Shadow Empire

Chapter 397 Execution, Negotiation, and Dismissal

The huge force knocked Beno away. He rolled a few times after landing. Despite the severe pain all over his body, he still struggled to get up and try to escape.

He knew too well what kind of punishment "traitors" would receive in the gang!
Whether it is simply out of disgust and hatred for traitors, or to warn those who are walking on the edge of danger, gangs will use the most brutal and cruel means to warn people.

There are some mistakes that cannot be made, because once you make them, what follows is hell on earth!

He regretted it now. He regretted why he took Lucard's job, regretted listening to his cousin, and regretted being deceived into wanting to use this opportunity to enter the Hazardous Materials Management Bureau.

He regretted that he knew it was very dangerous but he still insisted on doing it. He regretted that he actually had the opportunity to explain everything, but he always thought that he would not be discovered!
He regrets a lot of things!

He didn't even have time to say sorry to his family, nor did he have time to apologize to himself for his short life!

He struggled to run forward. His whole body was in pain and he couldn't run fast, but he still tried hard!

until……

Suddenly, a sharp tearing pain came from his head. He was restrained by this force and fell backwards to the ground.

Hiram grabbed his hair and had him tied up. Alan also chased after him and looked at Beno who was looking up at him with a somewhat empty look in his eyes.

"Am I coming, or are you coming?"

Hiram shook his hair and lit a cigarette.

There was something more in Allen's eyes. His gaze fell on Hiram, and then on Beno who was stuffed into the car. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do it."

Hiram patted him on the shoulder, "You're great, get in the car!"

The car quickly disappeared on the street, and no one was desperate enough to call the police. They could tell from the way these people were dressed that they were members of the Lance family.

Now the Empire District and the Port District are very "tolerant" of the Lance family, because they are indeed different from the traditional gangs and do not rely on exploiting the poor as their main source of income.

Although some people say that they sell drinks containing intoxicating alcohol to the public and make money from the public, alcoholics don’t have to buy them!
No one forced them to spend money in Lans' bar. The only one who forced them was themselves.

The car soon arrived at the suburbs. Now they like to work in the suburbs, where there are not so many requirements to handle and it is relatively easier to handle.

The door of the cabin by the lake was opened and Beno was thrown on a chair.

He actually had multiple fractures on his body, and at this moment he was thrown heavily onto the chair, causing him to curl up in pain!

Everyone else leaves, including Hiram.

Before leaving, Hiram gave Allen an affirmative look, "Don't let us down!"

Having said that, he left as well, which showed his respect for Allen.

Alan lit a cigarette, his hands shaking a little. He looked at Beno, and his emotions had actually calmed down a lot.

"Why betray us?", he asked.

Beno was silent for a while and said, "Because they promised me that they would let me enter the Hazardous Materials Administration."

This answer made Alan couldn't believe his ears!

"Do you think life in the family is bad?"

"The money you get from the company every month may be several times more than what you would get from doing that work!"

"Everyone in the district respects you, and even fears you. Isn't that glorious enough?"

"I don't understand why you would sell us out for a character like that, a character that's against us!"

Seeing that Alan's emotions were beginning to get out of control again, Beno stopped talking.

He hung his head and looked like his spine had been removed.

After taking two puffs of his cigarette, Alan asked softly, "Do you regret it?"

Beno slowly raised his head and looked at him, nodding slightly.

Alan cursed twice, then pulled out a dagger from behind and walked towards him.

There was some desire for life in Beno's eyes. He knew that Alan's family was actually very unhappy, and he came to the dock to make a living at a young age.

His desire for family affection is stronger than anyone else, so Beno becomes his good friend!

Just when he thought Alan was going to untie the rope for him, Alan whispered in his ear, "I have always treated you as a brother. As a brother, the only thing I can do now is to make you feel better!"

The next second, the sharp dagger pierced his chest. Beno looked down and saw that the wound left after Allen pulled out the dagger began to bleed rapidly.

He suddenly began to breathe heavily and uncontrollably, like a drowning person who was about to drown!
He stared at Alan with wide eyes, but Alan covered his eyes with his hands, "You are my brother, but Lance and the others are also my brothers."

"You did something wrong to us, don't blame me!"

The moment the heart stops beating, there will be a feeling of "I am going to die". This feeling is a biological instinct and is also called "near-death feeling" in medicine.

Once the feeling of near-death occurs, it means that a person's life is under extremely strong threat, which means that death may occur at any time and anywhere!

If an ordinary person still has hope of survival when he feels like he is dying, then in his situation, there is no possibility of survival.

His eyes were filled with a desire to live, but this desire was quickly being extinguished.

He thought about his previous life, and he thought about his cousin finding him and mentioning being an undercover agent.

