Empire of Shadows

The speed of events was too fast, and many things might need to be redeployed.

After Mr. Huff left, Richie called Joshua and briefly explained the situation here.

When he heard that Mr. Huff had run away and the situation was not very optimistic, he couldn't help but frown.

At this moment, he had a kind of indescribable "telepathy". He felt that they would not get the results they wanted this time!

This telepathy does not appear often, but when it does, it is mostly accurate.

As a "saint," he shouldn't be superstitious about this, but after being exposed to so many mystical things, he was somewhat superstitious.

Superstition is superstition, but the things that should be done still need to be done, what if it really is superstition?

"Wait a moment, I'll call Mr. Charles and talk about the current situation."

After he hung up the phone, he called Mr. Charles directly. Fortunately, the other party was also by the phone, and the two quickly got connected. After briefly understanding the situation, Joshua gave Mr. Charles Richie's number.

Then Mr. Charles called Richie.

"What is your plan with Huff?

"I mean, how do you plan to kill Lance?"

Richie didn't hide anything and told the truth.

"Lance has a younger sister, although it is very likely that this younger sister has no blood relationship with him, but I heard that he still pays a lot of attention to this sister."

"Mr. Huff and I plan to use this sister to lure Lance to the school."

"The school will not allow Lance to enter with so many gangsters, and at that time he will have at most two or three people around him."

"This is the best time for us to strike. We will ambush in the school first. As long as he comes and enters the school, he is dead!"

Originally, Mr. Charles also had his own ideas. He felt that he could use the commotion created by the refugee Hope to attract Lance.

But now that he thought about it, the countermeasures that Richie and Huff had discussed were actually very executable. After thinking for a while, he first gave his support, "This is an excellent plan, and I also think it has a high execution rate."

"But!", a transition that should naturally appear, he slightly increased his tone, "We can't think of him as so simple, that's Lance!"

"Although I don't want to admit this, I have to admit that as an 'opponent,' Lance is undoubtedly qualified!"

"If you don't have a chance to strike, don't force it. We will have other opportunities, and we still have an important card in our hand that we haven't played yet."

He was talking about Arthur.

Taking down Lance may not necessarily take down Mayor Williams. If they take down Mayor Williams, they can turn around and deal with Lance. Since they have torn their faces, the priority of attacking Lance is lower than the priority of directly facing Mayor Williams.

It's like... two friends having a dispute. At first, they just scolded each other, and then started to fight slightly.

You hit my arm, I kick your leg, everything is still under control.

At this time, if you can make the other party unable to attack, that is, hold Lance down, then it is obviously more advantageous.

But both sides have been completely angered by each other, and have already started to kill each other regardless. Attacking the other party's vital points, such as the head, is obviously more valuable than continuing to attack the other party's shoulders and arms.

Richie agreed and immediately went to do it.

How the outside situation changes does not affect everything in the school.

Lorraine White is a boarding student. This is a private school, one of the best private schools in Goldport City.

Lorraine's age is actually not too young, but she hasn't been to school much. She was imprisoned at home after graduating from elementary school.

No one knows what happened in that terrible place, but without a doubt, she must be covered in scars.

She was sent back to school by Lance, a middle school, this is already the second year, and after the winter, she will be able to enter the ninth grade.

After next summer vacation, she will be a high school student.

She is older than the other students in the class, but her body does not seem more mature or larger as her age shows, but rather a little thin.

Long-term abuse and inner fear have slowed down her development.

However, the students did not bully her because of this, because here is a private campus, and all the students' code of conduct in the school comes from the guidance and requirements of their parents behind them.

Children in private campuses mature earlier than children in public schools, mentally, they understand from an early age that the world is not fair, and that they and their families are not the center of the world.

Their parents will not let them curry favor with Lorraine, but will require them not to tease or hurt Lorraine.

Except for a few people, few people can withstand the revenge of the Rice Lance family.

Lorraine is very safe and quiet at school, but she seems a little lonely and has no friends.

The school teachers seem to be somewhat repelled by her, because of the identity of her nominal brother.

But this is already life in heaven, no abuse, no fear, learning every day, with delicious food and beautiful clothes, there is nothing happier than this.

In the morning, she went to the toilet and came back to prepare for the next class. At this time, suddenly a female classmate shouted, "My jewelry is gone."

If this kind of thing is placed in a public school, "jewelry" may only be a small thing worth a few cents.

