Shadow Empire

Chapter 123: Keeping an eye on each other and taking action at night

Officer Lucard's "startling the enemy" played a big role. The next day, Lance arranged several groups of people to look for Will everywhere.

To the immigrants in the Empire District, Lance might just be a young man who was not very prominent and only a few people had heard of him.

But Will was definitely a famous person, and people disliked him, hated him, and feared him.

No one wanted to be provoked by these people, so they kept the cadres of the Camille Gang firmly in mind.

However, there was no significant gain for the time being. It was as if he had disappeared from the Imperial District. In the end, Lance had no choice but to have his men dispersed to the places where he was most likely to appear and keep an eye on him.

As soon as you find the other person, contact him as soon as possible.

At the same time, they also discovered some people suspected to be from Camilla's gang around the office, which meant that Ennio's whereabouts were exposed.

Lance had this premonition a long time ago. Even Officer Lucard knew that Will was looking for him, and he didn't hide on purpose, so Will would definitely find him.

Now, the two sides are competing to see who reveals the flaw first and who can dodge better.

Since they were discovered, Lance asked them to sleep in the company at night to reduce the number of people being left alone and not give the other party any chance.

We couldn’t go out for two or three days, and everyone was feeling very angry.

The headquarters of the Camille Gang is on a street northwest of the Empire District. It was originally a nightclub called "Empire Night".

It was once one of the best entertainment venues in the Empire State, with all kinds of activities to make people happy, as well as countless tobacco, alcohol, women, and everything else.

Although it is still very busy, it has not been as prosperous as it used to be recently due to Prohibition.

After all, compared to other expensive consumption, tobacco and alcohol have become relatively popular entertainment items.

Moreover, alcohol is the fastest and most effective aphrodisiac, which can quickly get people into the mood.

In the office on the fourth floor, Heller, the boss of the Camilla Gang, sat in the wide boss chair, roasting the cigar in his hand. The sunlight shone in through rows of windows, and the fine dust rose and fell under the sunlight.

There is some dust in the corners of the old floor, which seems to never be cleaned, and that is also the home of the dust.

The sunlight, dust, and some animal heads hanging on the wall are completely isolated from the noise of the outside world, becoming an independent world, as if time has slowed down at this moment.

In the quiet room, people can vaguely hear the slight burning sound as the flame licks the cigar, and the subtle crackling sound as the tobacco leaves deform due to being ignited.

No one spoke, and even their breathing seemed to have stopped.

After Heller roasted the cigar in his hand, he took a puff, and the nutty and lightly sweet taste filled his mouth, and he felt the wonderful experience brought by the cigar.

The nicotine in the smoke particles will eventually adhere to his oral mucosa as he stirs the smoke in his mouth, and then be absorbed by the mucosa and quickly act on the brain.

Just one bite and he felt relaxed and comfortable. He looked up at Will who was sitting on the sofa in the distance and stared at him for a long time.

During this month, Will was like a madman. He ignored all the affairs in the gang and focused on looking for the enemy who killed his brother.

Some people have already expressed some opinions because his work was originally assigned to other people.

Camilla's gang has been busy with business recently and no one has much time, which is why he called Will to talk.

It's time to stop.

Heller is a middle-aged man. Federal government registration shows that he is forty-seven years old, but he looks a few years younger than his actual age.

Even indoors, he wore a pair of brown glasses with shiny silver rims. His slightly fluffy side-parted hair was meticulously combed and smeared with a lot of hair wax, making it look shiny and greasy.

He was wearing a floral shirt, no vest, and a light gray suit with a distinctly federal style that looked a little baggy.

When the sun occasionally fell on his gold watch, a golden light would be reflected on the ceiling.

He opened his mouth, and thick smoke came out from his slightly yellowed teeth, accompanied by his voice, "Will, you have refused all the jobs assigned to you by the gang during this period."

"I know your brother died and you are very sad. I feel sad for Kent too. He was a good young man."

"But since the person has been dead for so long, you should let it go. Life goes on, and work goes on."

"You've taken enough time off, now it's time to get back to work."

Heller pushed his right eyebrow with his middle finger, and used his palm to hide the change in his expression. "Tomorrow a batch of wine will come in from outside. The ship will not dock. It will be on the sea. You will take people to meet the ship when the time comes."

"They all have their own work to do. You are the only one who has nothing to do at the moment, so I will assign you to do this."

"Take your people and pick up this batch of goods, and then deliver it to our warehouse in the suburbs."

"You need to be careful not to make too much noise. Although we have dealt with the Port Area Police Station and the Coast Guard, we still need to be careful."

