Chapter 218: Calling for Reinforcements

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, is that you? It’s Feiyu."

Mr. Yu was practically crying on the phone. In all his years, he had never suffered such a vicious beating.

"Feiyu, you don’t sound right. What happened?"

Hu Youdao had a relatively good relationship with this junior brother, and they met a few times a year. Whenever he went to Xiangdao for business, his junior brother would warmly host him and accompany him the whole time. During the holidays, his junior brother would also visit Malaysia to pay his respects. Therefore, out of all his peers, Hu Youdao was closest to Yu Feiyu.

"Second Senior Brother, I... I’ve run into trouble in San Francisco. I... I was kidnapped, and they are extorting me for two hundred million USD."

"How brazen!" Hu Youdao roared. Who had the absolute gall to extort his junior brother? "What’s your situation right now? Are you injured? Tell me exactly what happened. With your skills, how could ordinary people possibly kidnap you?"

Hu Youdao reacted extremely fast, his mind working with crystal clarity.

"It’s like this."

Yu Feiyu quickly gave a brief account of how he had taken the Ye Family’s commission and his subsequent battle with Superpower Users after arriving in San Francisco.

After he finished speaking, Hu Youdao fell silent!

So he had offended Superpower Users over there.

Overseas, in Europe and North America, there was a Superpower User Guild, which supposedly had many members! Of course, this so-called membership was just a matter of registration, so all Superpower Users fended for themselves and operated independently.

He had never heard of the Black Gloves. It was probably a small, local organization. Such small factions were very common in Migu Country; even a few middle or high school students could form one.

However, from Yu Feiyu’s brief words, he still smelled danger.

Yu Feiyu had been sent flying by an invisible, heavy punch, and there was someone who could control others and send them flying dozens of meters into the air!

This...

These were definitely no simple characters, which made Hu Youdao realize this was a very tricky situation. However, he couldn’t just abandon his junior brother.

"Junior Brother, listen to me. I have two plans. First, I’ll help you prepare the two hundred million USD, but I won’t be in a rush to transfer it.

"So you can rest assured, the two hundred million USD isn’t a problem.

"Second, I know a big shot in the North American Superpower Association. I’ll have him step in and see if he can get you out!"

"I’ll leave it in your hands, Second Senior Brother."

Although Yu Feiyu didn’t want to rely on connections and just wanted to pay the money and be done with it, it wasn’t his own money, and it wasn’t his call to make. Therefore, he could only listen to his senior brother.

"Alright, wait for my call."

Hu Youdao immediately hung up and called a friend in North America.

The phone rang seven or eight times before it was answered. Then, a surprised voice came through, "Celestial Master? Hu?"

"HAHA, Smith, my old friend!" Hu Youdao’s fluent, authentic English rolled off his tongue effortlessly.

"Hu, my friend, what made you think of calling me? Have you come to North America? You absolutely must tell me where you are. I want to treat you to... treat you to a meal, yes, buy you dinner!"

In truth, foreigners didn’t emphasize connections or personal favors in the same way. Unlike the Chinese who had tight-knit dining circles and where even ordinary people would occasionally attend dinner gatherings, foreigners operated differently. For the Chinese, socializing happened at the dinner table, and business was concluded there as well.

However, this Smith obviously understood the Chinese way of socializing and even offered to treat him to dinner!

"No, no, no, Smith. I haven’t arrived in New York."

Hu Youdao chuckled, "I just want to ask you for a small favor.

"Of course, I’m in Malaysia, and I’ve prepared your favorites for you. Whenever you visit Malaysia again, I’ll make sure you enjoy a heavenly, wonderful time!"

The two of them actually had some shady, under-the-table dealings! This Migu Country guy, Smith, liked them young—the younger, the better! And that bastard Hu Youdao had supplied him with local girls in the past.

"HAHA, Hu, just hearing you say that makes me itch for a visit. But what kind of favor do you need? In North America, there is nothing I, Smith, cannot handle!"

"That’s wonderful!" Hu Youdao said excitedly. "My junior brother, Yu, was kidnapped in your San Francisco by a Superpower Organization called the Black Gloves. The other party consists of Superpower Users, and their leader can manipulate fire!

"So, Smith, is there any way you could help rescue my junior brother?"

"The Black Gloves?" Smith burst into loud laughter. "I thought it was something serious. I know the Black Gloves. Their leader, Thomas, is just a little kid!

"Consider this matter handled. But... I don’t have Thomas’s number yet. I need to find a way to get it first!"

"I have it, I have it! You can contact Thomas through my junior brother’s phone!"

"That’s fantastic. Give me their number, and I’ll call Thomas. As you Chinese say, this is just a minor issue, it just takes a single word!"

This guy was practically half a Huaxia expert!

"That’s wonderful, Smith. You’re always welcome to visit Malaysia again."

"HEHEHE, I will, rest assured."

After coming to an agreement, the two of them hung up.