Chapter 281: Swallow Slash
"The Longteng Group is the most powerful financial syndicate on Dongtu Street. Even Santou and Seth can't match them over there, though the Reed Group is also quite strong.
"And unlike the Kabukicho area where the Yakuza call all the shots, the Dongtu Greenwood is filled with various sects and factions—the Doctrinal Sect, the Nature Faction, the Order of Mercy...
"For many years now, the Longteng Group has been trying to co-opt and back a specific sect to unify the underworld."
Old Fan spoke in a deep voice as he cooked. Everyone gathered around the bar was listening.
Gu He had recently learned a bit more about Dongtu Street, giving him a general grasp of the situation over there.
Monk Wuzhen of the Red Rain group was a disciple of the Order of Mercy's esoteric branch. Old Fan and Daoist Master Yucheng belonged to the Nature Faction, while Lu Qi was from the Doctrinal Sect. These weren't their actual sects, however—merely their philosophical beliefs and affiliations within the transcendent realm.
Wenhe Hall, for example, was an organization under the Doctrinal Sect, which made it Lu Qi's actual sect.
Listening in, Vivian asked, "Old Fan, what gang were you originally from?"
Dongtu Street wasn't like the Voodoo District; street dogs there didn't change gangs like they changed clothes.