Empire of Shadows

A call from the capital, a meaningless call. Bandi hung up the phone and returned to the dining table.

Gao Li asked, "Why didn't you let them help?"

He also heard a little of the content, but only a little.

Bandi shook his head, "They can help us stand better in the sun, but they can't help us fight in the dark."

"And the price of using them is not cheap. They are very greedy, more greedy than the people in Congress!"

This was Bandi's profound understanding after contacting these people. The more grassroots people are, the bigger their appetites are.

Of course, another way to put it is that many congressmen cooperate with them, and their desire for money is not so strong anymore, as long as it is enough.

Because they know that as long as their power is there, they will never lack money and other things. People will offer them satisfactory prices for the power in their hands.

On the contrary, some grassroots politicians are blindly asking for money. Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands are normal, and some people even ask for hundreds of thousands or millions!

Gao Li nodded noncommittally. He picked up a beef rib and slurped the beef on it.

He is different from those who pursue a more reasonable diet. He likes to eat meat in large bites. Meat can reduce his anxiety and uneasiness, and can also provide more nutrients for his body, making him energetic all day long.

While tearing at the meat on the beef ribs, he asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Bandi sat there in a daze for a while, then looked at Gao Li and said, "Find a way to kill them."

"Use our advantages, spend money to buy the location of Lance Industries, to buy information related to them, whether it is to find someone to assassinate them or send someone to kill them directly!"

He took a deep breath, "In short, just kill them!"

His eyes were a little fierce. It had been many years since he had felt so uncomfortable and angry!

The phone call just now was not only asking whether the funds for the first quarter could be received, but also testing, testing the Koda family's control in King's Landing City!

These politicians are very sensitive. They may be suspecting that the Koda family is facing a challenge.

Then only a fierce counterattack can shut these people up and make them respect them again.

Gao Li put down the gnawed clean beef ribs and slurped his greasy fingers. "It should have been done this way a long time ago!"

Bandi hadn't been involved in gang affairs for a long time. He asked, "Where do you plan to start?"

Gao Li shrugged, "No matter where you start, just fight them directly!"

Bandi was a little worried, "The police station may not be able to help. I asked Charlie. He said that the mayor intervened and threatened him with Hunter's position. He had to let Lance leave."

Gao Li still didn't care that much, "We are a gang, brother. We don't rely on the police, but on ourselves and the guns in our hands!"

"Now that you have made a decision, then it's up to me!"

Soon everyone knew that Gao Li was spending money to buy all the information related to the Lance family. No matter what it was, as long as it was related to the Lance family, they were willing to pay.

No matter how popular Lance is in the Imperial District, there will always be some people who don't like him.

These people will feel that everyone is at the bottom of society. Why are you doing so well now, while I am still struggling in the mud?

An unbalanced mentality will make them sell some information related to Lance. There are many such people, maybe even a lot.

You never know what kind of expression those people have on their faces after they close the door!

As for Lance, he also began to actively prepare for the next job. This time he will continue to do big things!

As for Gao Li's tentacles extending into the Imperial District and the Port District?

If they are not afraid of death, then come on!

… …

"Do we have to go?"

The deputy sheriff thought for more than a day and finally decided to leave first.

Hunter is said to be helping him contact police stations in other cities, so that he can be transferred to work for a period of time, and then come back after things are over.

The deputy sheriff is not a nobody. In the federal police system, he is already considered a middle-level manager.

Although in those very high-level big cities, such as New King City, it is not very conspicuous, and the branch chiefs are all sheriffs.

But here, or in some more remote small cities, the deputy sheriff can also be the chief of the police station.

It's just that suddenly having to leave to work and live in another city, whether it's for a long time or a short time, is a bit... unacceptable for the deputy sheriff's family.

His children are still in school. If they leave now, it means that their children will have to find new schools in a new environment.

They also have to face a new environment and accept a new environment.

Then maybe at some point, maybe after he has just integrated into the new environment, he will be asked to come back.

So his wife's idea is that they stay and the deputy sheriff leaves alone.

His son was also sullenly standing by the door, a handsome and strong high school student. He stood by the door, looking at his father with resentment.

