Shadow Empire

Chapter 565 Buffering
Before Lance crossed over to this world, he got along well with a friend at the place where he finally attained enlightenment.

The other party also had a lot of troubles and cases, and the worst thing was that the procuratorate got his notebook.

Lance was very curious at the time, and his curiosity was about something that almost everyone would be curious about—

Since you know that what you are doing is a crime, why do you still record it and leave fatal evidence for yourself?

Many people have this thought, including Lance.

The man told him calmly that it was because "there were too many".

Too many means that the circle of crime is too large, there are too many people and too many things.

If you don’t remember it, you really won’t be able to remember it!

In the morning, someone introduced you to someone else and asked someone else to send something over. This may be the first time you meet this person, and it may also be the last time you see this person.

Purely from memory?
I'm afraid that's not possible, because there might be a similar situation later, and then you would need a notebook.

How much money was received from who introduced or arranged it, and what things would be done for them.

A good brain is not as good as a bad pen. If you miss any of these things, it may cause unexpected big trouble.

Just like what I said before, you think those gentlemen are very honest and don’t accept your gifts, it’s not because they are really honest, but simply because you are not qualified.

In other words, those who can make him open the door with a smile to welcome people in and accept their gifts are qualified to meet him "face to face".

If you accept things from these people and miss out on their business, they will most likely not look for you again, but they will keep an eye on you in the dark.

Those who are the first to get into trouble are often those who take the money but do not do the job, so it is not easy to take this money. You have to remember who gave how much money for what matter, only in this way can you avoid trouble.

In this field, credibility is important.

The crimes committed by the Kodak family did not involve job-related crimes, but they had other criminal projects.

How are the smuggled liquor sold? How do they take commissions from those unlicensed underground casinos? There may also be a few cases where a few people who didn't listen were silenced.

These things, plus Stone himself, make up the accusation of being "most stubborn."

Lance walked over to Shi Dong and put his hand on his shoulder, "You haven't let anyone down."

"You've died for them twice. That's enough."

"Next, you should live for yourself!"

He paused, then asked everyone to leave, including himself, leaving Stone alone in the room.

Lance stood outside the door and instructed, "Give him the best food and everything. If he wants a woman, give her that too."

"Try to meet his needs, except for freedom and leaving."

As the footsteps faded away, Shi Dong sat on the chair and hugged his head. He hated his cowardice.

But Lance's words reduced his guilt from another perspective.

The room was actually not very big, but for some reason, it gave him a very empty feeling, which made him very uneasy.

He didn't know what the future would be like. Right now he just wanted to be alone.

The whole city was quiet for two days, and many people thought that these two days were just the last calm before the coming storm. However, what no one expected was that the Keane family, who had fought to the death with Lance, was transferring assets abroad.

They were preparing for the decisive battle, for example, leaving behind some forces as a fallback in case they lost the war.

Or are you preparing to escape?
People don't know, so many people are asking each other where this matter is heading.

Not only the lower classes of society care, the gangs care, the capitalists care, but the politicians also care very much.

Lance was invited to the Williams family's estate again.

The weather in early May is getting better and better, and people have taken off their heavy coats. This is one of the federal people's favorite seasons and temperatures.

It's great that there is enough sunshine and sunlight, but it's not so hot that they question life.

Councillor Williams also changed into lighter clothing, this time on a golf course within the estate.

"The doctor said I'd better maintain a certain amount of exercise every day." He was dressed in a complete golf suit. He squinted his eyes and looked at the green more than a hundred meters away. Then he reached out and licked his fingers and then placed them flat in front of his sight.

He is measuring the wind speed and direction. The younger generation has gradually lost many life skills, but for these older people, they will remember them for a lifetime.

He stood at the hitting position, spread his legs, looked at the green again, then swung the golf club. With a ding, the golf ball flew out instantly.

At the moment he hit the ball, he didn't look like an old man at all.

The caddy immediately brought a telescope, and Senator Williams looked through the telescope at the golf ball jumping onto the green. He made a satisfied gesture, "Not bad!"

Then he stood aside, waiting for Lance to bat.

Looking at the long fairway, Lance stood on the expensive turf. This was the happiness that the poor could never imagine.

There is a golf course in the "backyard" of their own home. As long as the weather is good enough and the people living here are willing to come, they can play a few rounds anytime and anywhere.

There are two greens on the fairway, just enough for a round trip. Maybe the position of the green and the shape of the fairway can be adjusted anytime and anywhere.

