Shadow Empire

Chapter 246 Locking the Target [Monthly Ticket 666+5]
"…So, you have to come quickly. Sidney is already a little unhappy with us."

"The situation here is worse than expected. He can't control the people here."

Snake rested his shoulder on the receiver as he was tidying up his drawers. "I know. I'll be there in the next few days."

"Our people are almost ready. Everyone will go over there. I will give this territory to Binx directly. He has provided us with some weapons."

Binx is the leader of another gang. Snake decided to withdraw from Fides. These territories will eventually fall into the hands of others whether he is willing to hand them over to others or not.

So it would be better to just do him a favor when he leaves, and Binx also gave him a lot of weapons.

These weapons can help them gain a foothold in Jingang City.

Hearing that Snake was ready to come to Golden Harbor City, Brinton finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Great, I'm looking forward to your coming soon, then we can have a great fight."

He paused, "When will you come?"

Snake heard a hint of timidity in Brinton's tone, and he couldn't help but stop what he was doing, "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Brinton didn't understand what he meant. "What's wrong?"

"Brinton, where's my 'chainsaw'?"

"Do you fucking remember that time you cut those idiots apart with a chainsaw at the lumberyard?"

"Why did the courageous Brinton disappear?"

"Why now, you...coward?"

"What happened to you?"

Snake and Brinton have been neighbors since childhood. They both had not very happy childhood experiences and were bullied. Then they joined the neighborhood family together and gained some respect from people, but also received a lot of contempt.

One day Snake said to Brinton that if they didn't change, their lives would be like those old men sitting at the intersection, and their lives would be ruined.

They must do something big!

At that time, they were only in their twenties. They hit it off immediately and first robbed several stores in other districts. Then they used the money from the robbery to buy a pistol, and then began their crazy expansion.

In my early twenties, I had nothing but was full of courage.

They experienced many dangerous times together, but also some glorious moments. When they kidnapped the leaders of the big gangs in the area and took them to the logging camp, and then Brinton sawed those people into pieces with a chain saw, the nickname "Chainsaw Brinton" spread in Fides.

That was his craziest and most glorious time. He never cared whether there were cars when crossing the road, because everyone who saw him would stop their car.

But look at now, only more than ten years have passed, and Brinton's tone is full of weakness, which makes Snake, who is still planning to go to Jingang City for a big fight, feel dissatisfied!
He is going to work hard to build a career that can be passed on to his children!

Instead of watching Brinton shivering in the corner!
Brinton was stunned for a moment, many things flashed through his mind, and finally everything that happened that night came to his mind again.

"I… don't know what to say, Snake."

"Dozens of them went out, and then they completely disappeared!"

"No one called the police, no one said they heard gunshots, but these people were gone."

"It's like... they never came here with me. I actually asked people to look for them."

"There were no bodies, not even any bloodstains, no signs of their presence. Sometimes I even wondered if they had just driven away together!"

"I don't know how to describe that feeling, Snake. This place doesn't feel like Fides to me. This Lance family gives me a bad feeling."

"It seems like countless pairs of eyes are staring at me..."

"That's enough!" Snake interrupted him, "You were scared by them, that's all!"

"Don't forget, that's their territory. They have ways to silence people, so there must have been a gunfight and our people were killed. It's that simple."

"They disposed of the bodies to create some false impressions that made you feel horrified and uneasy, but it's really no big deal."

"Maybe they are more civilized, unlike us, who often leave corpses everywhere."

"There's nothing to be afraid of about them. Wait till I come over, and then I'll tear them into pieces for you to see!"

Brinton took several seconds before saying, "I need you, Snake, when will you be here?"

He was under a lot of psychological pressure during this period. In fact, he did not tell Snake that several of the people he sent out to gather information had also gone missing.

There was no sign of these people alive or dead, which gave him a feeling different from a real fight with guns and swords. It was a bit weird and unsettling, just like there was something dirty outside the nightclub!
He needed Snake, not physically, but psychologically.

Snake knew that Brinton must be very scared, and he also knew that he must have something to say to him.

