Shadow Empire

Chapter 508: Letting Go and Being Stuck at Home

A meaningless call from the capital. Bandy hung up and returned to the dining table.

Gowri asked, "Why not let them help?"

He heard a little bit, but only a little.

Bandy shook his head. "They can help us stand better in the sun, but they can't help us fight in the dark."

"And it's not cheap to use them. They are greedy, even greedier than the people in Congress!"

This is Bandy's profound understanding after interacting with these people. The lower the level of people, the bigger their appetite.

Of course, we can also say that the congressmen have many people working with them, and their desire for money is not that strong anymore, as long as they have enough money, that's enough.

Because they know that as long as they have power, they will never lack money and other things, and people will offer a price that satisfies them for the power in their hands.

On the contrary, some politicians at the grassroots level ask for money with their eyes closed. Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands are just the norm, and some people even ask for hundreds of thousands or millions!
Gao Li nodded without comment. He picked up a beef rib and started sucking the beef.

He is different from those who pursue a more reasonable diet. He likes to eat meat. Meat can reduce his anxiety and uneasiness, provide more nutrients to the body, and keep him energetic all day long.

"What are you going to do next?" he asked, tearing the meat from the ribs.

Bandy sat there in a daze for a while, then looked at Gowri and said, "Find a way to kill them."

"Let's use our strengths to our advantage. We can spend money to buy the location of Lans Industry and the information related to them. We can hire someone to assassinate them or send someone to kill them directly!"

He took a deep breath and said, "Anyway, just get rid of them!"

His eyes were somewhat fierce. It had been many years since he felt so unhappy and angry!

The phone call just now was not only asking whether the funds for the first quarter would be received, but also testing the Kodak family's dominance in Jingang City!

These politicians are very sensitive and they may be suspicious that the Kodak family is facing challenges.

Then only a fierce fightback can shut these people up and make them respect you again.

Gao Li put down the beef ribs that he had gnawed cleanly and licked his greasy fingers. "It should have been done a long time ago!"

Bandy hadn't been involved in gang business for a long time. He asked, "Where are you going to start?"

Gao Li shrugged. "No matter where we start, we should just fight them directly!"

Bandy was a little worried. "The police department may not be able to help. I asked Charlie, and he said that the mayor intervened and threatened him with Hunter's position. He had to let Lance go."

Gao Li still didn't care that much, "We are gangsters, brother, we don't rely on the police, but on ourselves and the guns in our hands!"

"Now that you have made your decision, it's up to me!"

Soon everyone knew that Gao Li was spending money to buy all the information related to the Lance family. No matter what it was, as long as it was related to the Lance family, they were willing to pay.

No matter how popular Lance is in the Empire District, there will always be people who dislike him.

These people will think that everyone is at the bottom of society. Why are you doing so well now while I am still struggling in the quagmire?
An unbalanced mentality will cause them to sell out some information related to Lance. There are many such people, maybe even a lot.

You never know what expressions are on those people’s faces behind closed doors!
And Lance also began to actively prepare for the next work, and this time he was going to do something big!

As for Gaoli's tentacles extending into the Empire District and the Port District?

As long as they are not afraid of death, come on!

……

"Must we go?"

The deputy sheriff thought about it for more than a day and finally decided to leave.

Hunter is said to be helping him contact police stations in other cities so that he can be seconded there to work for a period of time and then come back after the matter is over.

The deputy sheriff is no small role. In the federal police system, he is considered a middle-level manager.

Although in those high-level big cities, such as Xinjin City, which is not very noticeable, the police chiefs are all police chiefs.

But here, or in some more remote smaller cities, a deputy sheriff can also be the police chief.

But suddenly leaving to work and live in another city, whether for a long or short period of time, is a bit... unacceptable for the deputy sheriff's family.

His children are still in school. If he leaves now, it means that their children will have to find a new school in a new environment.

He has to face and accept the new environment again. Then, at some point, perhaps just when he has integrated into the new environment, he will be asked to come back.

So his wife's idea was that they stayed and the deputy sheriff went off on his own.

His son was also standing at the door sullenly. He was a handsome and strong high school student. He stood at the door, looking at his father sadly.

