Manhattan Reborn 1978

a new day.

new York.

Manhattan, upstairs at Wildfire Bar on 42nd Street.

David wiped his wet hair and walked into the kitchen, hugging Susan who was preparing breakfast and being intimate for a while.

Cui Yingying had a smile on her lips and silently took the glass of fruit juice prepared for David in her hand~

Susan took the fruit juice from her hand, brought it to David's mouth, and smiled.

"Drink it first!"

"Oh~ good!"

David turned to Cui Yingying and winked, then tilted his neck to drink the juice.

Susan gently stroked David's chest with her hand and said, "Go to the dining table and wait. We will be ready soon~"

"Haha~ok!"

. . .

ten minutes later.

Polly, who rushed over from home, sat in the seat specially reserved for her by Susan and picked up a glass of fresh juice made by Cui Yingying, with a thoughtful and doubtful expression on her face.

She asked David: "So, the whole day we helped you prepare yesterday... was all in vain?"

David shook his head and smiled, put the peeled boiled eggs in his hand on Polly's small plate, and said with a smile.

"How can you be busy in vain?"

"Even last night's party was far from what I imagined..."

“But what I gained from the words and performances of these guests exceeded my expectations~”

"Oh?"

Polly picked up the warm boiled egg, took a bite, and asked curiously: "What have you gained?"

"Hehe~"

David took another hard-boiled egg and explained as he peeled it.

“The first half of last night’s party was very boring and uninteresting~”

"Everyone has a polite fake smile on their face, and the lies they talk about are the lies that people like to hear most."

"But in the second half, when I was about to leave, there was someone who aroused my great interest!"

"Um...who is he?"

"His name is Kagyichiro Yasuda!"

Polly, who was chewing the eggs in her mouth, became interested after hearing the name of this island native and asked.

"What's wrong with him? Is there anything special?"

"He...is nothing special~"

"I just feel that last night he was the first islander who took the initiative to contact me in private~"

"So... you have become very interested in him?"

David stood up with a smile, put the egg in his hand on Cui Yingying's small plate, and continued.

"Yes!"

"I will analyze it from the information given to me by Kihara Nobunari, Otis Parker, and Pine~"

"The latter batch of Fuji consortium member companies coming to New York from island countries are not like the old consortiums from island countries such as Mitsui, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi and other island countries. The companies have cross-shareholdings and extremely close interests."

"The Fuji Consortium is more like a corporate federation formed spontaneously to resist the strong squeeze and erosion of those established consortiums~"

"And the core of this Fuji Financial Group, Fuji Bank... was originally named Yasuda Bank!"

"Yasuda? Yasuda Kagyichiro?"

"That's right!"

"Before World War II, the Yasuda Group, a consortium that was as famous as Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Mitsubishi, was backed by the Yasuda family!"

"However, after World War II, the Yasuda family failed to retain more strength like the Mitsui family."

"As a result, the Yasuda family can only unite some late-stage talents in the business world to face the continuous suppression and annexation of several other consortiums~"

"I understand!"

Polly glanced at "Invisible Man" Elena, nodded slightly.

"If we say that the Mitsui Consortium is a whole that is tightly bound by interests~"

"Then the Fuji Foundation is a slightly looser and younger conglomeration of enterprises and companies!"

"Haha~ You are awesome!"

David scratched the tip of Polly's nose with his finger and smiled.

Polly smiled sweetly, picked up the juice cup in front of her, and continued to ask.

"Then what? What else do you gain?"

David pursed his lips and nodded, took another hard-boiled egg, peeled it, and whispered.

"I'm lucky! I didn't leave prematurely last night~"

"Because not only did I see a lot of interesting things from this group of guests from the island country~"

"I also saw some of the cooperation and division of labor and attitudes among the various business leaders in New York, as well as the selfishness and differences that they have temporarily hidden deliberately!"

Polly nodded with emotion and sighed: "Yes~ The loose alliance formed because of their own interests will eventually part ways because of their own interests~"

"So, do you think... the Yasuda family can become our collaborators in the island country?"

"Maybe~"

David shrugged, shook his head and smiled: "Based on our current situation, I am more inclined to reach a cooperative relationship with Yasuda Fengichiro~"

"Oh... Like you and Jellal, Little Peter and Canes?"

