old dream

Chapter 7 Neckline
Luca is the kind of guy who can accomplish violence with just paper and pen.

After saying hello to Ricardo, his smiling eyes fell on Colin again.

"Get paid now?"

Colin nodded and followed Luca to the edge of the desk.After Luca wrote down the expenses on the account, he opened the drawer and counted fifteen pieces of cash, all of them Ori.

Under the gold standard, the alliance's claim to Ori has a gold content of 0.32353 grams, while As is a secondary currency used for change, and one Ori is exchanged for one hundred As.

Ten is the largest denomination of Ori banknotes.A decent job, earning about [-] oli a day.

Luca counted the number in person, but instead of handing it to Colin immediately, he squeezed the money and said:

"You can take it now. Or like the old rules, take the other side."

It's always been a partnership between them, cash, or a message that makes more money.

"I want news."

Luca didn't seem too surprised, after all, Colin would choose the latter most of the time.

"How about a casino? The kind that nobody cares about."

"can."

"This Thursday night, the person you want to meet will show up at the Late Summer Cafe. Note, the one on South Fifteenth Street. He'll... put an unlit pipe to the left of the coffee."

"Tell him my name, and that person will tell you things, such as the time he was a gatekeeper at the casino, the layout of the casino, and the fastest way to get out of that place."

"I took note, thank you."

"Colin."

Luca said suddenly:
"Heine came to me yesterday and said he wanted to pay for those redstones for you."

Unexpectedly, his uncle's student Heine and Luca still kept in touch, and Colin was stunned.In fact, he knew Luca seven years ago, and it was because of Heine.Before the uncle recognized himself, Heine was negotiating with Luca to purchase the necessary redstone.

Luca has a non-existent civilian instrument factory under his name. Through this project, he obtained the purchase share of redstone and sold the redstone at double the price on the black market.

But if the object is Colin, Luca has always been sold at the original price.According to myself, this is out of respect for the Dallozzo family's reputation in Stade.

"I didn't respond to him immediately because I didn't ask your opinion." Luca said:

"If you agree, you won't need to pay for redstone in the future."

"I do not need."

"If there is no pressure from uncle, have you ever thought about withdrawing your hands and retreating?"

"I didn't think about it, why ask that?"

"Although you are doing well, you are not keen on this line of work." Luca glanced at Ricardo and said:
"You're not greedy for money, but you work hard to make money. You don't crave power, you don't crave enjoyment. Others are eager to order clothes to show off, but you're still wearing the same outfit from a few years ago." Luca joked: "Your collar It's messed up again."

Looking down at his collar, maybe it was because he stayed up too late last night and was in a hurry to go out this morning, so he didn't pay much attention to his appearance.

When Colin stretched his arms and raised his neck restrainedly, Luca had already walked up to him, tidying up his messy collar, as he had done a few years ago.

"You had a good future, Colin. With your ability and your uncle's relationship, it shouldn't be difficult to gain a foothold in the upper circles of the old city."

"Maybe making money is not as fast as it is now, but at least you don't have to hide in the dark," Luca said.

"I don't care about the upper circle, and the night doesn't make me uncomfortable."

"But is it necessary? Money is obviously not your purpose, it's just a tool. When will you feel that the tool is enough?"

"Are you serious about asking?"

Colin was a little confused: "Let me tell you - I want 80 Ori."

"Don't be kidding."

Luca just thought he was stubborn, and said an impossible number indiscriminately: "Don't get me wrong, I don't care about you."

Luca helped Colin fasten the buttons, and looked at it for a while with a little satisfaction.

"We don't have the energy to make things beautiful and watertight like we used to." Luca said: "A lot of people are staring at us. If you want to keep doing things for me, I can only tie you and us to the same line. on the boat."

"So we're not tied to a boat yet?"

"No." Luca said, "I didn't think about entrusting you with the really important things."

"Colin, you spend a lot of energy in places that I can't see, and I don't understand your purpose, so I'm worried that before the boat docks, you've already got what you want without authorization, and it doesn't matter. gone."

"40 Ori," said Colin. "My boat will never reach the shore."

Luca seemed to be lost in thought.

