Shadow Empire

Chapter 352 Bomb
The gunshots continued until midnight before they completely stopped, as if the entire city was in chaos. Lance did not fall asleep until late at night.

So much happened tonight, people were still in shock over the mayor being shot during a speech, and then even more unrest broke out in the city.

The gang controlled by the mayor behind the scenes started a "gang war" on the day he was shot. Lance received a call from Foster in the evening.

At 11:30 in the evening, the Cassia family attacked the Pasreto family's estate. There was a very fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, and the battle was not over until after three o'clock.

But everyone knows that the end here refers to the end of this battle, not the end of the entire war!
The riots in the city focused people's attention on the assassination of the mayor and the gang fights, so much so that they didn't even notice that the workers on the dock had begun to strike!

All things seemed to be squeezed together in an instant, making ordinary people in the entire Jingang City feel incredible. At the same time, they could clearly feel that there was a hand, or many hands, manipulating all these changes.

This feeling is terrible for ordinary people. They are like a leaf that is blown off a cargo ship and falls into the sea by the wind.

When the leaf was on the boat looking at the sea, it felt relaxed and happy, but when it fell into the sea itself, it understood what "raging waves" meant!
Lance arrived at the hospital in the city center at around seven in the morning. The city center had become a lot quieter. Bodyguards were maintaining order at the doors or inside many stores. There were also some shops on the roadside with broken glass windows.

Someone must have robbed their store in the middle of the night last night. For the robbers, robbing brand stores in the city center is obviously a very attractive crime.

Those expensive branded items can be sold at a higher price when they are sold illegally, and there is no worry about not being able to sell them.

The destruction made the atmosphere in the city center a little tense. On the way to the hospital, Lance witnessed two roadside robberies and someone was stabbed.

After the convoy entered the hospital, the atmosphere here was obviously more relaxed.

Medical groups are the most difficult group of people to deal with. They are rich and willing to spend money.

It doesn't matter if you're a criminal or a politician, if they think you're affecting their ability to make money, they'll get you.

The guards at the door carrying submachine guns or rifles are warning all criminals not to come here to cause trouble.

Lance saw Ennio on the bench outside Morris's ward.

The sound of footsteps woke Ennio up. He turned over and sat up, putting his hands into his arms until he saw clearly that the people coming were his own people.

"I'm sorry!", Lance apologized.

Ennio and Maurice are good friends. Both of them were brought to the Federation by their families when they were very young.

They have been here for about fourteen or fifteen years.

At that time, you only needed a boat ticket to come here. The Federation was in its fastest period of development and needed a large number of workers, so there were no requirements to become a federal citizen.

Ennio's father was busy pursuing his federal dream, and Morris's father had not yet become a complete gambler at that time and was also busy with work.

They lived close to each other, on the same street, and got to know each other after a few visits.

Ennio was a man who liked to protect the weak, and Maurice was not tall to begin with, so the two of them became a pair of partners.

Many times, on the surface, it seems that Ennio plays the role of the older brother, protecting and helping Maurice.

But in fact, the person who really played the role of the older brother was Morris, who had been going to casinos since he was a child.

He is obviously more mature than Ennio, and although small, he has more independent ideas than Ennio.

After Ennio's parents divorced, his feelings for his original family became much weaker, which also led to a closer relationship between him and Maurice.

Although the two people are not related by blood, they are really like brothers!
Ennio's eyes turned red in an instant, and Lance gave him a hug, "I will make those who hurt him pay the price!"

Ennio nodded, his voice a little choked, "I believe you!"

Lance let go of him, "Is he awake?"

"do not know……"

Lance asked someone to call a doctor. The doctor smiled when he saw Lance, but he soon realized that it was better not to smile at this time.

He is not very afraid of these gang family members because these people can also get hurt, get sick, and end up in the hospital.

As long as they can't leave the hospital, doctors don't need to be too afraid of them. On the contrary, these people are high-quality customers!
Look, in a gunfight, four people were rescued. Although three of them died, a large amount of rescue costs would still be incurred for the other three dead!
The doctor came over with a serious expression on his face, "Mr. Lance!"

"How is my friend now?", he asked.

The doctor picked up the writing board in his hand, which recorded the monitoring situation last night. "Mr. Morris is very strong and may wake up earlier than we expected."

At night, nurses and doctors on duty were in the ward to check on Morris' condition. If a patient with such an injury was rescued, there was a high possibility of some inexplicable emergency, and he would die if it was not treated in a short time.

So someone was watching him all night, including now, and there were two nurses and a doctor inside to guard Morris' life safety.