"Yes~"

"Hey~ That's right!"

"For my engagement ceremony with Lilith, I want to invite the three of them to come to New York to be my best men~"

"What do you think?"

Polly pursed her lips, gave him a big eye roll, and said with a slightly sour tone: "Do you still need my consent for this kind of thing?"

"Hahaha~ Are you still jealous?"

"Yeah~ I like eating sour things!"

"But I'm not jealous because of you~"

"...What?"

"Hahaha~"

----

A breakfast full of laughter and a little bit of a strange sour taste is over.

Polly walked out of the bedroom with a rosy face and shouted to Cui Yingying who was busy tidying up in the kitchen.

"Yingying, come downstairs with me~ The breakfast shop across the street is going to have our decoration team stationed today~"

"Ok!"

"When they arrive later, you can tell them about the overall decoration requirements for the kitchen and your requirements for various infrastructure..."

Cui Yingying took off her apron, listened to Polly's instructions, thought about it, pulled Susan next to her and said.

"You go with me~ I don't know much about many people here~"

"Okay~" Susan responded happily, took Cui Yingying's arm and went to change clothes~

Polly stood in the living room, sorted out her coat and coat, looked at Elena who was holding a notepad in her hand, and said.

"Aren't you going to Stanley today?"

Elena raised the notepad in her hand and said with a smile: "I'll write down all the things that need to be done today, and then go there~"

"Um.."

Polly looked at Elena quietly for a few seconds, nodded, and said nothing more.

. . .

10 minute later.

Polly, Susan and Cui Yingying walked into a small store on the street opposite the Wildfire Bar.

“When this place first started, it was a grocery store run by a Polish old man~”

"Later, he and his family moved to Virginia, and the store was converted into a bookstore in the front and personal use in the back~"

"Yingying, there is no particularly good foundation here, so you can only design it yourself~"

"Ok!"

Cui Yingying quickly walked around the three rooms, stopped in the innermost room, and started thinking ~

Polly walked up to Susan, put her arm around her shoulders, and asked softly.

"When do you plan to let Cui Yingying officially move in?"

"Uh... I didn't ask David!"

Polly laughed as if she had heard the funniest thing, shook her head and said, "Ask him what to do?"

"If he didn't agree, he would have wanted to treat Elena a long time ago..."

"Oh~"

Susan tilted her head and looked at Polly, thought for a moment and said, "Then let's ask Cui Yingying now?"

"She doesn't have to ask!"

"I just need your opinion~"

"I... have no objection~"

"Really?"

"Are you sure you want to share David with me and Cui Yingying from now on?"

Susan lowered her head slightly, put her arms around Polly's waist, and whispered: "When I was just with David, I thought clearly..."

"As long as he still loves me, I will never leave this home!"

Polly seemed to be able to hear another meaning in Susan's voice that touched her deeply~

She pinched Susan's nose with her other hand and said with a smile: "If I were a man, I would never let you slip away from me in this life~"

"Hahaha~" Susan laughed happily~

Polly also smiled, kissed her gently on the cheek, turned around and shouted to Cui Yingying.

"Yingying!"

“Let Susan help you move later!”

"Tonight, you will officially become a member of our family!"

"..ah?"

"This...I..." After Cui Yingying heard this, she quickly walked out of the room inside. It seemed that some words had already reached her lips and she swallowed them back~

Polly asked, walking up to Susan with her arms around her.

"Do you have something to say?"

"..."

"Hehe~"

"If you don't want to, I can decide to give this shop to you as compensation for your work during this period~"

"We will still be good friends from now on~"

"..."

"Okay~ Susan, I'm going to be late for work."

"You two should discuss this."

"Ok!"

Polly had a relaxed smile on her lips, kissed Susan twice more on the cheek and lips, and sighed.

"I love you so much Susan!"

"How about we kick that bastard David out together?"

"Hey~??"

"That's not good.."

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Polly, let’s go~

Susan held Cui Yingying's arm, and the two stood quietly on the street watching the back of the car going away.

"Yingying, please move in!"

"..."

"Silence means you agree? Right?"

