Shadow Empire

Chapter 808 Kidnapping [666+9]
"Mr. Lance..."

The chief opened his mouth, and he wanted to persuade Lance to move in the same direction, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he changed his words.

"I sincerely want to resolve this matter. We can both make concessions to each other. What do you think?"

Lance didn't say anything, just remained silent. He had already made his attitude clear.

Although he agreed, the young people in the family would not say anything, but this was definitely not the reason for him to agree!

Not very quickly, because his business has already expanded into Indeno State. What will happen if the people here find out that someone has attacked him, his people, and his goods, and the only price he has to pay is compensation and a symbolic punishment to the attacker?
Gangs big and small, police departments in every city, they all think, why can't they give it a try?
There’s no loss if you fail, but what if you succeed?

The amount of goods Lance sells will be very, very large. Unless he also builds a whiskey production plant in this state, it can only be transported from Likalai State via interstate highways or trains.

This gives those who are willing to try too many opportunities to try!
So Lance would not give in at all on this matter, he wanted everyone to understand this.

If you dare to touch my things or my people, you must be prepared to be killed by me and then wait to pay the price!

The director didn't hear any sound from Lance. He sighed softly, "Mr. Lance, there's no need for things to turn out like this!"

This time Lance spoke back.

"Did I let the situation develop to this point?"

Being "denied" by Lance again finally made the director angry. He wanted to communicate with Lance properly, but it had always been like this.

It's just that some of the lowest level gangsters died!

Even if these bastards didn't do these things, they might all have been killed in a gang-on-gang fight. Why should we hold them accountable?

The director's tone became less polite. "You are gangsters, we are police officers. You are transporting contraband, and our job is to check these things."

"Mr. Lance, to be honest, the reason I am communicating with you now is based on the fact that there is no actual conflict between us, you and me."

"If you think you can threaten me, or my people, you are mistaken."

"This is not Likalai State, this is..."

Lance hung up the phone directly. He didn't want to listen to this guy's nagging.

Erwin sat next to him, leaning against the back of the sofa, holding the back of his head with his hands, "Did you talk?"

Although it is a question sentence and is pronounced in a question sentence format, everyone knows that what he wants to express is an affirmative sentence format.

Lance nodded. "The negotiation has failed. Forget about returning the goods to us."

"So many of us have died, can he just let it go just by saying so?"

Erwin put down his hands and moved forward on the sofa, "What are you going to do?"

Lance took out the ivory cigarette case and pulled out a cigarette. Erwin lit it for him with a match. He took a puff and said, "This isn't easy to do, but it's not impossible."

"That..." He looked at Erwin, "That's the guy you caught."

"Officer David."

"Yes, Officer David!" Lance nodded and pointed to the ceiling, "Let him tell us about Sheriff Matthew's family problems. We can use him."

"As for Sheriff Matthew and the others?"

Lance curled his lips. "Although it's not good for us to just rush in and kill them, if some of my plans really don't work, then we can only create an accident."

A person may encounter many unexpected things in his life, both to himself and to others.

A pot of flowers falling while you are walking on the street is an accident, a seemingly solid manhole cover suddenly cracking is an accident, and an elevator suddenly falling is an accident.

This includes being hit by a large truck while walking on the street or driving a car, which is also an accident.

Lance asked them to go back and rest. He read the newspaper for a while and then rested soon.

In the capital of Indenno State, in the office of the State Police Chief, the chief looked at the silent telephone receiver in his hand and angrily slammed it heavily on the phone base.

He hasn't been this angry in many years, mainly because no one can make him angry.

He knew Matthew was waiting for his call, so the phone rang only once before being picked up.

"I'm Matthew."

"I've spoken to Lance."

Sheriff Matthew took a deep breath and asked expectantly, "What did he say?"

"Lance made two requests."

"First, two million for the goods."

Sheriff Matthew breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "No problem."

He said "no problem" very decisively, which made the director a little surprised and wondered how much money did this bastard get over there?