He had been on the streets before and never found it difficult, and he had the support of law enforcement behind him.

But he didn't expect that this would be the end of his life.

His whole body began to relax, and the light in his eyes became as weak as a flame that was about to go out.

When all the light in his eyes disappeared, he died beside Alan.

Alan looked at him and felt very uncomfortable. He turned and walked outside.

Hiram was chatting with others. They saw Alan walking out with blood on his body and hands, and they all looked at him.

"I killed him, but the aftermath is a little...uncomfortable for me."

Hiram walked over and patted his shoulder, giving him a hug, "I'll take care of it, you go back first."

An honor kill must be ceremonial. It doesn't mean that just giving Beno a knife is an honor kill.

Each gang has its own characteristics, such as the Brotherhood, which is now completely defunct. Their practice was to tie the upper body of the person being executed into a cross shape.

Many people say that they are arrogant for making the person being executed kneel on the ground and confess his guilt in this special way, and this can actually be seen from here.

Hiram entered the room with a cigarette in his mouth. He looked at the dead Beno and curled his lips, "You have a good brother!"

Otherwise, everything he was about to endure should have been done while he was alive.

The next morning, the Hazardous Materials Administration Bureau once again made headlines in major newspapers. Another guy hanging on the street lamp outside the Hazardous Materials Administration Bureau became the front-page headline of the city.

Like everyone who had hung here before, or died here, he had his ears, eyes, and tongue in his hands, signifying his status as an informer.

But he is different today, because there is a big hole in his chest, and the most important thing for a living being is missing.

On his back, the word "liar" was engraved...

When Director Dell heard his subordinates report these things, he directly asked for a day off, saying that his blood pressure was high and he could not go to work.

But he didn't sit idle at home. He went to the hospital and visited the mayor.

The mayor had "Jingang Today" next to him, and it was on the first page.

Beno, hanging in the air, once again made "Today's Golden Port" one of the most thrilling newspapers in this period.

It is still too early for the Federation to classify the images, and people have not considered whether these extremely shocking images could cause great mental harm to some people!
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why there are so many perverts in the Federation during this period. They sense each other through newspapers, and then use newspapers to show off their skills to each other or even declare war!
This is indeed happening in other states, with two serial killers constantly challenging the authority of law enforcement.

They interacted by leaving puzzles on the bodies. The federal government has sent a large number of elite detectives and so-called "super detectives" to offer rewards for the capture of these two bastards, but so far there have been no good results.

Someone suggested that the newspapers should not report this, but this would only anger the two perverted killers, who were setting riddles or puzzles for each other, and only when they solved each other's riddles or puzzles would they proceed to the next "interaction".

Otherwise, they will commit crimes frequently.

In this era when all the detective equipment and technology are very backward and there is no systematic detective experience, it is indeed difficult to deal with such an unreasonable and perverted killer.

Fortunately, there has been no such pervert in Jingang City so far.

The mayor's eyes fell on the hanging body in the newspaper again, but this one didn't count.

"Are you planning to do nothing?" Director Dale did not seem as depressed as imagined. The dead were not his people, and he had no face to save anyway.

The mayor leaned back on the pillow and said, "The deputy governor and the secretary of state have come to Golden Harbor City, but they didn't even call me, let alone come to see me."

"I've been abandoned!"

Chief Dale looked a little... doubtful, "But you don't look like you've been abandoned!"

The mayor shrugged. "I've resigned myself to my fate. I accept the result. I lost the bet. That's it."

"The loser has no right to do this or that."

He was silent for a while. "In fact, it was difficult for us to control Jingang City. Now we tried, failed, and lost all our capital. That's all!"

He even began to comfort Director Dale, "Look, I lost everything, but you haven't."

"Your job is to prohibit alcohol. The more criminals you catch, the more attention Congress will pay to you. You don't have to be so panicked!"

"You are not like me. My value must be reflected in my control over the city, but your value is reflected in your enforcement of the prohibition law."

He sighed softly, "Dale, be yourself and you won't lose."

Although this is indeed what he said... the extent to which he can achieve is different with or without the mayor's support.

He felt that the mayor had completely given up, but he couldn't help but ask, "Is that it?"

The mayor seems to be in a good mood now. "There must be a first spark that burns itself before the whole grassland can be ignited."

He glanced at the secretary standing by the window, suggesting something.

Although he has lost hope, he has left enough political legacy for his secretary. He will definitely be able to go faster and higher than himself!

Director Dale also looked at the secretary. He and the mayor were not actually long-term friends. He didn't know why the mayor would rather train his secretary and ignored his illegitimate son, which led to his early failure.

Perhaps this is what makes extraordinary people extraordinary.

