After their brief exchange, the two sides returned to their respective camps like athletes at a sports meet.
The gang members remaining in the original neighborhood immediately began gathering any valuables and belongings they could easily carry.
Once they had loaded everything portable onto their vehicles, they sped out of Diamond City in a cloud of dust.
In no time, Diamond City, which had still shown a few signs of life earlier, became an empty dead city once again.
The Ditai Gang's main force had left with Mira. Only Lacey and fewer than thirty of his loyal brothers stayed behind.
"My lord, my brothers and I have decided to follow you!"
Lacey had always trusted his luck and judgment. He believed this decision would prove right as well!
Su Yi nodded in satisfaction. "In the near future, you will look back on today's decision with gratitude and pride."
While they were talking, Joestar approached and said, "The underground base is ready."
Joestar knew every facility in Diamond City like the back of his hand.
Over the past few days, he had been leading Winter, Evil God, Yao, and Screw around to assess the current state of Diamond City's underground areas.
Although Diamond City's underground facilities were extremely sturdy, they had endured years of exposure to the Void Abyss and visits from all manner of treasure hunters.
Many underground facilities had been completely blown apart, while some connected to the sewer system had become nests where Void Beasts hatched.
One moment of carelessness had nearly gotten the group eaten by the densely packed Steel-Claw Spiders inside!
Although eighty percent of the underground facilities had either fallen into ruin or become Void Beast nests,
Joestar had still found a sufficiently sturdy underground facility within the remaining twenty percent.
This exceptionally solid underground