Shadow Empire

Chapter 289 Whose Problem is It [666+2]
"I have mobilized all the people I can..."

Hiram stood next to Lance with a submachine gun in his hand, which made the police feel a little nervous.

But considering that the federal constitution allows federal citizens to legally own weapons to protect their lives and property, they can only do nothing about it.

Even though they knew that at this moment, most of these people were not federal citizens in the strict sense.

But compared to a firefight, playing dumb is obviously easier.

More than a hundred people armed with various firearms occupied the entire street, which made the police who only had defensive revolvers in their hands feel like they had unspeakable curse words in their chests.

The ground was covered with bullet shells and more than a dozen bodies.

There were fifteen people in the other three cars, but only nine have gotten off now, and six are dead. Including the driver of Lance's car, there are seven in total!

Seven people died within twenty minutes of coming out. Perhaps this is the most realistic portrayal of gang life.

You never know when, where, who or why someone might suddenly shoot you!

Lance walked to the cars and looked at the brothers who came out of them, his teeth almost breaking.

The people who came out with him were the ones he trusted the most, but so many of them died at once that his eyes became red.

Erwin was also shot in the shoulder, but it was just a scratch, slightly lighter than the scratch that Lawn suffered last time, and it healed with a simple bandage.

Chief Blue knew this was not a good time, but he still came over and said, "They said they want you to go to the police station to take a break and help us find who did it."

He chose his words very carefully; he could tell that Lance was angry.

Some people will yell and scream when they are angry, but some people become calmer the angrier they are.

Lance's body didn't move, but his eyes slid from the middle to the far left, and his peripheral vision glanced at Chief Blue.

Just this glimpse made Chief Blue feel something terrible.

He held his breath in his chest, and even his breathing seemed out of control!
But soon, Lance took a deep breath, and the fire of anger in his eyes was suppressed by him, "I need to call my lawyer first."

Only after Lance's gaze shifted away did Chief Blue let out a long breath.

Who the hell would mess with Lance for no reason?
At this time, the ambulance arrived. The doctors and nurses looked at the bodies all over the ground and didn't know whether they should start rescue.

"Let them rescue as many as possible, including these people."

With Lance's instructions, the doctors began to get busy. At the same time, lawyer Robben also received a call.

He asked Lance not to say anything that was unfavorable to him. He was worried that Lance didn't know what was unfavorable to him, so he said, "If you are not sure whether what you said is unfavorable to you, then don't say it!"

This is actually a very effective subjective judgment method. You can only say it if you are strongly sure that there will be no problem with it.

But his advice was that it was best not to say anything and wait for him to come.

He has extensive experience defending and serving gangs, and he knows how to deal with the police.

But when he heard that Lance was still waiting for him on the scene, he was not so anxious anymore. Perhaps this was the special thing about being a “big customer”!

Ambulances, police cars, morgues, doctors, medical examiners, police, and neatly stacked corpses...

Fortunately, Lawyer Robben was not far from here. His law office was in the Pricia district, and he arrived in just seven or eight minutes.

When he looked at the bullet shells and large pools of blood all over the floor, his scalp felt numb.

"You are the one who likes big scenes the most among all my clients, Mr. Lance!" Lawyer Robben couldn't say it was ironic, but rather... he sighed and walked towards the police officer at the Priscilla Branch. "I am Mr. Lance's attorney. If you have any questions, please talk to me first."

The police officer who had been in a daze for a while was also innocent, but fortunately, Blue had already contacted their branch chief, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to do so.

"We want Mr. Lance to go to the police station with us to take a statement and ask some questions."

He chose his words carefully, and Attorney Robben agreed, but with one request, "I want to be by my client's side."

The police officer didn't make any further demands and agreed immediately.

Soon, Lance took their own car to the Pricia Branch, and the news of the attack on Lance's convoy spread throughout the entire Jingang City in a very short time.

The mayor was in a meeting. When he heard about this, he raised his eyebrows, said "what a pity", and went back to work.

Lucard also knew the news, and he was relieved. As long as Lance was not dead, it was fine, because in the end, whether it was him who sent Lance away or sent him in, it would have to be him!

When Hunter told Charlie about this, Charlie just squinted his eyes slightly and did not move. After going to their police station with the police from the Priscilla Branch, the branch chief personally received Lance in his office.

