"Everyone, please be quiet. The Ten Dons will now address you." Just then, the host, who had spent the entire night in fear, spoke up again to call for the attention of all the executives present.
Another speech?
The Mafia members were puzzled, but they still waited eagerly.
The screen lit up again, and the Ten Dons appeared on it once more.
They then told all the Mafia members that the bounty on the Phantom Troupe had been canceled. There would be no Phantom Troupe anymore, they said, so everyone could bid without worry.
For a moment, all the Mafia members cheered, believing that the Ten Dons were going to deploy an even stronger force to hunt down the Phantom Troupe.
"Something's wrong." Ponzu noticed flies flitting across the dim screen. She leaned close to Odin's ear and whispered, "Those people are already dead."
"I know. Keep your voice down." Odin nodded, signaling for Ponzu not to disturb the others.
Odin had already seen Illumi lead his men in killing the Ten Dons.
He had originally considered saving the Ten Dons. After all, keeping them alive would at least preserve some order in Yorknew City and make things a little better for its ordinary citizens.
But something had happened during that time that made him abandon his plan to earn money by saving the Ten Dons.
What changed his mind was noticing that the city's police department was drawing up a plan to tackle the chaos in Yorknew City.
Although the Ten Dons maintained order, that order was built on ordinary people constantly yielding and making sacrifices, with neither their lives nor their property secure.
That much was obvious from how these Mafia members threatened to slaughter entire families at the drop of a hat and forced husbands to watch