Empire of Shadows

The development direction of the entire Gold Harbour City is a process of contention by various parties, with the state of Likalai represented by the mayor seeking to gain more benefits from Gold Harbour City.

Within the city, there are local political forces and gangs wanting to continue to control the city's dominance, as well as emerging forces like Lance, trying to gain more opportunities for growth in the chaos and step onto the big stage.

Even the police chief, Charlie, has begun to transform into a politician.

Everyone, every force, has their own demands.

Lance is not an omniscient and omnipotent person. When the mayor used himself as bait and took a bullet, when everyone's attention was focused on him, it was difficult for people to notice other things.

On one side were the mayor's people who already knew the 'answer,' and on the other side were the traditional forces and emerging forces like Lance who didn't know what the mayor was going to do.

This is equivalent to the mayor's people having a full map, while others were still shrouded in fog.

Now the mayor has the initiative, and they launched a lightning-like attack, catching everyone off guard.

Morris, as an important subordinate of Lance, is very familiar with the Imperial District and surrounding areas, able to gather a lot of important information, and is also responsible for intelligence work such as tracking, tailing, and surveillance.

Dealing with Bolton and Morris is important for the Professor's subsequent plans. They want to release pressure and then consume the power of those small gangs that are not on the same side as them.

Ultimately, they will launch a battle against the Lance family that can determine the future.

After Morris was seriously injured and hospitalized, the Wolf Gang quickly began to invade and harass the Imperial District. The book briefly wrote about it because these harassments and invasions are difficult to describe in more detail, but they are described.

I don't think this means that Lance has been made less intelligent by me. He can't possibly calculate what his enemies will do today, what his enemies will do tomorrow, and then arrange everything, waiting for them to fall into the trap.

From the beginning of Lance's rise, they have been constantly frustrated and constantly growing. No one can be unharmed.

Ethan has been injured, Elvin has been injured, Ennio has been injured, and even Lance himself has been injured. They have also suffered losses, such as being blocked in an alley and almost wiped out. This is quite normal.

Lance's grasp of the situation is always based on how much information he has. He can't possibly figure out what will happen in the future without knowing anything.

When Morris was injured and his father died, Lance was also trying to counterattack as quickly as possible based on what he could get.

Of course, maybe my description is not in place, limited by my writing ability, I didn't write out more details of the process, which made the reading lack some overall smoothness.

From Morris's point of view, his father was his weakness. He had taken precautions, didn't go alone, and also brought his subordinates, and even conducted observations.

Without more information, he could only do so much.

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Then there is the problem of Paul. I have always said that the Pasreito family maintains everyone through blood relations. Everyone is related to each other.

This also creates a big problem, that is, some things are not easy to handle because everyone is related.

The closer to the top, the closer everyone's relationship is.

It's like Paul and Dover. Dover is Paul's nephew, so for Paul, he is not facing an 'enemy,' but a nephew who has made a mistake.

From childhood to adulthood, although Dover sometimes did things a bit excessively, most of the time he listened to Paul's words.

I said in the previous article that Paul asked Mueller to put Dover in confinement, and Dover accepted it without resistance.

In Paul's eyes, this child, although some things are not done well, is still a child after all.

Paul is like a patriarch, with absolute authority over the family. No one will resist his decision, and it has always been like this.

Dover is a child he favors out of guilt. Dover's father died to save Paul, and Dover's mother chose to commit suicide for some reason, and that reason was Paul, so his guilt is doubled.

From childhood, Paul gave Dover everything he wanted, even some things that he shouldn't have enjoyed, Dover also enjoyed them.

It was mentioned in the previous article that Dover has been secretly taking drugs from the family and selling them to other gangs for profit, and this part of the money is used for various enjoyments and squandering.

As the head of a large family, could Paul not know how much his goods were missing and where these goods went?

Even if he doesn't know, the person in charge of these things will tell him.

He knows, he values ​​feelings, so he pretends not to see it.

Now, indulgence has caused Dover to do something unforgivable. He is playing the role of 'uncle,' and he needs to give Dover a decent end. Instead of telling everyone in front of everyone that this is a family traitor, a traitor son of a hero father, he betrayed everyone in the family, so he has to kill him.

The last decency he can give Dover is to kill him, but not mention why he wants to kill him, and deal with the matter coldly.

This not only appeases Alberto's dissatisfaction with his handling of the matter, but also actually makes the family members realize that he also has a bottom line, even his beloved nephew.

At the same time, he doesn't think that Dover will kill him back at this last moment, because in his impression of Dover, this is just a bit of a bastard but listens to him and dares not resist him.

Even until this moment, he still thinks that Dover just did something wrong, only the price of the mistake is very high.

He can't imagine, or rather, he doesn't think that the child in his eyes has the courage to resist punishment. He is arrogant and a little arrogant.

Paul is a reserved and arrogant person, and there have been many descriptions in the previous article. Later, Lance offered to help him, but he refused.

Why refuse?

Obviously the family situation is already a bit difficult, obviously it is the time when help is most needed, why doesn't he want Lance's help?

Because he doesn't think Lance can bring him any substantial help. He is still the head of one of the five major families, and he is still one of the rulers of this city!

He believes he can solve everything, even without anyone's help!

So he also made a mistake.

He thought everything would go smoothly. He would hug Dover, apologize to him, and then shoot him.

It's just that he didn't expect that in Dover's heart, the fear of death far exceeded his fear of him, and Dover already had some premonitions.

He didn't want to die, he wanted to fight back.

Here there is a situation where one is prepared and the other is not. Paul thinks that Dover will not know that he is going to kill Dover.

But Dover's childhood fear and guilt made him realize this, so Dover, who was prepared, successfully made Paul's first shot miss, and then achieved a counter-kill.

From my personal point of view, I don't think there is any major problem with the design of these two plots.

The Lance family has been constantly encountering setbacks and constantly growing.

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Some readers believe that the purpose of writing Paul to death is to make way for Lance. This is not in my plot, and I have never thought about this.

Paul's death was caused by the arrogance under his peaceful and humble appearance. He wanted to give Dover a decent end. In fact, didn't he also want to give himself and Dover's relationship a decent end?

His nephew, who he had indulged for so long, brought such a big loss to the family. He publicly publicized that Dover was a traitor, and he himself had no face.

What would others think?

Is this the kind of person you have indulged for so long?

How would they view Paul?

Would Paul's own authority be affected?

Would it cause some unplanned changes to the current difficult situation facing the family?

As a head of the family, he must consider these things.

When this chaos is over, if the Pasreito family can survive, then he must be the winner.

The winner, wrapped in the power of victory, will apologize for this matter again, and everyone will forgive him, and he did kill Dover.

If he fails, and the Pasreito family completely disappears in this chaos, then whether to explain or not doesn't really matter.

He can even not explain why he wants to execute Dover, and keep everything mysterious.

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Of course, limited by the length, some details may not be written in place so well. If you have any questions, you can leave a message and we can discuss it.

I always believe that there can be growth only with setbacks. What I want to describe is a more flesh-and-blood, more real world.

It may make some readers feel that the design of the plot is a bit abrupt. I will try to pay attention to this in the future, and write some details more carefully, so that the setbacks are smaller and the growth is greater.