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So a few weeks later, the East District was in complete chaos.

Countless gangs flocked to the area; it wasn't just the East Side, but almost every small and medium-sized gang in Gotham came after hearing the news.

This is a fairly large territory, which is why Maroney was able to become the second-in-command of the Gotham City Mob after Falcone.

This rampant gang unrest throughout the area meant that there was a small gang fight almost every ten minutes in the East District, and a thrilling gun battle every hour.

Even with Depp and his crew working together, they couldn't completely stop the gang warfare here.

After all, you can't possibly stop the unrest here 24/7 for months on end.

Therefore, many factories and shops operating in the Eastern District are urgently renting out their properties.

Unfortunately, houses in the East District are now completely unwanted, since nobody thinks they'll live long enough.

Moreover, housing prices in the eastern district have plummeted, almost reaching the same level as those on Naihe Island.

Seeing this only factory for sale, Depp thought for a moment and dialed the factory owner's number.

"Hello, is this Mr. Landry from Bobby Toy Factory?"

Over the phone, amidst the faint sounds of gunfire outside, factory owner Landry said, "This is Landry. What can I do for you?"

Depp said, "I want to buy the Bobby Toy Factory."

"What?" Landry said in disbelief.

He initially posted the factory's sale information online just to give it a try.

To be honest, even he himself doesn't think that anyone would want to buy property in the East District under the current circumstances.

Especially since it was a toy factory that had been poorly managed for years.

Landry said with some disbelief, "You're not kidding me, are you?"

Depp said, "Of course not. I sincerely want to take over Bobby Toys Factory. I think what you should do now is give me a suitable offer."

A reasonable price...

Landry was torn, but in order to get rid of the factory and leave this awful place as soon as possible, he gritted his teeth and said, "Two million, you only need two million dollars, and the factory and equipment will be yours!"

Two million...that's almost half the starting price listed on the website!

That is... the money for two fake porcelain vases.

Chapter 65 Depp's Toy Factory (Part Two)

To be honest, Depp thought the prices listed on the website were acceptable.

That's already considered the average price in the East District.

But to my surprise, the boss gave me another 50% discount.

Depp thought that the boss was probably afraid that if he wasn't satisfied with the first offer, he would just run away.

Depp estimated that if he pushed the price down further, the factory owner could hold out for a while longer, and there was definitely still room for him to lower the price.

However, Depp was not going to lower the price any further. The price was already outrageously low, and the factory owner must have been quoting it with tears in his eyes.

After all, everyone needs to make a living, so Depp decided not to continue exploiting these poor people in the East End.

After Landry made the offer, he was heartbroken but even more anxious.

He was afraid that the other party would leave if they were not satisfied with the price, but he was also afraid that the other party would take advantage of his eagerness to sell and continue to lower the price.

When he heard on the phone, "The price is great, I'll go sign the contract tomorrow," he almost shouted out in excitement.

But the pressure from the gangsters fighting outside the factory made him restrain himself.

tomorrow!

I'll be able to leave this awful place tomorrow!

"Bang bang bang!"

The gunfire outside the office grew louder and more intense; these desperate criminals had clearly been fighting their way from outside the toy factory all the way to the factory's office building.

"Sigh, we still have to get through today first."

Landry thought helplessly and secretly crawled under the bed.

After hanging up the phone, Depp complained, "I didn't expect the situation over there to be this serious. It seems the people in the East End are really living in dire straits."

He also remembered the Maroney gang member who uploaded the video of him fighting with Bruce to the internet several days earlier.

This guy who left the gang and became an internet celebrity still couldn't escape legal punishment.

On the day he was arrested, he was livestreaming. As Gordon led him away, he was still desperately shouting, "The streamer hasn't quit the internet, he's just temporarily caught. Family, wait for me to come back!"

The thought of going to the chaotic East End tomorrow gave Depp a headache.

After all, the factory acquisition was to be undertaken by Johnny Depp as the antique shop owner, not as Iron Fist.

So whether or not to wear the Iron Man suit is a really difficult question.

After much deliberation, Depp finally decided that he would not only wear the armor himself, but also bring Wellen with him to stand in front, since the guy was bulletproof anyway.

The next day, Depp, dressed in his armor, drove a pickup truck with Wellen to Poppy's toy factory.