Of course, don’t think that this is how responsible the hospital is. They were so attentive only when they heard that Morris only had basic insurance and Lance was willing to pay the full amount.

If it wasn't too... naive to arrange a few more doctors, they would have liked to arrange a hundred doctors in Morris' ward to protect him alone!

"That's great news, now can we see him?"

The doctor nodded and said, "Of course, but if you want to go in, you have to disinfect your whole body, otherwise you can only look from outside the glass."

"He has so many wounds on his body that we have to make sure the room is as quiet as possible to reduce the risk of infection."

The group came to the doctor's office on duty and saw Morris lying on the hospital bed through the huge glass wall.

He hadn't woken up yet, but his whole body was slightly swollen. The doctor explained that this was normal.

He was lying naked on the bed and the doctor had inserted a catheter into him. Although it looked a bit funny, no one could laugh.

The parts of his body wrapped in bandages were still bleeding faintly, and it was obvious that he had really suffered this time.

Coming out of the hospital and standing on the steps, Lance lit a cigarette.

Ennio clenched his fists and said, "Lance, let me fight the Wolf Gang this time."

Lance didn't refuse, "Okay, but you have to take care of your own safety. I don't want you to lie down again after Morris wakes up."

He paused and looked at Bolton who was sitting in a wheelchair.

In fact, Lance knew that Bolton did not need to use a wheelchair. The bullet only shattered one of his ribs. The surgery had corrected the position of the ribs. He was now wearing a special suit to ensure that the ribs would not shift.

He can walk by himself as long as he doesn't run or jump, but he still chooses to sit in a wheelchair. This seems to be more "sincere". After all, he is now someone who has studied abroad for the family.

"Morris's men will cooperate with you first. I need to find out the situation of all the senior officials of the Wolf Gang, including their Wolf and their other boss."

Bolton endured the severe pain caused by inhaling, and the uncontrollable smile on his face almost saved him from the situation. "No problem, I will get it done as soon as possible!"

Although it is bad news that Morris is lying down, it may be good news for him.

He can get involved in more family affairs and gain more attention and say.

If nothing happened to Morris, he would not have such an opportunity!

Lance nodded slightly, "Do it as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

He suppressed the throbbing in his heart and gripped the wheels of the wheelchair with both hands, his joints turning white from the force.

The professor was a little embarrassed at this time, but only a little, because he had calculated that Lance would definitely take revenge on the Wolf Gang. As it turned out, he did take revenge, but the professor had miscalculated the target.

Including the people from Jobaf's side and the people in the bar, they actually suffered heavy losses this time.

Two senior cadres died, and more than thirty core members died. Although Wolfe did not say anything, it can be seen from his painful expression that he was also in pain!
The internal atmosphere of the Wolf Gang is much better than some gangs. Wolfe actually doesn't have much personal charm, which makes him not put on airs.

Anyway, we are all brothers. He regards himself as the leader and will take care of everyone else. From their perspective, the atmosphere is actually pretty good.

The deaths of so many people made him unable to smile all morning, but this kind of thing...it didn't seem appropriate to blame the professor, after all, the professor was only half wrong, not completely wrong.

In Wolfe's office, Wolfe asked, "What do you think they're going to do next?"

Everyone around was looking at him. Although he didn't see any mocking expressions on their faces, the professor was still a little embarrassed. Wolfe really didn't know how to ask questions.

Even though I knew this question would embarrass him, I asked it anyway.

Sometimes the professor doesn’t know whether he is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid!
He coughed at the doctor, hiding his emotions, "We can't wait, keep attacking, little by little."

"Don't forget, in addition to our own ideas, there are also the tasks he assigned to us."

When Wolf heard the professor say this, an unhappy expression appeared on his face, but he was helpless. After all, the mayor was the nominal and actual ruler of the city, and he could not refuse.

But he thought again and asked, "I heard that he was seriously injured..."

The professor pushed up his glasses and looked at him. "He told us several days in advance when we were going to do it, and then he was shot before we did it."

"Wolf, I don't expect you to be able to keep up with my thinking, but for simple questions like this, I still hope you can use your brain a little more."

Wolfe showed a look of annoyance. "No one taught me this, damn it!"

He patted the table and said, "So shall we call now?"

The professor nodded and said, "Let those small gangs go to the front. If they refuse, tell them that whoever seizes the territory will own it in the future."

This sentence made Wolfe's eyes widen. Perhaps knowing what this guy was going to ask, the professor explained, "Don't worry, they will grow faster than us."

"Just find a reason and reveal some information to Lance when the time comes."