He just started dating a new girlfriend and was about to get on base, but now he has to leave. When he comes back, she might have turned into someone else's shape.

Don’t expect high school students’ love to last long. Even a semester may be considered long!

The deputy sheriff urged them to pack their luggage and raised his voice in annoyance, "I said, we are leaving together. Now pack your luggage, immediately!"

His wife also raised her voice, "Don't yell at me like that. I have the right to reject your terrible proposal!"

"You are on temporary secondment, not moving away. We will be back, so why should we leave for your temporary job?"

"This is unreasonable, at least let me and my son stay here!"

Seeing that the woman in front of him wanted to stay unreasonably, the deputy sheriff decided to tell the truth after a brief thought.

"I have offended some gangsters, and they may retaliate against me now, so we have to leave first!"

The older boy standing in his room said, "The Lance Family."

The deputy sheriff turned to look at him in surprise, "What, how did you know?"

The older boy pursed his lips and said, "They were all discussing this today. They said that the Lance family was going to go to war with the Kodak family."

"We have to leave as soon as they start fighting. It can only be because of this."

The deputy sheriff looked at his son for a moment and nodded, "Yes, we have to leave."

This made him feel a little bit...lost his pride and honor as a father, because he was a policeman and he had to compromise with the gang. He felt that his image as a father in his son's mind might be collapsing.

Hearing her husband say this, the woman stopped making a fuss. She stroked her hair with both hands and finally put them against her cheeks. Just like a world-famous painting, she looked uneasy, "Why did you offend them?!"

She had also heard of the Lance family. Almost everyone living in Jingang City had heard of them.

The deputy sheriff pursed his lips and found an excuse for himself, "I'm a policeman."

Well, that’s a valid reason.

The woman stopped nagging and immediately went back to her room to pack up. In order to save her time, the deputy sheriff specifically instructed her, "Just pack up briefly. We can buy other things when we get there."

As Hunter's deputy and a member of Charlie's faction, he also made a lot of money over the years.

So in his opinion, these expenses are far less important than the safety of him and his family!

His wife quickly packed up some things, and his son did not mention anything about not wanting to be exposed to a new environment.

The family got into their car worth five thousand dollars. Seeing that his wife and children were nervous and uneasy, he said a few words to comfort them.

"Everything will be fine once we get to the new place. The Lance family's tentacles can't reach that far. We'll come back after they're done with."

"If they're not done, then we're not coming back."

"I'm the deputy sheriff. Even if I go to the capital, I'm not at the bottom of society. Our lives won't change at all, don't worry!"

As soon as the car came out of the garage, he saw two cars parked outside his house. Both parties seemed to have not expected that they would meet here and were stunned for a moment.

In just one second, the deputy sheriff shouted "Hold on tight!" and suddenly changed to a low gear and stepped on the accelerator to the limit!
He needed to use more force to knock open the two cars blocking them, and the two young men who had originally planned to open the door and get out had to close the door again.

A bang!
The car parked on the side of the road was pushed out for a distance. The deputy sheriff quickly changed to reverse gear to give the front of the car more space, then turned the steering wheel sharply, ready to break through the encirclement!
But at this moment, another car squeezed in between the two cars, causing the deputy sheriff's car to crash into the flower bed in front of their house.

The flower bed made of bricks and cement was broken, and their car was also on the broken flower bed.

The people in the car that was pushed away got out, and one of them was vomiting and felt sick, apparently they were hit hard.

The surroundings were very quiet. The neighbors who always stood at the door every day were nowhere to be seen today. The deputy sheriff reacted and immediately shouted to his wife and children, "Go hide in the room and call the police!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a weapon from his arms and fired the first shot outside!
Several young men who were about to come over retreated back to the car after hearing the gunshots, which gave his wife and children time and space to escape back to the room.

He gritted his teeth and moved from the driver's seat to the co-pilot's seat. He fired two more shots at the place where those people were hiding. He fought and retreated, and he actually managed to return to the garage.

At this moment, his heart was pounding and his hands were shaking slightly. These people really came!

(End of this chapter)