Shadow Empire

Chapter 507 Insincere words

In the interrogation room, everyone else left, leaving only the deputy director.

The two men also started smoking. The deputy sheriff looked very bad, "Just let him go like that?"

Hunter was silent for a while, his tone full of helplessness, "The mayor will protect him to the death."

Just one sentence can make the deputy director understand why Lance was able to leave. If the mayor protects him, then no one in this city can fight against him.

In other words, unless some people with great political influence in the Bay Area stand up and confront the mayor, they will not be able to keep Lance.

Politics is not a street fight where you punch me and I punch you.

The political game will be very complicated. Even if the masters in the Bay Area intend to intervene again, they will make all kinds of preparations before taking action.

Hunter glanced at the deputy sheriff, "What did Lance mean by 'that night' when he left just now?"

The deputy sheriff was very uneasy. He didn't know what to say. After a while, he said, "That night, Camilla helped greet us."

Hunter immediately thought of "that night" when Heller contacted Charlie through his connections in the Bay Area and said that he wanted to wipe out the Lance family at one time, and there might be a fierce gunfight.

In fact, this matter was not a big deal for Charlie at all. When the five major families were fighting, they did not have the habit of calling to notify in advance.

But later they formulated a series of rules to maintain their own authority, which is equivalent to "I want to apply to you for permission to kill you", which is a means to protect their own interests.

Heller is a very timid person. Due to his immigrant status, he does not have a very high status in Jingang City even though he is a gangster, so it is normal for him to do this.

The Lance family is undermining the stability of the Empire Zone, which is very unfriendly to the rulers.

The purpose of the existence of gangs in this society is to help the rulers manage the lower classes of society and those criminals who are useful to management positions, rather than allowing the gangs to cause trouble.

Both the mayor and Charlie agreed to it in order to ensure that the fighting would not affect ordinary people and to solve this small problem once and for all.

Charlie also arranged for people to go to the site for "maintenance".

When Lance knew that there was no hope for them to escape, he planned to let the two girls leave first, but was rejected.

And the one who refused was him.

Hunter didn't know what to say after hearing this. He could only comfort her, "Lance is in trouble now. He won't touch you easily."

"I'll find a way to transfer you to another place first, and you can come back after Lance is dealt with!"

The deputy sheriff was a little depressed. He asked without any confidence, "Can we win?"

Hunter's hand holding the cigarette paused at his mouth for two seconds, then he took a deep puff of the cigarette, nodded vigorously and said, "We can win!"

As he was talking, Lance had already walked out of the police station. When the iron door of the police station was opened, a voice of "Boss" was heard from outside, loud enough to be heard inside the police station.

Some police officers couldn't help but look sideways, feeling both dissatisfaction with the Lance family for besieging the police station and fear of them.

Lance nodded slightly and turned to look at Lawyer Robben, "Thank you very much for tonight."

Lawyer Robben recovered from his angry tone and immediately said with a smile, "It's all my job. I also want to thank Mr. Lance for giving me such a job opportunity."

He paused and said, "You probably don't need me now, but at any time, Mr. Lance, as long as you are facing the police or in a law enforcement agency, you must not say anything and wait for me to come over!"

Lance nodded and agreed, "I will. I won't say a word until you come." He asked someone to bring a brown paper bag from the trunk. There were two thousand dollars in it, which he stuffed into Lawyer Robben's pocket. "Thank you for the trip."

When Lawyer Robben got it, he had a rough idea in his mind. He smiled brightly and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard. I won't bother you. Call me anytime, anywhere if you have anything!"

After saying that, he got into the car next to him and left quickly.

Lance got into the car. "Let's find out about their deputy sheriff. He looks like the one who blocked us from leaving the Triangle that night."

"If it were him..." Lance looked at Erwin and didn't say what he would do if it were him, but Erwin could understand what Lance meant.

He nodded, "I understand."

"Have the Cody family members come in?" This question was asked to Bolton.

Bolton nodded. "They are looking for those cars on our side."

The features of those five modified cars are very obvious. If we can find these cars, we can not only catch Lance, but also get some of the lost money back.