For rich people, as long as they want to do something, there will be professionals to help them complete it.

It is actually not difficult to do this. You just need to replace the turf and let it sit for a while.

Although this is a very time-consuming and expensive process, for Congressman Williams and his family, these expenses are not even a consideration.

After Lance adjusted his position, he swung the club hard. When all the power of the club was transferred to the golf ball and it flew out with a thud, Senator Williams applauded on the side, as well as James and Arthur.

"Nice shot, have you ever practiced it?"

Lance shook his head. "Even though I haven't practiced it, I know how to play it. All I have to do is send it to the place closest to the hole and let it roll in."

There was nothing wrong with such a simple and straightforward description. Congressman Williams nodded and said, "You see things more clearly than others."

The two walked towards the green, chatting as they walked.

"What's going on with Fergal?"

"I heard that he is transferring assets abroad. Does he have any plans that we don't know about?"

Congressman Williams used this approach to both ask a question and as a reminder. Although it is unlikely that Lance didn't know about this, what if?
So he gave a reminder, while wondering what was going on.

Lance did not hide the fact from him, "The Keane family will soon evacuate Jingang City."

Congressman Williams paused and stood still, with an incredulous smile on his face. Lance also stopped after taking two steps and turned to look at him. "Is it weird?"

Congressman Williams didn't say anything. He stood there thinking for a while. After a few minutes, he exhaled heavily, "You shocked me, Lance!"

"What method did you use to convince him?" He followed Lance and the two continued to move forward.

In fact, he already knew what method Lance used, but he still wanted to know the standard answer.

"police."

"They are gangsters, and they have a lot of criminal records and evidence. If you collect them patiently, you will definitely be able to collect a lot."

"And they actually know it very well themselves. Even if I can't find it, there's nothing wrong with just making something up."

"If you tell the teacher that the student who always gets A+ in the class cheated on the last test, the teacher will think you are just playing a prank on him because you are jealous of him."

"But if you tell the teacher that the poor student in the class got an A+ by cheating, the teacher will definitely investigate the matter seriously."

"Gangsters are not clean in anyone's eyes."

"Even if I made some of it up, I can still make people believe that this is the truth."

Congressman Williams nodded and praised, "It's not a brilliant idea, but it's smart!"

"We all thought you would continue to fight them, but we didn't expect that you had already defeated them. How did you do it?" "Did you find a way other than using violence?"

Lance smiled and said, "Because Bendy gave me a big gift, Stone."

"Shi Dong is in your hands?"

This news has not spread out yet. Since Lance has said it, he will not deny it. "I caught him, and he is willing to cooperate with me."

Even though Congressman Williams was already very surprised and had been surprised many times in a row, he couldn't help but be surprised at this time.

"You have created one impossible miracle after another. Can you tell me how you did it?"

James was also curious about how Lance convinced Stone to cooperate with him. Stone always gave people the impression of being very...tough.

He represents the image of a "hard-core gangster" who speaks with weapons, fists, knives, and bullets, and who will not use his mouth to solve problems that can be solved by execution.

Many people say that he is a very vicious and ferocious character, and some even think that he is "the most vicious wolf in Jingang City."

But such a person actually "surrendered to the enemy", which made Senator Williams and James feel incredible.

Lance casually told Stone how he convinced him, which surprised the two again!
James couldn't help it anymore, so he asked, "What if we can't save him?"

Lance spread his hands, "God took him away, that's not my problem."

"The Kodak family is not just the two pairs of brothers, the two pairs of father and son, there are others."

"He has faith, he is noble, he is not afraid of death, but there are always people who are afraid."

"What we need is to find a fulcrum from the Kodak family's barriers that will allow us to pry it open. As for whether this fulcrum is big or small, it is actually not that important. As long as it exists, it will be fine."

Councillor Williams thought for a moment and said, "We have a small gathering this weekend. Please remember to come."

Lance nodded, "I'll keep an eye on the time."

The two walked to the green, and with a few simple putts, the ball went into the hole.

I have to say that it is really a pleasure to walk and swing under the warm sunshine, enjoying the breeze of late spring and early summer, feeling the beauty of nature.

After playing two holes, they went back. Exercise is necessary for the elderly, but not too much.

After Senator Williams knew what he wanted, he asked James and Arthur to send Lance away.

Originally, he had not planned to invite Lance to the small gathering on the weekend night because the people at the party were basically from the Bay Area.

First of all, they don’t know Lance directly, and secondly, there may be some minor conflicts between them and Lance.

