"What's your name?"
"Why don't you speak?"
"Your entire skin is red? I know a girl with blue skin, she's much cuter than you."
Fang Yuan pestered Red Devil the entire way. Even though he knew Red Devil wasn't talkative, he still enjoyed it.
Anyway, with Emotion Perception, Fang Yuan didn't detect any annoyance from Red Devil.
"Azazel." Red Devil finally couldn't stand it and spat out a name through his teeth.
"That name sounds perfect with your appearance." Fang Yuan nodded, then looked at Red Devil and asked, "Are you always this tall?"
The Red Devil in front of him was even taller than in the movie; Fang Yuan estimated him to be over two meters.
Red Devil didn't speak.
"(._.)"
Fang Yuan's forehead creased with black lines: "Are all you tall people so impolite?"
"Oh, right, you also have a tail, don't you?" Fang Yuan suddenly remembered.
Red Devil revealed his tail, which was shaped like a true demon's arrowhead, but the arrowhead was pointed directly at Fang Yuan.
"(._.)"
Fang Yuan's first reaction was: "It's you, Red Pikachu!"
However, he didn't say it, or Red Devil might genuinely not be able to resist stabbing him with his tail.
But even so, Red Devil said coldly, "If you talk any more, I'll kill you!"
"You won't." Fang Yuan shrugged, responding with an expression that seemed to see through his thoughts, "Sebastian Shaw specifically came to New York to block me, so he wouldn't tolerate you killing me."
Seeing Red Devil fall silent again, Fang Yuan immediately knew he had guessed correctly.
Red Devil wanted to give Fang Yuan a warning, but Fang Yuan turned the tables on him.
In fact, annoying Red Devil so much was intentional on Fang Yuan's part, aiming to provoke Red Devil into talking back, and then he would seize the opportunity to assert his status.
Since Fang Yuan planned to subjugate Red Devil after Shaw's death, he couldn't let Red Devil think Fang Yuan was beneath him, could he?
Fang Yuan was serious about coveting Sebastian Shaw's legacy.
Moreover, Red Devil's abilities truly made Fang Yuan envious. Super long-distance teleportation, and the ability to teleport others, meant that among the four members of the Hellfire Club, the abilities Fang Yuan wanted most, besides Shaw's energy absorption, were Red Devil's teleportation.
The first person Fang Yuan found was Warren.
Angel was his star performer. As he spent more time away, he couldn't go out fighting crime with him every night, so he needed to prepare Warren.
"When Charles and the others return, tell him and Eric that I've been captured by Sebastian Shaw."
Fang Yuan's first sentence was unexpected by Red Devil, almost causing him to enter combat mode directly.
Seeing this, Warren also quickly spread his wings, ready for battle.
"Relax, relax." Fang Yuan waved his hand at Red Devil dismissively, completely ignoring the sharp tail aimed at his neck, "Even if I don't say anything, Charles and the others will know when they return."
"Shaw trusts me this much, why are you worrying for nothing?"
Red Devil thought about it and realized he was right, so he resumed his standing posture.
At Fang Yuan's instruction, Warren also retracted his wings.
"You're currently in the eye of the storm, so it's best to lay low for a while before becoming active again."
"But don't neglect your combat training. I've also taught you what you can and can't say during interviews," Fang Yuan instructed.
Warren glanced warily at Red Devil, then nodded at Fang Yuan.
As he was leaving, Fang Yuan added, "Oh, right, tell Charles and the others that if they want me back, they can only defeat Shaw!"
Only the victor could possess Fang Yuan!
Red Devil quickly tried to say something, but Fang Yuan pulled him away quickly.
"This is just the truth, don't be so surprised."
Red Devil stared at Fang Yuan, thinking that if it weren't for Shaw valuing Fang Yuan so much, he would definitely teach Fang Yuan a lesson.
"Let's go, next stop." Fang Yuan put his hand on Red Devil's shoulder, pulling Red Devil's thoughts back.
Given the current situation, it seemed a lesson wouldn't be possible.
Red Devil sighed inwardly, then took Fang Yuan to The Observer Daily.
To Red Devil's surprise, Fang Yuan didn't come to the newspaper office to hand over work; instead, he found two busty female reporters and told them that their date tonight was canceled!
"(._.)"
"What are you looking at? I'm a pond owner, not Aquaman. I need to take care of every fish's emotions, alright?" Fang Yuan said self-righteously.
Red Devil humbly averted his gaze.
He finally saw a shining quality in Fang Yuan; the shamelessness of Fang Yuan was something he wouldn't learn even if he lived another fifty years.
Afterward, they successively visited The Collector and The Neutralist. At these two, Fang Yuan only met the managers, but it still greatly shocked Red Devil.
"You actually made your two newspapers insult each other?"
Even if Red Devil didn't pay much attention to the news, he had heard about the terrible relationship between The Observer and The Collector when he arrived in New York.
He never expected these two to be working together; Fang Yuan was making fools of all the readers in New York!
Fang Yuan gave him a look of disdain.
"Perspective, perspective." Fang Yuan shook his head, "Otherwise, how could you only be a subordinate?"
In the hands of capitalists in his previous life, these self-deprecating methods to attract attention were already overused.
Red Devil didn't refute Fang Yuan's words.
Finally, when Red Devil followed Fang Yuan's instructions and arrived at the Black Robe Gang, he still couldn't hold back.
"You let Angel be a Superhero, but you secretly run a Gang behind his back?"
Fang Yuan put his hands on his hips and argued, "You need to be clear, the one running the Gang is Black Mask. What does that have to do with me, Fang Yuan?"
Red Devil was convinced; he truly couldn't compare to Fang Yuan.
What Fang Yuan said was also true; even Butch, who managed the Gang for Fang Yuan, had never seen his boss's true face.
Now, the Black Robe Gang had firmly established itself in New York. After all, with Fang Yuan leading, they were almost unstoppable when seizing territory.
After all, the Black Robe Gang's usual practice was for Fang Yuan to first clear the area with grenades, then let his subordinates clean up the mess. With Emotion Perception and Mind Reading, he could always quickly locate the opposing boss.
If it weren't for an informant at the Bronx Police Department telling him that doing so would attract too much attention, Fang Yuan could have beaten up all the Gangs in the Bronx.
But even now that they had stopped, the Black Robe Gang's fearsome reputation had been established, and Fang Yuan even received a considerable amount of tribute every week.
For the Black Robe Gang, Fang Yuan still adopted a hands-off approach. He only gave Butch two instructions.
First, don't attract Police encirclement.
Second, pay taxes on time.
In the United States, they could massacre Police stations without much consequence, but if they didn't pay taxes, someone would come knocking with cannons in minutes.
Accountants were also a very important position in Gangs.
Of course, this tax also included those paid to the Police Department.
After giving Butch his instructions, Fang Yuan then had Red Devil take him back.
However, upon returning, he discovered that Shaw and White Queen had already moved locations.
Looking at the familiar building in front of him, Fang Yuan's eyes narrowed.
"This is... the CIA?"
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