Chapter 1080: Provocation

Provocation? Perez family? A look of obvious astonishment appeared on Lansi's face. He indeed had conflicts with the Perez family, and they were irreconcilable conflicts, but they shouldn't have erupted at this time.

He associated this with some other things that had happened during this period, as if there was a hand pushing him toward the direction of a family war.

"Thank you, this is very important to me!", Lansi shook hands with Lawyer Ge Li Ge, "If there is a need, I will call you again."

"Can I take my brother away now?"

Lawyer Ge Li Ge nodded, "I have already said enough to the police officer in charge of this case; you can leave at any time, but it's best if Mr. Ethan doesn't leave New Jincheng during this period, about one or two weeks."

"They might require Mr. Ethan to supplement some testimony, for example, the other party might change their statement, or they might say something unfavorable to Mr. Ethan under the lawyer's request, which would require re-recording."

"If such a thing happens, contact me anytime, anywhere."

Lansi nodded and let go of the hand he was holding, "I will."

Then he left the police station with Ethan. Interestingly, at the same time they left the police station, just as they were coming down from the second floor on the stairs on the left side of the police station entrance, the people who had just acted against Ethan were also coming down from the other side.

Both sides stood on the steps looking at each other. Ethan appeared relatively calm; boxing taught him not only how to use his fists to reason, but also calmness and rationality.

In boxing matches, many people will try to provoke their opponents, making them lose their rational thinking ability, and then look for flaws to knock them down.

Ethan learned to control his emotions; after losing control time and time again, he finally became rational and calm.

Of course, if necessary, he would also release all his emotions, without restraint, falling into a state of rage.

The people on the opposite side obviously saw them too. Expressions of astonishment appeared on their faces, and then a look of ruthlessness appeared on their faces.

The leader among them glanced at Lansi, but his gaze eventually landed on Ethan's face, and he made a throat-slitting gesture.

It could be seen that these people had also just been bailed out by a lawyer.

For small cases like this, if someone bails them out, the police station is very likely not to continue detaining them, as long as the other party doesn't leave the city.

As for the subsequent fast-track court, they would just go over to accept the handling on the court date.

Since this didn't cause any serious consequences, and they were small characters supported by the Perez family behind them, it was basically community service and fines; they wouldn't even be imprisoned.

So they didn't worry about judicial fairness and justice at all! Sometimes this is the most ridiculous thing; in the Federation, the people who truly worry about judicial justice falling on their heads like a sharp blade are always those ordinary people.

Like capitalists, politicians, these gang members, judicial fairness and justice are less likely to judge them.

Some people cannot be judged by justice because they represent justice itself, representing the standard of justice.

How could justice judge itself?

For others, these just judgments don't matter; they have plenty of ways to make the judgment fall, but not on them, or fall lightly.

Only those ordinary people, they can neither embody justice and fairness to forgive themselves, nor do they have rich resources to escape judgment.

Facing the other party's provocation, Lansi just remained calm. After watching them leave, Lansi and his group left the police station.

"I'll arrange for people to follow you during this time, so that this kind of thing doesn't happen again.", after getting into the car, Lansi took the initiative to provide Ethan with some protective measures.

Arrange a few people, the kind who dare to fight and kill.

This is New Jincheng; the sensitivity of using guns here is higher, so only three or five people need to follow Ethan. If necessary, they will shoot, and the police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will arrive at the scene quickly.

They don't need to kill many enemies; they just need to be able to protect themselves.

Ethan didn't refuse, he nodded and said, "Sorry to make you run."

Lansi smiled and punched his sturdy arm, "We are brothers!"

The motorcade stopped for a while at the entrance of the police station. Lansi thanked Lawyer Ge Li Ge, who was waiting on the side of the road to say goodbye, again, and then let the motorcade leave.

At this time, in the police chief's office, the police chief watched everything that happened below, and a grotesque expression appeared on his face.

Just now, his good friend, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, called him and told him something.

This matter was completely operated by his good friend, and the reason for telling him this was also because he hoped he could find a way to make both sides meet at the police station by coincidence.

Over the years, apart from hitting a wall at Lansi's side, the Perez family had been very arrogant and domineering, especially these lower-middle gang members.

When others heard that they came from the Perez family, they would basically maintain a certain awe of them.

After all, with such a big reputation, others didn't know if hurting these bottom-level members would attract the attention or even retaliation of the higher-ups, so even if they were provoked, they often chose to remain silent.

This led to the fact that the further down they went, the more arrogant these people became.

Their provocation of Lansi would evolve into Lansi's retaliation against them, eventually achieving the demand of the Federal Bureau of Investigation director—letting the two families start a fire fight again, and he even considered introducing more families to expand the scale of this family war.

Although the police chief felt that this plan... was a bit sloppy, he still helped with this favor.

