Shadow Empire

Chapter 288 Ambush [666+1]
In the morning, after having breakfast, Lance drove out of his house. He recently planned to buy a manor.

The house in the manor is big enough and quiet enough, isolated from the outside world, and more importantly, safe enough!

He communicated with Paul last night, and this morning he will go to Starlight to take over the bar that Paul promised to give him.

Paul didn't refuse. This was what Lance deserved. He did what he should do, so he deserved this reward.

After Alvin and Madore checked the vehicles, Lance randomly chose one of the four.

In fact, logically speaking, the safest thing to do now is to learn from Heller, find a place to build a safe house, lock yourself in it, and come out after everything is over.

But if he really did that, then he would not be himself.

He will appear in people's sight, and he will use this way to tell everyone that he is Lance, not a cowardly clown who runs away!

Everyone could feel the tense atmosphere recently and was very careful along the way. During this period, Irwin even asked the team to change the route once.

This trip is important.

The Xingguang District is the most famous consumption area in Jingang City, where the consumption capacity is even higher than that in the city center.

Rich people and celebrities can be seen everywhere. They enjoy the nightlife in the Starlight District and are willing to pay for happiness.

In the Empire District, Lance would only charge the poor people twenty-five cents for a glass of wine.

A slightly better quality wine here costs only one dollar.

As for those mid- to high-end brandies and whiskeys, the starting price is often two to three yuan, or even three to five yuan.

Don’t think this is expensive. For the truly wealthy Bay Area tycoons, this is just the smallest bit of all the benefits they have gained from this city!
For example, the wealthy people who have invested a lot of money in ports can even calculate their daily income by "how much money they make every second" instead of calculating it by weeks or months like ordinary people.

So five dollars may only be enough to buy you a dozen seconds, or a minute or two.

The money earned in such a short time can make them happy for a long time through consumption. Isn’t this a good deal?

Lance was full of expectations for the bars in the Starlight District. If the bars in the Empire District were to build his fame, then the bars in the Starlight District were really for making money!
The convoy drove on the road safely. When leaving the Imperial District, Erwin seemed a little nervous, as if he was nervous after leaving a safe environment.

As the convoy continued to move forward safely, his nervousness gradually eased.

"The doors have been fixed, and steel plates have been added inside."

Erwin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, casually introduced, "The hood has also been added with a steel plate, so that it will not be easily penetrated and affect its function."

"As for the tires, we changed to solid tires. They may not be comfortable to ride on, but bullets won't stop our car..."

Lance exposed him without hesitation, "Are you nervous?"

Erwin was about to deny this, but finally nodded, "One thing is, we did so many...things, and they didn't react at all. This is not normal!"

Although the driver was one of their own, Alvin didn't intend to tell anyone else about the matter until it was completely over.

Including the girls he sent away, they are now actually under close surveillance by the people he arranged.

It would be fine if those girls didn't do anything messy, but as long as they dare to do so, they will soon shut their mouths forever.

Sometimes he felt that Lance was too kind and unwilling to hurt innocent people, and sometimes he felt that he should be kinder, at least the light he emitted could warm the people around him.

Elvin had heard before that butchers in slaughterhouses would go crazy if they worked for a long time, especially those who slaughtered cattle.

They say that cows shed tears and beg for mercy before being slaughtered, just like humans.

You have to stab a sharp knife into the heart of a crying cow, which is indeed a bit difficult for humans with empathy.

This is the case with killing animals, let alone humans.

He was scared at first, but then he became numb and felt like he was abnormal.

But he didn't think there was anything wrong with him, because whenever he felt there was something wrong with him, he would think of Lance.

This is a very contradictory mood. The two emotions are entangled and constantly colliding. There will always be a time when someone has the upper hand, but they will not always have the upper hand.

To them, Lance is not only a "leader" in life, but also a guide on their life journey!
He didn't want anything to happen to Lance, and no one wanted anything to happen to Lance. But Eric was dead, and the mayor didn't seem to be really doing anything except declaring war on evil.

Only the Hazardous Materials Administration continues to close down bars everywhere. If this is a declaration of war on evil, it would be too funny.

But such a funny scene made Erwin feel a little uneasy. He always felt that it was not that the mayor did not do anything, but that he was doing it but they could not see it.

