Ye Hua sat in a dim corner of the bar, toying with her cocktail. She had changed her appearance again. Her carefully styled long hair had been mussed up, gleaming faintly under the bar lights, but her face looked so vicious that anyone who saw her would want to keep their distance.
Underground bars generally drew all sorts of people, which also made them ideal places to gather intelligence.
Normally, anywhere Dragon City could reach, there was no need to use such an inefficient method. The Swordbearer intelligence department would collect the information, then send people to handle matters directly. But Dragon City's intelligence network could not operate in District 25 now, leaving her with this inefficient approach.
No, it was not that the network could not operate in District 25.
It could only gather superficial information and had no way of getting at the Alt Conglomerate.
Smoke hung thick in the dimly lit bar, where all kinds of figures whispered among themselves. Ye Hua drank while listening closely to the conversations around her.
Before long, several men with tattoo-covered arms, obvious street punks, sat down beside Ye Hua. Although they spoke quietly, her excellent hearing still caught the important parts.
"Those bastards at the Alt Conglomerate bought up all the joints on our block, then sent people to drive us out. They've gone too far!"
"Yeah, they even brought in security to stop us from setting up anywhere on that block."
"From what I've heard, quite a few gangs have been making contact behind the scenes lately, getting ready to move against the Alt Conglomerate."
"Seriously? I say we just blow up Alt Tower and kill all their fucking employees!"
Ye Hua drank without any change in her expression, but her mind worked quickly. The Alt Conglomerate's expansion had