Taking the top spot in the Hideout Rankings, the ultimate title on the "City Shadows" path

"Baku, you're the only ones left in Greenwood now. Submit or die!"

Yu Yuan's voice rang out inside the prison.

Blackfire stared at the heavy hammer that had suddenly appeared in Yu Yuan's hand and muttered:

"Spatial folding technology... isn't that... isn't that still just a theoretical technology?"

Habal kept his eyes fixed on Yu Yuan while watching Baku's decision out of the corner of his eye.

Baku's expression had grown deeply conflicted and grave.

Yu Yuan's words filled his mind.

—You're the only ones left in all of Greenwood.

The meaning could not have been clearer.

Every other faction in Green Forest City had already been brought to heel or wiped out.

And as far as he knew, only one faction in Green Forest City was capable of that.

"Are... are you one of the Aurora Animal Assistance Society members?"

"Hmph—"

Yu Yuan shook his head slightly.

"No. You should say they're my people! And not just them. The Black Shield Police Department, the Mei Alliance, the Black Rock Trade Association, the Golden Tooth Brotherhood, and the Green Forest Council Alliance are all mine..."

Baku sucked in a sharp breath.

At those words, Baku swallowed and stared at Yu Yuan with his mouth slightly open, at a complete loss for words.

Naturally, he noticed that the Iron Anchor Shipping Company was missing from that list.

Why had they alone been left out of Green Forest City's factions? The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Baku's lips trembled twice before he finally let out a bitter chuckle.

After trembling twice, he dropped to one knee and slowly bowed his head.

"Understood, Leader... we... submit..."

With Baku's submission, Blackfire and Habal did not hesitate either. They immediately dropped to one knee in a gesture of surrender.

"Leader,