Chapter 98: Growing The Gang
School had ended, and Max was already laying the groundwork for something new, something he would call the Billion Bloodline.
If he wanted to uncover the truth about what happened inside the White Tiger, he couldn’t just rely on others. He had to build a group powerful enough to face them head-on. Something of his own.
Hiring a security team or outsourcing the job to another gang? That was never going to work, especially for someone like him. Too many questions would be raised. People would doubt his legitimacy. And more often than not, those who were hired ended up betraying their clients anyway.
Even when he’d visited a group like the Pit, things could have easily gone sideways. No one ever really knew who was backing who. Street gangs were unpredictable. Loyalties were bought and sold every day, and money alone was never enough to guarantee safety.
That’s why Max had decided to create something new from the ground up. And this... this was just the beginning.
In high school, the only thing I can rely on is what I’m building now, Max thought, heading down the hallway toward the gym. It was time to fall back into his routine.
In the past, his old body, his old experience, would’ve been more than enough to take down someone like Dipter. He wouldn’t have needed to rely on underhanded tricks. Thankfully, Dipter had believed he was several levels above Max in every way... and that arrogance had led to his downfall.
It’s going to take time to get my body back to what it used to be, Max thought, but maybe I need to focus on more than just strength. Maybe I need to learn something new too.
Back in the day, when Max rose through the ranks, he’d done his fair share of fighting. But the higher he climbed, the less he had to do it himself. As the White Tiger transformed, from a local street gang to a full-fledged organization, he started relying more on others. They had used smaller gangs to do their dirty work. And once they evolved into a true syndicate, they hardly lifted a finger.
Maybe... maybe that was my biggest mistake.
Getting too comfortable... too complacent, Max thought. If I had stayed sharp, even those who betrayed me wouldn’t have been able to lay a finger on me.