After the build-up of fight after fight taking place with Gary’s videos going viral, everyone had been waiting for any type of response—a press conference, a statement, anything of the sort. The world had finally received their response; they just never expected it to be done in the same way.
Online media outlets were buzzing with excitement, and everything was lining up in place.
At the moment, it was a good time for things, at least for Gary. It wasn’t close to the next full moon so Gary could go full force, and it gave him some time to sort out the last bit of details with Bree. She would be coming along; she had to come along, Gary thought, if they had any real chance at taking out Harvor.
The two of them were training once again, and there was the worry that Gary would try to escape and save Xin, but Daphne Bree was level-headed, so Kai had to rely on that as well for his words getting through to him.
Because Kai had other things he needed to handle in order for everything to fall into place. In one of the hotels of Cipen, Kai had rented one of the large halls in the underground floors that would host events and weddings.
Only the room wasn’t filled with decorations of any sort. Instead, there were just members of the Howlers lined up on the side, and also the core members of the Howlers as well.
"Are you getting Midwak involved in this?" Olivia asked.
"He does a good job in protecting Notsburg," Kai replied. "Although he is strong and helped us in defending the attack, he’s not a person that will willingly do as we ask. With no reason for him to take part in this fight, he will be hard to control, and besides, we have others that are helping us out this time."
Kai stared at the large door as it was pushed open. A man with glasses and a head of black messy hair like a mop entered the room, wearing the familiar white and gold uniform of the White Rose.
Following inside was a group of eight others that were in the same uniform. They were walking straight and lined up right behind the man, one after the other looking at the core members, and finally two more men had entered the room, this time wearing a black and red uniform—Kanu and Elijah.
When they saw Kai they gave a respectful nod in his direction, and Kai returned the favor, as the meeting was ready to start.
"Is this everyone that is going to help us?" Olivia asked. "Aren’t we going up against one of the kings? And with us being in their territory it's not like we can utilize the whole gang; they’ll see us from a mile away."
"You are correct," Chen answered. "If we were to utilize a large force of the White Rose it would be the same. Believe me, the squad behind me and myself are composed of capable people; if anything I am afraid that your side is lacking.
"There are three goals in this: to bring in Rumper Karn who is presumed to be hiding within the One Gang itself, to take down and bring in all of the Zodiac members, and to bring in Harvor Ego. There is no need for a full-scale battle.
"All of this is to take place while Gary is fighting against Harvor, and then once we have confirmed the other targets have been dealt with, then we will help Gary take out Harvor."
"There is one more thing," Kai said before going ahead with a more detailed plan. "There is something else that has come up. Xin Clove, who I’m sure you all know of, has been captured by Harvor. A video was sent, claiming that she would be the prize between the contest with Gary and Harvor.
"I suggest that we have some plan in place to rescue her as well, as there is no telling what Harvor will do."
"Your suggestion has been declined," Chen answered immediately, which came as a shock as they didn’t even consider it.
"I already informed you of our targets. Our manpower is limited. If what you said is true, then after we take out Harvor, then we can save Xin anyway."
Kai knew Gary wasn’t going to like that, and Kai didn’t exactly want to lie to Gary about how the meeting had gone. If there was no saving Xin, then Gary might not even turn up for the fight itself and instead just go looking for her.
Everyone in the Howlers had the same feeling, and were just wondering how they could convince the White Rose, or if it was something they would just have to do themselves.
"We can take part in that," Kanu said stepping forward. "The two of us joined this mission on special request. So we weren’t originally going to be part of the squad. So we are spares if you will. We can take part in that."
Kai remembered that Kanu had a special relationship with Jayden. So the man would do well to make sure she was protected. Perhaps right now, the man was holding in his shock and surprise but he was someone they could count on.
"The Howlers is a large force; we have many strong people on our side as well but will limit those that will be there on the day of the event. We will ask a few of them to go with you for support," Kai said, giving a small bow, and with that sorted it was time for them to go into the finer details of the event.
After that day was recorded, an announcement was made. The showdown between the return of Gary and Harvor would be on the weekend, the upcoming Saturday.