Empire of Shadows

Chapter 516: Intimidation and Assault [666+1]

“Forty minutes ago, the door was still open.”

A large group of police officers got out of the police cars, and Hunter gave a brief explanation.

In fact, he could have skipped the explanation, but he gave it anyway. He blamed the damn legal procedures. He had neglected to ask Chief Dale for help in obtaining the legal documents, only thinking of applying for them himself from the Justice Bureau.

He should have stayed here.

Even if he was unwilling in his heart, he had to admit at this moment that he was indeed inferior to Charlie in some ways, at least in the matter of "how to do things beautifully," he was not as good as Charlie.

“What do we do now?” his subordinate asked.

Hunter raised his head, “Pry the door open, we have a search warrant.”

The gate of this dilapidated factory couldn't withstand the police's professional breaching tools. Soon, with a 'click' sound, the iron gate's bolt broke, and the police officers rushed in with their weapons drawn.

In just a few minutes, those with weapons put them away one after another, as there was no one left here.

Hunter walked to the side of the furnace and poured half a glass of water into it, instantly making a sizzling sound, accompanied by a rising steam.

“They shouldn't have left long ago, should we chase them?”

Hunter hesitated for a moment and shook his head. Now that they had already left, chasing them would be of little significance.

You don't know which way they went, nor how long they've been gone, what means of transportation they used, or where their destination is.

They couldn't possibly stop every pedestrian and every car they saw, and then have them undergo inspection, as this would only spread the trouble.

“Search it…”

Soon, they found some wine bottles in the warehouse that hadn't had time to be transported away, almost all of them were Golden Lion brand.

The moment he held these empty wine bottles, some images flashed through Hunter's mind—

It, along with this box, would be carried onto a dilapidated truck by workers. When the entire truck was full of boxes, the truck would quickly drive towards the outskirts of the city, transporting it to the warehouse next to an abandoned farm in the night.

Then, the same group of workers would unload them from the truck. During the unloading process, they might discover that some of the wine bottles were broken during transportation.

So, those broken wine bottles were discarded to the side, randomly abandoned in the wilderness away from the warehouse.

This was done not only to prevent accidents and injuries to the staff here, but also to effectively prevent some animals from approaching at will.

The intact wine bottle was sent into the warehouse and placed on the outermost side.

After experiencing some lights turning on and off, it was picked up by a worker along with the box it was in, and then sent to the filling area of the warehouse.

It was stuffed into a leather tube, and then strong whiskey was injected into its body until it was filled!

Its body was labeled with a trademark, the gold-plated Golden Lion trademark shining under the light, and then it was placed in a sealing machine.

Under the calm, indifferent, yet fierce gaze of the worker, its bottle mouth was locked.

It was put back into a wooden box and then sent back to the truck.

The car swayed out of the farm and went straight to the city with its flashing neon lights in the distance.

It was sent into a bar and finally appeared on the liquor cabinet, waiting for a paying drunkard.

Its bottle cap was unscrewed, the whiskey in the bottle was poured out, and casually placed under the bar by the bartender.

Until its last drop was gone, it was casually put back into the wooden box.

It might be reused, or it might be thrown away directly. This is its “life”.

“Chief Hunter?”

Hunter felt someone seemed to be shaking him. He came back to his senses, his eyes regaining light and focus, “What?”

“We…”

Hunter was silent for a few seconds, “Go around and ask, see if there are any clues about the manager, workers, and the boss behind this factory.”

Although he knew it was unlikely, he still wanted to try, what if someone knew something?

He himself came to the office on the second floor. It could be seen that the manager here was very clever when he left, and he didn't take many things with him.

He casually picked up a file folder, opened it and looked at it. It recorded the operating conditions of a certain month and year, and occasionally there were some technical things.

Without any value, he threw the file folder on the table and was about to leave when the phone in the office suddenly rang so abruptly!

Hunter was startled. He cursed twice in his heart, staring at the ringing phone, and when his subordinates walked up the stairs, he walked to the table and picked it up.

“Hi, Hunter.” The voice in the receiver made Hunter know instantly who was on the other end of the receiver.

He gently gritted his teeth, “Lance.”

“Are you calling now to ridicule and laugh at me?”

“Laugh at you?” Lance's laughter in the receiver made Hunter's teeth itch a little.

