Chapter 1014: The 12 Zodiacs
The Zodiac members were a staple of the One Gang and its strength. There were 12 in total, and they were the ones who upheld the gang and were called in to do the real dirty work.
Harvor was hardly ever involved in getting his hands dirty directly, and there were a few reasons for that. However, in return, they were paid well and received power and fame within the company and gang as a whole. It was different from other groups and gangs.
Because everything was linked to the AFC in the end. On top of that, to keep compet.i.tion fierce among the Zodiacs, the members could be replaced at any moment. Those in the One Gang could even challenge other Zodiac members for their position.
Out of all the Zodiac members currently, there was only one who had been there since the beginning and the person who had created the Zodiacs in the first place, and that was Stanley.
He stood there, placing his tablet down to his side and lifting his gla.s.ses back onto the bridge of his nose before turning around to look at everyone.
“Look at all of you, casually coming in. You would think at least one of you would have half a brain to know that if I’ve called for you numerous times, then something serious is going on!” Stanley said.
From right to left, Stanley looked at the lineup of the Zodiac members that had arrived.
There was a disinterested man named Pinner, his hair spiky on top of his head, his s.h.i.+rt sleeveless as he picked his nose.
Then there was William, a man who stood straight and upright with his blonde hair gelled back. He was the slightly older person of the group.
Next to him, there was a man named Vico. Rather short and had orange hair, a person who cared about his looks quite often. Currently ranked 18th in the AFC. However, his ranking would be higher if he cared more about fighting than promotional shoots, which was why he was allowed in the AFC in the first place.
A taller, slender man named Terrance had also appeared, one of the more reliable members who were covered in sweat but quite a plain-looking person in general. If he was late, Stanley was sure it was because he was either gathering the others or busy dealing with what had happened outside.
There was also a man named Tearnce. Small blocky frame with rounded gla.s.ses, he didn’t look much of a threat, but his Altered form and the fact he was in the Zodiacs said otherwise.
Then there were the last two, the only females in the Zodiacs. They had to be ruthless to be part of the One Gang.
Lena was a smaller woman who was always challenged for her Zodiac position because there were many in the gang thinking it would be easy for them to get the position from a girl.
In turn, Lena had become one of the best fighters of the whole lot since she was always having to prove herself.
Then there was Berry, a small girl who had her hair tied up in two buns. A person who had only been challenged once, and after the state of the individual, no one dared to challenge her again.
‘This should be enough to deal with the situation without having to get personally involved myself… and I don’t want Harvor to go on a rampage in the entire city,’ Stanley thought.
‘Peter is no longer here due to that Raven guy that took care of him. JJ was just killed in the arena as well, but where is Simba? He was sent to the car park, but he should have been done by now.’
Regardless, Stanley had to deal with the situation that was in front of him.
“Enter that d.a.m.ned cage, and get rid of anyone who is not a member of the One Gang!” Stanley ordered.
After the order was given, something had caught the attention of the Zodiacs—a large figure that was in the air.
It eventually landed, cras.h.i.+ng into the canvas floor. When Gary turned his head to look at who it was, he quickly went by their side.
“I’m alright, I’m fine,” Austin said as he got up off the floor. “You don’t have to worry about me.”
During their fight, Apollo had practically used his insane strength to hurl Austin into the cage. Constantly, Austin found himself grabbed, and for the first time ever, someone was able to deal with him like so.
Shortly after, Park had also jumped over the cage and ran over to where Gary and the others were.
“Hey, you’re alright, right? I kept the others off your back Park said, breathing heavily.
Gary could see it; Park was tired. Looking around at the situation, he saw Xin carrying her brother with her shoulder, heading to the center as well.
Now all of them were in the middle, and Harvor was still present in the ring.
When things felt like they couldn’t get any worse, though, opening up from outside of the cage, the Zodiac members that had just arrived rushed in. As they did, they ran around the edge of the ring.
They stood there, all staring at the center, leaving them no chance or way to escape.
“Is it safe to say that this situation is a little bad?” Xin said.
They had Jayden on their side as well now, but in his condition, he wouldn’t be much help.
“I don’t want to be that guy, especially since this is like my first rodeo and all, but if I were to take a guess, this situation would be very bad,” Park said. “I hope you’ve been in worse situations than this before.”
“Maybe.” Gary answered hesitantly, and that’s when his ears could pick up something, the sound of a person walking from outside, oddly wearing high heels, coming toward the cage.
“Isn’t this fight a little too one-sided?” Daphne Bree said, leader of the Bree Family.