Zhou Lin

Federal Charity Hospital of Naples is one of the best hospitals in Crown County.

In particular, their trauma surgery is of such a high level that it is comparable to the orthopedics department in Black Hawk County.

However, although it has excellent medical standards and is a public hospital, it is even more deserted than many private medical institutions.

The reason is actually a matter of price...

Although this hospital is branded as "public", their actual consumption threshold is higher than that of private hospitals.

At Naples Federal Charity Hospital, all medical supplies, drugs, routine and value-added medical services may not be the best in the county, but they must be the most expensive in the county; and they do not accept any medical insurance or installment payments, and all costs are It is settled in advance - pay first, service later.

Logically speaking, this is undoubtedly unreasonable and illegal.

Even private hospitals must have standardized charging standards and must cooperate with the federal social security system, let alone "public" ones?

However, since this unreasonable thing actually exists and has existed for many years, there must be a reason for it.

The name "Vittorio Bruno" is the reason behind this.

Many people know this name, because Mr. Bruno is the highest administrator of Crown County - the "Federal County Head", and has been re-elected in this position for many years.

His family can be traced back to the Renaissance, from poets to businessmen, from mafia to politicians, from rebels to those in power... Throughout the history of Crown County, the Bruno family has never faded away.

And Vittorio Bruno is perhaps the most powerful member of their family so far.

At least in the past ten years, his name has been equivalent to "law" in Guanzhi County, even higher than the law.

Especially in Naples... This is the hometown of the Bruno family, and its foundation is unshakable. Even more than a hundred years ago, when the resistance organization "Iron Commandment" took hold of the Crown County, the Bruno family never declined.

In this city, Vittorio can find whoever he wants to find, and disappear whoever he wants to disappear.

Therefore, he wanted a hospital that was branded as public but actually only served those related to the Bruno family and a very small number of wealthy people. Then he could have such a hospital.

"Public" and so on are just shells used by Vittorio to avoid taxes. It does not mean that the word "public" is comfortable, and it means serving the public; it is the people in power who have the final say as to whom they serve.

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This morning, a patient came to the hospital's emergency room.

In addition to mild internal bleeding symptoms, his right arm and left leg were each hit by a bullet. The wound on the arm was fine, but the gunshot in the leg caused heavy bleeding. If he hadn't done some emergency measures on his own If you don't handle it, you may die before getting into the ambulance.

When encountering such a patient, the hospital will naturally call the police.

But in the end, the police only dispatched a few people, walked around here, went through the process, and then hastily closed the team.

And the medical staff... are not surprised by this.

When working in this hospital, I know many things well. Although the federal police officers in Crown County cannot be said to be very good, they do not do things like this. There is only one explanation for this situation - before coming here, They were told to mind their own business.

Late, ten past eight.

After nearly ten hours of surgery and postoperative treatment, the patient was sent to a single ward.

A police officer responsible for staying behind sat at the door of the ward, drinking cup after cup of coffee from the vending machine.

At 8:40, a group of people who could be identified as Lian Jiazi just by looking at their gait walked into the hospital lobby; and... without asking the front desk, they headed straight for the ward.

"Hiss--oh, my belly..." The police officer was also a veteran. As soon as he saw the group of people appearing at the far end of the corridor, he muttered to himself, then got up and went to the toilet. .

That means - what happens next, I don't know.

That group of people also knew the rules. They waited until the police officer turned into the toilet and completely disappeared from sight, and then they opened the door of the ward.

Beep-beep-

The ward was quiet except for the slight sound from the ECG monitor.

The "Brother Master" lying on the hospital bed was in a state of sleep while receiving intravenous fluids.

At this time, there were three men and one woman who came to the ward, all wearing jackets and jeans, and wearing sunglasses indoors; they asked one of the male members to stay at the door of the ward to guard the door, while the other three quickly came to the master Brother's bedside.

"Let's do it." The leading man, named Aladino, glanced at the master brother on the hospital bed, and then coldly gave orders to his companions.

