Empire of Shadows

Chapter 289: Whose Problem Is It [666+2]

“I've mobilized everyone I could mobilize…”

Hiram stood beside Lance, holding a submachine gun, which made the police feel a bit awkward.

But considering that the federal constitution allows federal citizens to legally own weapons to protect their lives and property, they could only ignore it.

Even though they knew that, strictly speaking, most of these people were not federal citizens.

But compared to a firefight, playing dumb was obviously easier.

More than a hundred people holding various firearms occupied the entire street, which made the police officers holding only defensive revolvers feel an unspeakable curse brewing in their chests.

The ground was covered with bullet casings and more than a dozen corpses.

There were fifteen people in the other three cars, but now only nine came down, and six were already dead, plus the driver of Lance's car, that makes seven!

Seven people died in twenty minutes, perhaps this is the most realistic portrayal of gang life.

You never know when, where, who, and why, someone will suddenly shoot you a few times!

Lance walked to those cars, looking at the brothers who came out with him, his teeth were about to be crushed.

These people who could come out with him were the ones he trusted the most, but so many died at once, his eyes were a little red.

Erwin also took a shot in the shoulder, but it was just a graze, even lighter than the graze Laun suffered last time, and it was fine after a simple bandage.

Chief Blue knew this was not a good time, but he still came over, "They said they would like to invite you to the police station to rest and help us find out who did it."

He used very careful wording, he could see that Lance was angry.

Some people get angry and furious, they shout loudly, but some people, the angrier they are, the calmer they are.

Lance's body didn't move, only his eyeballs slid from the middle to the far left, and the corner of his eye swept to Chief Blue.

Just this glimpse made Chief Blue feel something terrible.

He held his breath in his chest, and even his breathing seemed to be out of control!

But soon, Lance took a deep breath, and the fire of anger in his eyes was actually suppressed by him, "I want to call my lawyer first."

Lance's gaze shifted away, and Chief Blue breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Who the hell would provoke Lance for no reason?

At this time, the ambulance also arrived, and the doctors and nurses looked at the corpses all over the ground, and for a while they didn't know whether to start rescuing them.

“Let them save them, try to save them, including these people.”

With Lance's instructions, the doctors began to get busy, and at the same time, lawyer Robben also received a call.

He told Lance not to say anything that would be detrimental to himself. He was worried that Lance didn't know what words would be detrimental to himself, so he said, "If you are not sure whether what you are going to say briefly is detrimental to you, then don't say anything!"

This is actually a very effective subjective judgment method, only when you are strongly sure that there will be no problem with yourself, can you speak.

But his suggestion was still to say nothing and wait for him to come.

He has a wealth of experience in defending and serving gangsters, and he knows how to deal with the police.

But when he heard that Lance was still waiting for him at the scene, he was not so anxious, perhaps this is the special feature of "big clients"!

Ambulance, police car, hearse, doctor, forensic doctor, police, and neatly arranged corpses…

Fortunately, lawyer Robben was not far from here, his office was in the Presia District, and he arrived in seven or eight minutes.

When he looked at the bullet casings all over the ground and the large pools of blood, his scalp felt a little numb.

“You are the most fond of big scenes of all my clients, Mr. Lance!”, Lawyer Robben couldn't say it was sarcasm, it should be… a sigh, and then walked towards the police officer from the Presia Branch, “I am Mr. Lance's lawyer, you can talk to me first if you have any questions.”

The police officer who had been in a daze for a while was also very innocent, but fortunately, Blue had already contacted their branch chief, so he would not be too difficult to deal with.

“We would like to ask Mr. Lance to come to the police station with us to make a statement and ask some questions.”

He used very careful wording, and lawyer Robben agreed, but with one request, "I want to be by my client's side."

The police officer didn't mention any requirements or conditions, and immediately agreed.

Soon, Lance took their own car to the Presia Branch, and the news about Lance's convoy being attacked spread throughout Goldport City in a very short time.

The mayor was in a meeting, and after hearing about this, he raised his eyebrows and said "What a pity", and then went back to work.

Lucar also knew about this news, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that Lance didn't die, because in the end, whether it was sending Lance away or sending him in, it could only be him!

When Hunter told Charlie about this, Charlie just narrowed his eyes slightly and didn't move.

