Shadow Empire

Chapter 438 Take Her Back

The atmosphere in the room was somewhat depressing. Lance looked at the photographer with flickering eyes and asked, "Have you seen this girl?"

He shook his head. "I didn't, sir."

Lance tilted his head, and Hiram put on brass knuckles and punched him in the cheek!
His brass knuckles had four sharp, file-like corners, which directly hit the photographer's cheek, leaving half of his face covered with flesh.

He didn't even have time to scream before he was punched in the face again. He could only lie on the ground holding his cheek and begging for mercy.

"I've seen this girl before. I took a picture of her. The picture is in the album!"

Lance's gaze shifted back to Manager Mike's face. Manager Mike was feeling a little queasy at this moment, as he hadn't seen this girl in the album in the past two days.

This can only mean one thing, she was "delivered".

"My patience is limited." Lance looked at him. "I just want to know the girl's current situation and where she is. I have been very patient and tried not to lose my temper. I hope you don't waste this opportunity."

"Mike, right?"

"Don't push me!"

After weighing the pros and cons, Manager Mike gritted his teeth and said, "The general manager should know about this."

"Where is his office?"

"He is not in the company now."

Lance stood up suddenly, and Manager Mike explained nervously, "He is very busy and only comes back occasionally, but I know where he lives..."

The general manager is indeed very busy, busy with socializing and enjoying himself.

This is a very profitable business. A girl like Faya has no cost, but if you send her to the basement of those powerful people, you can get at least tens of thousands of dollars.

If the girl died and was scattered all over the place, they would clean up the body and make a lot of money, including hush money.

The operation of the entire company is completed in two parts.

The first part is the Dream Crystal Agency, which will collect eligible girls throughout the state of Likalai for the Bay Area dignitaries to choose from.

The second part is the executive company centered around the "Termite Gang Ant Removal Company", which is responsible for the specific kidnapping and subsequent finishing work.

They also participated in promoting the mystery of the rising water level of Angel Lake, which is a serious sin.

One person can bring him at least one hundred thousand in net profit. If he completes two orders every month, his annual income can exceed two to three million.

So most of the time he was enjoying himself.

In his mansion.

There are also several girls imprisoned here. They are used to seeing dark things and will be corroded by the aura of darkness.

At first, he didn't understand why those powerful people would do these things, but gradually, he came into contact with more and more dark things, and he gradually felt the significance of the powerful people doing this -

Take control of your life!

Yes, they are playing with life, controlling life, and they are blaspheming theocracy!

The girls knelt on the ground, their terrified eyes filled with the deepest fear of him, and they were willing to do anything to survive.

Personality, dignity, everything, were ruthlessly crushed by the desire to survive, as long as one could survive!

At that moment, he felt that he was no longer an ordinary human being, he was God!
It is the God of these people!

He gradually began to enjoy it.

Making money and having fun became one of his jobs.

He was standing on the terrace on the second floor of the villa, wearing a floral shirt, beach pants, and a straw hat, looking down at some girls playing in the swimming pool below, with a comfortable look on his face.

This is fucking life!

Just then, his trusted assistant came over and said, "Mike is here, and he brought his friends with him."

The general manager shook the glass in his hand. The sound of ice cubes and glass clinking made people focus on the amber liquid. He tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass. "Let them in."

He changed into casual clothes and met Mike and several people around him in the living room.

He noticed that Mike's hand was bandaged, and there seemed to be a red color hidden in the white bandage that was about to show through.

In fact, no blood can be seen now, but for some reason, he has a feeling that it will not be long before the blood seeps out.

"I hope you didn't encounter any serious problems with your hand!", he said, and then looked at Lance, "What is this gentleman's name?"

Mike introduced with sweat on his forehead, "This is Mr. White."

"Mr. White wants to talk to you about something."

"Let's talk?" The general manager emphasized the word, "Okay, let's talk."

He had some drinks brought over, iced juice. He liked iced juice, especially iced orange juice.

Sweet and sour is his favorite!
"What are we going to talk about?"

Manager Mike was extremely nervous. Although others didn't know how powerful the general manager was, he knew it.

If their business were reported, they would be hanged a hundred times!
But for such a long time, no one has ever caused trouble for them. It can only be said that there are big shots supporting the general manager!

Moreover, he also knew that the general manager had some desperate criminals under his control.

He doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing!
Lance took out Faya's photo, placed it on the coffee table, pressed it with two fingers, and pushed it over. "I want to find this girl. They said she once appeared in your company's album."

The general manager was stunned for a moment, and his eyes began to reveal a coldness when he looked at Manager Mike.

