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Chapter 64 Fishing (Everyone, come in and discuss something)

On the other hand, Milton, after inspecting the defenses of the old street and returning to the underground fortress, didn't yet have much of a direct feeling about the impact of his actions the previous night.

However, he knew that this battle would trigger a series of chain reactions.

For example, Varta might start to take himself seriously; he might be hated by all the forces in the town's dark money chain; and various forces might arm themselves at any cost and engage in an arms race with Milton...

The enemy may even begin to attempt to dismantle Milton's group from within.

For a team that is short of funds and has not yet had time to unite, both the enemy's arms race and defection are serious problems that must be faced.

However, these problems are not entirely unsolvable for Milton.

Arms race? Fighting an economic war with massive reserves? Then let's strike before the enemy can convert their money into combat power and develop their strength!
The problem of internal disintegration is not a big issue, as the panel helps monitor the status of each "ally," and Milton can eliminate traitors in the first instance.

With so many people gathered, there must be some internal problems, but the difficulty of reorganizing them isn't actually that great. Milton will be doing that soon.

But in the end, we still have to fight!
"Since we're going to fight, I need to strengthen my own capabilities. Weapons and equipment have reached a bottleneck, and the equipment I can exchange for won't offer any significant improvement until my power expands further."

"Then let's strengthen ourselves..."

Milton didn't exchange for the basic attributes before because they were too expensive and the improvement was too insignificant, not as direct as exchanging for body armor and a good gun.

With 2 red points, it's not difficult to choose whether to redeem a set of heavy bulletproof vest or to redeem a slight increase in running speed.

However, Milton now has a lot of red points. After reserving enough points for future armored vehicles, he can use the rest to improve himself.

There are five main categories of basic attributes: Strength, Stamina, Marksmanship, Speed, and Reaction Time (there is a cap on how many basic attributes you can exchange for, which is the top level among humans).

Milton didn't think much of it and spent 2 red points to improve his marksmanship.

[Gun Skill: 62→63, upgrade successful (Next upgrade requires 3 red points; for every 1 increase in the tens digit, the points required for subsequent attribute upgrades will increase significantly)]

Yes, Milton's marksmanship is actually only at a "passable" level of 60-something.

Milton just likes to use traps, tactical deception, gadgets, and fire suppression, and his opponents are bad, which makes him look like a god of war.

Thinking about it carefully, he didn't even give the enemy a single chance to engage in a direct gunfight.

Looking at his marksmanship score of only 63, Milton sighed, gritted his teeth, and spent a total of 39 points to raise his marksmanship to 70.

To upgrade from 70 to 71, you would need at least 20, which is beyond what you can afford now.

At this point, Milton's red points had shrunk to less than 150 million.

"That's about right... Actually, you don't necessarily have to rely on points to improve your abilities. I can train on my own."

Milton remembered the gun shop on the black market, the shooting range that the gun shop had, and the Flora trio he had hired.

Perfect, might as well use these people. Let's get them to work overtime and be our instructors.

Of course, before training, you should first arrange a preliminary plan for internal reorganization for your subordinates.

Before leaving the basement, Milton took a moment to visit Brandon's room.

Brandon is recovering remarkably well; he not only devoured all the food that was brought to him, but also sat on the bed, frantically reading today's newspaper. This state of mind has persisted since he left the shady clinic.

"..."

"What the hell? Am I actually dead, and everything I'm seeing is just a hallucination?"

"Boss, you're here... Ah, you, you blew up the checkpoint for my surgery, is that really a good idea? Won't this attract the army?"

"Is this really not a newspaper we write ourselves?"

Milton sighed, abandoning the idea of ​​assigning this clown a task: "On the surface, it's a fight between the checkpoint and the Van Conn gang. What does that have to do with us? Why would the army come?"

"Boss, I just think you're ridiculously strong... Sigh, boss, thank you. If it were someone else, I would definitely have been abandoned by now."

Paying an exorbitant medical bill and embarking on a high-risk military adventure to save someone who is likely beyond repair and will require a long recovery period even if saved, is far less desirable than simply letting him die and using the resources to recruit a new person.

But Milton didn't do that; he actually went to great lengths to save people!

Such behavior seems illogical to many, but it is incredibly shocking.

Where can you find such a great leader?
Brandon could clearly feel that after Milton's operation, the team's cohesion had improved significantly.

"Alright, alright." Milton waved his hand dismissively. "You should rest. Don't mess up the lines... Our team is severely understaffed. You need to recover quickly."

After saying that, Milton left the underground fortress and went down to the first floor.

Veronica and Luz were sitting at the table eating.

Upon seeing Milton approach, Lutz immediately said, "Boss, there's going to be something big happening in town soon. I've rented a small house across the street to bring my wife and kids over. Is that alright?"

The black market pharmacy and the underground fortress belong to Milton, so he can't bring his family in, but renting a house nearby shouldn't be a problem.

“That’s your own business.” Milton waved his hand. “I asked you to monitor those people before, did you find anything?”

Those few who didn't become "allies" remained a thorn in Milton's side.

If it weren't for his sensitive position and the need to maintain unity, preventing him from killing indiscriminately, Milton would have preferred to find an excuse to simply eliminate them.

Unfortunately, this is a side effect of rapidly gathering so many people – there will inevitably be a mix of good and bad among them, and there will inevitably be people with ulterior motives who need to be carefully identified and purged.

“Boss, Veronica and I were just discussing this.” Lutz’s expression turned serious. “On the surface, they haven’t done anything, they haven’t left the old streets, but I’m worried that they might have phone calls to contact the outside world? We can’t follow up on their businesses to check.”

Although they were excluded from important areas and unable to send out any critical messages, it was still best to quickly eliminate the internal problems.

At the very least, we need to figure out whether these two people simply don't want to get involved, or whether they are actually in cahoots with the enemy.

Milton casually sat down and said, "Let's keep them as far away from important areas as possible so they can't get the key information... I'm planning to organize a sting operation to eliminate all internal threats at once."

The next goal is to purge the internal system!

P.S.: I see there are quite a few readers, but why are there no comments? Everyone is welcome to share their opinions and ideas. Please, let's talk!

(End of this chapter)