"He'll help us out with our troubles!"

After these small gangs were incorporated into the Wolf Gang, they still maintained relative independence, which was not in the interests of the gangs, so the professor planned to solve these troubles at once and let Lansbon solve them.

As long as their backbone and leader die, the rest will naturally become real Wolf Gang members and help them complete localization.

Wolfe showed some contempt on his face, although he admired the professor very much.

The professor ignored the contemptuous looks and said, "If you have no problem, go ahead and keep an eye out for them on the street!"

Because Bolton and Morris were attacked, the entire Empire District became loose on the outside but tense on the inside. The old men's eyes were like those of a falcon, locking onto every pedestrian and every car on the street.

Bolton's injury was devastating news to them. Many people now rely on Bolton to live a happy old age.

For them, they don't care who is the mayor or who is the city councilor, they only care about Burton's health.

In fact, these people all know that above Bolton are the Lance family and Lance, but these old men have too low social status and can never come into contact with "big shots" like Lance.

So Bolton becomes particularly important to them.

Several old men were still talking about the attacks that happened yesterday. Of course, they were discussing the case of Bolton being shot.

"Did you hear that?"

"Mr. Bolton sent $5,000 to the family of the waiter who died for him. He is such a great gentleman!"

Several other elderly people also showed admiration and a little envy in their eyes.

After all, it's five thousand yuan. Give them five thousand yuan and they won't have to worry about money until they die!
Bolton went to meet the waiter's family in the morning and stuffed five thousand dollars into the other person's hand in front of everyone.

In his version of the story, the waiter took the initiative to divert the gunman's attention for him, giving him a chance to escape.

Just because he had praised the waiter and tipped him a few times.

He was so touched that he decided to give five thousand dollars to the waiter's family.

This incident soon spread throughout the Empire, and many people said that Mr. Bolton was a kind and righteous man.

He obviously didn't need to do anything for the person who died accidentally in the shooting, but he still gave such a large sum of money.

The waiter's family was also very grateful for Burton's compensation. They accepted the fact that their loved one had passed away and did not resent Burton. They also hoped that their other children could also work for Burton.

Of course, Burton refused. He didn't want tragedy to befall the family again...

Several old men said these words, expressing their feelings about all this.

Suddenly, an old man saw two cars coming from the direction of the port area.

All the people sitting inside were young people. Looking at the serious expressions on their faces, they didn't look like normal people. He quickly stood up and ran to the phone booth.

Not long after, Lance heard the news.

Now Bolton also has his own office in the company and his own phone.

Lance didn't even need to give Ennio any instructions before he took his men away.

There were constant phone calls reporting abnormal movements throughout the empire, which was why the professor treated Bolton as a target as well.

He thought Lance was blind, but he wasn't!
The gunshots from other districts gradually spread to the Imperial District. The people living here were also aware of what had happened in the past few days. When gunshots were heard, they would leave the scene as quickly as possible and hide in alleys or roadside shops.

Wait until the gunfight is over, then go back outside.

The whole city was filled with gunfire almost all day long, and Jingang City became more chaotic than ever before.

Charlie has begun trying to take control of the situation, but it's not working very well.

Everywhere there were gunfights between gangs, fighting for territory, or simply attacking the other side's manpower.

People kept calling the police, saying that the glass of their house was suddenly pierced by a bullet, and some unlucky people were even accidentally injured by bullets.

The bullet penetrated the not-so-thick wooden wall and hit him!
The entire police station was flooded with calls, and a large number of workers had gathered at the port. Johnny stood at the core, waving his fists, leading the workers in protesting against the decision of the dock management company!

In the office of the manager of the dock management company, many businessmen and captains were negotiating with the manager.

Some people hope that the manager can arrange for their goods to be loaded on board as soon as possible, and warn the manager that if the goods cannot be delivered in time due to their reasons, resulting in claims, they will sue the terminal management company.

There are also captains who asked the manager to arrange people to move the goods down as soon as possible. They have no plans to stay here for a long time, and even if they float on the sea or on the dock, it will cost a huge amount of money every day!

The manager's office is full of people and his brain is about to explode!
But apart from saying "I'll arrange it as soon as possible", he didn't have any other good ideas!

He has already bought some workers manually, and these workers are willing to cooperate with him to continue working, but more than 10,000 people are needed to maintain the normal operation of the dock. Even if his bribery is effective, there are hundreds or even one or two thousand people still working, and it is completely impossible to take care of them!

The city was filled with gunfire, and people were on strike at the docks. Jingang City was in complete chaos!
(End of this chapter)