old dream

Chapter 219 The One-Man Show

Colin didn't want to meddle in the affairs of Five Hands at first, he had already made a plan to gradually fade out from the sight of the Sincilians.

The "man" will eventually disappear, and only the "lieutenant" will be left in the world.

Because he found that he was a little bit overwhelmed, and his body was weak.And it's not good for hiding your identity.

But when Luca and Marizio had a conflict, Colin felt that he still had an obligation to come forward to resolve it.This is not for any benefit, just because both sides have fought with him before, and they are both people he admires.

After leaving Luca's office, that night, Colin went to the manor with the chapel and found Marizio sitting under the statue.The scene in the illuminated church tonight is somewhat familiar.The big boss is still upholding justice for others, and the people waiting on the seats include young and old, gang members and ordinary people.

It was still early, and people came in from the side door of the church one after another.

Colin took his coat and sat on the outermost side of the seat, watching the people in front of him get up one by one, and walked to the statue with small steps to talk to Marizio.

Colin waited patiently, like the others, until his turn came, and Colin got up from the row of chairs.

"I'm here to ask you to do justice for Luca."

Colin sat down on the chair in front of Marizio and said with a smile.The people on the side were surprised by the young man's tone of speech to the "big boss", which was not very solemn, even a little frivolous.Marizio raised his face to see the person sitting in front of him, and frowned.

In the huge five-handed family, only the "big boss" knew the weight of this young man's words.

He gestured behind Colin, and made a "T" shape with his palms loosely, which meant that this conversation was not convenient for others to hear.Seeing this gesture, those who watched around wisely avoided it.

"Why do you force him to do this?" Colin asked:

"Let a patriarch rob a bank by himself? Are you preventing him from cooperating with the police?"

"No," Marizio said. "I never worried about the detective."

"When I rejected you a few days ago, I mentioned that Luka is more suitable to be the next 'big boss'." Colin said:

"Is it related to this matter?"

"No." Marizio said simply.

"Then how will you let him go?"

Marizio looked into Colin's eyes:
"Nothing."

He bowed his head again:

"Someone wanted my life before the riots, and the shooter had already been found, and the action was stopped at the last moment. Luca is also one of these people." Marizio sighed softly and said:

"Even if I was willing to let them go, they wouldn't let me go."

An unsolvable dilemma, so outside forces are needed to intervene.

"Because you have firmly blocked everyone's money, and you have not left a single gap for them." Colin said:

"That's why they want to get rid of you."

"But let's be honest, the patriarch's ban is meaningless." Colin said:

"You don't need to think about the Prohibition. The Linus case is just a precursor. I can tell you clearly that the people who will search for bootlegging in the Principality after a while will actually be my people."

"So you can let them meddle in the bootlegging trade." Colin leaned back in his chair and said generously.

Although, no bootlegger can do without my support.

"Or do you think the Cincili bootleg market is my due?" Colin smiled, and Marizio had made a promise to him in order to solve the riot.
"If you feel you have to keep that agreement, you don't have to," Colin said.

The Stade Institute never relied on ghettos for moonshine.As for the small market in the Sindhili community... Maybe it sounds ugly, but they don't think much of it anymore.

"I can give them back the bootleg business in Sindhili," said Colin.

"Maybe this way, there will be no conflict between you."

"You don't have to give anything," Marizio said:

"Even I should ask you to keep those speakeasies under control, and don't let them fall into the hands of any sincilian gang."

Colin was taken aback:
"why?"

Marizio seems to be saying: He is not afraid of risks, but simply does not want the five hands to get involved in the bootlegging trade.

The so-called wait-and-see attitude of the principality's upper echelons is just an excuse.So even if the situation is getting clearer now, he has no intention of revoking the ban at all.

Some people always say "Marizio is just a dog of the authorities." This is of course an unfounded accusation.But if he is not, what is the reason behind it?

"...Is it because of the attitude of 'hometown'?" Colin asked uncertainly.

That's the only reason he can think of right now.

Photographing the "hometown" of all the Sindhi gangs through the light body system, maybe there is some kind of agreement with the religious order?
Marizio didn't answer anymore, he folded his arms and signaled the end of the conversation.

A fruitless negotiation.Colin sighed, stood up from the cherry wood chair, straightened his hem and said:
"Of course Luca won't rob a bank for you. In his opinion, your actions are just a declaration of war."

"I don't know if you have heard that the strength of the Chestalo family is not what it used to be, but because it relies on redstone transactions, few people know about it.

"As far as I know, Luca is transferring his strength back to Stade, and he is here for you. And the other three are more likely to be on his side."

Colin concluded by saying:

"If you want to quit, then leave. I can ask Luka to guarantee that you and your children will be safe in the future."

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From the perspective of others, Ji Lian's life is extremely repetitive and monotonous.But she herself rarely seems to be bored.

In Goldie's ordeal, some of the questions that had been troubling her were answered.The design of the "cracking ceremony" has also entered a stage of rapid advancement.

Colin worked hard to obtain the necessary redstone, while Ji Lian reduced the amount of redstone needed for the ceremony.This is the division of labor agreed between them.The workload and importance of the two are similar, and even the difficulties are equal.

So this is another story. Its twists and turns and even dangers are probably no less than what Colin experienced during this period.It's just that in this story, Ji Li'an played all the roles silently, without a single line, and no audience would want to watch it.

The materials related to the "cracking ceremony" became more and more bloated, filling every corner of Ji Lian's room.Sometimes it takes a month to sort out by category.

When she suddenly raised her head from the vast sea of ​​pages, she found that it was dawn outside again.Dark crows flew out of the bushes and sat on the telephone pole outside the window, singing a mournful tune.The deep cold in the early morning made Ji Lian cough uncontrollably.

She leaned on the edge of the table to leave the pile of books and moved to the cabinet not far away to get the medicine.While sipping the liquid medicine, she let her eyes sweep over the petri dishes on the test bench.

They look like a lot of layers, but in fact, more than half of them are empty, and even in the remaining half, there are many cultures of Vibrio carinii.

——When was the last time you did streptococcus isolation work?Because it was too long ago, it has been forgotten.

Even though the time was getting tighter, she seemed to be obsessed, and put more and more energy into the "cracking ceremony".

Ji Lian shook her head, still holding the cup in her hand.But when she turned around, the cup in her hand fell to the ground because of a sudden shock.

In the corner of her room, a figure was standing quietly.The face of the figure is very familiar, but the feeling it conveys is very strange to Ji Lian.

"Elena...?"

(End of this chapter)