Empire of Shadows

Chapter 260: Scared to Death [Monthly Ticket 666+7]

Bandi, who answered the phone, looked at the rest of his family in the dining room, "Did any of you arrange for a truck to hit Dale?"

The gentlemen sitting around the table looked at each other, and finally shook their heads.

Woflie even said with a smile, "That's a good idea, at least it won't get your hands dirty."

Bandi turned his head again, "We didn't do it."

The mayor didn't believe it at all, "That batch of wine was just an accident!"

He seemed to be emphasizing the reason why the Kodas would do this, because of that batch of wine, Bandi reiterated, "I said, we didn't do it."

The mayor was so angry that he laughed, "Do you think I'll believe that?"

"Your wine was just confiscated last night, and Dale almost had a car accident this morning. You say you didn't do it, then who would?"

Bandi also seemed a little impatient, "Whoever you want it to be, anyway, I said, we didn't do it."

"It's impossible to communicate with someone like you. I recommend you go see a psychiatrist. You have a problem with your brain, Sidney!"

After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone and sat at the dining table, "Sidney just said that Dale almost had a car accident. Go ask what's going on."

Gory stood up, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and walked to the phone.

Meanwhile, they enjoyed breakfast while talking about what had happened in the past twenty-four hours.

"Now those rumors are actually helpful to us. I like what they say, 'Rather destroy it than have it publicly destroyed.' Did we really do that ourselves?"

Fleming's eyes kept wandering between Bandi and Woflie, only those two were likely to do such a thing.

The others weren't brave enough, and the most likely one was Bandi, because only Bandi was qualified to decide whether to sacrifice that batch of hundreds of thousands of goods.

Bandi felt his son's probing gaze and shook his head slightly, "It has nothing to do with me. Hunter called me and said it might have been arson."

"I don't think this is simple."

He picked up a silver spoon, scooped up a spoonful of thick soup, and put it in his mouth, "The taste is good."

Fleming and Woflie both began to think divergently, but they couldn't think of anyone who could do this.

At this time, Gory came back from the phone, "Hunter said the driver is a terminal cancer patient. Someone gave him money to drive into Chief Dale, and whether it succeeds or not, his family will be given two thousand dollars."

Bandi put down his spoon without changing his expression, picked up a knife and fork, took a piece of steak, placed it on his plate, and began to cut it.

"It seems someone intends to ignite the war. Who do you think it is?"

He was asking Gory here, not the two children.

They were too young when Goldport City was turbulent, and their memories of those years were vague. Only Gory knew what happened during those times.

"Maybe some people are no longer satisfied with us holding onto the casino for so long, and want to use this opportunity to provoke a war between us and them, in order to profit from it."

Gory seriously analyzed his thoughts.

And this idea was exactly what Bandi thought. He pointed at Gory with a knife and fork, "You're right, some people are getting restless again."

The casino business is very profitable, everyone knows this. The Koda family can secure this exclusive business, definitely not because they are very generous!

Behind this are years of infighting and gang wars. They fought until the last moment, using blood and death to defend their rights, and only then did they have the Koda family of today.

In fact, sometimes they have already turned a blind eye to those illegal private casinos, as long as they are not as blatant as the Empire Night casino and not too small in scale, they can pretend not to know.

After eating alone for so many years, they have gradually understood a truth: if you really don't give others a taste of the sweetness, they will eventually become the target of public criticism.

The other four of the five major families are not really not touching this aspect at all. They actually also run casinos, but not on such a large scale.

They will invite some people to play cards on their territory in the name of forming private card games.

The Koda family only controls the gambling industry in Goldport City, but not gambling behavior. They have no way to deal with people who know this and sit together to play cards, and they can't have a way.

Compared to earlier years, they have actually been much more lenient, but now, Bandi is a little annoyed.

He doesn't know who it is, why they want to provoke the war between him and the outsiders, but he knows that if there is anything that drives them to do this, it must be the casino license in his hand!

People who care about the casino license may be running this business.

He put the diced beef into his mouth, and when chewing, bright red meat juice would loom in his mouth, "Clean up those underground casinos in Goldport City..."

Woflie nodded, "I will arrange it."

"I won't be back tonight. I have to chat with my old friends. These outsiders are annoying!"

He needs to communicate with the other families of the five major families to discuss countermeasures and not let the mayor continue to press on like this!

After finishing breakfast, he went to the study. He had just finished calling the other two families when Gory pushed the door in.

"Our casino has been raided."