A look of disdain flashed across Lance's face, and he looked around, "Where's Hiram?"

"Here, here!" Hiram's voice came from the door of the police station. People took the initiative to make way for him, and a car adjusted its direction to illuminate Hiram with its headlights.

He took off his pants and squatted at the door of the police station, now sticking his butt out and obviously wiping his butt with his other hand.

Lance could even see the pile of shit between his legs!
"Fake!"

Lance cursed and couldn't help laughing, "You always bring me something new!" He paused, "Clean up the little mouse that sneaked in."

While wiping his butt, Hiram agreed repeatedly, "Okay, I'll do it right away, just wait for my good news!"

Lance nodded slightly. He had finished saying and giving orders. He rolled up the window, and the cars and people in front of the police station soon disappeared.

After returning to the villa, Lance called the mayor and the first sentence he said was "thank you".

"How can you tell it was me?" the mayor asked. "Maybe there are others who put pressure on Hunter, such as Williams. I heard you two have been very close recently."

Lance did not deny it. "Congressman Williams will definitely inquire about this matter, but I am not sure whether he can let me out so quickly."

For the current Golden Port City, Councillor Williams still belongs to the “Bay Area” faction; they are one.

Until Congressman Williams actually reaches that position, he will not offend the Bay Area too much.

In fact, he and the old men in the Bay Area are well aware that some things will change after he takes office, but at least they are in the same group now, and there may not be no new changes.

After listening to this, the mayor had a better understanding of Lance. "What are you going to do next?"

Lance smiled and said, "What else can we do?"

"Kill them!"

Listening to what Lance said, the mayor had a strange feeling in his trance. If he hadn't thought so much at the beginning, would he not have lost at the last moment?
But no one can predict what has already happened, so he could only sigh and say, "I hope you can succeed."

Originally they were enemies, but now, the two of them inexplicably have some interests connected.

"I will!"

There were some intense gunfire in several places in the Imperial District at night, but no one called the police because they were used to it.

The next day, everything was basically cleaned up except for a few places where there were some blood stains that were not noticed the night before.

Even those that were not noticed last night, some people now took the initiative to use a brush dipped in caustic soda to scrub the ground vigorously.

These people may not necessarily be members of the Lance family, they may be people living nearby. They do this not because they are afraid or threatened, but simply because they don't want anything to happen to the Lance family.

There is no better gang than them in this world. They can't even be called gangs!

Bandy didn't go to bed until almost dawn, but he didn't sleep for long. He woke up after three or four hours.

He really couldn't sleep!

Like him, Gowrie, Stone and Fleming were also unable to sleep. This time, the families they were facing were no longer the small families that they could easily crush in the past.

They pinched a nail, which pierced their fingers and made their hands bleed!

"None of the teams sent to the Imperial District last night have returned."

In the restaurant, Gao Li also said in a somewhat depressed tone, "I knew that we couldn't let these small gangs expand barbarically. Their strength is enough to threaten us."

Bendy was a little hungry and wanted to eat something, but now he has no appetite at all.

Having lost so much money and now a lot of people, he doesn't know what to face next. He is having a headache.

Before he could get a headache, the phone rang. He took a look, walked to the corner and answered the phone. "This is Bandy."

"I heard you guys got into some trouble?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was familiar. Even if he hadn't introduced himself, Bandy knew who it was.

A broker in the capital, he connects the Kodak family and some politicians in the state as part of the local interest delivery.

Bandy understood the purpose of his call. He was not asking if he needed help or anything, but asking whether these things would affect the normal flow of benefits.

This made Bandy a little depressed. "It's just a small trouble. It won't affect our cooperation."

The guy on the other end of the phone sounded much more relaxed. "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

This is obviously bullshit. He might be able to help two politicians who don't know each other to connect, or help capitalists who are willing to pay money to interact with politicians realize their ideals, or even help some people in the state legislature to promote the passage or cancellation of proposals.

But he had no way to actually interfere in the internal affairs of a region.

"No need, I can handle it!" Bendy emphasized.

The guy on the other side laughed twice and said, "Well, it seems that you really don't need it. If you need anything and I happen to be able to help, remember to call me!"

(End of this chapter)