“Menard pays protection to us, and you beat him. You think you can just walk away after that? Not a f*****g chance.” The man cracked his knuckles as he tried to puff himself up. Matt walked forward until he was surrounded and said, “My friend vanished last night. I couldn’t give two flying f***s about your racket. He didn’t answer my questions, so he was encouraged to answer faster. Besides, I paid. There are twenty Tier 9 mana stones with him. That will more than cover his healing and the damage.” Seeing the greedy look in the leader’s eyes, Matt reached out and gripped his shoulder. He once again squeezed until the man started to drop to his knees. Matt prevented him from hitting the ground with his greater strength. If he humiliated the man, he would only start a gang war, which he d