Bandi looked at him as if he didn't understand, "Are you talking about those without licenses, or those with licenses?"

They actually have many casinos without licenses, also in the form of private gambling games. Federal law does not stipulate that friends playing cards together is illegal.

But in reality, this is still a casino. They provide gambling tables, gambling games, dealers, and everything related to gambling.

Those who play cards need to pay some fees. If they are willing to be the banker themselves, then the Koda family is only responsible for dealing the cards.

But if they don't want to be the banker, the Koda family can also be the banker.

The prerequisite is that this game needs to have a banker.

He subconsciously thought that it was those unlicensed private gambling games that were being investigated. If it was these, he would let the lawyers deal with them.

But Gory told him with a serious face, "It's Good Luck House."

Good Luck House is one of the most popular casinos of the Koda family in Goldport City, because its grade is relatively moderate.

It is not like "Golden Fort" which only receives guests from the upper class, nor is it like "High Win" which only welcomes guests from the middle class and above.

In Good Luck House, as long as you have more than one dollar in cash, you can exchange four chips to go in and play.

There are many middle-class or upper-class guests here. They like the lively environment here, and they like the envious, jealous, and hateful eyes of the poor people around them.

Don't be surprised, this society will never lack these people, and this has made Good Luck House one of the most popular main casinos.

In the peak season, it can bring in hundreds of thousands or even millions of gross profit every day!

But now, it has been raided!

"Why?" he asked.

Although his tone was still calm, Gory, who knew him well, knew that this brother was angry.

"The people from the Dangerous Goods Administration said someone reported that the casino provides alcohol."

Of course, this is also a fact. If they don't provide alcohol, how can those people get carried away faster?

Otherwise, how can they gamble against the dealer's skills based on feeling?

It is impossible for the casino not to provide alcohol!

Even if Bandi knew that someone was stirring up trouble, but when the moment Good Luck House was raided happened, even if he knew everything, he was still caught!

A large number of agents in gray uniforms had already surrounded Good Luck House. Many gambling dogs were driven out of Good Luck House by them. At the same time, boxes and boxes of wine were also moved out.

The Koda family is also one of the major consumers of alcohol in Goldport City. In addition, they don't think Chief Dale would rashly come to investigate Good Luck House, so a lot of inventory was piled up here.

Looking at the boxes that were piled up into a small mountain again, the agents knew that they had caught another big fish, although they had always known it.

Woflie and the others had already rushed over. He pushed through the crowd and walked directly to the middle of this group of people, locking his eyes on a senior agent and walking over directly.

"Do you fucking know what you're doing?" he asked.

The senior agent couldn't help but laugh, "I seem to have heard someone say that you've said this more than once."

A faint laughter rang out around him. Woflie's eyes were slightly red. He seemed to get emotional easily.

The people around him quickly pulled him back and persuaded him in his ear. He stared at that person and pointed at him, "That layer of skin on you can't protect you!"

The senior agent chuckled, "You're not the first person to threaten me."

The casino was temporarily sealed off because it was suspected of publicly selling intoxicating beverages containing alcohol, and the entire Goldport City was in an uproar.

After so many years, is someone challenging the authority of the five major families again?

Even Councilor Wade and Councilor Williams put down their work and called to inquire about the cause and course of the matter.

The mayor also called Chief Dale. Chief Dale did not contact him about this operation.

"You should have told me first."

The mayor's tone was very calm, but it could be heard that he was a little resentful.

Chief Dale ignored his words and the meaning he expressed, and said what he had encountered in the morning, "Do you know?"

"At that time, the truck crashed directly into my car. If I had reacted a little slower at that time, you wouldn't have seen me!"

"You didn't come to the scene to see it. The entire wall was knocked down. I couldn't even get out of the car myself. It was deformed!"

"Death's scythe brushed past my neck, Sidney!"

"They really want to kill me, and I'm not talking about a joke!"

"My hands were shaking all morning after I got back. Now, this isn't a matter between us and them, it's a matter between me and them!"

"Since they really want to kill me, let's see who dies first!"

Listening to his resentful words, the mayor felt a headache coming on. "You need a drink, and then you need to calm down!"

"They said it was just an accident!"

Chief Dale retorted loudly, "Do you think it was an accident?"

The mayor didn't say anything, because he also felt it wasn't an accident.

But this was also good, at least Chief Dale wouldn't switch sides at a crucial moment!

"Dale, I trust your judgment and support you. Is there anything you need me to do?"