But in the end, he decided to take a look at the photo first.

He picked up the photo from the coffee table and took a look at it. He recognized who the girl was at a glance and knew where she had been.

Mr. Bowen is in a high position of power. Although he himself is not scary, the influence he exerts is something that the general manager cannot contend with.

If Mr. Bowen is involved in this matter, he may be in big trouble!
In the eyes of others, he is an extraordinary person, but in front of those powerful people in the Bay Area, he is like a small stone on the roadside that can be kicked away with just one kick!

He shook his head and put the photo back on the coffee table. "I have never seen this girl. My staff may have remembered it wrongly. We have not registered her information."

Lance looked at him, "I came to see you with sincerity. If you want money, name your price."

The general manager was a little impatient, "I told you, I don't know anything about this!"

He stood up and said, "If you don't have anything else to do, leave here. You are not welcome here!"

He also glared at Manager Mike, but the latter had already shrunk his head into his chest. He wished he could just lie on the ground right now.

Several bodyguards also came over and surrounded Lance.

"Is there no room for anything?"

"I just want to take her away."

The general manager sneered, "Get out of my house, now!"

The bodyguards puffed out their chests one by one, as if they were showing off their muscles.

But the next second, gunshots rang out, and bullets penetrated those strong pectoral muscles. The general manager looked at these people who were shooting crazily in his villa in disbelief. He wanted to run, but his legs were out of control.

There were some girls screaming outside, but they soon stopped.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, a car crashed open the big iron gate of the villa, and then Alvin and his car quickly came in and took control of the entire villa area.

Lance looked at the pale-faced general manager who was pressed on the sofa. He crossed his legs and placed his fingers on his lower abdomen. He said slowly, "Now can you remember where she is?"

Although the general manager was very scared now, there seemed to be a breath in his heart supporting him, "You are in big trouble, do you know that?"

Lance blinked and looked at Hiram, "It seems that our general manager hasn't figured out the situation yet. Help him wake up!"

Hiram grabbed the crystal ashtray on the table and smashed it hard on the general manager's knee. After a teeth-grinding sound of fracture, he screamed violently!

He slid off the sofa holding his knee and rolled on the ground, "My knee!" Broken knee is one of the most intense and unbearable pains!

His entire knee was shattered, and the pain from the bones and the double pain from the bone fragments piercing into the flesh were tormenting him!
In an instant, beads of sweat the size of beans began to emerge from his pores, and his whole body soon became "wet".

Erwin came in from outside at this time. Everyone in the house was under control. He searched the entire villa briefly. "There is a basement in the gardener's house, but it is locked."

Lance's eyes shifted to the general manager, "Where are the keys?"

The general manager may have passed the initial period of unbearable pain at this time. Regardless of the secretion of some hormone in the body, the intensity of the pain has decreased.

He hugged his knees carefully, leaned on the ground and looked at Lance who was looking down at him. After weighing the pros and cons for a while, he said, "The key is in the drawer of my bedroom."

He couldn't help but continue, "I'm just a small character. You don't understand how much trouble you've gotten yourself into."

Lance looked at Hiram again. Hiram was picking his nose, a big piece of booger. He squatted down and wiped the booger on the general manager. In the other's eyes full of fear, he punched him on the broken knee!
The screams were out of tune at this moment!
He rolled over in pain again, cursing, but at the same time he understood one thing: don't continue to provoke these people!
When he was almost steady again, Lance lit a cigarette, "Where's the girl?"

He said nothing and remained silent.

Lance tilted his head, and Hiram's hand suddenly clenched on his knee. He twitched in pain, and then he slapped Hiram's hand hard with both hands, trying to make him let go.

He was still swearing, but the harder he cursed, the tighter Hiram held his fist.

A nerve in the general manager's head suddenly broke.

"He fainted." He was still breathing, so he could only have fainted.

This was the first time Hiram had encountered such a thing, and he didn't know what to do.

Erwin, who had already obtained the key and opened the basement door, walked over with a grim expression.

"You'd better go and see for yourself."

Lance asked someone to keep an eye on him, and then the group went to the basement.

The lights here are very bright, but some of the girls here have been tortured beyond recognition. They huddle in a corner, each of them covered with scars, some old and some new.

The oldest is only in his twenties, and the youngest is only in his teens.

A violent emotion surged in Lance's heart. Erwin stood beside him with a dull voice. He always felt that... they were actually bad enough.

They kill, smash, steal, rob, and do almost anything that has anything to do with crime.

But at this moment, here, he suddenly felt... there was actually no difference between them and the saints!
"Should we let them out?"