He thought for a moment and said, "In four to five days at the latest, I will arrive at Jingang City."

"We will bring a lot of weapons with us this time, so we can't take the train and have to drive ourselves."

"Before we get there, I'll give you a call, and then you can find a way to get that Lance out for negotiation, and then we'll ambush him." "When I kill him in front of you, you'll know that he's also a human being, and nothing special!"

Brinton seemed to feel better. "Where are you planning to come from?"

"From Interstate 24."

The Viper Gang is not a small gang in Fides City, and Snake's every move is watched by many people.

There are also quite a few imperial people here, as well as gangs formed by imperial people, but they are only small gangs and have not yet formed any major force.

Everyone has been discussing this issue these days. Binx's people are taking over the Viper Gang's territory. Combined with some previous events, many people have guessed that the Viper Gang is planning to go to Jingang City.

Unlike the prosperous Jingang City, Fides is actually... more like a huge concentration camp!
Its world is gray, everyone is a numb worker, and daily life revolves around the factory.

Apart from work and production, there are not many other entertainment activities here, and everything seems monotonous and boring.

No one has ever raised the question that with so many factories producing goods continuously, are there people who buy these goods and how many people buy them?

They just focus on production and never care about these things. Perhaps only the boss cares about these things.

Most of the time, the Imperial gangs here just stick together and don't get bullied by workers or gangs from other unions. They are not the kind of gang that makes profits through crime, but more like an organization similar to a "Brotherhood".

Originally, they didn't care about the changes in gang power in Fides City, but today, a call came to their boss.

The gang leader, who was in his forties, was on the phone for more than half an hour. He even expelled everyone else from the room. Everyone was discussing what phone call had taken him so long.

After he came out, he called in a few trusted men, and soon these people left, and no one knew where they were going.

Two days later in the morning, the girl at the front desk knocked on Erwin's window and said, "There's a call for you. It's on Line 3."

Erwin pressed the number three button and raised his head, "This is Wanli Office, I'm Erwin."

“…Are you sure?”

"Okay, no problem, don't hang up, Lance is right here."

He didn't hang up the phone and went directly to Lance's office. When he opened the door, Lance was reading a newspaper. "What's the matter?"

He asked without even looking up. A smile appeared on Erwin's face. "Fides got some information. They know how Snake is going to get here and the route he is going to take."

Lance hummed when he heard this, "Then he continued, "So what are their conditions?"

"Wine. At least one hundred thousand dollars' worth of wine." Seeing Lance's expression slightly revealing the look of "not knowing how to appreciate a favor", he quickly said, "They will pay."

The next second, Lance's expression returned to normal, "Is Fides so short of wine?"

Erwin shook his head. "I'm not sure. It could be that they're just having a hard time."

This is possible. The profit margin of alcohol is so high that without some powerful connections, it would be difficult for the relatively weak Imperial gang to actually get the goods even if they know the supplier.

Being cheated is possible.

"Yes, promise them, but we only have wine and potato wine."

Erwin didn't leave, but closed the door, walked to the desk, pressed the number three button, and picked up the phone.

"Boss agreed."

"Do you want to talk to him?"

Erwin handed the receiver to Lance.

Lance took it and put it to his ear, "I'm Lance."

"Hello, Mr. Lance, I'm Gario Pox, from Kemilan, and I'm glad to speak to you."

A kind middle-aged man's voice came from the receiver, with a hint of caution.

"Mr. Gallio, let's avoid these worthless chats. I agree to your request. One hundred thousand dollars worth of wine, mainly wine, and some high-proof rum."

Rum always sounds better than potato wine, sweet potato wine and the like, and it is more upscale.

"Now, tell me when and by which road they will come."

“I have a feeling this won’t be our first collaboration, we’ll have more collaborations in the future!”

Galio seemed to agree with this very much. He no longer concealed it and said it openly, "I found out that they left the city a day later from... You may not know, but that road leads to Interstate 24 after leaving the city!"

Lance quickly found the end of Interstate 24 on the Golden Port map.

"Mr. Galio, if the news is correct, I promise that this will be the best choice you have ever made!"

(End of this chapter)