In truth, Jonas had orchestrated the entire conflict between the Hummingbird Gang and the Earth Gang.
Mr. Smuel, whom even Jonas acknowledged to be a third as devious as himself, was naturally no ordinary man. Long before Jonas arrived, he had planted his own people among the various gangs of the Vordell District.
After all, joining a gang hardly required much, and planting a mole cost less than a T-784 Kinetic Rifle. For that very reason, almost every faction had members who belonged to the Titanium Crystal Gang.
This was also one of the reasons the Titanium Crystal Gang had grown so powerful in just a few years. Controlling information meant controlling the lifeblood of the Aphrodite District, and Smuel had no intention of skimping on it. That necessary investment had given him an intelligence network spanning the entire Vordell District.
Naturally, the person in the Earth Gang who had found a way to move away two-thirds of the goods was also a Titanium Crystal Gang mole. He maintained his cover well and left no loose ends. Even when Itra realized afterward that something was wrong, she failed to uncover him while reviewing what had happened.
The first person to open fire during the deal had actually been someone Jonas planted... and the subsequent ambush on the Earth Gang had also been his arrangement.
It was fair to say that Jonas had controlled this conflict from beginning to end.
In truth, however, before coming to the Vordell District, Jonas had not thought that far ahead... nor had he intended to get involved in its gang wars.
He only truly decided to lay his plans when he realized that Miss Rui was under the Earth Gang's protection, making his original plan rather difficult to carry out.
Just in case, Jonas contacted