"Hehe~"

"I sighed to David when I was supervising the decoration of my home..."

"This new home is too big~ When I live alone at home, I don't feel safe at all. I always feel fuzzy~"

"But after we moved here, I realized... I was so stupid!"

"The disadvantages of a home that are too big are not just the lack of security when sleeping..."

"Every time I want to be more diligent and do housework..."

Susan pretended to be annoyed and clapped her forehead with her hand and said, "I am so clumsy that I can't do all the housework all day long!"

"Yingying, are you willing to come and help me?"

Cui Yingying took a deep breath, turned her head and looked at Susan very seriously, and said.

"Thank you!"

"Uh...you're welcome!"

"Hahaha~"

"You promised!?"

"Um.."

"Wow~ That's great!"

"But... where is David? He..."

"What's wrong with him? Leave him alone~"

"We have the final say in our family's affairs!"

"...Okay~"

Cui Yingying looked at Susan who looked "domineering" and suddenly felt a hot stream of heat welling up in her heart, and it swept through her whole body in an instant ~

----

California.

San Francisco.

Because of the time difference, San Francisco is still in the darkness before dawn~

But in this big city on the west coast, this is supposed to be the quietest time.

There was a group of people, each holding a lit candle in their hands, following the footsteps of the person leading the way, forming an extremely rare and spectacular long queue of sparks~

Not far from this long queue, several cameras faithfully recorded this "explosive" news~

----

new York.

Manhattan.

Under the bright sunshine, the cold northwest wind makes people feel the footsteps of winter again ~

Wall Street, Stanley [-]th Floor.

Elena walked into the company with a small briefcase in her hand.

She explained in detail to her secretary Maggie the several tasks that David had assigned after getting up in the morning~

After Maggie wrote them all down carefully, she picked up a letter and handed it to Elena.

"Mr. Otis Parker sent this to you."

"OK, thanks!"

Elena returned to her seat, tidied the table a little, opened the letter and read it~

Suddenly, there was a sound of chair legs scraping against the ground, making secretary Maggie frown.

She looked in Elena's direction and asked.

"Hmm~!? What's wrong with you?"

"...I'm fine~"

"Oh.."

Maggie looked at Elena whose face turned ugly, suppressed her curiosity, lowered her head and continued working. .

As for Elena, who is a little out of sorts~

She seemed to have controlled her emotions in a very short period of time, and threw a few papers and photos on the desk with weak hands.

After a few minutes.

Elena put everything on the table into her bag, stood up, said something to Maggie, and left the company in a hurry.

. . .

After half an hour.

Manhattan, Gold Coin Hotel.

Mr. Otis Parker looked at Elena calmly and explained.

"You really didn't ask me to help you follow his news..."

"I didn't take the initiative to ask people to check these..."

"Fair, do you remember?"

"When his people went to Madrid, they accidentally discovered him at the police station..."

Elena lowered her eyes, stared at the letter on the table, and asked, "Who else knows about this?"

"It's just you for now."

"Where's the murderer?"

"Not found~"

"..."

Odis Parker sat back for a moment, thought for a while, and asked.

"I have to tell David this!"

"...Why? No! This is my privacy!"

"Hehe~"

"Didn't you tell him yourself that you wouldn't hide any secrets?"

Elena frowned, clenched her fists with both hands, looked directly into Otis Parker's eyes, and spoke word by word.

"You want to force me to leave?"

"..not at all!"

Odis Parker sighed and said: "Since I met David, until now!"

"He said he doesn't lie~"

"He really...did it!"

"What about you?"

"Hehe~"

"When you went to London with him, did you tell him all about your past in detail?"

"Why did you deliberately hide the part that is most unforgettable to you...?"

Otis Parker stood up, took out a cigar from the cigar box on the table, put it under his nose and smelled it, glanced at Elena who looked very ugly, and continued.

"You are very similar to me before~"

"Always living in my own bizarre fantasies and lies that I deceive myself and others."

"As for me... since I learned that I could return to New York, I knew that I could finally have a new life~"

"I admit!"

"I have indeed deceived David more than once before~"

"But I don't want him to have any misunderstandings anymore!"

"The same to you!"

"I'm helping you!"

"Understand?"

"..."

