Shadow Empire

Chapter 249 Excellent Sleep Quality

In the bathroom, Eric, who was sitting on the toilet, suddenly relaxed his tense body.

His hands fell naturally at his sides and the syringe in his hand fell to the ground, but he didn't care at all.

It doesn't hurt anymore.

Those quack doctors, a broken bone has caused him pain until now. Even though he realizes that the pain now has nothing to do with the broken bone, he still tells himself that it is all caused by those stupid doctors!

If they weren't unable to cure his problems, would he need to endure this pain now?
It’s just… he’s been a little irritable these days. He hasn’t had hallucinations for a while. At first, he would be scared by hallucinations, but then he gradually came to like the feeling of hallucinations.

He thought he should go see a doctor and ask what he could do to make himself feel more comfortable.

Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a rhythmic sound like hitting a baseball.

Eric also likes to watch baseball games, but he doesn't like to play baseball because he has no athletic talent.

When the hollow alloy bat hits the baseball, you can hear a "bang".

It is very crisp, not dull, and the vibration and sound give people a feeling of briefly transmitting and reverberating in the internal space of the bat. This sound is very pleasant to those who like it!
Is anyone playing baseball?

He couldn't help but sit face up on the toilet and laughed. After laughing twice, he felt that it was not an illusion, and then he stood up holding the door of the toilet cubicle.

He had to go out and find some fun. He wanted to see Lance begging him to let the other person pass. Just thinking about it made him feel so good!

He rubbed his balls, and he almost... Damn, although the painkillers were good, they also had some side effects.

The sound of baseball playing continued to come to his ears, and he was a little confused. Was it an auditory hallucination?
When he walked out of the corridor and saw the scene in the restaurant, his legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

Lance stood beside Brinton, holding Brinton's neck with one hand and holding the blood-stained glass ashtray high in the other hand, then smashed it down hard.

Every time it landed on Brinton's head, there would be a "bang" sound, and Brinton's body would twitch violently, and then the whole table would shake.

Blood splattered everywhere, and Lance's expressionless and even somewhat cold look almost scared him to death!
Just when he was at a loss, Lance rolled his eyes and glanced at Eric. Eric quickly shrank his head and turned away, not daring to look at him.

He was a little at a loss. He took two steps towards the corridor where the toilet was, then suddenly stopped. He only dared to turn sideways to face Lance.

Although he knew about and had seen murder scenes before, never had he witnessed the scene in person, which could give him such a direct shock!
He wished he was just a passerby on the side of the road, and even hated himself for not really pooping and being constipated so that he wouldn't have to face this choice.

"Boom!"

Louder than any time before!

Red blood was dripping from beneath where Brinton was sleeping. It dripped onto the ground bit by bit and accumulated into a pool of blood that was spreading continuously.

His body stopped twitching, as if he had suddenly fallen into a deep sleep.

Lance threw the ashtray on the table without messing up the dishes and plates, although they looked a bit unsightly.

The blood splattered on the plates would obviously affect people's appetite, but fortunately the meal was over at this time.

He picked up the unused napkin on the table and wiped the blood splattered on his face, and asked, "Why don't you dare look at me?"

There is no doubt that this question was not directed to Brinton.

Eric could no longer control his bladder, and urine was seeping out bit by bit. He slowly turned around, not daring to look at Brinton on the table.

His expression changed several times in a short period of time, and he finally forced out a very ugly smile that looked like he was crying. "I didn't, Lance..."

Lance looked down at the napkin in his hand and wiped his hands, "Brinton is a little sleepy. He fell asleep first. Are you sleepy?"

Eric's heart skipped a beat!
He quickly opened his eyes wide and looked at Lance, "No, I'm very energetic!" To prove this, he jumped up and down and patted his cheeks, "I'm not sleepy at all. I can run around Jingang City right now. If you don't believe me, you can let me run for you to see."

Lance looked at him with a half-smile. Seeing that he felt guilty and uneasy, his expression became as if he was begging for mercy. "None of this has anything to do with me, Lance."

"I swear!"

Lance threw the napkin he had used to wipe his hands next to Brinton's face. He adjusted his clothes and his tie was a little askew.

Although there were a lot of blood splatters on the clothes, they were dark in color and could not be seen clearly.

"Eric, I have a piece of advice for you."

He pulled out a cigarette, picked up Brinton's lighter from the table, lit his own cigarette, and then gave it back to "him".

He tapped the table twice with the hand holding the cigarette, "This is the Empire District, not a place where you have the final say!"

He took two or three seconds to finish speaking before turning around and walking out of the restaurant. Hiram, who had already returned to the door, opened the door for Lance.