Prior to this, he used the illusion function to create the illusion of himself driving without wearing his armor.

Upon entering the East End, Depp immediately noticed a burning smell permeating the air.

The gray sky was tinged with a putrid yellow, and every household had its doors and windows tightly shut.

Gunshots rang out from all directions from time to time, making one feel as if a bullet flying from an unknown direction could pierce their chest at any moment.

Having driven less than a kilometer into the East District, Depp saw two gangs shooting at each other not far ahead.

Gang shootouts are things that start fiercely but end extremely quickly.

By the time Depp drove the pickup truck nearby, the two groups had already decided who won.

A guy in a green shirt, clearly the leader of the victorious side, was standing with the head of the opposing leader under his foot, spitting hard at the corpse beneath his feet.

As the sound of a car engine approached, the man in green waved and immediately turned his attention to Depp, who was driving up.

He held a gun in one hand and raised the other in front of him, signaling Depp to stop the car.

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He was in a bad mood because he had just lost two brothers in the shootout.

Moreover, according to the information from our colleagues ahead, this appears to be a truck belonging to some kind of antique shop.

Although I don't know why I came to the East District, since it's an antique shop, there must be a lot of money in this car.

"When a fat sheep is delivered to your door, there's no reason not to fleece it."

Sitting in his car, Depp stared speechlessly at the green-shirted figure blocking the road in the distance.

"Who are you sending this to?" Depp slammed on the gas pedal. "You think you can just carry the tower with your bare hands? I'll blast you to pieces with a dump truck!"

Depp had no sympathy for these scumbags.

The underlings standing next to their boss in the green shirt couldn't help but look envious when they saw his standard way of stopping cars.

You know, their boss has stopped cars like this countless times, robbed them of all their money, killed all the men inside, and taken the women away.

But... this time seems a little different?

The truck in front seemed to ignore its own boss and accelerated towards them.

The man in the green shirt was stunned: "Holy crap?"

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Bang! ! !

After a few rapid gunshots, a sound even louder than all the previous shots followed. The green shirt flew more than ten meters away like a tattered sack, then lay limply on the roadside.

The underlings beside them didn't even realize what was happening, and they all looked around in confusion.

Have you seen the boss?

"It was just here a moment ago... how did it all disappear?!"

"Holy crap, is that green blob over there the boss? It looks like he got hit and killed by that truck!"

"Is this the first time the boss has failed to stop a car? Absolutely!"

"That's ruthless!"

"The boss is dead... so who will be the boss now?"

A battle for the new leader is once again unfolding among this ragtag group, but it has nothing to do with Depp in the truck.

Amidst the loud noise and violent tremors, Wellen, huddled inside the cargo box, peered out and asked, "What happened, boss? Did we just bump into something?"

Depp rubbed Wellen's crocodile head and said, "It's nothing, I just gave that guy a little help."

Along the way, Depp ran over several more idiots who tried to stop him, and the pickup truck was riddled with bullet holes, with one window smashed.

Fortunately, important parts such as the fuel tank were not hit by bullets, and Depp, wearing armor, and Wellen, who possessed the Scaled Armor, were not afraid of bullets.

Upon arriving outside the toy factory, Depp discovered that the gang fight inside seemed to have continued from the previous night and was still ongoing.

Furthermore, the battle between these guys seems to have reached a fever pitch.

Both sides have abandoned firearms and have begun fighting with melee weapons and hand-to-hand combat.

Compared to gunfights, melee and hand-to-hand combat, while less lethal, are more bloody and shocking.

The factory was practically a river of blood. A man whose arm had been cut in half was still swinging a hammer, smashing countless more bones.

A gang member, whose eyes were bleeding profusely and who had clearly been blinded, continued to slash around with his machete even though he couldn't see anything.

They brutally murdered three of their own key members.

However, although the battle scene was too bloody and terrifying to ordinary people, Depp didn't even need to lift a finger.

Using his armor, Depp scanned the area and manipulated static electricity to disable the electronic components of all the cameras and surveillance equipment around him, just as he had disabled the listening and locating devices on the Batmobile.

He got out of the truck, opened the door to the cargo bed, reached out and pulled Wellen out, saying:

"Wayne, go and clean them up, just don't kill them."