"So, you have a choice in this matter... As far as I'm concerned, you should tell him yourself!"

Elena sat back in the chair weakly, closed her eyes, and did not respond for a long time.

Mr. Parker, who was sitting opposite her, raised his head slightly and exhaled a large cloud of smoke~

When the cigar in his hand was almost completely burned out, Elena took a deep breath, stood up, and said coldly.

"I'm going to Madrid!"

"Whatever~"

"I will tell him personally about this when I come back!"

"No!"

Mr. Parker shook his head very simply, raised his eyebrows and said, "If you really want to come back to New York..."

"You must be responsible for every word you say from this moment on!"

"me too!"

Elena bit her lip tightly and stared at Mr. Parker, watching him put out the last bit of cigar in the ashtray. .

Then, their eyes collided in the air~

After ten seconds.

Elena's lips trembled, and she turned around silently and left the room.

. . .

Elena, let’s go~

Mr. Parker reached out and picked up the envelope on the table, but looked at the phone next to him.

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Parker sighed again, picked up the phone, and dialed~

----

Manhattan.

Upper East Side, 875 Fifth Avenue.

Janet Patrick, wearing comfortable home clothes, carefully tied her tie for her lover Mag Ludwig.

Mag's expression was "helpless and aggrieved" and remained silent~

Janet felt funny and hit him with her hand, and said softly: "I just went back to see the children!"

"You're not jealous for the sake of the children, are you?"

"I do not have!"

"Hahaha~"

Janet hugged Mag, lay on his shoulders, and explained with a smile: "I promised the children that I would buy them gifts in advance for Christmas~"

"But it's still far from Christmas..."

"Hahaha~"

Janet threw her whole body into Mag's arms, laughing slowly until tears almost flowed out~

Seeing her smiling like this, Mag also helplessly smiled and said: "Okay~"

"You have to promise me that you will call me when you get off the plane..."

"And, you..."

"Good, good, good!"

Janet hugged her lover Matt, and the two sat on the sofa in the living room~

She gently brushed Mag's cheek with her hand and said softly.

"I wanted to tell you the news after I came back..."

"But you...hahaha~"

"Oh? What is it?"

"I... my period didn't come this month~"

"Um...what do you mean you didn't come??" Mag's face was filled with question marks, he looked up and down at Janet and asked with a frown.

"Are you sick? Do you need to see a doctor?"

"Hahaha~"

Janet held Mag's "cute" face with both hands and said with a smile: "The reason my period has not come is that I might be pregnant!"

"what?"

"I...you..."

"This is real?"

"Of course!"

"Every time I got pregnant before, my period didn't come that month..."

Mag's eyes slowly widened, his face turned red quickly, and he said excitedly: "Then you...I..."

"What can I do for you?"

"I'm going to be a dad?"

"Oh, sorry!"

"I didn't mean anything else, I just..."

"I just, I have never had this kind of experience before. Now I feel a little panicked..."

"You're going to have this baby, right?"

"our children!?"

Janet bit her lip lightly, her eyes twinkling, and nodded slightly: "Yes!"

"Um... did you agree to give birth to the child?"

"Yes!"

"Great!!!"

"Honey, you are awesome!"

"Hahaha~"

"I'm awesome too!"

"Hahaha~"

"Don't worry, I like them all, whether they are boys or girls! I love them all!"

"Hahaha~"

Mag almost jumped up from the sofa, danced and started "talking nonsense" in front of Janet~

Janet raised her head slightly and looked at his "nervous" look, and the happy smile on her face became even brighter~

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, Wildfire Bar.

David sat on the sofa in the living room, frowning, and put the microphone back where it belonged.

Lawrence, the head of the DA security company sitting opposite him, looked at Cohen next to him and said nothing.

The two of them waited patiently for about 5 minutes.

David then rubbed his forehead with his hands and said, "Sorry!"

"Something unexpected happened~"

"Ok~It's okay."

"Is there something we need to do?"

"Being not."

"Oh, right~"

"Where were we talking?"

Lawrence organized his thoughts, glanced at Cohen beside him, and said.

"A man claiming to be the person in charge of the New York State Police Training Center called us~"

"He said he wanted us to help train the state police on new weapons..."