The moment he got into the car, intense and continuous gunfire rang out outside the door!
Then those people quickly got into the car and disappeared into the night.

Eric looked at Brinton who had fallen asleep, and suddenly turned his head and started vomiting. His stomach and intestines suddenly showed very severe discomfort symptoms, and he vomited out everything he had eaten before.

The burning sensation in his mouth and esophagus made him always want to swallow, and these actions also brought him more severe discomfort in his stomach.

He wiped his mouth with his sleeve, cursed words like "madman" and quickly walked out of the restaurant. Then he saw a truck on the side of the road and some people were loading bodies into the truck.

He vomited violently again, but this time, it seemed like there was nothing to vomit, just some turbid liquid, and an even stronger burning pain spread throughout his mouth and entire esophagus.

He couldn't stand what was happening here anymore, so he got into the car and stepped on the accelerator. All he wanted now was to go home, hide under the quilt, and pray to God to help him!
Although Eric had gone home, Lance's work was not done.

"Give the restaurant owner some money and we'll make a mess of his place."

Lance did not forget to remind him that he had also run a small business many years ago and knew the helplessness of encountering such things.

Erwin nodded, then stepped on the accelerator to the limit.

At 9:50, Empire Night Nightclub was still half-open. The reason it was half-open was that they had run out of alcohol.

For places like nightclubs, without alcohol, half of the customers will be gone.

Now this is just a mid-range brothel. The Viper Gang has its own resources, and the brothel business is one of their main sources of income in Fides.

After a tiring day, the workers will especially want to let off some steam after a break. As long as the price is right, business will be very good.

However, in Jingang City, their resources are not very popular. People here have seen too much, and girls from all over the world are competing with each other here. Therefore, although the business of Empire Night has been reopened, it is still half-dead.

Brinton had hoped that after killing Lance, they would take over Lance's industry and his liquor smuggling business, mainly selling smuggled liquor.

But now, all this is just wishful thinking.

Several gang members stood outside the main door on the first floor, chatting casually. They were not nervous at all because Brinton said that after tonight, there would be no more Lance and Lance family in the Empire District!

This made them feel excited, and the feeling of fighting with the Viper Gang in the past few years returned.

But the excitement only lasted for a moment, and everyone became lazy again.

They gathered together, smoking and chatting about the interesting and beautiful things in Jingang City.

Just at this moment, two buses and several cars suddenly stopped at the steps of Empire Night Club. A few people just took a look and smiled. They were too familiar with the two buses!
No wonder Brinton was so confident today, it turns out that Snake is here!
A few people walked down the stairs with smiles on their faces. They were about to say hello to the brothers coming over from Fides, but they saw the black muzzles of guns.

After a brief exchange of gunfire, a large number of family members wearing dark suits and fedoras got out of the car. Lance sat in the car and pointed at the Empire Night nightclub. These people immediately rushed towards the nightclub.

The staff member who was sweeping the floor and doing security work on the first floor saw the crowds of people on the stairs, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. He turned around and ran inside, "Lance's people are calling again!"

In an instant, the Viper Gang members who stayed behind became chaotic, while the guests, on the other hand, sat quietly where they were.

Everyone knows that Lance never hurts innocent people. If someone is hurt, then he must not be innocent!

For these people it was more like a… fun show!

Some of them even showed a kind of excitement. Without the stimulation of alcohol, how could the vulgar dancing and the girls around them be as exciting as a gang fight?

The gunfire did not last long as Lance's men rushed into the nightclub, shouting "Snake and Brinton are dead" and "Kneel down and raise your hands to surrender so you won't be hurt."

Except for a very small number of enemies who resisted stubbornly, most people eventually chose to kneel down and surrender.

Brinton is gone, and if Snake is really gone too, there is really no need for them to work hard for two dead guys.

The nightclub, which should have been difficult to attack, was completely taken down in less than ten minutes.

When Lance arrived at the performance hall, many people had already stood up to greet him.

Some of these people are middle class from the Empire District, and some are from other districts. After all, the Empire Night was somewhat famous before - Empire style!
But after being taken over by Brinton, the place lost its imperial charm and there was no wine, so the business was indeed getting worse day by day.

But they can already foresee that things will get better here because Lance is back!
Lance stood on the stage, with applause, whistles and voices calling his name from the audience. He smiled and raised his hands to show his modesty, "Soon the drinks will be served here again, and there will be more girls and shows."

"The little unpleasantness just now may have frightened everyone, so in order to express our apology, all the consumption today will be waived..."

Amid people's enthusiastic support, it took Lance more than ten minutes to return to his office on the fourth floor.

