tone was exceptionally gentle, and he guaranteed that no other scoundrels would interfere with him this time.

After hanging up the chief's call, Alex began his plan.

"Skynet, find the files for Danton Black and Martin Stein. I need all recordings, videos, and any visual files related to Martin Stein."

Skynet was an artificial intelligence that Alex and several computer geniuses had largely completed. However, it hadn't truly become an artificial intelligence; it lacked thought and reasoning abilities and could only perform information retrieval tasks for Alex.

Martin Stein was one of the two combined entities of Firestorm. When the nuclear power facility exploded, Danton Black became The Multiplicity, while Martin Stein combined with a student and would become Firestorm.

Alex hadn't seen Firestorm appear yet, and Martin Stein was listed as a missing person by the police.

He needed to set a trap to lure The Multiplicity out.

Half an hour later, Skynet, based on information from the internet, found all the data Alex needed. Although Skynet sounded impressive, it only possessed the ability to search publicly available information on the internet. It was completely incapable of being a hacker and was too rigid. Therefore, Alex always used Skynet as a search engine, looking for public internet information.

At the same time, he was using his hacking skills to infiltrate Stagg Industries and Martin Stein's personal information, uncovering a lot of data that Skynet hadn't found.

He found the relationship between Martin Stein and Danton Black.

Before the nuclear power plant explosion, Martin Stein had reported Danton Black to the police for stealing blueprints and reselling experimental equipment. Later, for some unknown reason, Stagg Industries withdrew the charges against Danton Black.

However, between Martin Stein and Danton Black, they already had significant disagreements within the company. After Martin Stein reported to the police, their relationship had become even more hostile and irreconcilable.

Alex searched for all of Martin Stein's videos, including childhood photos, photos of him dating in middle school, his university graduation ceremony video, various award-winning videos, videos of his university public lectures, Stagg Industries' experimental videos, his every word and deed, his speaking pace and tone, his walking gait and stride length, his health reports, reactions to high triglycerides, habitual small movements, all of which Alex deeply committed to memory.

He spent the entire night, until the morning, engrossed in watching an middle-aged man imitating Martin Stein's behavior, tone, and habits.

Until morning.

The System said softly, "Congratulations, you have completed the mission!"