Ricky was finishing up his last rep when the message popped up.
[Completed: Starter Mission:
Get Fit!
Time to lose that fat and extra weight. As well as that beer body! Because at the moment you are not attractive at all. I mean seriously.
Reward: Aphrodisiac Cologne, 10 Vigilante Points, 2 Raffle Tickets.
Time Limit: 2 Weeks
Upon Failure: Permanent Dong Shrinkage!]
[Congrats on completing the mission. Reward: Aphrodisiac Cologne moved to inventory. 10 Vigilante Points are rewarded. 2 Raffle Tickets are rewarded.]
[New Side Mission:
Pick a side. Standing alone in this world is not fun. So you need friends. I suggest you find a neutral one that will allow you to sleep with an array of women and add them to your harem.
Reward: Harem Tracker, 3 Raffle Tickets.
Time Limit: 1 Week
Upon Failure: Death!]
"That is a pretty steep failure resolution." Ricky pointed out as he walked to the sink to clean off. He had just finished his daily workout.
[It is a prediction of what will happen. The system will not kill you, we are just helping you avoid a disastrous fate. We just want to encourage your survival.]
"We?" Ricky froze as he noticed something.
[New Daily Task:
Arm Workout: 0/25
Chest Workout: 0/25
Ab Workout: 0/25
Back Workout: 0/25
Leg Workout: 0/25
Run: 0/1 mile
Reward: 3 Raffle Tickets
Punishment: Fully Body Pain]
"Understood. I will not dig into the system anymore." Ricky chuckled as he got back to working out. He would have to do something about picking a side. Nyssa hired him for a job but she was not 'backing' him. That was obvious. Especially since he would receive training by someone that would come to him.
So how should he go about getting support? He would wait. It seems that something was going to force him to pick a side. Probably something relating to his work at the docks. The only way he would die would be if he was told to pick a side but did not.
Now that he was thinking about it, there was a chance that there was a gangwar brewing. That Red Hood guy had been stirring up trouble with organized crime. He heard that he threatened all the big names in organized crime.
The docks were one of the areas that was controlled by multiple parties. There were rules that usually prevented fighting at the docks since it was such an open location where foreign ships are located. But if this Red Hood person was going to change that then the underworld of Gotham was going to be completely shaken up.
There were several big name groups or small time gangs. Too many gangs for him to know off the top of his head. But for the mobs and other big gang groups there were six groups. Black Mask, Penguin, the Triad, Russian Mafia, Yakuza, and the Cartels.
Black Mask had a few crime families under him as well as several smaller gangs and a cartel. He had expanded to the docks and regions in other cities. If he brought something into the city it was usually through either one of the bridges or an aircraft. He never worked the docks, because Penguin had control of them and muscled every one else into paying him for a piece of the action. Black Mask had too much pride to pay Penguin.
Penguin had most of the crime families under his control. He also employed the workers and part timers at the docks. This included Ricky. He was known to hire the 'crazies' to do jobs. He usually controlled the waters surrounding Gotham. There were even rumors that he had drug running boats coming in daily.
The Triad were centrally located and the only reason they along with the Russian Mafia and Yakuza still existed was because of an agreement they had. They ran the sex trade, weapons smuggling, and human trafficking in the city. Ricky rarely got involved with them.
Then there was the Cartels or more specifically the Cartel Union as they nicknamed it. They were the drug trade in the city. It is composed of several different cartel groups. Apparently they knew better than causing trouble amongst themselves while in Gotham. It was pretty close to those that did not have a Mexican or South American origin or lineage.
Black Mask, Penguin, Russian Mafia, and the Cartels were his only options if he wanted to join a larger group. Black Mask's and Penguin's groups were both a lot more open with who they would hire. While his father was a member of the Russian Mafia. His mother was a daughter of a cartel member.
As he was contemplating this conundrum he finished his workout and decided to use his five raffle tickets and a Rare Raffle.
[Rolling…Voucher… Adaptation Ticket(2)]
"What is the adaptation ticket?" Ricky asked as he watched it get placed in his voucher section.
[Adaptation tickets are a rare occurrence that give you a skill, ability, or talent when you are in danger of losing your life or severe injury. Or it will awaken some other time. Chances are you will be holding onto them for a long time.]
Ricky frowned and then nodded his head. "I have no need for a rare level thing yet. I suppose that is the lesson here. Okay, time to go get some food."
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