And work he got! Apparently an awfully easy request was waiting just around the corner, quite literally; in the form of a well-dressed, sleek-haired man just waiting to fish out some candidates to help out his boss. However you look at it, the guy was a mobster looking for newbies. There wasn't any better opportunity to take and as such, the Sinese decided to help out the guy -- or at least hear him out. That was common courtesy, no?
Now I know what you're thinking, Jan Ren is a good guy. Or at least good affiliated. He wouldn't agree to help the mafia so easily, especially if they went for some questionable tasks. Right? Well, you'd be right. Even in desperate pursuit of money, there are better ways to go about this. There are likely a ton of quests in Hosenka he had yet to take part in, but it just had to be this guy and his entire family's faction. It also didn't help that they recognized Jan Ren's face from his reputation going ahead of him, as was the case as of late; though ultimately, the gang agreed to hiring the young lad.
What did they request, exactly? It, appeared not to matter. Something about extortion of organized theft happened to be thoroughly thwarted as the Sinese disagreed with his employers' way and outlook, ultimately joining their ride only to sabotage their attempts halfway through; escaping the scene of to-be-crime with a large sum of money. This would mark the first time he attempted to steal from criminals, and it went awfully smoothly with his newfound abilities supporting his actions. And just like that, Jan Ren caused a certain mafia family to go broke.
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