Shadow Empire

Chapter 238: Mutual and sweet love and plan

Maybe it was because of nervousness or some other reason, but Johnny took out a small glass bottle from his yellowed pocket with trembling hands.

He quickly pushed open the lid of the glass bottle with his thumb, took out a small pill from it, and put it in his mouth.

No water, just swallowed it.

In fact, the pills don't have enough time to take effect in the process from the mouth to the stomach, but inexplicably, his trembling hands stopped shaking as much, and he seemed to become calmer.

He had a wry smile on his face, "Mr. Lance..."

Lance walked to the cupboard, looked around, and finally chose a double ham sandwich.

Johnny took the sandwich out and put it on the counter.

Lance picked it up and took a bite, "You're the best baker on this street, Johnny, their food doesn't taste like this."

He paused and said, "Today is 'Billing Day', I hope you haven't forgotten."

Johnny clenched his fists, and Hiram's hands were already grasping the gun after he inserted them into his clothes on his chest.

If Johnny does anything inappropriate, he will let this idiot Johnny know what the style of the Lance family is!
Although some prosecutors in Likalai State have analyzed some cases in Jingang City and found that the characteristic of the Lance family is to fill the bodies of the dead with a pound or more of bullets, these things cannot be used as effective evidence to prove that some of the dead are related to them.

Because... they are not the only ones who can do this, others can also imitate their practices to treat the victims, so they know everything but can do nothing.

Johnny had obviously heard about this as well, so he unclenched his fists.

"I still have more than 600 yuan in my hand, Mr. Lance, can you...give me some time?"

Lance chewed the delicious ham and shook his head, "That's impossible, Johnny, you know, business is business."

"Either you give me money, or I sue you. Of course, there is a third way."

He stuffed the last bit into his mouth and said, "Give me this shop as collateral, and I'll write off all the money you owe me."

If it were in the past, Johnny might have shouted something like "This is impossible", but now, he couldn't shout it.

It wasn't just the debt that was tormenting him; his severe addiction to painkillers was also threatening him.

He now only needs three to four painkillers a day, and this is the result of his proactive reduction in dosage.

He would take injections of special painkillers for the first two months, but they were too expensive for him to afford.

He had no choice but to turn to cheap painkillers, which, although not so effective, at least helped to calm his emotions.

These things have begun to affect his bread-making skills and taste, and he is full of despair about the future!

"Mr. Lance..."

Lance shook his head slightly, not giving him the right to continue speaking, "You'd better hire a lawyer. You will get a court summons soon!"

As he spoke, he walked outside. Johnny knew that if he didn't try to keep him, it would be too late!
He was given a lot of trouble by those lawyers these times. Not only did he spend a lot of money, but he also got nothing in the end.

Johnny quickly lifted the door on the counter and took two steps over it, "Mr. Lance, are you not going to give me a chance to survive?"

His tone was filled with begging, indignation, desperation, and a hint of desire for almost non-existent hope, and he looked at Lance.

Lance stopped at the door and glanced sideways at Johnny. Although it looked like he was smiling, it was a very cold smile.

"Mr. Johnny, you didn't give me a chance to live at the beginning."

"What makes you have the illusion that I will give you a way to survive?"

A mocking smile appeared on his lips. "If you don't make a decision before the company gets off work tonight, you don't have to make a decision."

After saying that, Lance didn't give him a chance to say anything else and left the bakery directly, leaving Johnny standing there in a daze.

His house, which was worth two thousand dollars, was sold by the bank for one thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty-five cents, of which one thousand three hundred dollars was given to Lance.

The bank charged him fifty-five dollars as a commission for the auction, and the remaining twenty-five cents is now in his box.

He would keep the twenty-five cents coin forever, and he regarded it as a shame in his life.

Sometimes he would suddenly rise up in his dreams and become a super rich man. He would tell others that the driving force behind his success was that 25-cent coin.

But... the dream will eventually end.

The storefront was worth about $4,500, but he had no idea how much the bank would sell it for or how much he would have left in the end.

Or... not only will he be unable to pay off his debts, but he will continue to owe Lance money, he doesn't know.

He is confused...

In early May, the long-awaited good weather finally came to Jingang City again, and there were already many young people on the beach.

The waves are like a generator of happiness, and people are having fun on the beach.

The only regrettable thing is that girls at that time did not have the habit of being topless. Most of them wore relatively conservative one-piece swimsuits, and it seemed like a crime to show others an inch more of skin.

But even so, the tight swimsuit is enough to make many young guys excited.

Ponda is taking a rest these two days.

