Everyone watched as Rick drank the strange potion Drew brewed. Hugo held his wife as they earnestly prayed for it to work.
Rick finished the potion and burped. Rubbing his head he said to Maria.
"Mum~~. I feel so sleepy"
Just as he dropped these words, he fell unconscious. Maria rushed and held him. Feeling his steady breathing, she sighed in relief.
Thankfully, he was still breathing.
"Hugo look! our son's temperature is starting to calm down" Maria cried out with excitement.
"He should wake up by the next day. Feed him some soup. After eating, he would vomit after ten minutes. By then, he will be completely cured" Theo explained.
"Thank you very much! without you, my son will be dead by now. I am really grateful" Hugo and Maria bowed with gratitude.
"Don't mention. You are part of the family now"
When Boss Jay heard these words, his heart skipped a bit with excitement.
Was the Grand Patriarch planning to revive the Wu Tang family again?
Hugo smiled happily. He was glad Drew didn't treat him badly just because he was poor.
Drew began to make more plans. Since the issue regarding Rick was done and dusted, it was time to purchase his own car and apartment.
Although he could keep on riding on Boss Jay's Bentley, he wouldn't lose an arm if he bought his own.
"Jay" he called out.
"Yes Patriarch!"
"I want to buy a car. Do you know any car dealership that sells premium cars? i want the best of the best" Theo said.
"I happen to have one of my boys stationed at West Wing. He is in charge of my gang networking. I'm sure he will know" Boss Jay replied and put a call across.
West Wing was one of the Delta City's top three provinces.
[AUTHOR NOTE: Just think of it as sub urbs, or like the city hubs]
There were many business established there and unlike Orbit garden which belonged to the Callahan family, it was shared by two of the top ten families in Delta City.
The Quinn family and the Balowe family.
Drew was privy to such information, thanks to Boss Jay.
As for Boss Jay himself, he was also a local tyrant in West Wing. Unfortunately, he offended a more powerful gang and was forced to relocate.
After a while, Boss Jay hung up.
"What did he say?"
"There is indeed a car dealership. However.." Boss Jay's face flushed with fear and also a hint of embarrassment.
"It is located in Silver Bee quarters"
Drew guwaffed.
"What? are you scared to face Mandigo?"
Mandigo was the leader of the gang who overthrew Boss Jay and took the reins of Silver Bee quarters as it's underground boss.
"Hmph. Why should i?" Boss Jay hurriedly denied.
"The reason why he was able to beat me that time was because he was using sneak attacks and powerful weapons made of knoxite" Boss Jay harrumphed.
His defeat at Mandigo's hand was one of the biggest plague in his heart. At that time, he was extremely arrogant and underestimated his opponent's capabilities.
The end result was he loosing two third of his men and territory.
"Oh? so Deviants can also be injured by weapons? that's something new" Drew was shocked.
All these while, he thought weapons could no longer pose a threat to him. Seems like he was wrong.
"Yes. Rare metals exist that can injure us. There are various tiers to them. However, the global parliament controls the circulation of these weapons. If not for that bastard using a sniper with knoxite bullets on me and my boys, we wouldn't have lost that gang war"
Drew nodded. This further reinforced his urge to grow stronger.
He wanted to reach a stage where no type of foreign weapon would hurt him.
"Back to what we were saying. How strong is that Mandigo guy exactly?" Drew asked.
"At that time, he was just a tad bit stronger than me. But that's in the past. Right now, i am not in the slightest inferior. Infact, i might even be stronger than him" Boss Jay said with much confidence.
Drew fell into deep thought. He was currently at the third level but he couldn't read Boss Jay's full strength.
Which could only mean one thing.
Boss Jay was at the sixth level or above. Calculating the amount of deci points he had, Drew could still afford to level up more than two times.
He really had a massive haul thanks to the auction at Red Mist Auction House.
He swiftly decided to level up as much as he could on the ride to West Wing.
A cab came to a halt at a huge building with a sign board that read..
Meowsic sounds recording studio.
"I can do this!" Diego tried calming the nervousness in his heart.
After Drew transferred some cash to him, he decided to take a trip to Somber Hills, one of the city's top three province.
If West Wing was known for being a business hub, Somber Hills was Delta city's entertainment hub.
There were plenty of music studios and movie studios. After asking around, Diego finally chose Meowsic Sounds.
His number one reason was because his music idol, YB shot into main stream after recording his viral hit debut single in this particular studio.
He was hoping to follow in the foot steps of his idol.
After propping himself up, he walked towards the recording studio.
However, he soon noticed a steady stream of crowd trooping into the studio.
Many were teenagers. Some looked impassive, some excited, while some screaming loudly.
Due to the crowd, Diego was forced to join a long queue.
He quickly asked the fatty in front of him.
"Um. What's happening over there? why is the studio so jam packed?"
The fatty turned to look at Diego in surprise.
"Didn't you come for the audition?"
"What audition? i just came here to record some songs. Is there an audition going on?" Diego was taken aback.
"Are you living inside a rock? how come you don't know about the auditiong. Even babies in Somber Hills are aware!" the fattie berated.
However, Diego just smiled, not taking the fattie's words to heart.
It's been a long time since he left Strawberry Village which barely had a stable network.
As such, he was completely oblivious to the latest happenings.
After taunting the ignorant youn man behind him and satisfying his ego, the fattie began explaining.
"You know the king of pop right?"
"You mean YB? Yeah, i know him"
"Good. YB revealed to the media last month that he would be working on his third studio album titled Brother"
"Really?!" Diego's eyes lit up.
He couldn't wait for the album to be released. But how does the album relates to the audition.
Oh shit! wait!
Diego suddenly thought of a shockingly terrifying possiblity.
"Everyone knows that since the start of his career, YB has never been featured or featured an artiste. He always sings solo"
"But YB isn't an ungrateful person. Even though he has achieved global fame, he never for once forgot his roots. So just last week, his record label released a shocking news"
The fattie paused and gave Diego a sly fox grin.
"News? which shocking news? tell me!" Diego urged eagerly.
However, the fattie just snorted.
"Nothing comes for free. This information is extremely valuable. Shouldn't you at least show some sincerety?" the fattie replied pretentiously.
However, Diego was to anxious that he fell for the fattie's trick. Dipping his hands into his pocket, he brought out his last ten dollar bill, stuffing it into the fattie's arms.
"Quick! tell me!"
"Alright! Alright!" the fattie tactically stowed the 'easy cash' into his pocket.
"YB's record label announced that they would be hosting an audition in Meowsic Sounds recording studio. The winner would then proceed to collaborate with YB on his upcoming album"