Desperate for any clue that Uppercut Lombardo may have had a hand in Bugsy Siegel's murder, Braddock investigates a small gambling wire outpost once owned by Siegel. It's a dead end and Braddock is immediately confronted by four overly-territorial Siegel thugs. Braddock's latent Eater nature takes over and he brutally kills them, almost effortlessly. Word of the killings quickly spreads throughout the criminal underworld, getting the attention of reputed Eater and rising mob boss, Lombardo