The Hazardous Materials Administration has been working non-stop during this period. Although Lugal has lost his informant in the Imperial District, arrests in other areas are still ongoing.

There will always be someone trying to stand up.

Rob's death allowed many people to analyze from his personal information that it was the Lance family who took action, and the reason they took action was that Rob sold the locations of the Lance family's two bars to the Hazardous Materials Administration.

Then maybe the Lance family bribed some people and got the information about the traitor, and finally let Rob die in a special honor killing method, dying on the street lamp in front of the Hazardous Materials Administration.

Some people who hoped to gain benefits, people from other areas, tried to report the bar, and they succeeded.

So even though the situation in the Imperial District has calmed down, arrests are still ongoing in other areas.

Director Dell knew that it was impossible to keep working non-stop. If everyone was kept on edge, people's nerves would eventually break.

So as soon as May began, he gave some agents a holiday so that they could rest for a while, and also gave them a large bonus.

Ponda is just such an ordinary agent. He is an outsider, but also a native of Likalai State. He has no family here, so the vacation makes him feel idle.

He heard that the beach was very lively, so he came over to have some fun today.

It was indeed very lively here, and those young, hot and sexy bodies made his hormones fly.

It's a pity that drinking is not allowed here, and no one dares to sell alcoholic beverages in public areas like the beach, otherwise having a glass of cold beer at this time would definitely be the most pleasant thing.

Wearing a sun hat, he found a cold drink stand in the middle of the beach and sat down.

"Give me a glass of tropical juice." It's sour and sweet, with a unique tropical flavor, most people love this!
In fact, they didn’t know whether it was a real tropical flavor, but it was just some flavor they had never tasted before.

He was just about to leave to go to the beach to see the girls there, but someone bumped into him.

Most of the juice in his hand was poured onto the girl in front of him. As the girl screamed, he quickly apologized.

"No, it's okay, I have responsibilities too." The girl looks very beautiful, has a good figure, a good personality, and is still very young.

This made Pang Da blush. "Anyway, it's all my fault. I should have seen you earlier. You're so dazzling, maybe I'm really blind!"

The girl couldn't help laughing, "You seem to lack some experience." Ponda touched his slightly hot cheek and took off his coat because the girl's swimsuit was wet by him.

He didn't quite understand what this meant, "What?"

"What you said is a bit old-fashioned. Why don't you speak your true thoughts?"

The girl put on Ponda's clothes, crossed her sleeves and covered her chest. She stretched out her snow-white and slender hands and said, "Meet Lisa."

Ponda quickly reached out his hand and shook hers, "Hello, Lisa."

"I can see you're nervous, but you shouldn't forget your name!"

Ponda was fascinated by the girl's every move and smile, and also felt a little embarrassed and ashamed. "My name is Ponda, Ponda Green, nice to meet you..."

The young boy and the young girl got to know each other in this way. They went to the shower room at the seaside, and then walked on the beach and chatted.

From the conversation, Ponda learned that Lisa was a girl from another place who came to Jingang City to work and she lived here alone.

She had just arrived in Jingang City and was still adapting, and she didn't have many friends. She also said that Pangda was her first friend of the opposite sex, which made Pangda feel as if happiness had fallen from the sky and hit him directly on the top of his head.

He and the girl talked about many things, including work, life, ideals and the future. They found that they had many common topics, which made Pangda feel a sense of excitement in his heart.

As time was getting later, Lisa also decided to go back.

Ponda sent Lisa to the bus station. Looking at the approaching bus, Ponda realized that if he didn't do something, Lisa might just be a moment in his long and short life!
He mustered up his courage and asked, "Can I ask you out next time?"

Lisa smiled sweetly, so sweet that Ponda wanted to take insulin. "You can call me."

"But... I don't have your phone number." Ponda was a little annoyed that he had always forgotten to ask.

At this time, the bus arrived here, Lisa jumped on the bus, but he could only watch.

Just when he was about to be completely disappointed, Lisa, who had already got in the car, pointed at her chest. Ponda immediately realized something. He looked down at his clothes and touched his chest pocket. There was a small card with a number on it.

In an instant, frustration turned into ecstasy!

He waved his fist vigorously and ran for dozens of meters after the bus that had already started moving before stopping. He waved frantically at the bus until it disappeared from his sight!
In the next few days, Ponda stayed with Lisa. They watched the sunrise over the sea together, watched the incomplete beauty of the afterglow, admired the moon together, and even kissed each other on the lips...