"Oh~ yes, yes! I remembered~"

David slapped his forehead with his hand and recalled: "I remember that Lavis and Giovanni brought back some very interesting new weapons from the training base... right?"

"Haha~ That's right!"

Lawrence leaned back and gave up the floor to Cohen.

Cohen took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one, and said with a smile: "When we killed Nicky Barn and his gang in that abandoned factory in New Jersey, we used many new weapons and weapons that the police have not yet equipped. Military equipment.”

"After that, Hardman, who was responsible for coordinating this matter with the New Jersey police, reported the report of our actions to the state police~"

David nodded suddenly: "That's why they want to find us...?"

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

Cohen smiled and blew out a cloud of smoke and said confidently: "This is a very good business!"

"Most of the weapons and equipment we used on the Vietnam battlefield are still not under military control."

"Among them are the flash bombs used by the British SAS special forces in the anti-hijacking incident in Mogadishu last year!"

"What? Flashbang!?"

When David heard this extremely familiar name, he was both excited and surprised~

"You are all equipped with this thing!?"

"Yeah~ Hahaha!"

"This thing is extremely powerful in urban street fighting or fighting in a limited space!"

"It can be used like a grenade and can emit a violent, blinding light and ear-splitting noise when it explodes."

David blinked rapidly, and after listening to Cohen's introduction, he took a deep breath, nodded, and sighed.

"I understand... Quan, I understand!"

"Flash bombs are the most powerful non-lethal weapon for the police. What a magic weapon!"

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

"However, although this thing is not fatal, if it explodes in our room..."

"fxxx!"

"You don't have a flash bomb on you, do you?"

David suddenly jumped up from the sofa, pointed at Cohen and shouted. .

As if he had been greatly wronged, Cohen spread his hands and said with a smile: "Why do I bring flash bombs when I come to your house?"

"Uh... Then stand up and let me see!"

"..Hahaha~"

Amidst Lawrence's laughter, Cohen stood up helplessly, unbuttoned his coat, and let David see his armpits and waist. He didn't bring anything with him, and David slowly relaxed~

Lawrence, who was watching this scene, resisted the urge to laugh and gave David a thumbs up and praise with great admiration.

"You are really cowardly!"

"fxxxyou!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

After the three of them chatted and laughed for a while.

Susan and Cui Yingying are back together~

When they saw a visitor coming to their home, they casually said a few words to David, turned around and left quickly~

Lawrence and Cohen greeted them warmly. After watching them leave, they turned their heads and became more serious before continuing.

"Part of the flash bombs in our training base were snatched from old friends, and the other part were bought from arms smugglers~"

"It's now only produced by one company in the UK."

"so.."

David sat down again, raised his hand and scratched his forehead, glanced sideways at Cohen who was speaking, and asked.

"purchase?"

"How much do they pay for one?"

"...380 dollars!"

"How many!?"

"Well... you can negotiate the price of this kind of thing!"

"Our final purchase price was $180..."

"fxxx!"

"Have the price cut in half?"

"You...are you negotiating the price?"

"Hehe~"

"Anyway, not many people know the goods..."

"Selling it to us, or helping them clean up their inventory!"

"Forehead.."

David was speechless~

indeed!

Will people who buy weapons from arms dealers be keen on non-lethal weapons?

Certainly not!

They can't wait to drive armed helicopters to destroy their opponents!

Who would pay a high price to buy something that only makes a loud noise? .Toy?

Cohen observed the expression on David's face very carefully, and when he felt it was almost done, he continued.

"You went to London this time and met a lot of people, right?"

"Perhaps, they can help us buy a batch of ex-factory prices..."

"Hehe~"

David showed a sarcastic sneer and said: "You want me to ask them to come to New York and be my best man, and then bring a batch of flash bombs with them!?"

"You guys... want my engagement ceremony to turn into a flash bomb battlefield?"

"Hahaha~"

"No, absolutely not!"

"We are also thinking about generating income for the training base!"

"Look!"

“You can get something good, why can’t we share it with the New York State Troopers?”

"roll!"

"Bullshit sharing!"

"Hahaha~"

PS:

The plot where Cohen leads someone to kill Nicky Barn appears in Chapter 149.