The price of alcohol has skyrocketed like crazy, but the price of alcohol abroad has not changed at all. All gangs, families, and criminal groups have noticed this situation.

From the day the President declared a nationwide prohibition on alcohol, countless cargo ships loaded with alcohol were sailing on the waterways to the Federation.

Even though Camilla's gang was in the extortion business, they didn't mind doing some smuggling when the price of alcohol rose so outrageously.

Seeing that Will didn't say anything, Heller took it as his agreement, "This batch of wine is worth 200,000, but if we want to sell it, it can be sold for at least 350,000."

"This is our first transaction with them. Once we establish a more complete sales channel, the profit will increase..."

Heller is still thinking about expanding sales channels. He may not be able to compete with the five major families in Jingang City, but outside of Jingang City, there are many satellite cities and secondary markets.

It was also his dumping ground.

Just as he was imagining the rise of his own alcohol empire, Will suddenly said, "Three days."

Heller was stunned. "What?"

"What three days?"

Will looked over and said, "Give me three more days. I have found the people who killed my brother. I need to make some preparations and then kill them."

"Three days. I will deliver this batch of goods to the place you specify in three days."

The eyes that were vaguely visible behind the brown lenses revealed a fierce light, "Are you rejecting me?"

Will shook his head. "No, I'm just asking for another three days... no, two days. I'll solve all the problems the day after tomorrow and send the items to the place you specified. I promise there won't be any omissions."

"If there is, I will take all the responsibility."

Heller lifted his men's hands and pressed them against the armrests of the chair, spinning the cigar back and forth between his fingers. "Will, I understand how you feel."

"My father, my uncle, my brothers and sisters, a lot of people died."

"I love them very much and I want to avenge them, but we have to take care of ourselves first."

Will was not affected by the vague warning in Heller's words and continued, "He was my only relative. Now that he is dead, I am suffering every day."

"I can't sleep at night now. As soon as I close my eyes, I see Kent in the morgue. It makes me sad, angry, and fucking disgusted!"

"Heller, I never asked you for anything!"

Eyes are the windows to the soul. Heller hid his emotions behind his brown sunglasses. He took another puff of his cigar, and after more than ten seconds, he nodded and said, "I'll let someone else do it. Go and get your revenge."

"But, Will, this is the last time!"

He raised his hand and pointed at Will. "Also, you won't get any money this time."

Will breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, I promise, it won't happen again."

After watching Will leave, Heller sat there for a while before picking up the phone and dialing the number of another cadre, "Come to my office..."

To Heller, money is all that matters, and he is disappointed in Will.

As for Will himself?

He didn't care, now he just wanted revenge! The subordinate who had just come out of the nightclub and was smoking by the car immediately threw away the cigarette butt and opened the door for him.

As soon as he got in, he asked, "Did you find Ennio?"

The man sitting in the co-pilot seat nodded and said, "We found it. Ennio is hiding in that labor agency all day long."

"They are the ones inside. He is rarely alone. At least we haven't found him in the past few days."

The Camilla Gang started out as a kidnapping gang, and although their members cannot be said to be proficient at all, at least they have mastered the ability to stalk and scout.

I even went into the firm to observe, but I still couldn't find a good opportunity.

As the car drove out of the nightclub's parking lot, Will looked a little annoyed. "How many people do they usually act together?"

"There are about a dozen people, and... they all look like they are not easy to mess with."

Will punched the seat in front of him. "I don't care if they're easy to mess with..."

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Just do it. Whoever tries to stop me will be beaten to death."

The driver looked in the rearview mirror, "Will, someone is following us."

Will had long known that Lucard had arranged people to keep an eye on him, and that they were keeping an eye on him unscrupulously. He was very annoyed by this, but now he didn't dare to kill the police casually.

The policemen behind are from the criminal squad. They are different from the patrolmen on the roadside, and the price they need to pay is also different.

"If they like to follow, let them follow."

This gave him some time to calm down. "Do they also stay at the office at night?"

The co-pilot's men shook their heads. "They may have discovered us. They haven't left at night for the past two days. We don't know which room they are staying in."

Will raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was already afternoon.

Considering the dissatisfaction and threats in Heller's tone today, Will thought about it and finally decided not to wait until they were alone, but to take action directly, and tonight.

"After you go back, notify everyone to come to the meeting."

At the back of the vehicle Will was riding in, a plainclothes police officer frowned, “Do we have other colleagues watching them?”

His partner sitting next to him shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it."

Ever since Will wantonly killed the woman Kent was keeping, Lucard has required that the police officers who follow him must be two people and carry weapons.