Including Lance's stuff, he would have to add at least hundreds of thousands. Is it that easy? Just as he was thinking about this question, Sheriff Matthew asked again, "What about the second condition?"

The director came back to his senses and waited for a few seconds, "I want you to die..."

Sheriff Matthew did not respond for a long time. He was also confused by the second condition and did not know what to do.

The expression on his face changed over and over, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "This is impossible!"

The director thought so too. "So I rejected him. He will definitely find a way to cause trouble for you. Be careful during this period of time. Don't act alone. It's best to stay in the office."

"If he really dares to attack you and the police officers on a large scale, he will not have a good ending even if the senator protects him."

"I'll continue to think of ways to see if there is any chance of a turnaround..."

The next morning, Mayor Wade was still at work when the phone on his desk rang. It was the external phone.

He watched the phone ring a few times before picking it up. "This is the mayor's office."

"Mayor Wade?"

"Mr. Lance?"

"it's me."

Mayor Wade put down the pen in his hand and said, "Is it time to use me?"

"No, no, no, there was a little accident..."

He told the story again, and Mayor Wade frowned, "To be honest, I can't really get involved in this matter of Lance."

"The candidate for the state police chief is hand-picked by the lieutenant governor, who is a strong candidate for the next governor. In other words, he and I are in competition."

"The state police have the ability to intervene in cases all over the country. It is a very powerful department, and the director is his confidant. He will not replace his confidant. On the contrary, he will support him to a certain extent."

"If I bring this up with him, not only will it not achieve the result you want, but it might actually cause things to develop in the opposite direction."

"So... I'm sorry, I probably can't help you with this matter."

He did not lie about this matter. Asking his competitor to do him a favor and asking him to punch himself was something that even Mayor Wade, who was not very smart, knew was unlikely to happen.

Lance exhaled lightly, "Then let's change the train of thought. You just said that the deputy governor is your opponent in the election?"

Mayor Wade was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, "You want to drag the State Police Chief down by attacking him?"

He immediately got into the mood. "This is a good idea. If the director of the state police department confirms the crime, it will definitely be a heavy blow to him."

“Then we can launch some political propaganda and people will know that the state police chief promoted by the lieutenant governor is a criminal!”

Mayor Wade showed a satisfied expression on his face. This would deal a heavy blow to his competitors!
He had been worrying about what to do next. On the one hand, he hoped that the war would last longer so that he would have more time to prepare for his campaign for governor.

But he did not want the war to last too long, because while he was making preparations, the lieutenant governor, who had an advantage over him, was also making preparations and was constantly accumulating advantages.

Now, although this punch could not knock down the deputy governor, it reduced the gap in strength between the two sides a lot.

He helped Lance and achieved his own goals, which was a good deal.

He thought for a while, and when he felt there was no problem, he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Lance didn't tell him what he was going to do. He wouldn't tell anyone before doing it. He and Mayor Wade had never worked together and they were not friends yet, so he would never tell anyone.

"Wait for my news!" He said and hung up the phone.

Alvin came over with dark circles under his eyes. He handed Lance a piece of paper with some people's names and where they lived, including Sheriff Matthew.

Sheriff Matthew lives in Redstone, the capital of Inden State, where he owns at least two villas known to the public, his wife, and three children.

As for parents, brothers, sisters and so on, there are also quite a few.

Lance circled a list of several police officers who also lived in Redstone City, and handed it to Erwin, "Arrest them all, and then go directly back to Likalai State, back to Golden Harbor City."

Erwin thought he didn't understand, "Go back?"

"Take them home?"

Lance nodded, "Yeah, take them home."

"This is not our territory, so we will be in a passive position. Once we reach Jingang City, our territory, this matter will be easily resolved."

Although Erwin didn't know what Lance was planning, he nodded and said, "Don't worry."

Lance let him take most of the people away and he stayed in New Bermingham for the time being.

As for Erwin, he led his men to Redstone City...

(End of this chapter)