Hiding in the sand, splitting into many places, starting with Arkham

That makes sense.

Aman has received professional military training, but at the end of the day, he's just a military academy dropout, and there's no way he can compare to a real special forces soldier.

Not to mention the other subordinates.

This is a drawback brought about by the rapid development of the Hogg Conglomerate.

When dealing with ordinary small gangs, the Hogg Conglomerate can crush them with its own size and equipment advantages, but when facing gangs of the same size with a certain foundation, it is very troublesome.

The Hogg Conglomerate's current upper-level combat power is entirely supported by Shimizu alone.

"I can take action to deal with the Gunpowder Masters and Gunners, but if I have to take action against everyone, then what use are you guys?"

Shimizu picked up a grape, threw it into his mouth, and asked with his eyes closed.

Establishing a gang is indeed a way for him to obtain luck, but if the foundation of the force is unstable, it will be very difficult to continue developing in the future.

One person's ability is limited, and only by cultivating a group of qualified subordinates can one break through the bottleneck.

"This…"

The subordinates in the office looked at each other.

Those retired soldiers can not only help train subordinates, but also have a certain level of skill themselves, which can fill the gap in combat power and also stimulate these subordinates' sense of crisis.

Outsiders are here to compete with you for benefits and status. If you don't work hard to climb up, you will be eliminated sooner or later.

As for triggering internal strife or something, as long as it doesn't get too out of hand, Shimizu is too lazy to intervene.

If they can't even suppress these people, then what's the point of hiring them?

"Boss, you can go to the underground mercenary market to hire some people. There are many retired veterans there, and there are even some ruthless characters."

"Just do as you're told."

Shimizu waved his hand.

There are too few talents available under his command. Although the Hogg Conglomerate is now cooperating with the Two-Face Gang, it is in an antagonistic relationship with Falcone.

The latter has accumulated too much power in Gotham's underworld, and many people are watching to see if the Hogg Conglomerate, this rising star, can truly gain a foothold in Gotham.

Before that, talents with a little knowledge are unwilling to wade into this muddy water.

Unless the Hogg Conglomerate can truly win against Falcone once and gain a firm foothold in Gotham.

After the group of younger brothers left, Shimizu turned on the computer and began to look up information.

Information about ultraviolet technology.

In many film and television works, ultraviolet grenades are a good way to deal with creatures that fear sunlight, such as vampires.

With the technology of the DC world, it should not be a big problem to manufacture qualified ultraviolet grenades.

But what Shimizu needs is for the incarnation of the Demon Slayer world to manufacture ultraviolet grenades in the 1910s.

This is very difficult.

After searching, Shimizu found that in the current DC world, at least on the surface, there is no such thing as an ultraviolet grenade.

Because under normal circumstances, human technology trees would not go in that direction at all.

Human development of ultraviolet rays is basically used for sterilization and disinfection, air treatment, or in medical equipment.

Assuming that Shimizu wants to manufacture ultraviolet grenades, then he must use high-power small ultraviolet LED lights with high-energy batteries for production, but this is almost impossible to achieve in the Demon Slayer world.

LED lights were born in 1969 due to the development of semiconductor technology around the world, and it was not until 1993 that a Japanese engineer created a blue LED light with extremely short wavelengths, allowing humans to combine the three primary colors of LED lights to create color TVs and other displays that can display color images.

As for ultraviolet LED lights with shorter wavelengths, that time will have to be pushed back until the arrival of the 21st century.

Shimizu doesn't have the ability to push the semiconductor technology of that world to the level of the 21st century in one fell swoop.

However, this does not mean that Shimizu has not found useful information.

The traditional manufacturing method of medical ultraviolet lamps is to inject mercury vapor and inert gas into a quartz glass tube. When the electrons of mercury atoms jump and return to the excited state, they will release ultraviolet rays.

That is to say, as long as you charge the mercury vapor and control the voltage within a suitable range, you can make the mercury atoms jump back and forth between the two states.

Letting the main body package and send this part of the memory to the incarnation in the Demon Slayer world, Shimizu searched for some other information and returned to the garage.

When manufacturing Black Gold before, there was limited funding, so many materials could only be chosen relatively appropriately, thinking about making it first.

It's different now.

Thanks to Two-Face for robbing two bank vaults, he sent Shimizu 50 million US dollars.

Among them, 30 million was taken by Shimizu to launder money and used to develop the Hogg Conglomerate's assets on the surface, and the rest was used in occasions that did not care about the source of the money, such as the black market.

Adding the price and profit income of the Hogg Car Dealership and the Sparletta Bar, Shimizu is also a rich man with a net worth of over 50 million on the surface.

Many things that I couldn't afford or couldn't buy in the past can now be purchased through some channels.

Of course, if you want really good things, you still have to get them from the Penguin.

Shimizu's current plan is to use better materials to re-manufacture a Black Gold No. 2.

This does not mean that the original Black Gold No. 1 is useless.

The growth of the main body's chakra manipulation technique, coupled with the increase in the incarnation's chakra, can now perfectly manipulate two puppets at the same time.

At that time, Shimizu's strength will increase by more than double.

Unfortunately, Shimizu wants to develop quietly for a while, but reality doesn't give him this opportunity.

The next day, late at night.

Drake Street, Hogg Car Dealership, Shimizu's personal engineering laboratory.

Shimizu had just finished the leg components of Black Gold No. 2 when a group of subordinates in various costumes ran in from outside in a panic.

"What's going on again? Where are Aman and the others?"

"Boss! A fight has broken out!"

The yellow-haired leader said in panic.

Shimizu poked his head out from the side of the lathe and frowned at the group of subordinates.

"Sons of the Scepter?"

"No, not just the Sons of the Scepter, Boss!"

The yellow-haired man explained:

"Starting a few days ago, the Two-Face Gang has been seizing the territory left behind after Maroni's death. As a result, when they were seizing the docks in the Suttner District, Falcone also sent people over to compete for the territory. As a result, as they fought, the scale became larger and larger. Now the Two-Face Gang and the Falcone Family have fully launched a war."

"The Two-Face Gang and Falcone are at war, what does that have to do with us?"

The yellow-haired man said with a bitter face:

"From the outside, we have always had a lot of cooperation with the Two-Face Gang and are allies among allies. In addition, because of the Maroni incident last time, everyone thinks that we are on the side of the Two-Face Gang and are against Falcone. As a result, just now, the Sons of the Scepter led people to attack Geek Street. Brother Aman has already led people to stop them."