As soon as he finished speaking, the female killer took out a mini syringe from her pocket and injected an injection into the infusion tube in Brother Gaoshou's arm.

Ten seconds later, the data on the ECG monitor changed.

Seeing this, the male killer closest to the electrocardiograph quickly reached out and pulled out the power cord connected to the alarm. In this way, even if the heartbeat and pulse on the electrocardiograph return to zero, the alarm at the nurse's desk will not sound.

"Well..." Not long after, Brother Gao Shou woke up with a muffled groan. As soon as he opened his eyes, he showed a look of pain. He immediately took off the breathing mask on his face and started breathing rapidly.

"Marino." Aradino kept a cold tone and said to him, "Do you know why you are still alive?"

The man called "Marino" is the master brother lying on the hospital bed.

"Haah...haah...I...I won't..." Marino gasped for air and continued, "Betrayal..."

"Whatever you say." Aladino interrupted him, "We came... just because the leader is a little curious about what kind of target can make you so embarrassed."

"Yeah..." The male killer standing next to the electrocardiograph sneered and continued, "After all, the other party made you Marino like this when one versus three."

Hearing this, Marino gasped and was silent for a few seconds, and looked at the three people in the room with a very subtle look. Then, he actually smiled: "Ha! Hahaha..." Marino was like this Smiling and panting, he continued in a weird tone, "Okay, I'll tell you..." He paused, "My target this time is-Jack Anderson."

As soon as the name came out, the expressions of the three people standing changed.

The sneer, relaxation and indifference... disappeared instantly from their faces, replaced by an unconcealable surprise and solemnity.

"To avoid misunderstanding." After thinking for a few seconds, Aladino added, "Let me confirm again...The Jack Anderson you are talking about is the 'God of Death' who suddenly disappeared four years ago, right?"

"That's right."

This response was not given by Marino.

It came from outside the door...

When they heard the sound, the two men and one woman felt their scalps go numb; almost instinctively, they completed the action of drawing their guns in one second, and pointed their guns in the direction of the door.

"Don't be nervous, I don't intend to fight with you." The next second, Jack outside the door continued in a calm tone, "In a moment, I will slowly open the door and come in to chat with you. As long as If you don't do anything that makes me feel dangerous, then I won't do anything dangerous to you." He paused for half a second, "Otherwise... I will have to talk to others."

What he said at first sounds like there's nothing wrong with it, and it's even quite polite. But if you think about it carefully, it basically means - "I'm going to come in now and ask you some questions. If you don't resist, we can still talk. If you just wait a moment, If there is any abnormal movement, I will turn you into corpses, and then continue chatting with those guys who came to collect the corpses."

Guluulu——

After a breath, with the sound of the roller sliding, the door of the ward was opened sideways.

Jack, dressed in a black suit, appeared at the door.

The three killers still raised their guns, aiming at Jack's location, but no one fired; in fact, compared to Jack, who had his hands in his pockets, the three of them were weak in raising their guns.

"Do you usually talk to people with your face to the gun?" Jack looked at them and asked.

After two seconds of hesitation, the leader, Aladino... was the first to put down his gun hand. The man and woman around him saw that the strongest one here had compromised, so they naturally followed suit.

After all three of them put down their arms, Jack took a step forward, walked into the ward, and closed the door behind him.

"If you want to know..." Jack said smoothly as he closed the door, "Your friend who is responsible for guarding the door is resting in the ward next door. He will wake up within an hour."

"As expected of the legendary God of Death..." Aladino looked directly into Jack's eyes, "How could he quietly kill an official member of Qian Ming just a door away from us."

"What?" Jack didn't show any emotion after hearing this compliment, "Has this kind of 'routine operation' become something worthy of praise now? So... how do you complete your tasks now? What? Driving a tank around the target’s house?”

This kind of behavior that not only failed to appreciate, but also ridiculed, undoubtedly made those three people very unhappy.

But the dissatisfaction is still dissatisfied, and it has not reached the point where it has to break out.