But in a private campus, it may really be an expensive piece of jewelry.

Soon the teachers came to the classroom, and some security guards also came.

After the teachers simply asked some questions, a middle-aged woman who should be the vice-principal stood on the podium, "This is the first time such a thing has happened since our school was founded!"

"I hope that this student's jewelry is only dropped in a place she didn't notice, such as the playground, or a corner of a corridor, but it should not appear in someone's pocket or schoolbag."

"I don't want it to become a shameful thing for us and for you, but we have to consider it this way."

"We need to be responsible for every student, and also responsible for society and morality, so I urge all students to agree to let us check everyone's schoolbags and pockets."

Soon someone said "I agree", everyone was saying this, Lorraine didn't take anything from anyone, she also raised her hand, "I agree!"

It's just that she didn't notice that the girl who lost something saw her raise her hand and joined in, relieved.

Although she didn't know why her father wanted her to do this, she understood a truth since she was a child.

Everything she owns depends on her father.

The better her father is, the more decent the family will be, she can wear beautiful clothes, wear those expensive jewelry, and do anything she wants to do.

If her father encounters trouble, then the family's conditions will continue to decline, and she will become like those ordinary girls she looks down on, falling into the dust.

As long as her father is still there, everything is safe!

So her father said so, then she did so!

The vice-principal saw that no one objected and immediately signaled the teachers and guards to start checking the students' schoolbags, desks and pockets.

As more and more people were checked, everyone gradually breathed a sigh of relief, and some people thought that the girl must have accidentally lost it herself.

Until -

"Ms. Lorraine, what is this?"

A female teacher stood in front of Lorraine and took out a beautiful gemstone jewelry from her schoolbag.

The girl in the distance screamed loudly, "That's mine, it's mine!"

Everyone's eyes focused on Lorraine's face, surprised, unexpected, doubtful, dissatisfied, disgusted, hateful...

At this moment, she felt that she was being targeted by the whole world!

"I... I don't know why it's here!", she explained, but obviously no one believed it.

The vice-principal's high and mighty eyes revealed a contemptuous attitude, a gangster's sister, a lowly thing, isn't stealing something just right for her?

The vice-principal didn't listen to her explanation, "Take your schoolbag and come to my office, we need to seriously discuss this matter."

Lorraine emphasized again and again that she didn't take it, but obviously no one cared.

The whispers in her ears made her almost unable to breathe, and she could already hear blatant "thief" calls, their eyes stung her, she picked up her schoolbag and quickly chased out.

A few minutes later, in the office, in front of her, the vice-principal dialed the phone number left by Lance.

"...The situation is probably like this, I think you should come."

Lance scratched his head. He almost forgot about this "sister", mainly because the two sides had hardly had much contact.

After thinking for a short time, he agreed, "I will go over when I have time."

"You better come now, Mr. Lance.", the vice-principal emphasized again.

Lance thought for a while, "Okay, I'll be there soon."

He put down the phone and shook his head. Ervin stood up, but Lance looked at Hiram, "Bring people and weapons, we'll go out."

"Are we going to kill someone?", Hiram, who hadn't been in frontline combat for a long time, started to itch.

Killing one's own kind is addictive. That feeling of controlling another's fate, watching them beg for mercy at the barrel of your gun, watching them abandon all dignity and crawl on the ground, just to survive.

That feeling, that feeling of controlling everything, is somewhat addictive!

Hiram wasn't that perverted yet, but he liked the feeling of that instant when he pulled the trigger. In that moment, he was God!

Lance shook his head, "I'm not sure, but it's always good to be careful."

"Lorraine… my nominal sister, had an accident at school. It never happened before, but it suddenly happened now. We have to be careful."

"If this is a trap, then we'll break it!"

"If it isn't, it won't affect us anyway."

Soon, a convoy of five cars left from behind the company. Each car had at least five people. The team of over twenty people were all experts. They were confident in facing any challenge and defeating their opponents.

Lorraine's private school was in Creek Valley. The scenery and environment in Creek Valley were good, and it was developed relatively late, so the land was cheaper back then.

Some private schools were there.

When the convoy arrived at the school, they couldn't immediately enter the parking lot because a security guard stopped them.

"I'm sorry, sir, you are not allowed to bring so many people in."

"It's the school's regulation, no matter who you are, only a maximum of three people are allowed in!"

The security guard looked at them very seriously, reciting the school's regulations.

