Mafia Across the Continent!

The old man nodded.

Just as he was about to say something else, he glanced at the street in the distance, and his face lit up.

"Boss, our group leader is here."

Following the old man's gaze, they saw more and more people pouring in from the village alley. They were presumably residents of these villages.

Faced with so many villagers flooding over at once,

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly rose to their feet, watching them warily while curiously studying each person.

As the crowd drew closer,

a young man hurriedly stepped forward.

"Boss, you're finally here!"

"I'm an official Mafia member in this village. I was recruited into the Mafia in recent years..."

As the young man explained,

he laid out the village's situation, the departments these people had organized, and the entire cause of the matter in full detail.

Overall, this group leader really was one of the newly recruited official Mafia members from Soto City.

As for these villagers without soul power,

they had been organized entirely by these newcomers themselves. There was no flow of funds whatsoever, since this area had not yet been brought under Mafia management.

They were working purely out of passion.

No, joining the Mafia was not entirely without benefits. At the very least, the promises Du Bei had made to party members back then, along with the grand vision he had painted, were quite convincing.

The atmosphere within the party was quite harmonious too.

"All right, I understand the basic situation now. You've done well. Once the Mafia stronghold in the city has established itself, go there yourselves and register these peripheral members. Handle the rest as you see fit."

Hearing Du Bei's approval, the group leader, who had been somewhat uneasy, immediately nodded excitedly.

His face flushed as he said,

"Yes! Boss! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

Seeing how excited the young man was, Du Bei smiled and patted him on the shoulder in encouragement.

"All right, young man."

"By the way, isn't there supposed to be a place here called Shrek Academy? I've been here for half the day already, so why haven't I seen it?"

Faced with Du Bei's question, the young man immediately scratched his head in confusion, then looked back at the people behind him in puzzlement.

"Um... Boss, please wait a moment."

"I've only been village chief for the past two years, so I don't know much about some of the village's circumstances. Let me ask the former village chief..."

With that, the young man ran toward the back of the crowd. Before long, he came running back.

He was pulling along an old man leaning on a cane.

"Little Li, slow down!"

"My old back really can't take this. At my age, you're still making me suffer like this..."

The two approached.

"Hello, Boss... I'm the former village chief."

"I just heard, cough cough cough..."

Seeing the old man look as though he were about to cough out his lungs, Du Bei was instantly startled!

He was terrified the old man might suddenly drop dead right in front of him!

Seeing this, the group leader hurriedly supported the old man and kept patting his back.

The group leader looked at the old man with concern.

"Old Master Zhao, are you all right? If not, I can ask someone else..."

Faced with the young man's concern, the old man waved a hand while coughing.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm old. It's an old problem."

After waiting a short while,

the old man wiped the saliva he had coughed onto the corner of his mouth, leaned on his cane again, straightened his back with effort, and looked at Du Bei.

With blazing eyes, he spoke again.

"Our village did indeed used to have an academy called Shrek, but they moved out of the village and rebuilt the academy in that abandoned village not far from here..."

Listening to the former village chief's explanation,

the three of them gradually came to understand the situation.

"That can't be right, though? Then why were there still parents who wanted to enroll their children in Shrek Academy when we came here, bringing the students along?"

"Could it be that no one knows the academy's new address?"

Xiao Wu poked her head forward and asked curiously.

There were simply too many suspicious points. Some of the explanations did not hold up at all. Shrek was an academy, after all—how could no one know that it had changed locations?

Faced with Xiao Wu's question,

the former village chief known as Old Zhao suddenly curled his lips into a meaningful smile.

"Of course it's to attract talent!"

"..."

After leaving the village,

the three traveled together toward Shrek Academy.

Along the way,

Xiao Wu looked back in amazement.

She tugged at Du Bei's hand beside her and asked in a tone that even she was uncertain about.

"Uncle, is that really our Mafia?"

"I don't know. I also feel like something is strange..." Du Bei said.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at the two of them in confusion. After hesitating for a moment, she finally could not help but ask,

"Why are you two so surprised?"

"Don't underground organizations like the Mafia exist in every city? Uncle, aren't you the founder? How could you not know that?"

Faced with Zhu Zhuqing's question,

Du Bei could only look at her with a head full of question marks, his eyes filled with pure bewilderment. He had no idea what she was talking about.

What did she mean, every city had a Mafia?

How did he not know that?

"..."

The three of them walked and stopped along the way.

Before long, they arrived at Shrek Academy.

What greeted their eyes was an abandoned village.

Everywhere they looked were ruined walls and crumbling buildings. Some houses did not even have roofs, and they looked as though they would collapse with a single gust of wind.

Only the village entrance was slightly better.

There stood a dilapidated sign reading "Shrek Academy."

Beneath the sign sat a red-haired pig-faced man. His eyes were closed, and his chin rested on his hand.

This seemed to be Shrek Academy's registration desk.

Seeing such a rundown scene, Xiao Wu began to have second thoughts.

She suddenly felt that attending this academy was not absolutely necessary.

"Uncle, why don't we go somewhere else..."

"We're already here. Let's take a look first."

With that, Du Bei did not hesitate. He walked straight up to the red-haired pig-faced man's desk and rapped on its surface.

"Hey, hey, stop sleeping."

"Welcome! Young Master Tang San, please come in! Our headmaster has already instruc—"

Halfway through his sentence, the red-haired pig-faced man came to his senses.

His pig eyes glared furiously at the person before him.

"Bastard, who are you?"

Faced with the pig-faced man's snorting,

Du Bei chose to ignore him. He directly pulled a letter from inside his clothes and placed it on the table.

"I brought my younger sister here to enroll. This is my job application. I've already spoken with the headmaster."

"Just give him the letter to read."

His words were concise and clear, without the slightest bit of dragging.

This instantly extinguished Ma Hongjun's anger, which had been about to flare up.

He plopped back into his seat.

"Ah! What the hell has been going on these past few days?"

"Which big shot sent you here this time? Don't tell me it's another Titled Douluo..."

Ma Hongjun was suffering terribly inside!

Earlier, while he had been sleeping, he was suddenly dragged out and given a brutal beating by his teachers.

At the time, he had not even understood what was happening.

Then those two Titled Douluo had ordered them to admit a boy named Tang San today and treat him well.

In the end, even his teachers did not dare receive him, so a student like him had been pushed forward instead...

Ma Hongjun felt wronged, but he said nothing...