Part-171

  Alex hesitated, his mind rag. He knew he wasn't in immediate danger, but he also realized he had no choice but to cooperate. Otherwise, James and his crew would hound him relentlessly, just like an annoyi.

  "Fire Fly is a global anization," he began. "They're involved in all sorts of illegal activities, from hag to human traffig. They're very powerful, and they're not afraid to use violeo get what they want."

  James's heart pounded with fear. He had uimated these scammers. They were far more dangerous than he had ever imagined.

  "How we stop them?" he asked, his voice filled with desperation.

  Alex shrugged. "I don't know," he replied. "They're too big, too powerful. It's like fighting a ghost."

  James felt a surge of anger. He couldn't let these criminals get away with their crimes. He had to do something.

  "Who was Arad?" James asked, his voice filled with curiosity.

  Alex shrugged. "Ah, that guy. Well, he was the one who tacted me for information about the academy. You could say he was the Information Collector for Spider Eyes. He was the one who paid people for information."

  James's eyes widened. So, Arad had been w for Spider Eyes all along. He had been the one who had lured the students into the scam.

  "And what about the shopkeeper?" James asked. "Was he als for them?"

  Alex nodded. "He was one of their couriers," he replied. "He would collect the money from the victims and send it to the main anization."

  James was shocked. The shopkeeper, who had seemed so harmless, had been involved in the scam all along.

  "And what about the other scammers?" James asked. "Who were they?"

  Alex hesitated for a moment, his eyes filled with a mix of fear and resignation. "They were just freencers," he replied. "Spider Eyes would hire them to carry out specific tasks. Some of them were students, like me. Others were just people looking to make some quick money."

  James was horrified. He couldn't believe that students from his own school were involved in such a dangerous operation.

  "How many students are involved?" he asked.

  Alex shrugged. "I don't know the exaumber," he replied. "But I know there are a lot of them."

  "We o find a way to expose them," James said, his voice filled with determination.

  Alex sneered, "Well, good luck with your iigation." He smiled with a twisted expression. "In the end, a mere boy like you 't do anything to them. That's all I have to say."

  James smiled in response. "Everything has a beginning and an end. I'm not worried about that. What I care about are the kids getting scammed by people like you."

  Alex spat blood onto the street and stood up. "Oh, well, have it your way then." With that, he and the Southern Emperor's crew began to back down and leave the area.

  James and his friends watched them go, their faces a mixture of relief aermination. They had defeated Alex and his gang, but their battle was far from over. The rger anization, Fire Fly, remained a formidable threat.