He didn't dare to bet whether Will would attack the police officers. They dared to attack big shots, so it didn't seem difficult for them to attack the police officers.

Two people, be safe.

The two men's vehicle was farther away, but they obviously discovered that someone was following Will, which made them very curious.

My partner, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pulled out a notebook and said, "Let me write down the license plate number first. I'll find out when I go to the police station tomorrow."

"It can only be the."

Will's car arrived at the southwest of the Empire District. The environment here is better. The best communities in the Empire District are here, as well as villas.

After the car entered a villa community, the car that had been following Will did not stop but left directly.

This made the two police officers following behind a little confused again. Could it be... just along the way?
They're not sure, but they're going to report it and look into the license plate number.

And now, their job is to keep an eye on Will openly, so their car also entered the community and parked opposite the internal road of Will's villa!
The gang member who was guarding the door immediately told Will after seeing the two men. Will scolded him and told him not to bother with it, but he didn't take it seriously.

He knew what Lucard meant, that he wanted to find the murderer of his brother through him.

This is also one of the reasons why he is so anxious!

What if Ennio suddenly chooses to surrender himself due to pressure and is protected by Rugal? His brother’s death would be in vain!
He couldn't just rush into the Jingang City Police Station and kill Ennio, could he?
Maybe there is a one in ten thousand chance for the branch bureau, but it is basically impossible for the municipal bureau.

He had to get rid of the bastard before Ennio became alert and took action, and before Officer Lucard took action, so time was running out.

As for this kind of almost face-to-face surveillance, he could only pretend not to see it. Perhaps Officer Lucard now hoped that he would do something wrong so as to delay him.

At a fork in the public road outside the community, Morris got out of the car and walked into a roadside telephone booth.

He put in a two-cent coin and, after hearing the prompt, dialed the office's number.

"I followed him all the way. Now he is in Senhu Villa. I watched him go in... OK..."

After a moment, he hung up the phone, walked out of the phone booth and lit a cigarette.

Then he looked around, got back into the car, and drove it back to the gate of the villa and stopped.

In the office, Lance hung up the phone. At this time, the office had closed early and the room was full of their own people.

"Maurice has found him. He is at Sunlake Villa."

Lance looked at the people around him. No one backed down, not even Sean this time.

He lit a cigarette and said, "He has found us. The people who have been stalking outside for the past two days have explained the situation, and we have found him."

"We are already 'face to face', it just depends on who will make the first move."

"Whoever strikes first will have the advantage and can catch them off guard when they least expect it."

He paused for a moment and asked, "Does anyone know anything about this Senhu Villa?"

Ennio raised his hands. "I know."

Ennio is a legal immigrant who has been here for many years. Jingang City has experienced its fastest development in the past twenty years or so, so it is not surprising that he is very familiar with this place.

Senhu Villa is a speculative product of a real estate developer. The company wants to hype the concept of a "new bay area". After all, it is by the sea, and there is also a beach further west of Senhu Villa.

But it is obvious that there are not many rich fools, and people are only willing to continue to develop the Bay Area rather than develop a new Bay Area.

Soon the concept of the New Bay Area disappeared, leaving only some high-end real estate projects in backward areas.

Nowadays, these villa areas and high-end communities are all inhabited by middle-class people, and there are no truly wealthy people.

The newly bought house of Lance and his family is actually two streets north of Senhu Villa. According to the map, they and Will are neighbors!
"…The occupancy rate here is not very high, and many houses are listed for sale by real estate agents."

Ennio shrugged. "My father often reads this information. He always thinks he can afford one of these houses in the future."

The rich are unwilling to live here, and those who want to buy don’t have the money. This may be the price of failed speculation.

After Ennio finished speaking, the room became quiet, with only the sound of people smoking.

After a few minutes, Lance threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his toes. "Let's do it tonight."

No one raised any objections, and then he began to assign tasks, who would be in which car, and who would have which weapon.

At the same time, Will was sitting on the sofa in the hall. The room was filled with a strong smell of cigarettes. He smoked one cigarette after another. All his men had already arrived here, more than 30 people in total.

The total number of members of the Camilla Gang is about two thousand. Of course, this is what they said themselves, including some peripheral members who do not engage in crime themselves.

There are less than three hundred core members.

They had a total of six senior cadres, plus Hailer and the organization department, and eight or nine core members divided these members.

On average, each senior cadre controls only thirty to forty core members.

They need to bear all the expenses of these people, so sometimes it is not that they do not want to expand their strength, but the money in their hands does not allow them to expand unlimitedly.

After almost everyone had arrived, Will swept his eyes across their faces one by one and took a deep breath, "We'll do it tonight..."

(End of this chapter)