The call was answered by a woman.
After hearing Dean's request, the woman asked him to wait at the entrance; someone would deliver the goods to him.
Dean, bored, found a corner to squat in and observed the people coming and going.
In the United States, second-hand markets were quite popular, and there were many areas like this large marketplace. Some were operated by local notables, while others, due to the nature of the goods traded, had their public order maintained by more powerful gangs.
This market was just like that.
Dean also noticed that the people maintaining order in this market all had Asian faces. They were tall and sturdy, their lower bodies stable as they walked. Their sweeping gazes were sharp, and most carried that hardened look of someone who had seen blood.
These guys have all trained, and it wasn't the kind of routine martial arts for health preservation—they've definitely seen blood!
This piqued Dean's interest in the gang behind this marketplace.