One of the incentives for them to side with Senator Williams was that Charlie was finished.

Once Charlie is dead, many things will change. When Charlie is alive, they may not notice any problems and think that Jingang City should be like this.

But when Charlie died, many problems were exposed and they realized that losing Charlie was like a wolf losing its sharp claws.

If they can't command the police department, there will be too many things they need to deal with, and many things will have to change as a result.

So they can only respond by joining Congressman Williams, for example.

There are also some people, a large majority of people who believe that as long as they continue to stick together, neither Lance nor Congressman Williams will be able to do anything to the Bay Area.

Those who attended this gathering were all those who stuck together and actively responded to change.

Lance had no contact with them, but that didn't stop them from having a brief contact now.

His status in the eyes of Congressman Williams continued to rise. As a qualified politician, Congressman Williams knew very well that Lance's shortcomings were not enough to be used as a "fulcrum" to attack Senator Cleveland.

And when Lance's own value is clearly higher than others, he will be used by the Cleveland Senators.

He's going to get lucky.

On the other hand, Fleming also learned that his good brother had fallen into Lance's hands. He immediately found his father and asked him why he didn't rescue Stone.

"It's not that I don't want to do it, it's that I can't do it." Bandy said the reason honestly, "The condition is that we must leave Jingang City forever."

"Fleming, if this is just a small business, if our stay or departure only affects ourselves, then I will definitely use this to exchange back to Stone."

"But Lance wants our license plate and wants us to leave. After we leave here, we will have nothing!"

There are countless people outside who are eyeing the Kodak family's property. If they really give it up, those who want their wealth and those who are eager to silence them will come to them.

"I am sorry to have to make this decision, but I can assure you that this is the last resort."

Fleming sat there for a moment.

His relationship with Stone is the best in the entire family. Stone has taken good care of him since he was a child. At the same time, Bandy and Gori are brothers, so their relationship is much closer.

They are each other's most trustworthy people, and Shi Dong has indeed made some sacrifices.

Now that he was dead, Fleming found it a little hard to accept the result.

"Are we just going to do nothing?"

Bandy shook his head. "It's not like we're doing nothing. We're accumulating strength. I'm also putting pressure on Maintenon. There will be good news."

Although Fleming was skeptical, he nodded and said nothing.

Then he hesitated, "I heard... Fergal is planning to leave Jingang City and take all of them with him."

Bendy was stunned for a moment, and he shook his head almost instinctively, "This is impossible!"

The title of the five major families is only useful in Jingang City. If it rises to the level of the five major families or the ten major families of the Federation, they are still not good enough.

Almost all of the top federal criminal groups have senators behind them, and more than one senator is involved.

For example, there was an assassination case that shocked the world, and behind it were the shadows of Congress and these gangs.

In a sense, they are no longer completely gangsters. They are a symbol of power that is a high degree of integration of gangs, politics and capital.

Normally they are just ordinary gangsters, each of them controls a large area.

When the need arises, they will become ruthless killing machines in the hands of their masters, killing innocent people who try to shake the status of senators or those behind them, or the president who stands on the podium and shouts for freedom.

The world outside is very cruel. The Kodak family did not continue to expand through the mafia because they knew very well that they might not be able to expand and might even be wiped out from the world by a top mafia.

On the contrary, it feels good to control huge profits and be the superior person in Jingang City.

The truth that he can understand is also what Fergal should understand, but why does he still do this?

"Who told you that?" Bandy asked. He opened the cigarette box and took out a cigarette. He had obviously increased his smoking intake recently.

The crisp sound of the lighter lifted his spirits to some extent. Then he tilted his head, took two puffs and looked at Fleming.

"A friend told me so. He has some connection with the Keane family."

Bandy was silent for a while, then picked up the phone with a grim expression. If Keane wanted to leave, then he and the Tita family would be left to face Lance.

This time, a considerable number of their gunmen were killed, and they were elite soldiers at that. If we compare them simply based on their fighting power, they are no longer their opponents.

After all, gunmen and real security guards are not the same kind of people. Gunmen can follow his orders and kill someone without mercy.

As for the security guard, no matter who you ask him to kill, he will just call the police.

The call was quickly connected, and Bandy's voice sounded sharply, "I heard that you are leaving Jingang City?"

"Why didn't I know about this?"

"Is there something wrong with your brain?"

He had so many confusions and questions that he didn't even give Fergal a chance to speak.

(End of this chapter)