Nicholas' heart was full of grief, anger, and rage.
Whatever his heart felt that day was so strong that it had already affected every single human being present in the area.
However, Ricky was also there and noticed Nicholas' downing aura. He came towards him and said, "Nicholas, I'm sorry for your loss. Now that the old leader of the Panther Gang is dead, you have completed your revenge. I really wish that you could hold down your grief today.
I still have one question, though. You have said that your enemy was the late leader of the Panther Gang. But why does it seem like you still want to destroy the entire organization? Haven't you had your revenge already?"
Nicholas calmed himself upon hearing some trigger words from Ricky. After a few seconds of silence, he then spoke, "Russell, all the people that belong, and those who are involved in the Panther Gang are murderers of my father. All of them are considered my enemies. If it weren't for their help, that old bastard would never get the chance to kill my father, and to rape my mother and sister. My poor father, mother, and sister. I swear that I will do whatever it takes to defeat them. I swear to collect this blood debt at all cost!"
"One of my cousins suffered from diarrhea and he went to the bathroom that night. It was unsightly, given the state of his bowel, but he happened to see the whole thing in the dark! And I'm telling you, he was scared as hell. Unfortunately, he died of fright three days later after he told me about what he saw."
Upon hearing Nicholas' story, Ricky started to believe Nicholas more, and was on board with whatever plan he had to defeat the Panther Gang.
"So Nicholas...what do you want to do with them?" Ricky kept asking.
"After the merge between the Axe Gang and the Manor Gang, many members of the Panther Gang felt threatened. This collaboration paved the way for a little lay-low so that they could prepare something bigger to weaken your gang. By the looks of it, they'll attack you guys soon. I think I have an idea. What if you collaborate with me? In that way we can unite with forces inside and out and wipe out the Panther Gang with one blow. What do you think?" said Nicholas in rage.
Nicholas' loathing towards the Panther Gang was never kept hidden from the way he uttered words. Even Ricky could tell the unwavering hatred that Nicholas had just by listening to him speak.
Nicholas had a valid reason to hate the gang. They murdered his family and surely, his grief and anger was within reason. After all, no one in his right mind would be able to process loss gracefully.
"I will take my people away and leave this Chaotic Region. I am tired of this place so much.
But of course, there still might be this other possibility. The possibility of me dying in battle. I guess that would be a better ending for me. I'm just so tired."
All the people had no words to mutter after hearing what Nicholas had said.
Nicholas was processing grief just like any other person who had lost someone, or in his case, lost family members. The people who heard him just fell into silence for they didn't know what to make of it. They weren't sure how to comfort a grieving person. They didn't know how to react to someone who spoke terribly of such an organization, too. But if what Nicholas said was true, this would be a great opportunity for the people to unite and destroy the Panther Gang.
Nicholas understood what was going on. He kept his mouth shut until someone could finally give him an answer.
It was a very delicate situation. Tyson, Trent and Bastian all looked at Ricky at the same time, as if it was orchestrated. They were eyeing Ricky to say something and even make the decision. They all knew that in this picture, Ricky was the level-headed one.
They weren't aware that they all wanted the same thing from Ricky. It was simple--they trusted him and his judgment. They had already even taken him as the leader of their team!
Ricky responded appropriately. He knew what they wanted from him. After all, he knew that he had no choice in this one for he was a reasonably decisive person all the time.
"Nicholas, count me in!" said Ricky. Then he added, "When would you like to take action?"
"He who strikes first gains the advantage. So everybody, I want to do it tomorrow night. What do you think?" said Nicholas in an cold way.
"Yeah, Sure. We're cool with that. But before that I want to mention one more thing. In my opinion, there stands a good chance that the Panther Gang may have already united with The Ghost Gang!" said Ricky with his visage becoming more severe.
"What? How is that even possible?" said Nicholas in disbelief after hearing what Ricky had just said.
It took him a little while before he was able to absorb what Ricky was trying to tell him. He then said, "I see! No wonder I have seen some people of the Ghost Gang get around the Panther Gang these days!
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