Chapter 496

The police officer immediately went to look at the back of his car after getting out. The chrome rear bumper had been dented, and the trunk door was also somewhat deformed.

He tried it; it wouldn’t open.

A wave of anger rose from the soles of his feet. He walked over and kicked the front of the other car hard, complaining loudly, “Are your eyes on your ass?”

“Motherfucker?”

“Get out of the car!”

He forcefully pulled open the other car’s door, was taken aback for a moment, and turned to leave.

He saw Alan sitting in the passenger seat, saw the swollen and broken cheekbone on his face.

In an instant, the anger that had filled his entire body turned into a chill. The switch between fire and ice made his whole body shiver. He turned to leave, but two people were already blocking him from behind.

“Get in!” Alan beckoned. “Get in the car. Don’t force us to do this on the street!”

The police officer took a deep breath. He looked back at Alan, his lips pursed.

He didn’t dare to just get in. Who knew what he would face next? But at the same time, it seemed impossible for him not to get in.

Something hard poked him from behind. His body, in order to maintain its balance, instinctively took a step forward.

He glanced at the back seat and finally got in.

Someone ran to the front and got into the police officer’s car. The two cars quickly disappeared into the streets of Golden Port.

Even if some people noticed something at night, they were unwilling to meddle in other people’s business.

This was Golden Port, a city ruled by gangs and the rich. It had nothing to do with ordinary people.

The car drove towards the outskirts of the city. The atmosphere on the road was oppressive. The less light there was around, the more frightened the police officer became.

Seeing that they were about to leave the city, he finally couldn’t bear the pressure and said softly, “I’m sorry, Alan.”

Alan, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced back at the police officer and chuckled twice.

“It’s not time for you to apologize yet.”

“Alan, I know I shouldn’t have been so impulsive. I apologize to you for my impulsiveness. Just give me a beating to let off some steam!” the police officer took the initiative to offer to take a beating. Alan still just laughed twice and said nothing.

There were not many streetlights around anymore. The car was getting more and more remote, and the police officer’s pressure was also increasing.

He looked at the people on his left and right, gritted his teeth, his face grim, and said with his fists clenched, “You can’t kill me. I’m a police officer!”

He was starting to get scared.

People are like that, always regretting their failures. When he had done that to Alan, all he had thought about was the appreciation of Hunter and Charlie, and the beautiful future of him gaining more status and power.

It was just that he had never thought that the retaliation would come so quickly, so fiercely.

He knew that the people of the Lance Family were arrogant, and at the same time, he also believed that he would not have too much of a problem, because he was a police officer.

The consequences of killing a police officer were very serious, and he had just shown his worth to Hunter and Charlie. Wouldn’t making a move on him at this time be equivalent to slapping Hunter and Charlie in the face?

But they had really done it, so simply, quickly, and directly, that some of his ideas had not even had time to be realized before he was taken hostage here.

Alan didn’t speak, and no one else in the car was willing to talk to him. The quiet environment only made him more uneasy.

The car stopped in an abandoned factory in the suburbs. Although the factory was abandoned, it didn’t mean that the things here had been destroyed.

At least the power grid was still good. The lights in the yard were all on. The car slowly stopped, and the police officer was asked to get out of the car.

He was as unwilling to get out of the car here as he had been unwilling to get in in the city.

In the city, they might have been a little more civilized, but in the suburbs, they were not so civilized.

A young man got into the back of the car, his feet aimed at him, and he kicked him hard on the head while sitting on the back seat.

As he kicked, he also cursed, as if doing so would give him more momentum.

Under the pain, the police officer had no choice but to get out of the car. He staggered a few steps and almost fell to the ground.

At this moment, his legs were all soft.

To be honest, he was scared to death now.

Alan shrank his neck from the cold. He held a cigarette between his fingers. The cold wind blowing on the wound on his face was particularly stinging.

It was as if an invisible small knife was cutting his wound.

He extended his hand to the side, his fingers moving back and forth a few times. A baseball bat was handed to him.

He looked at the police officer in front of him, who was no longer so tough, a mocking smile on his face.

The police officer in front of him continued to plead, “I apologize…”

The next second, a “whoosh” sound came from people’s ears, and then a “thud.” Then the police officer was knocked to the ground with a baseball bat.

Alan, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, walked up to him, raised the bat, and slammed it down hard on his arms that were protecting his head, his eyes filled with anger and the pleasure of revenge.

At first, the police officer could still let out a few screams, begging Alan not to hurt him, and even proposed various ideas to salvage the situation, including working for Alan and the Lance Family.

But this kind of small character, Lance would not want, and Alan, he only wanted revenge now.

After seven or eight, or a dozen blows, he stopped talking. Even the hands that were protecting his head slowly loosened without him realizing it.

Next, the sound of the bat striking was joined by the sound of splashing water. Blood splattered out and landed on Alan’s face.

He wiped it with the back of his hand, then threw the bat to the person next to him.