He thought for a while. The mayor was his best ally. He didn't want to fight alone, but he had to stimulate the mayor's "desire to survive".

He thought about it and thought of one thing that might be of some use later.

"I recently heard a rumor that the Koda family intends to act as a middleman to get the Cassia family and others to sit down and negotiate, and restore the rule of the five major families."

After hearing this, the mayor showed a sarcastic smile on his face, "Five major families?"

"Have they considered Lance's idea?"

"Will Lance agree to let them continue as before?"

Director Dell originally wanted to ask the mayor if he could take advantage of this opportunity to do something.

Once Councilman Williams runs for mayor, the five major families will definitely be at a disadvantage. Can he unite the five major families to fight against Councilman Williams?

But what he didn't expect was that the mayor gave him such an answer.

Director Dale was a little confused, "Is the Lance family so powerful?"

“Aren’t they just running a bar business?”

The mayor looked at him as if he was a fool and asked, "Do you think it's not powerful to be able to control a gang in two districts?"

"Golden Harbor City is more complicated than you think, Dale. If they weren't so powerful, they would have been eaten up long ago."

“I just figured this out recently!”

"Think about it carefully. Almost all forces have suffered varying degrees of damage, but only they have made great progress!"

“Even if they are two relatively backward and poor places, they are still two districts with a population of hundreds of thousands!”

The mayor glanced at Chief Dell, and the temperament of a former ruler flashed across his face. "Everyone underestimated them. He will give everyone and this city a huge surprise!"

Director Dale's eyes fell on the newspaper again, and he suddenly recalled that several times the Hazardous Materials Administration had made a fool of itself, all of which were related to Lance and his team.

Are Lance and the Lance family really that powerful?
He suddenly thought, could Lucar’s death be related to them?
Director Dell's idea that the Kodak family intends to restore stability to the five major families is not groundless nonsense.

This matter was spread from within the Kodak family. Their relationship with the Kodak family is much better than imagined.

On the one hand, due to the mayor's leadership, and on the other hand due to reasons from Congress, a considerable portion of the Kodak family's casino profits were ultimately transferred to the Special Administrative Region.

Therefore, when everyone has a good backstage relationship, or even the same backstage relationship, the exchange of information becomes smooth.

Now that the mayor is finished and his "uprising" is over, everything should go back to square one.

From the perspective of the Kodak family, this is also very beneficial to them!

If the Cassia family is really destroyed, the powerful Keane and Tita families may pose a threat to the Koda family.

It would be better to let the hatred between them continue. As long as it crosses the line, he will come to mediate. No matter how it changes, the interests of the Kodak family will not be harmed!
The Cassia family is also willing to negotiate. After all, they are under a lot of pressure now. Once the Bear Gang is destroyed, the Keane and Tita families will target them. By then, even if they can produce unlimited troops from Alan, they probably won't be able to hold on for long!
By mid-August, the Bear Gang from Fides had begun to show some signs of decline, and the intensity of the gang war with the Keene Family surrounding the city center had plummeted.

According to some social rumors that are not necessarily reliable, the Bear Gang is planning to leave.

The mayor cannot give them strong support, and now the police are also causing trouble for them, so they are in a very passive position.

Of course, they also said that if they had to stay in Jingang City, they would definitely not be able to leave, but if they couldn't leave, no one could expect to feel comfortable!

So now the situation in the city center has eased suddenly, and the gunshots have become sporadic, or even inaudible.

Ennio's father came to the company early in the morning. The company promised him that if he could achieve excellent performance before September, he would be promoted to business manager.

In that way, he would no longer need to go to the front line to sell. Instead, he could sit in the office, take ten to twenty salesmen with him, let them go out to sell, and get a 3% commission from the salesmen's performance.

To this end, he even spent some of his own money to buy some of the goods.

More than six hundred yuan.

From his point of view, once he becomes a business manager, he will be a middle-level manager and the investment will be recovered quickly.

There are only a few days left until September, and he is one step closer to his dream!
In fact, he spent his own money to buy these things and wanted to become a manager. In fact, he just wanted to prove to his son that although this dream was a bit unrealistic, he still persisted and got closer to his dream!
What he wants to prove is not only that he is one step closer to his dream, but also his dignity as a father!

He came to his desk and cleaned it carefully because he would soon have an office of his own.

He also prepared a cardboard box to pack his things in.

He always has a smile on his face and will greet everyone he sees.

At half past nine, the HR manager asked him to go to the office.

He straightened his clothes and went into the office.

Just as he was about to sit down on the chair opposite the HR manager, the HR manager stopped him and said, "No need to sit down. It's just a matter of two sentences."

"You are fired, you can get out and take your stuff with you!"

(End of this chapter)