This was the source of his nervousness.

Lance looked at the gradually prosperous streets outside the window. The Priscilla District is the only way from the Imperial District to the Starlight District. It looks much better than the Imperial District.

"We broke the advantage he had gained with great difficulty. So what's next..."

Before Lance could finish his words, a car suddenly rushed out from the alley on the side of the road and hit the first car directly!
The huge force almost knocked it over. If Alvin hadn't followed Lance's advice and added steel plates to the car doors to make the car heavier, it might have really flipped over!
The violent collision made everyone reveal their changes. Erwin yelled "Get down", then picked up the submachine gun from under his feet. He no longer cared about whether there were enemies around him or not, and pulled the trigger directly at those who tried to approach the car!

Lance's heartbeat began to accelerate rapidly, and the excessive secretion of adrenaline made his face flushed, as if he had endless energy.

He picked up the submachine gun under the car's base and pulled the trigger, pointing outside.

In just less than ten seconds, the whole street was filled with gunshots!
"Hurry up, hurry up, reverse!" Alvin urged the driver to reverse while looking outside the car.

The other two vehicles were also firing outwards, and for a moment it was not even possible to see many enemies.

The driver put the car in reverse gear and stepped on the accelerator to the limit. The car began to move backwards, but before it had gone far, there was a sudden and violent collision from behind!

A car blocked the road and Lance bumped into the back of the passenger seat, causing him to feel suffocated in his chest.

"Fuck! Fuck!" He looked back, raised his submachine gun and fired a volley of bullets at the car behind them. The driver in the cab was shot in the head before he could react!
At this time, bullets were already flying on the road, and the doors of the car they were riding in kept making clanging sounds from being hit by bullets, and sparks were flying!

If Erwin hadn't put steel plates on the car, they might have been shot into sieves!
Now everyone is going crazy and will shoot anyone who gets close to the car.

Lance slapped the driver's seat, "Crash into the store inside!"

As soon as the driver raised his head, Lance felt something warm on his face. The driver's whole body suddenly tensed up, and then quickly relaxed.

"Fake!"

He cursed and continued to shrink his neck.

Erwin looked at him, breathing heavily. The two looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly looked up and looked around.

Some tried to approach the vehicle, but saw them looking up and retreated back into the surrounding cover, and then continued to exchange fire from a distance.

Such fierce exchange of fire could not fail to alarm the people of the entire city, and this place is not that far from the Imperial District. All they have to do is wait!

It was impossible to break out, the only thing to be thankful for was that they came with four cars, not just one!

If it was a car, Lance would probably be dead by now!
Fortunately, the car was protected by steel plates, and if the gunmen had not risked being killed and walked up to the car door and shot inside, they would not have been able to shoot the people who had already calmed down.

But once they get close, they will be beaten into sieves first!
The screaming crowd on the roadside had long since run away. The exchange of fire lasted for about six or seven minutes. Lance's submachine gun bullets were almost used up, and he had long since switched to a pistol.

The gunmen saw that they couldn't get close to the cars, and shooting at the doors was of no use, and when the sirens started to sound, they quickly chose to evacuate!
If these shootouts had happened in the Empire District or the Port District, the police wouldn't have arrived so quickly.

But this is the Priscilla district, a middle-class community, and there may be some capitalists living here. Their phone calls are much more effective than those of the poor people!
Soon, more than a dozen police cars surrounded the scene. Although they knew that the four cars were the ones that were attacked, they did not dare to get too close and could only shout from a distance.

Lance didn't speak for himself, but asked Erwin to help him shout, "Let Blue come, let Hiram come, or we won't lay down our weapons!"

"We can't confirm whether you are in the same group as the attackers!"

This made the police officers a little angry, but they would not risk their lives to pull the person out of the car.

Soon the call came to Chief of the Blue Branch. When he heard that Lance's convoy had been attacked, he felt numb as if he had been electrocuted!

More than ten minutes later, Chief Blue and the Lance family finally arrived at the scene. The moment he saw Hiram, Lance breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this guy doesn't look very likable, he can really give people a strong sense of security!

After making sure they had the situation under control, Lance slowly walked out of the car...

(End of this chapter)