His subordinate wiped the bat with a rag and then put it back in the car.

Alan straightened his collar, glanced at the police officer’s flattened head and the bloodstains that were constantly spreading out from under his head, and got back into the car.

The convoy quickly left this place, leaving only the police officer lying in a pool of blood, and his car.

After returning to the company, Alan went to see Lance in the first instance.

“Solved?” Lance asked.

Alan, who had been like a grim reaper hidden in the night outside, showed a somewhat embarrassed smile. “Yes.”

“Will this cause some trouble?”

After coming out of the police station, Alan had actually been thinking about this problem, especially on the way back, when he had encountered several police cars.

By rights, the police should not have caused them any trouble, but today, not only had they caused them trouble, but they had also given them a “hard time.”

Did this mean that the relationship between the police and the family was spiraling out of control?

Alan didn’t quite understand this. He was just willing to think.

Lance sat behind his desk and looked at this young man. Since he had saved Elvin and entered Lance’s line of sight, he had shown many excellent qualities over this period of time.

In fact, the people at the bottom are not all the kind of people who are not outstanding. Many people at the bottom also have potential for cultivation, it’s just that their environment, their life, their conditions, prevent them from receiving this information and opportunities.

For example, Alan.

His performance now was very satisfying, even better than some of the more senior cadres.

This also made Lance have more patience with him, and also willing to explain some things to him, rather than just letting him do it and not letting him ask.

“Don’t worry, there won’t be any problems.”

“Today they gave us a hard time, sending a signal. If we don’t fight back fiercely, then others will think we have backed down.”

“Alan, we have our current status not because we are willing to back down, but because we can make our opponents back down.”

“No matter who is standing opposite us.”

He paused. “Go and do your thing. I’ll call you if I need you. The police might be looking for you these few days. I’ll have the lawyer keep an eye on it.”

Alan stood up and left, also taking one of Lance’s cigars. Lance just laughed and cursed him a couple of times for this.

Having Alan retaliate immediately was his “warning” to Charlie and Hunter. This was not a game. Once you decided to get in, there was no way out.

A pawn against a pawn, a general against a general.

The next day, they found that the police officer who had been on duty had not come to work. They immediately linked the retaliation of the Lance Family with this matter.

They sent people to the police officer’s house. His family told the officers who came to check the situation that the officer had not come back all night.

Because this police officer was an officer of the general bureau, he often encountered some work matters and would not come back all night, so his family did not feel that it was abnormal.

They just thought he was held up by a mission and couldn’t come back and didn’t think in any other direction at all.

Since he had not come back all night and was not at the police station, and such a thing had happened during the day, there was a high probability that he had been killed.

Hunter immediately had someone go and invite Alan to the police station. Alan, who was already mentally prepared, did not have the slightest unease.

He even acted a little arrogant.

In the office, Hunter, after looking through the glass window for a while, returned to his office. He considered for a while and dialed Lance’s number.

“Are you planning to go to war with us?” As soon as he came up, his question was very sharp.

Lance did not evade this sharp question in the slightest. “That depends entirely on you, Hunter.”

“You were the ones who came looking for trouble first.”

Hunter knew what Lance meant and raised his voice with some shame and anger. “They called the police.”

“You can’t expect us to do nothing, can you?”

Lance replied very quickly, “You could have taken the call but not handled it, but you handled it. Knowing that it was my men, you went to arrest them without notifying me.”

“Hunter, don’t tell me you don’t know what you’re doing.”

“This is a matter between me and Stone. You insisted on interfering, and now you’re asking if I want to go to war with you?”

“This is the fucking funniest joke I’ve heard this year.”

“You want to take all the advantages without paying a price. There’s no such good thing in this world waiting for you.”

Hunter’s expression was not good, but for a moment he didn’t know how to refute this matter.

It was precisely because the police call was made by Stone personally that Hunter had chosen to dispatch the police.

Stone was the representative of the younger generation of the Kodak family. His meaning represented the meaning of the Kodak family.

On one side was the long-famous head of the Five Families, and on the other was a powerful gang that had risen rapidly in the last two years and was entirely composed of people from the bottom.

Who to help, it seemed, could be seen at a glance.

If at this moment someone had to be blamed, then it must be Lance.

He had not followed the fucking script.

If his men, before being arrested, had made a phone call over, then there wouldn’t have been so much trouble.

But how could Hunter say this kind of thing, and what was the point of saying it?

He took two deep breaths and asked, “What exactly do you plan to do?”

“Very simple. This is a matter between them and me. You stay out of it.”

This seemingly simple request only received a long silence from Hunter.

He didn’t say anything, but both sides seemed to have already understood the other’s decision. Lance directly hung up the phone, and Hunter slowly placed the receiver on the cradle.

After a while, he told Charlie about this matter, and Charlie had him go through the procedure first.

“Hunter’s on the phone.” Charlie returned to the sofa and sat down.