“No, no, no, I'm not calling to laugh at you, it's just that you…”

He seemed to be phrasing his words, and after waiting for two seconds, “…you're chasing too closely, almost, you know?”

“Almost, you would have given me a headache, but in the end, it was just a little bit!”

Hunter interrupted him, “If you're calling to show off to me, then fine, your purpose has been achieved, I'm going to hang up the phone, I don't want to listen to your boring voice anymore.”

“I'm not trying to show off anything, Hunter, I just want to say, the game has begun.”

The receiver then transmitted the busy tone after the phone was hung up. Hunter had a moment of confusion, but he quickly realized.

The “game” that Lance said was not an ordinary game, but a game of life and death!

Fack!

He cursed twice again in his heart, and walked back and forth in the room with some headache.

His identity restricted his freedom, and his desires tied him to a chariot that he shouldn't be on.

The faster the chariot runs, the greater the damage it will suffer when it crashes.

The most important thing is, once you get on, you can't get off.

He began to worry. After asking people to continue searching for evidence, he returned to the police station and immediately made a phone call to Charlie.

“Lance just spoke to me over there.”

Charlie didn't react at first, “Did you catch the person?”

“No, we didn't.”

“But he called the phone in the factory office over there, he threatened me, saying 'the game has begun'.”

Charlie was silent for a while, “Pay attention to your safety during this period, and arrange for your family as well, you know what I mean.”

“We have a bottom line, but the gangsters have no bottom line, and Lance is an even more flexible person, don't give him any opportunity to take advantage of.”

Hunter responded, “I plan to send my family to the capital, and then I will live in the police station myself.”

His tone was a little depressed.

It was indeed a bit embarrassing for the police chief to be brought to this point, but he was really afraid of death.

Charlie didn't have any other way, “Anyway, be careful.”

“I have spoken with Gauri on the phone, they will have some actions in the next few days, at that time you provide some convenience, someone will talk to you later.”

The news of the attack on the Coda family's financial company spread quickly, and many people who owed them money felt a burst of surprise!

Because the person who spread the news said that they burned all the IOUs, and a small amount of collateral was also taken away.

This means that the bolder ones can try to extort a sum from the Coda family.

Of course, most people don't dare to do that, but they dare to default on their debts.

You say I owe you money, no problem, show me the IOU.

Having suffered such a big loss, it was impossible for the Coda family to remain silent all the time. They had already formulated a plan to attack Lance's bar.

The last time was an accident. This time, they figured out the locations of several bars, and they would attack these bars at night—

The reason for choosing the night was because this way they could know whether these bars were in operation. If they were not in operation, it might be a trap.

If it is in operation, destroy it!

After Hunter hung up the phone, he took two deep breaths, then picked up the phone and told his family to go to the capital for a period of time…

In the evening, at eight o'clock, the nightlife of Golden Port City began.

Star District and Port District did not become desolate because of the infighting of forces within the city, but instead became more lively with the continuous increase of population!

Especially the Port District, its liveliness can already be regarded as the first in Golden Port City!

A large number of refugee women stood on the street, posing coquettishly. If the most hated behavior of the local men was price gouging.

Then the appearance of these refugee women directly lowered the price to the floor!

One or two yuan or even fifty cents, as long as you give money, the attitude makes a lot of people here every night.

After the men cheaply enjoyed a non-discounted service, they can also use the remaining money to have a drink and eat some supper. There is nothing more wonderful than this!

A guy who looked a little out of place with the surrounding environment came out of the bar full of alcohol, and walked into a nearby telephone booth and dialed a number.

“The bar at No. 900 Phoenix Road, Port District, is still operating normally…”

On the other end, Stone, who received the call, looked at a young man in the office, “Remember my words, don't care about the lives of those poor people.”

“The more chaos, the more people die, the more unlucky he is!”

If someone gets caught in a gang fight while drinking and loses their life.

Regardless of who fired the shots, Lance's bar would definitely bear a significant responsibility. Furthermore, they arranged for the police to immediately seal off the scene after the shootout, locking the blame onto the Lance family.

It could be said that they were becoming increasingly unscrupulous in their efforts to strike at Lance!

The young man nodded and stood up from the sofa, "Wait for my good news!"

As he spoke, he grabbed his hat from the coat rack, said goodbye to the others, placed it on his head, and left the room.

Four cars drove out of the back alley and sped towards the port district.

The dark night sky was like an open mouth, swallowing everything that drove into the darkness…