Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 265 [Chaos]

'Thump'—

A door was hammered open.

Vasini led his men to today's battle location.

Southern region, southern Little Ibia.

Ibia was the capital of the Maswaya Kingdom, and the founders of the former alliance that occupied the south were originally immigrants from the Maswaya Kingdom.

After occupying the southern region, he built a small settlement modeled after Ibia, and later brazenly built low walls around it, making it look like a city within a city.

However, since the South District has always been chaotic, as long as no major incidents occur, no one will care.

In particular, the former alliance had maintained stability among the new immigrants in the South District to some extent, so the Sheriff's Department was even less likely to interfere.

So over time, it really did become a self-sufficient little town.

Many external rules and decrees do not apply here. The biggest rule in Little Ibia is the rule of our former allies.

The place is a melting pot of all sorts of people, yet they are all closely connected, which makes it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It's possible that as soon as an outsider entered, the whole of Little Ibia knew about it immediately.

This is also why the former alliance has been able to exist in the Southern District for so long.

However, Vasini dared to bring people today because he had made preparations; he had a guide who could enter Little Ibia through a secret entrance.

What was just opened was that secret entrance.

As members of the Martino family poured into the entrance.

In the shadows, someone also relayed the message back.

Upon receiving this news, Trevor, who was resting at his secret outpost in the South District, immediately summoned his men and headed straight for Little Ibia.

A covert war is about to break out.

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In the auction hall.

After the auction of Princess Einbad's collection was completed, other people's collections were put up for auction, such as Jackson's own collection over many years, and Pope's.

However, apart from a simple sketch by Pope, none of the other works fetched high prices.

Finally, it was Ethan's turn again.

After "The Last Justice" sold for five million, "The Last Supper" was also bought for four million.

Interestingly, Joseph himself also contributed to the filming of "The Last Justice".

If not so many people had recognized him at the scene, it would probably have been another amusing incident reported in the newspaper the next day.

In the final installment of the series, "The Last Justice" was once again won by Princess Einbad, while "The Last Supper" was won by Wes Costner, a large southern rancher.

Einbeze didn't participate, not because she was broke, but simply because she disliked the content of "The Last Supper," saying that Sandro's image was too ugly.

She also made it clear that she would not pay a single penny for that toilet.

"After all, I am still a princess."

she said so.

Ethan thought to himself, "You know you're still a princess."

Finally, only the toilet remained to be auctioned off.

Today, what everyone is most looking forward to is this flush toilet.

However, Ethan kept everyone in suspense before the auction.

He stepped onto the stage, smiled at the crowd, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are all eager to get to the final moment, but since this is an auction I have initiated, please allow me to take a moment to talk about some personal matters."

Is it a new work?

Someone asked.

Ethan wasn't sure if this was a plant arranged by Jackson, although he did have that need.

“That’s right, you could say that. It’s my new work, but it’s not a painting. This time it’s a completely new art form. As I always say, everyone can be an artist, and everything can be made into art…” Ethan said, clapping his hands lightly.

Then, all the lights in the venue dimmed.

At first, the crowd was somewhat surprised and didn't know what had happened.

But seeing that Ethan was still standing there quietly, I felt relieved.

Immediately, a beam of light shone behind Ethan.

Then, some videos started playing, accompanied by sound.

People's attention was immediately drawn.

Those who are knowledgeable will immediately recognize this as a movie. However, in their minds, the most common films are silent films. This movie actually has sound.

The video was short and ended quickly.

Because this is the same image Finch showed Ethan earlier.

However, as the lights came back on, there was no doubt that the impact of the visuals and sound was enormous.

"Is it a movie?"

someone asked again.

"That's right, it's a movie, but this is a sound movie, the masterpiece of my partner, Frans Finch, an inventor from the Electromagnetic Center. This is just a preliminary attempt; we will make a real feature film later. Would you like to see it?"

Ethan effectively engaged the audience and created a lively atmosphere.

“Of course, it would be very interesting, especially if you, Ethan, were to direct it.”

Immediately, others responded.

Ethan immediately seized the opportunity to introduce his new movie concept and released some concept design drawings.

That's right, those are the ones Sofia painted while working illegally.

He ultimately didn't treat that Mafia movie as his first attempt; instead, he changed the subject to the Midwest.

After all, today's theme is to raise funds for Morma charity.

Morma is a topic of great concern to everyone today.

Therefore, based on this, he conceived the story of a Morma Ranger.

The protagonist is not an indigenous person, but he is deeply moved by the plight of the indigenous people and begins to fight for justice. The whole story sounds very heroic and satisfied everyone present.

"Can I invest? I'd like to invest!"

Immediately, someone offered to invest.

"Oh, sorry, no, this is a film I financed myself, you might be stealing my thunder."

Ethan said it in a joking tone.

Meanwhile, in the shadows, a security guard looked at the design concept art Ethan was displaying behind him, especially the protagonist's appearance—the masked ranger—and couldn't help but nod, seemingly quite satisfied. He then touched his own face, as if comparing it to the design.

After the movie introduction, Ethan prepared to begin the final segment.

Everyone was very excited, after all, it had been a long-awaited event.

Ethan began to step down.

However, at that moment, the entire venue suddenly went dark again.

Because of the previous blackout, everyone seemed unmoved, simply assuming it was just one of Ethan's little tricks.

As a result, the lights never came on, even after a long wait.

Just as everyone was starting to get a little anxious, a loud gunshot shocked everyone.

Next came a continuous barrage of gunfire, along with shouts of distress.

The entire scene descended into chaos.

(End of this chapter)