Lance sat in the car, looking at him through the half-open window, "Do you know who I am?"

The security guard shook his head, "I don't know who you are, sir, but the rules are the rules!"

"Even if you are the President, you have to abide by the school's regulations!"

He was neither humble nor arrogant. It seemed that he had experienced many such things, and in the end, the parents compromised.

After all, people who are willing to send their children here are not really interested in its teaching quality, and there are many factors unrelated to learning that influence people.

Based on the influence of these people themselves, the school's management has also become more rigid.

If it were an ordinary person, they might really give in. For example, some relatively small character would definitely not dare to be tough, because there are children of important figures inside.

As long as the school board and those big figures frowned, they would be in big trouble.

But for Lance, he was the biggest here—

Except for James and Arthur who didn't have children, so the only family in this city with a higher status than him could not have any influence on him.

Lance smiled and said, "You can make a call to your principal or something and tell him that he now has two choices."

"Either let my convoy in, and I'll listen to what they plan to say to me."

"Or I'll take my people away now, but they'll have to pay the consequences themselves."

Seeing that the security guard seemed to want to emphasize his position, Lance didn't give him a chance, "You're just a small character, don't get yourself hurt for something that has nothing to do with you!"

The security guard hesitated for a moment and glanced at Lance, and finally chose to make a call.

He was in the security booth, describing the situation of the convoy and Lance's appearance while talking on the phone. Soon, he walked over with an embarrassed expression, "Sir, you can go in now."

The school gate slowly opened. Lance glanced at him sideways and rolled up the car window.

At this time, several people in the administrative building in the distance frowned, "They didn't stop Lance's people. Are we still going to make a move later?"

David was a little agitated, shaking his leg. Five cars, at least twenty people. They only had seven people on their side. He was a little unsure about dealing with so many people!

More importantly, if they couldn't take Lance out with one shot, the Lance family's reinforcements would arrive here soon.

Although he said that he would dedicate his future life to God when he joined the Holy Bell Party, it didn't mean that he wanted to serve God now!

Watching the convoy get closer and closer, David became more and more nervous. Finally, he let out a heavy breath, "Forget it."

The others also breathed a sigh of relief. If they really made a move, it would be no different from going to die.

Although they didn't need to die, everyone's face was a little embarrassed. They didn't seem as afraid of sacrifice as they thought.

David was also very embarrassed. As the captain, he explained, "With so many of them, we may not succeed, and it will make Lance alert. It will be even more difficult to succeed next time."

It seemed that he gave up the assassination not because he was timid, but because he was considering whether the organization's plan could succeed.

His subordinates also echoed one after another.

This action and process would become a secret they would never want to mention in their lives.

Lance arrived at the vice-principal's office smoothly all the way. As soon as he entered, he saw Lorraine standing by the wall.

Lorraine's eyes lit up when she saw him, and then she became a little ashamed.

The vice-principal stood up and took the initiative to walk around the table to shake hands with Lance, but Lance didn't shake her hand, but sat directly on the sofa next to him.

He crossed his legs and looked at the vice-principal, "I'm here. What do you want to say to me?"

A trace of anger flashed in the vice-principal's eyes. It wasn't that she didn't know Lance, but that she had been in contact with too many wealthy families.

Even the rich people in the Bay Area, or people from political families, were polite to her when they saw her.

The Wade family had two children studying here before, and Councilor Wade's second son was also very polite and courteous every time he came here.

She was a little unsure that people's politeness and courtesy to her didn't really come from her own strength.

She misunderstood these things.

Now, she no longer had a smile on her face, and returned to her chair and sat down, "Lorraine stole things from her classmates in the class. This is the first time since our school was founded, and the nature is very bad!"

"I hope you can choose a new school for Lorraine. Such a student… I'm sorry, we can't continue to let her study here!"

She said decisively. Hearing her say this, Lorraine bit her lip with a straight face, and her eyes were red.

Lance turned to look at Lorraine and beckoned to her. The girl walked to Lance's side, about half a meter away.

"Did you steal something from your classmate?" he asked.

Lorraine's tears could no longer be stopped. She lowered her head and didn't speak, looking extremely aggrieved!

Lance reached out and wiped the tears from her face, and asked gently again, "Tell me the truth. If you took her things, then it's your fault, and we have to bear the consequences and price for your mistake."

"But if you didn't take it, and they wronged you…" Lance held her face and made her face him, "Then they should pay the price!"