Lance nodded, "Put some clothes on them and take them out. Have Corinda bring a few girls over to calm them down."

When he returned to the villa, Lance poured all the water and ice in the ice bucket on the general manager's head.

In an instant, he shuddered and woke up from his coma. He took a deep breath, and the sound of his vocal cords was hissing.

It took him two or three seconds to realize what had happened!
"Give me a name," Lance said.

The general manager didn't say anything, but after a second or two he shuddered and subconsciously looked at Hiram. Hiram had left an indelible impression on him!

He wanted to be tough, but the severe pain made his will weaker and weaker.

He is not a spiritual fighter with lofty ideals to achieve transformation of human society, he is just a living devil.

He will be afraid, terrified, and compromise!
As he hesitated, Hiram snatched his hand from his control, placed his pinky on the table, and raised the hammer he found in the basement!
Hiram didn't give him any time to buffer, then he moved his ring finger, middle finger...

He couldn't help it after all. These people are fucking demons and lunatics!!
"Bowen, Bowen Hayes, I said, are you satisfied?"

"Let me go!"

Lance looked at him like he was an idiot, "You... still deserve to be alive?"

"It's God's fault that you're alive. I'm not God. I sentence you to death."

"But before you die, I want you to experience all the pain you have inflicted on others!"

He was dragged into the basement, where there were many torture instruments, each of which was very terrifying, especially a very special dagger.

It looks like a leaf with many barbs and cracks, and is dark red in color.

When the general manager saw the dagger, his whole body trembled.

This dagger is one of the torture instruments of ancient civilization. It is not sharp at all but rather blunt, but the pain it brings to people is unimaginable!
Because it doesn't cut people's tissues, it tears them apart!

In the end, he even lost his voice and couldn't even make a sound.

He was hung on the rack with his head lowered, and the ground was covered with stains of blood, sweat, and his excrement.

He could only say in a weak voice, "Kill me..."

But no one killed him, they just left and locked the basement door again, and Lance threw the key into the bushes.

There is no doubt that he will continue to suffer in the basement. The double torture of physical and mental torture will drain his last bit of sanity and lead him to destruction in madness!

When they came up, Kolinda was already there, and they were comforting the girls who had been released.

These girls came from different cities and had suffered terrible physical and mental trauma.

Even after being rescued, they did not immediately show their surprise at being alive, but just looked at these people in horror.

"This son of a bitch!" Lance cursed, his eyes wandering over these girls for a moment, "Let's settle them down first and find a psychiatrist to see if it can help."

Then he sighed heavily, "I hope it's not too late."

As for the others?
Except for the innocent swimming pool girls, everyone else ended their sinful lives after a burst of gunfire.

Of course, in order to reduce the workload of the local police, their bodies will be put into oil drums, contributing their own strength to the upcoming filming of "Legend of Angel Lake", which can also be regarded as a kind of compensation to the society.

After Lance got the name, he did not act immediately. He had to figure out who this person was first and see if he could get the girl out through other methods.

His first thought was of Congressman Williams.

Congressman Williams was curious about Lance's sudden visit, but as Lance told him the purpose of his visit, Congressman Williams also looked thoughtful.

"Bowen is a man of considerable influence. He has many friends in the state government, including the governor, lieutenant governor, and secretary of state."

"If you try to act recklessly, it will lead to terrible consequences." He reminded Lance that if a character like this was killed, it would cause collective panic among the politicians in Likalai State!

Then they will unite to deal with Lance, the one who broke the rules.

Lance didn't say anything, he knew Congressman Williams must have something else to say.

Sure enough, he continued, "Do you have to save this girl?"

Lance nodded. "This is an obsession. God guided his father to kneel in front of me and beg me to help him find his daughter."

"I can't refuse. I must bring her back, even if it's a corpse."

Congressman Williams chuckled twice and nodded. "Wait a moment."

He dialed a number in front of Lance, and the call was connected after a while. He didn't call Bowen directly, and Lance didn't know who that person was.

But he heard it and the other party agreed to help.

Lance doesn't know what Congressman Williams will have to pay for this, but he will be grateful for Congressman Williams's contribution at this time and remember his contribution!
After hanging up the phone, Councilman Williams said, "If that girl wasn't dead, you would have seen her soon."

If she was dead, she had most likely been disposed of.

At the same time, Bowen's phone rang. He looked at the phone for a long time, as if he could see the meaning behind the ringing tone.

But actually he couldn't do it.

He answered the phone. "This is Bowen Hayes."

"Hi, Bowen, it's me, Wade. Someone asked me to do something for you..."

(End of this chapter)