After going to their police station with the police from the Presia Branch, the branch chief personally received Lance in his office.

Lance left the other matters to lawyer Robben and Erwin to take care of, and he lit a cigarette.

There was still some blood splattered on his body. After he wiped it clean with a handkerchief dipped in water, he sat on the sofa.

The rising smoke obscured his face, and Chief Blue and the branch chief next to him didn't know what to say for a while.

After a while, Lance took several puffs of cigarette, "We met last time."

At Charlie's retirement party.

Lance put his hand on his forehead, as if thinking, "I remember your name… Mr. Henry?"

Chief Henry immediately showed a smile, Lance stretched out his hand and shook hands with him, "Today's matter has caused you trouble."

This sentence was not easy to answer, so he didn't answer, "Are you injured?"

Lance shook his head, "The blood on my body is my brother's blood, it may stain your sofa, I hope you don't mind."

“How could I mind?”, he said, and then paused for a while, “Mr. Lance, this is a very bad attack case, we will definitely arrange manpower to investigate it thoroughly.”

“Please rest assured, we will try our best to catch the murderer and give an explanation to the injured and the dead!”

Lance nodded with his lips pursed, "It would be best if you can do this, of course, if you have any clues, you can also tell me, some things are more suitable for me to do."

His hint was very obvious, no evidence is needed, just clues, and then let the bullets speak.

Henry clearly knew that Lance didn't want to say more now, and he didn't talk too much. After asking how the handling was going, he let Lance and the others leave.

Obviously, there was no way to take over the bar in Starlight District today. Sitting in the car, he asked the convoy to go directly to Lezhu Financial Company.

When the convoy stopped, the Howard brothers who were basking in the sun at the door were startled, but after seeing that it was Lance who got out of the car, they breathed a sigh of relief, but still stood up.

“I heard you were attacked?”, They had helped Lance, and Lance bumped shoulders with them.

“Yes, I don't know how many people there were, there were bullets everywhere, but fortunately I survived…”, He glanced at the sign of Lezhu Financial Company, “Is Alberto in?”

Little Howard pointed his thumb towards his shoulder, "He's in the office."

Lance patted the arms of the two brothers, squeezed out a little smile, and walked in. Hiram also wanted to follow, but Lance refused.

This time he didn't say hello to the little beauty. The little beauty looked at Lance's back, looking a little at a loss, and looked at the Howard brothers at the door, rolled her eyes and sat back.

This time, Lance directly pushed open the door of Alberto's office. Alberto was on the phone. When he saw Lance coming in, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I'll call you later," and hung up the phone.

“I heard you were attacked.”

Lance walked to the chair opposite him and sat down, "At least twenty or thirty gunmen shot at our car, the scene was extremely hot!"

He seemed to be joking, but there was no smile on his face, which made Alberto a little suspicious, "What's wrong with you?"

Lance moved forward, playing with some small ornaments on his desk, "The only people who know that I'm going to the Starlight District today are your people."

If it was in the Empire District, Lance would not have been attacked on such a large scale!

He can't say that he will never be attacked by gunmen, but such a large number of "outsiders" want to enter the Empire District, first of all, they can't defend against those old men who fill the streets!

These old men have lived on the streets where they are for twenty or thirty years. In this era where they will not isolate themselves due to electronic information, the connection between people is very close!

They can clearly say who lives on this street, what characteristics they have, so if non-"locals" want to come in on a large scale, Lance will be the first to notice.

Moreover, under the money encouragement promoted by Lance, as long as the old men feel something is wrong, people they haven't seen before, they will call Bolton!

So the difficulty of attacking Lance in the Empire District is very high!

Today he went to the Starlight District to take over the bar that Paul promised him. Besides the trusted people around him, only the people of the Pasleto family knew about it.

After all… it is no small matter for the Pasleto family to clean up a bar and give it away.

Alberto immediately understood, his expression also became serious, "Are you saying that someone on my side sold your information?"

Lance pressed the tail of Alberto's newly bought mermaid table lighter. Each time he pressed it, the mermaid would make a kissing gesture, and then a flame would emerge from her head.

"Someone knew in advance that I was going to the Starlight District. Unless someone on your side has a problem, I can't think of a second possibility!"