America: Starting with the Last Liberty

After the first blurry video of Martin's death finished playing, everyone was already getting restless.

When the second video was released, showing Alberto instructing Johnny Chen to kill more than a dozen team leaders, the situation immediately spiraled out of control.

Mafia memberships are often formed through introductions from acquaintances, or even relatives.

Therefore, many people at the scene were related to the dozen or so group leaders who were beaten to death.

After all, Martin Jr. was just a second-generation heir who didn't care about family affairs, and many family members didn't have much of an impression of him.

The group leaders are the ones who interact with family members every day.

However, no one expected that the first person to jump out would be Antonio.

"Francis Richie, so it was you who killed little Martin! How can you do this to Mr. Bonanno? Did you also orchestrate the Korean restaurant incident?!"

Antonio directly pinned all the blame on Francis.

Francis's expression changed, and he immediately retorted.

"Antonio, the Korean restaurant incident was clearly something we planned together. Otherwise, why are all your team leaders unharmed?"

"You're lying! I didn't! I didn't!"

The two began to frantically expose and accuse each other, making the Joker excited and leaving most of the people present dumbfounded.

After exchanging a few words, Antonio finally couldn't hold back and jumped up and cursed.

"Idiots, what are you still looking at? Francis Richie murdered Martin Bonanno Jr. and ordered Alberto to kill family members. The evidence is irrefutable! Do you still want to wait for a judge to try him?"

For violent organizations like triads, internal deterrence against violence is crucial. Without such deterrence, there is no discipline, and the triad will not be stable.

What Francis did had to be handled internally by the Bonanno family, not by the federal judicial system, otherwise the family would fall apart.

Hong Kong triads also have internal punishments like the "three cuts and nine holes" to ensure internal stability.

The Bonanno family members present ultimately listened to Antonio, since there were indeed two videos to prove what Francis had done, but there was no evidence yet of what Francis had revealed about what Antonio had done.

As a result, many members of the Bonanno family rushed over to try and capture Francis.

Seeing that things were going badly, Francis quickly pulled out a pistol and backed away.

"Don't come any closer! I'll call for help!"

This made the clown chuckle.

"Hehe! You mean those people guarding the outside of the church? They're gone now, otherwise how do you think I got in?"

Francis glanced at Alberto, who had been overlooked. Alberto was holding a walkie-talkie in his uninjured hand and was about to contact the outer team.

"Fuck! Where are you all?"

"Mr. Bruno, didn't you say the work was done and we no longer needed to remain on guard?"

"I said that? How could that be!"

Alberto certainly didn't say that, but the peripheral members did hear Alberto's voice.

Because the Joker hacked into the command system of the peripheral members, and since the frequency bands of commercially available walkie-talkies are actually quite similar, it is very easy to hack into them as long as the correct frequency is found.

Then, use a Mockingbird Ace to imitate Alberto's voice, and the problem is solved.

Alberto certainly wouldn't keep his walkie-talkie on all the time during the rally, so he was completely unaware of what was happening outside.

With his last trump card exposed, Francis had no way to retaliate. He gritted his teeth and charged toward Sophia, seemingly intending to take her hostage.

Sofia was enjoying herself immensely when Francis suddenly appeared at her, completely forgetting to dodge and looking utterly bewildered.

Fortunately, the Joker had been watching Francis's actions closely. After realizing the other man's intentions, he immediately pulled out a small yellow and black gun and aimed it at him.

The yellow and black gun fired two darts that landed on Francis, but he didn't notice them at all because he was nervous.

The next second, a strong electric current entered Francis's body, instantly causing his muscles to spasm and he to collapse to the ground.

A faint smell of burning and urine filled the air.

This smell is from the electricity on Francis's clothes, not from him being electrocuted.

As for the smell of urine, under the stimulation of electric current, the bladder and sphincter muscles may lose control, resulting in urinary and fecal incontinence.

Francis had no problems locally, but his bladder did not win the bet.

Sofia was startled; the cowardly side deep inside her seemed to be taking over again, and all she wanted was to escape this place.

But at that moment, Sofia saw the man wearing the clown mask wink at her.

Suddenly, Sophia felt a sense of security, as if even if the world ended, she would be safe and sound.

After Francis was stunned by the Joker, his remaining henchmen, including Alberto, were quickly subdued by members of the Bonanno family.

Antonio immediately declared that Francis and his men should be executed according to family rules.

However, Felice saw through Antonio's intentions and retorted to him again in a sarcastic tone.

"Antonio, you're in such a hurry to kill Francis Ritchie, could it be that what he said before was true?"

"Felice, what nonsense are you spouting! Everyone knows I'm utterly loyal to the family, if Mr. Bonanno were here—"

"The problem is that Mr. Bonanno isn't here, which is why you've become ambitious!"

It's clear that Felice is trying to smear Antonio, regardless of whether he actually works with Francis.

Now that Francis is finished, if Antonio is also ousted, Felice will effectively become the head of the Bonanno family, and even if Luca Pastore comes back, it probably won't make a difference.

Therefore, Felice is now eager to pair Antonio with Francis.

Antonio's situation is in jeopardy due to Felice's instigation, mainly because Francis's previous bites were so effective that everyone has become suspicious of him.

However, the Joker did not want to continue according to Felice's script, because Felice's control of the Bonanno family would not benefit him at all.

Then, the clown suddenly started clapping, attracting everyone's attention.

"Gentlemen, it seems you have overlooked one person's opinion."

Felice frowned at the clown; the clown had indeed done him a great favor, hence his polite demeanor.

"You mean your opinion?"

"No, no, no! I was referring to Mrs. Bonanno's opinion!"

Sofia's eyes widened. Although she was used to being the center of attention, this was the first time she had received so much attention not because of her beauty.

"I?"