There were several prominent figures from the Bay Area in the room. They were either major capitalists in Golden Port, who controlled the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people, or important figures within the Social-Democratic Party.

Their individual influence might be relatively limited, but when all of them were united, their influence would become very terrible.

The gazes of the others all fell on him. He had been talking about this matter just now.

A gentleman with glasses sitting in the most central position motioned for him to continue. He sorted out his thoughts and said, “I have already told you all about the police report we received yesterday and the subsequent handling of the matter.”

“Just now Hunter told me that the police officer who handled this kidnapping case has lost contact. We suspect that he may have already been killed.”

The gentleman with glasses had a particularly serious expression. “The existence of these gangs has seriously threatened the safety of the people of Golden Port. Councilman Charlie, we chose you because we feel that you can provide for our safety.”

“Now is the time for you to show your value.”

Charlie’s face was both serious and somewhat… lively. In short, it was a very special expression. He lowered his head slightly. “Yes, I have already told Chief Hunter that we must resolutely crack down on crime.”

“However, these gang forces are very rampant and presumptuous now. My idea is that we should unite all the forces that can be united to crack down on them.”

Several big shots looked at each other for a moment, and then nodded one after another. “Alright, you handle it. We hope to see the public security in Golden Port improve as soon as possible.”

A slight smile appeared on Charlie’s face. “I am confident that I can quickly reverse the current terrible situation and let the public see our determination to face evil, and also our confidence in victory…”

The existence of the Lance Family had indeed affected the interests of some of the big shots in the Bay Area. The workers on the docks were almost all from Lance’s firm, and the few local workers also listened to him.

The Golden Port docks were an important core of interest for Golden Port. Now that this dock was completely in the hands of a group of gangsters, how could this be accepted?

If before, it was to avoid a general strike, they could still tolerate it a little.

Now that there was no threat of a general strike, then Lance should have taken the initiative to back down, instead of continuing to control the situation at the docks.

Mr. Hoff’s dissatisfaction with Lance was not the fuse, but it had made people realize that the harm of the Lance Family was constantly increasing.

Dealing with them seemed to have become a consensus.

After coming out of the villa here, he had contacted the two brothers, Bandy and Gory, and had talked to them about the decision on the Bay Area’s side.

The two brothers did not consider for too long before they agreed. For them, a constantly expanding Lance Family would also harm their interests.

Although they had not formally formed an alliance or anything, everyone knew in their hearts that they all had a common enemy, the Lance Family.

At night, in Charlie’s villa, Hunter and their die-hard police officers were gathered here.

Charlie sat in the most central position, a confident smile on his face.

“Many people think I am a person without backbone, that I have been serving the old masters of the Bay Area for almost my whole life.”

“That’s because they have never truly recognized the power of the Bay Area.”

“Just watch. The Lance Family, which has taken over two districts and has thousands of people, under this power, will also quickly dissolve.”

“In this city, no one can know the power of the Bay Area better than I do.”

He paused as he spoke, picked up the cigar that Hunter had helped him roast, and took a puff. “Next, what you need to do is to resolutely crack down on the illegal and criminal activities of the Lance Family.”

“Protect your own safety. You don’t need to consider whether you will offend Lance and the Lance Family, because after this war is over, there will be no such thing as the Lance Family in Golden Port.”

He spoke with great conviction, and he really believed it. With the Kodak family, the Bay Area, and the police system united, could they still not handle a single Lance?

He didn’t believe it. He didn’t believe Lance was that strong, nor did he believe that they, united, were that weak.

Hunter asked softly from the side, “How should we deal with Bruce and Duke?”

Charlie glanced at Hunter and casually flicked the non-existent ash from his sleeve. “You are the chief. You have the power to dismiss them. Do you still need me to teach you?”

“These traitors of the police force, sweep them out.”

“Didn’t the state government ask us to show some practical results on the corruption within the police force?”

“The two of them are very suitable.”

After two days of brief calm, Sub-bureau Chief Bruce received an administrative order from the city police department. He was suspended from his duties and was to accept a disciplinary investigation.

Sub-bureau Chief Duke of the Port District sub-bureau was the same as him. He was suspended from his work and began to be reviewed.

Perhaps they had had such a guess, a premonition, but when it really happened, it was still very difficult to accept.

However, since they had chosen to stand on Lance’s side, then they could only go down one road to the end and believe that Lance would be the final winner.

The storm was gradually forming. The air in the entire city seemed to have become three points heavier.

Alberto took the initiative to contact Lance, wanting to provide some help, but Lance did not let him intervene immediately.

The strength of the Pasoretto family had been greatly weakened after this rapid shock. Even if they intervened and joined in, they would not be a force that could change the situation.

On the contrary, it was better to let them stay on the side for now. When they were needed as a surprise force, they would be dispatched.

Now everyone was thinking, guessing, where would the first shot of the “anti-Lance” campaign be fired?

(End of chapter)

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