When Colin and Ricardo looked at each other and were about to leave, Luca came back to his senses and stopped them.

"I remember, the news I just told you missed something. The casino I arranged for the internal response is actually the property of the Capello family."

"I got it."

"You know what that means?"

"It means a fight with Capello, and Ricardo and I are at the forefront."

"You can take the 150 Ori." Luca said, "I wanted to use you, but then I thought about what you mean to me."

"Don't say anything like you." Colin said with a smile, "I'll take my share of their gambling money."

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Late at night, Colin glanced at his watch.Behind him, the sound of water waves hitting the embankment kept coming.

This watch is unremarkable. It has only been used for a few years, and there are already deep wear marks on the strap.It was sent by Luca, because Colin couldn't figure out where the time had gone during an operation a few years ago, which caused something bad.Luca said after that:

"How can a military division not have a watch."

That was the first time Luca called himself a military division, and after that Colin always assumed the role of commander more or less.Not because of his superior ingenuity or anything, but because he is as precise as a clock, always taking care of the details and knowing what to do when and when.

The most important thing about armed robbery is not marksmanship or head-on confrontation, but discipline and surprise attack skills.

Ricardo arrived on time and he took another man with him.That man was also Colin's companion, named Canado, with a dark complexion, as silent and reliable as an iron tower.

"The guests are all gone. Now it's time to count the accounts. There is a person who will support us. He is standing in the southwest corner." Colin assigned the tasks of several people: "Remember your orientation."

He told Ricardo again: "It is very likely to shoot, can it be done?"

Ricardo nodded.After all, he likes guns since he was a child, and his marksmanship is very good, as long as he doesn't tremble.

The casino is so small that it is temporarily set up in a warehouse and looks like it will be moved in a few days.There was no sound inside.

The second hand turned, and Colin covered his face and made a gesture of departure.

They walked up the overhead stairs and then parted ways.The structure of the casino is as known in advance, with one corridor and three exits.

Make sure someone goes in through the back door corridor, which is the easiest bunker to escape.The main entrance does not need to be too concerned, because that direction is too far and too open.

The back door was guarded by people we had met in the cafe before.

They silently entered through the back door with their guns raised. The casino was empty. There were only four people sitting at a table next to the bar. The guns and a large stack of banknotes were thrown on the table. Several people should be counting today's income.

See Colin them.The two immediately raised their hands, and one wanted to reach for the gun, but was forced back by Ricardo.

Another was a woman, about eighteen or nineteen years old.She didn't say a word, and smoked fiercely.

"Do you know whose place this is?" a man who raised his hand first asked jokingly.

To be honest, most of the people present, Colin, knew each other, and even talked to some of them at the funeral of the old Capello two months ago.

Precisely because of this relationship, Ricardo was given the task of negotiating tonight.

"Come out slowly and squat on the ground. As long as you do, no one will die tonight."

While robbing a man with a gun was a first, Ricardo's voice felt reliable.Colin and Nei Ying subdued the other two gatekeepers and made them kneel in the middle of the warehouse.

At this time, there was still no one moving at the table.Colin walked over and lifted the gun handle high, slamming it on a man's mouth.An eerie cracking sound sounded, and the man's entire upper body was slanted to one side, and the wailing sound was like a dying dog.

Everyone present felt a dull pain in their teeth.

The few people who were kidnapped knew that it was not some naive child who came tonight, so they shut up and slowly moved to the side.

Except that woman.

She was still smoking, as if she didn't see what was happening in front of her.

Canado thought she was a prostitute and was going to teach her a lesson, but was stopped by Colin.

That was the daughter of "Mind" Capello.

Capello is said to have said the last words before his death:

"No one in charge."

It is said that his only daughter, with a beautiful face, is like a dead person.

The division and decline of Capello is inseparable from the fact that the "mind" favors this waste daughter too much.

Colin didn't have time to think about why she was here, and he didn't want to make extra troubles.Be prepared to ignore her after confirming that she is unarmed.

But she put down the cigarette, put it out on the table, raised her head and stared at the person who responded.

"You are dead."

She said it word by word.

(End of this chapter)