She picked up the remote that sat in front of her and clicked the button. The screen showed a map of the city with the spread of territories.
Please make things a little clearer for me. Territories keep showing up where I didn’t think they were, so I think I need a refresher.
“The Nine have the advantage of power. Not necessarily in terms of the abilities at their disposal, but in terms of their ability to affect change and shape everything that occurs.
Their powers certainly aren’t bad either, though.
They are our number one priority, obviously. With them gone, if nothing else, I can hope that more capes will be willing to venture into the city to help out.”
Against the Undertravelers… Yeah, they might be in for a pretty big onslaught once they’re done with the Nine.
“But we’re operating with a deadline, and the Undersiders and Travelers have just moved it up dramatically. The Nine posed their challenge, and they’re losing. There’s now four ’rounds’ of Jack’s little game remaining. Twelve days, depending on their successes and failures in the future.
Twelve days to kill Jack Slash.
I’ve talked it over with Legend, and we’re both working under the impression that the Nine will enact whatever ‘penalty’ they mentioned in the terms for their game. Our working assumption is a biological weapon.”
I suppose it makes sense to assume they’ll win, given their history. Of course, the best option would be to take them out before they can. That’s even better than making sure they don’t.
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