Lance left the rest of the matters to lawyer Robben and Alvin, and lit a cigarette.

There was some blood splattered on his body. He wiped it clean with a handkerchief dipped in water and sat on the sofa.

The rising smoke of cigarettes obscured his face, and Chief Blue and the chief next to him didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a while, Lance took a few puffs of his cigarette and said, "We met last time."

At Charlie's retirement party.

Lance placed his hand on his forehead, as if thinking, "I remember your name... Mr. Hendry?"

Chief Hendry smiled immediately. Lance extended his hand and shook his hand. "I'm sorry for the trouble you caused today."

This sentence was not easy to respond to, so he didn't respond, "Are you hurt?"

Lance shook his head, "I'm covered in my brother's blood, which might stain your sofa. I hope you don't mind."

"Why would I mind?" He said, then paused for a moment, "Mr. Lance, this is a very serious attack case. We will definitely arrange for someone to investigate it thoroughly."

"Please rest assured that we will do our best to catch the murderer and give an explanation to the injured and dead!"

Lance pursed his lips and nodded, "It would be best if you can do this. Of course, if you have any clues, you can also tell me. Some things are more suitable for me to do."

His hint was obvious. No evidence was needed, just clues, and then let the bullets speak.

Hendry knew clearly that Lance didn't want to say more now, so he didn't talk too much. After asking how the matter was handled, he let Lance and the others leave.

Obviously, there was no way to take over the bar in the Starlight District today. Sitting in the car, I asked the convoy to go directly to Lezhu Financial Company.

When the convoy stopped, the two Howard brothers who were basking in the sun at the door were startled, but they were relieved when they saw that it was Lance who got off the car, but they still stood up.

"I heard you were attacked?" They helped Lance, and Lance touched shoulders with them.

"Yes, I don't know how many people there were, and there were bullets everywhere, but luckily I survived..." He glanced at the sign of Lezhu Finance Company, "Is Alberto here?"

Howard Jr. gestured over his shoulder with his thumb. "He's in the office."

Lance patted the brothers' arms, forced a small smile, and walked inside. Hiram wanted to follow, but Lance refused.

He didn't say hello to the beautiful girl this time. The beautiful girl looked at Lance's back, seemed a little at a loss, looked at the Howard brothers at the door, rolled her eyes and sat back.

This time, Lance pushed open the door of Alberto's office. Alberto was on the phone. When he saw Lance come in, he was stunned for a moment, then said, "I'll call you later," and hung up the phone.

"I heard you were attacked."

Lance walked over to the chair opposite him and sat down. "At least 20 or 30 gunmen were shooting at our car. The scene was extremely tense!"

He seemed to be joking, but there was no smile on his face, which made Alberto a little suspicious. "What's wrong with you?"

Lance moved forward, playing with some of the knickknacks on his desk, "You're the only ones who know I'm going to the Starlight District today."

If it was in the Empire Zone, Lance would not have been attacked on such a large scale!

He couldn't say that he would never be attacked by gunmen, but if such a large number of "outsiders" were to enter the Imperial District, they would not be able to defend themselves against those old men who were dissatisfied with the streets!

These old guys have lived on their street for twenty or thirty years. In this age where people will not isolate themselves due to electronic information, the connections between people are very close!

They can clearly tell who lives on this street and what their characteristics are, so if "locals" want to come in on a large scale, they will be noticed by Lance at the first time.

And with the financial encouragement promoted by Lance, whenever the old men feel something is wrong, or someone they have never met before, they will call Bolton!
Therefore, it is very difficult to attack Lance in the Empire Zone!

Today he went to the Starlight District to take over the bar that Paul promised to give him. Apart from the people he trusted around him, only the people of the Post-Pasletto family knew about this.

After all... cleaning up a bar and giving it away is a big deal for the Pasletto family.

Alberto understood immediately, and his expression became serious. “You mean, someone on my side sold your information?”

Lance pressed the tail of Alberto's new mermaid desktop lighter, and every time he pressed it, the mermaid would blow a kiss and then fire would come out of her head.

"Someone knew in advance that I was going to the Starlight District. I can't think of a second possibility except that someone on your side has a problem!"

(End of this chapter)