"Offend me? Of course not."
Mu Yun spoke calmly.
In fact, before coming to Heijiang City, he hadn't even known what the Black Serpent Gang was.
It was only after Patrick's investigation that he gained a preliminary understanding.
Put nicely, it was a gang entrenched between two major Pokémon Leagues, with quite a few channels.
Put bluntly, it was nothing more than a brothel that procured women.
Judging from the Black Serpent Gang's methods and the track record he had learned of so far, they probably couldn't even gather five Elite Four Level Pokémon.
"Then why did you go to such lengths to come here, sir? Money? Women?" She Yu asked.
Mu Yun shook his head. "I want people!"
"People?"
She Yu froze. Ye Mei, standing beside Mu Yun, froze as well.
People? What people?
"Everyone in your Black Serpent Gang."
Mu Yun glanced at Ye Mei and She Yu, his tone as calm as ever.
"Hahahaha!!!"
As if she had heard some hilarious joke, She Yu burst out laughing. "Forget a mere Trainee Pokémon Investigator—even if you were the head of the Imperial City Inspection Department, I, She Yu, wouldn't p—"
"Bzzzz!!!"
Before She Yu could finish, an immense, terrifying pressure crashed down upon the hearts of She Yu and Ye Mei like a massive hammer.
Bloodline Divine Attendant: Divine Might!
In almost an instant, her expression changed drastically, and her heart began pounding uncontrollably in her chest.
She braced both hands against the round table as beads of sweat the size of peas streamed from her forehead down her jaw, over her chest, and dripped onto the tabletop.
Ye Mei was in an even sorrier state. She collapsed face-first onto the floor, her flushed cheek pressed tightly against the ground as she gasped in ragged, frantic breaths like