They are like a pair of lovers!
Even on his last day of vacation, Lisa gave herself to him!
She told Ponda that her hobby was dancing, and during a practice session, she accidentally tore the thin membrane because her movements were too large.

If he minded this, she could leave, even though she couldn't bear to leave Ponda.

How could Ponda, who was in love, care about this? He really liked this beautiful girl. The two lay together, and amid Ponda's roar, he ended his virginity.

All this made him seem particularly excited. He took the initiative to ask Lisa to move in with him and even talked about getting married in the future.

But for some reason, he always felt that there was a layer of sadness in Lisa's eyes and brows. He wanted to smooth her frown, but she seemed unwilling to share her anxiety with him.

Amidst such happiness and minor troubles, he returned to the Hazardous Materials Administration and started a new round of work.

As soon as he got to work, Lucard went to find them all. "I think the biggest problem with our last missed attack was that they recognized our people."

"You may all relax this week, but I am thinking about what to do so that they won't find out our identities."

"We were dealing with an extremely cunning and sly criminal gang. We discovered one of their bars before we went on holiday, but the bar was emptied the next day."

"Their vigilance is among the best in all the cases we have solved."

"The Lance family is different from those long-established criminal groups. Their average age is no more than 20 years old, which means they are more unscrupulous, more sharp, and more active in thinking."

"We can't deal with them the same way we deal with already corrupt criminal groups. We must find a way to infiltrate them and find their fatal flaws."

"I don't mean for you to join the Lance family, but I hope you can recommend some people you think are reliable to me, preferably new faces, people from the Empire."

“This way they can integrate into their group more quickly.”

"I have discussed this with Director Dale before. If anyone can do this, after the Lance family is destroyed, this undercover agent will not only be promoted directly to a formal agent, but may also become a captain."

After they discovered Lance's bar last week, they did not alarm them immediately, but instead kept observing.

On the one hand, they were not sure about the size and specific situation of the bar. Secondly, they wanted to find the delivery person through surveillance and then track him to their warehouse and other bars.

As a result, the bar was emptied the next day.

Lucard did suspect that there really was a traitor within the Hazardous Materials Administration, but he knew that at this time he could not say anything that would be detrimental to unity, as everyone was working together to combat criminal activity.

Suspecting colleagues without evidence at this time would definitely ruin the good situation, and they believed that it was very likely that the gatekeeper had discovered the difference of the agent.

They didn't let the agents in, and they didn't know where the flaw was.

So this time, he plans to try a different approach and go undercover!

In fact, he has already found an undercover agent, and now he still says this because he has his own ideas.

If there really is an undercover agent here, then Lance will definitely know about it, and the identity information of the undercover agent he sent out will definitely be exposed.

Once this undercover agent is caught, the undercover agent he arranged privately will be able to join the Lance family smoothly and provide him with intelligence.

What will happen to the undercover agents who are caught openly?
Lucard no longer cares about these things. The only thing he wants to do now is to fight crime and fight evil!
He even wanted Lance to know what he was doing, and only by sacrificing some people could he truly achieve his goal.

But unfortunately, Lance's attention is not in this area now. Morris heard that the Viper Gang is planning to move here from Fides.

There are at least seventy or eighty people, and a large amount of weapons and equipment.

The news came from the Viper Gang. Perhaps in order to boost morale, Brinton told each of them the news so that they could cheer up again.

In Fides, Snake can also be said to be a "legend". In just over 20 years, he built a powerful gang from scratch.

Now that he has come here in person to take charge, many people feel relieved.

It seemed that as long as he came, everything would be fine.

Morris picked a few people and pretended to be consumers in the Empire Night nightclub. They heard someone say this, so they found an opportunity and kidnapped two people.

The Viper Gang members were tough on the outside but were afraid of pain, so they confessed after a short while.

After receiving the news, Lance immediately called together the core members.

"…That's about it. I don't think we can let them into the city."

"Once they enter the city, their numbers will swell to over a hundred again. If others join them, they might be able to gather around two hundred people."

"We don't know how many shooters they have yet. If they play it safe and try to take territory from us bit by bit, it will take too much of our energy away from defense and offense."

"If that happens, it will be a protracted war between us!"

"I don't want to fight a protracted war. Both our friends and our opponents are developing rapidly. If we fight a protracted war, no matter whether we win or lose in the end, we will lose."

"So, my idea is to intercept them halfway."

"They don't know our situation well enough to guess that we would intercept them on the road."

"After we defeat this part of the reinforcements, Brinton and his gang are like lions with their teeth pulled out. They are no longer a threat!"

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
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(End of this chapter)