"You said you wanted to talk to us..." Aladino suppressed a little anger, skipped the meaningless polite words, and started to talk about the topic, "So... what do you want to talk about?"

"Of course let's talk about why as soon as I arrived in Naples, there were people who wanted to kill me." Jack responded.

Hearing this, Aladino turned to look at Marino on the hospital bed, and then said: "I have to declare...the guy lying on the hospital bed at the moment is no longer one of ours."

"You fart!" As a result, Marino immediately shouted excitedly, "We are the real Qian Ming! You guys... um..."

He had only spoken half a sentence when the female killer stuffed the muzzle of a pistol into his mouth.

Jack observed the words and thought for two seconds, and then said in deep thought: "I see..." He smiled rarely, "Ha... I didn't expect that an organization like Qian Ming would also have internal strife."

"It's not as serious as you said." Aladino responded coldly, "It's just that there was a descendant of the 'Ducci' family who was not satisfied with someone outside their family becoming the leader of Qian Ming, so he brought A small group of people who supported her defected, claiming to be 'orthodox'... and doing self-righteous things to tarnish the reputation of the organization."

"Uh...screaming uh uh uh..." Even though his mouth was gagged with a gun, Marino still let out an indistinct yell after hearing these words on the hospital bed.

"It seems that the people on the other side have different opinions from you." Jack glanced at Marino and continued, "Of course, that's okay, I have no interest in the power struggle within your family; you are just saying one-sided things. , and his gagged mouth... have no reference value to me either." As he spoke, he turned sideways as if he was about to leave, "Since both of you consider yourself orthodox, then I Put your words here... From today on, if I am harassed by the killer who calls himself Qian Ming again, I will not be like this time... I will only take measures to the level of 'justifiable defense'... I hope both of you can Show your orthodox appearance, abide by the 'rules', and don't test my bottom line again."

After that, he opened the door, walked out without looking back, and closed the door for them.

After Jack walked away, the male killer next to the electrocardiograph spat: "Tch...pretending..." He showed a very unhappy look, "I won't believe it. If the three of us had just been there before he opened the door, Just shoot him through the door together, what can he do?"

"Don't you think what you said is ridiculous?" Aladino tilted his head, looked at his companion, and said unceremoniously.

"What's wrong?" But that person still didn't understand what was so funny.

"Before he spoke to us, we were completely unaware that he had dealt with Sandro and was already standing at the door listening to our conversation." Aladino continued, "That is to say... at that time , he can attack us at any time if he wants."

When he heard this, the male killer changed his expression belatedly and felt a chill down his spine.

"Your assumption that 'let's shoot at him together' is based on the premise that the other party has let us go and exposed himself." The leading man continued, "Then think about it from another angle. Think about it, if the person outside the door was you, would you have the courage and confidence... to take the same action as him?"

The male killer didn't answer, and there was no need to answer.

"The name 'God of Death' was not something he blew by himself." Aladino continued, "Don't think that the other party is arrogant... Acting in a high profile beyond one's own capabilities is called arrogance; and Jack Anderson... He's just acting in a low-key, normal way. You may think he's crazy, that's because...his low-keyness is enough to stimulate the inferiority complex in your heart..."

As he spoke, he walked around the bed and put his hand on Marino's forehead.

"Okay, Marino, my former brother." When Aradino said this, Marino already knew what he was going to do, but was unable to resist, "Rest in peace... May you be forgiven in another world, And accept the new and true creed..." He paused for a second and said, "...Everything is rational and everything is caused."

As he spoke, Marino's two eye sockets began to emit bright light, and his body began to convulse violently.

At this moment, the female killer had withdrawn her gun and covered Marino's mouth with her hand, while the male killer stepped forward and held down his body.

This violent shaking process did not last long. After seven or eight seconds, Marino stopped moving...

His head now turned into a hollow bone shell, the inside of which had been completely burned; charred material flowed out from its seven holes, exuding a pungent smell.

"Let's go." Aladino glanced at Marino one last time, then raised his head and said to his two companions, "Go and wake up Sandro first, and then we have to go see the leader as soon as possible..."