Things were already stirring in Stronghold 73. The underworld criminals were hiding in the stronghold and waiting for their opportunity to strike.
As East Lake spanned a very large area, it would be impossible to pinpoint the research laboratory's location when the Anjing House only stated that it was in the vicinity of East Lake.
So everyone was just waiting for the Pyro Company to find the research laboratory's entrance before making their move to seize the research data.
Although the criminal underworld was no match for the members of the Pyro Company in a one-on-one battle, everyone knew there would be a lot of people involved when the conflict broke out. Furthermore, the A-rank hitmen from the Anjing House would be participating in the battle as well. Once the situation turned chaotic, as long as they could get their hands on some of that research data, they could sell it for a sky-high price.