He sat back in the big red leather chair, patted the plump armrests, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Others also came into the room one after another, and Lance looked at them, "So, what is mine will always be mine, and they must not only return it to me, but also with interest!"

"Take a count of how much arms Mr. Snake has provided us. I heard there is also some cash."

"One of you guys go to Fides and get some wine from Nick to send to our friend in Galio, and by the way, ask Snake's family if they know his bank account number and password."

Ennio squeezed out of the crowd and said, "I'll go."

Lance nodded. "Then you go ahead and do it. Pick some people tomorrow and bring money and weapons."

"I will communicate with Galio first. If something happens on the way, bring the life back. Nothing else matters."

He emphasized, "Enio, remember, we are friends and enemies!"

Ennio nodded vigorously, "I won't be soft-hearted, Lance."

Lance looked at the others, "This is a war. The victors of the war get to reap the fruits of their labor. Whatever decision we make for the losers is not excessive."

"It's like if we lose, they should put a knife to our necks and force us to tell them where we hide our money and our bank account numbers and passwords."

"I believe that if you don't tell them, they won't untie the ropes that bind you and give you a hug and tell you that everything is over."

"They will just slit your throat and veins and threaten others with your death."

"We should show mercy to those who deserve it, but we must be as cold and ruthless as the winter wind to our enemies."

"Now, you have one more job to do, take those bars back for me!"

Erwin asked from the side, "Should we deal with those who surrender?"

Maybe Elvin still felt a little uneasy when he killed someone for the first time, but now, it is no longer a big concern for him.

This era and this country have shaped the positive and negative sides of every person.

This is not anyone's fault, it is the fault of this era and this world.

Lance shook his head this time. "I said we don't want to kill them, so there's no need to kill them. Let them go back to Fides. This way, our deeds can be spread to the neighboring state."

"This will be of great help to us in continuing to expand our influence among the imperial immigrant community!"

Although Lance and the Lance family cannot be regarded as a big mountain or a backer among the imperial immigrant groups in Jingang City, they have already had a lot of influence.

Many families and gangs want this, but Lance is not satisfied with his influence being limited to Jingang City. He wants Likalai State, the East Coast, and even the entire Federation!
At a time when being modest is not necessarily a good option, only by being high-profile enough can you be more valuable and safer!
By half past eleven, everyone in Jingang City who should know knew that the Viper Gang that the mayor had brought from Fides had been wiped out by Lance.

Some people were laughing, some were thinking, and Lance and the Lance family officially became the social topic of the upper class circles in Jingang City.

It’s not that they really realized how powerful or different Lance and the Lance family were, it’s just that Lance slapped the mayor, an outsider, in the face, which made them feel relieved.

This kind of thing is like a little-known character causing a loss to the enemy's general, which is a very morale-boosting thing.

Although some of them have not yet realized that Lance is different, some have already felt that the pattern of Jingang City may change in the near future.

The next day, the news that Viper Gang member Brinton was killed in a street restaurant quickly spread throughout the city.

However, the Jingangcheng police denied this statement. Both Chief Bruce and Chief Charlie said they had not received any related alarm calls.

“Everything is normal!”

These are their exact words.

Of course, they also said that if someone could provide evidence or was willing to be a witness, the police would initiate an investigation, but obviously no one did so.

Lucard also heard the news early in the morning, and he immediately realized that the opportunity had come!

In fact, he has also found a more suitable Imperial to be an undercover agent during this period. When he was receiving training in the capital, he met a senior agent of the Hazardous Materials Management Bureau of Seran City.

This senior agent is an Imperial immigrant, but he immigrated relatively early and is a fourth-generation immigrant with only one-eighth Imperial blood.

He grew up in the Federation, and apart from his bloodline, there is actually no difference between him and the people of the Federation.

They call these people "localized immigrants," and some even give them a discriminatory name.

However... this does not work for these immigrants who have been "spiritually naturalized" because they do not consider themselves immigrants. They firmly believe that they are federal citizens.

When Lucar was chatting with this guy, the other party mentioned that someone in his family also wanted to work in the Hazardous Materials Administration, but there was no good way.

So, Lucar talked to him about a job that might be a little dangerous and required a reliable immigrant with a clean background.

If the plan is successful, he can ask Director Dell to recruit this undercover agent into the Jingang City Hazardous Materials Management Bureau.

Whether transferring back to Sailan City or staying in Jingang City, both are good development directions.

The other party agreed!
Someone asked me how I felt about the gg and gg thing, and I said I saw it with my eyes. Everyone’s performance was very stable and it showed the corporate culture very well. It was an excellent performance!
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