He had just started dating a new girlfriend, and he was about to get to first base, but now he has to leave. When he comes back, he might have become someone else's.

High school love, don't expect it to last long. A semester may be considered long!

The deputy sheriff urged them to pack their luggage, and at the same time increased his voice impatiently, "I said, we're leaving together. Now go pack your luggage, immediately, right away!"

His wife also raised her voice, "Don't yell at me like that. I have the right to reject your terrible suggestion!"

"You are temporarily transferred, not moving away. We still have to come back. Why should we leave for your temporary work too?"

"This is unreasonable. At least let my son and I stay here!"

Looking at the unreasonable woman in front of him who still wanted to stay, the deputy sheriff decided to tell the truth after a brief thought.

"I have offended some gangsters. They may retaliate against me now, so we have to leave first!"

In a one-to-one error-free version!

The big boy standing in his room said, "The Lance family."

The deputy sheriff turned his head in surprise and looked at him, "What, how do you know?"

The big boy pursed his lips, "They are all discussing this today, saying that the Lance family is going to war with the Koda family."

"If they start a war, we have to leave. It can only be because of this."

The deputy sheriff looked at his son for a while and nodded, "Yes, we have to leave."

This made him feel a little... losing his pride and glory as a father, because he was a policeman, and he actually had to compromise with the gang. He felt that his image as a father in his son's mind might be collapsing.

Hearing her husband say this, the woman stopped making trouble. She stroked her hair with both hands and finally stuck it to her cheeks, just like a world-famous painting, with a look of unease, "Why did you offend them?!"

She had also heard of the Lance family. Almost everyone living in King's Landing City had heard of them.

The deputy sheriff pursed his lips and found a reason for himself, "I am a policeman."

Well, that reason is indeed acceptable.

The woman stopped nagging and immediately returned to the room to start packing things. In order not to delay her too much time, the deputy sheriff specially told her, "Just pack some simple things. We can buy other things again when we go there."

As Hunter's deputy and a member of Charlie's faction, he has made a lot of money in recent years.

So these expenses are far less important in his opinion than the safety of him and his family!

His wife quickly packed some things, and his son didn't mention anything about not wanting to be exposed to a new environment.

The family got into their five-thousand-dollar car. Seeing the tension and unease of his wife and children, he comforted them a few words.

"Everything will be fine after we go to the new place. The Lance family's tentacles can't reach that far. We'll come back after they're done for."

"If they are not done for, then we will not come back."

"I am the deputy sheriff. Even if I go to the capital, I am not a nobody. Our life will not change in any way, so don't worry!"

As soon as the car came out of the garage, he saw two cars parked outside his house. Neither side seemed to have expected that they would meet here, and they were both stunned for a moment.

In just one second, the deputy sheriff shouted, "Hold on tight!" and then suddenly shifted into low gear and floored the accelerator!

He needed to use more force to crash into the two cars blocking them. The two young people who were originally planning to open the door and get out of the car had to close the car doors again.

With a bang!

The car parked on the roadside was pushed out a distance. The deputy sheriff hurriedly shifted into reverse gear to give the front of the car more space, then turned the steering wheel sharply, preparing to break through the encirclement!

But at this moment, another car squeezed in between the two cars, causing the deputy sheriff's car to crash into the flower bed at their door.

The flower bed made of bricks and cement was broken, and their car was also riding on the broken flower bed.

The people in the car that was pushed away got out of the car. Some of them were still retching to the side, apparently hit hard.

The surroundings were very quiet. The neighbors who couldn't wait to stand at the door every day couldn't be seen today. The deputy sheriff reacted and immediately shouted to his wife and children, "Quickly hide in the room and call the police!"

As he spoke, he took out his weapon from his arms and fired at the outside first!

Several young men who were about to walk over retreated behind their cars upon hearing the gunshots, which gave his wife and children the time and space to escape back into the house.

Gritting his teeth, he moved from the driver's seat to the passenger seat and fired two more shots at the places where those people were hiding. Retreating as he fought, he actually managed to get back into the garage.

At this moment, his heart was pounding, and his hands were trembling slightly. These people had really come!