He first let the bail office on the other side delay the release, and when he knew that Lansi and his group had come out of the office and were ready to leave, he let the bail office sign the papers.

This just happened to let both sides meet, and it indeed happened to be the scene his good friend hoped to see.

They provoked Ethan, and also provoked Lansi.

They might not even know who they were provoking, but it didn't matter; this was their style.

Watching the motorcades of the two groups leave the police station one after another, the police chief sighed softly. He actually didn't know if doing this was right, but he had no better choice than this.

Lansi had provoked them, the law enforcers, more than once, and even dared to kill people from the Perez family at the entrance of the police station in the form of a car accident.

This was simply hanging the New Jincheng police station up and whipping it; those farmers hadn't been so ruthless when whipping dark-skinned people.

Not only was the body painful, but the heart was also painful. For a time, he, the police chief, even became a joke in the eyes of his peers.

Lansi obviously couldn't get together with them, and he didn't intend to do so, so he could only do this.

Since they were not on the same path, then eliminate them! He threw the cigarette in his hand hard on the ground, sparks flew everywhere, and then he stepped on it with his heel, grinding it hard, hoping they would have a happy fire fight! The car was driving on the road, Lansi was thinking about things, but was soon interrupted by Ethan's voice, "If you plan to retaliate, take me with you."

Lansi looked back at him, then slowly shook his head, "You are a boxer with a great future, Ethan."

Perhaps in the future, your legend and legendary history will be left in the federal boxing world. Do you remember the question we discussed before? "Mixing in gangs is a last resort when we have no other way. If possible, I would rather take you to work properly, then strive to start a business, and eventually become a glamorous tycoon, capitalist, or even a politician in people's eyes."

"Instead of a gang that represents negativity, destruction, and chaos in people's eyes!"

"This is a helpless choice. If there is any possibility, I will find a new road for you, different from this muddy path."

"You, Xiao En, and our big movie star, as well as those brothers and sisters who have already changed careers to engage in ordinary work!"

"This is your path; it might be a bit boring and plain, but at least it is stable."

"What you need to do now is not to reintegrate into the darkness with us, but to embrace the light properly!"

"Go practice boxing; I want to see you become the federal heavyweight boxing champion, get that gold belt, and let everyone know that this world is not just for federal people and dark-skinned people to get the gold belt; we can do it too!"

Ethan clenched his fists, he pursed his lips, did not express his inner emotions with words, just nodded hard, "I will."

Lansi let the motorcade stop at the entrance of the boxing gym and sent Ethan back.

He explained to the coach not to let Ethan mess around, and also arranged for a car to stay behind to protect Ethan from further attacks.

The coach was very grateful for Lansi's decision. He also believed that the possibility of Ethan getting the heavyweight boxing champion gold belt was very high. He was the material naturally standing in the spotlight; putting him in other fields was obviously a waste.

After Lansi left, Ethan returned to the boxing gym and started to add training.

And he made a decision that made the coach very satisfied and relieved; he would live in the boxing gym during this time; he wanted to realize the thing he promised—getting that gold belt!

When the motorcade restarted, Lansi lit a cigarette. Ma Duoer held it in for the whole way and finally couldn't help but ask, "What now?"

Lansi glanced at the sky outside and smiled, "What else?"

"Of course, wait for dark."

Ma Duoer said hesitantly, "I think someone hopes that both of us will fight."

Lansi nodded and agreed with his point of view, "That's right, but there is actually another problem here. If this didn't happen, wouldn't both of us start a war?"

Ma Duoer thought for a while and shook his head, "No, we would still start a war."

Yes, they would still start a war. Several direct members of the Perez family had already died in Lansi's hands.

If they died in a gang war, they died; this was their fate. From the moment they followed the family into the underground world, or even from the moment they were born, carrying the surname "Perez," it was destined that they would not spend their lives so easily.

They enjoyed various conveniences, wealth, power, social status, and influence brought to them by the family, so naturally, they also had to bear corresponding responsibilities.

But their deaths were not only a bit... unjust, but more importantly, after they died, the Perez family still had to take the initiative to compromise; this was the reason they couldn't bear it.

Now they had suffered twice, knowing it wasn't the right time to act, so they didn't act first; they had to wait, wait until the situation was completely suitable for them to have a fire fight, and then they would act.

"Since we have to act eventually, regardless of whether this happened or not, then earlier or later doesn't really matter."

"More importantly...", he held the cigarette and took a deep breath, "I want to see who exactly, and what kind of people, are pushing all this to happen behind the scenes."

"As they wish, they will be careless, paralyzed, and reveal flaws."

After listening, Ma Duoer exhaled a breath of turbid air, "As long as you have a plan."

The motorcade quickly began to accelerate, merged into the traffic, and disappeared into the busy daily traffic of New Jincheng.

On the other side, the few people who attacked Ethan drove back to their territory. The guy responsible for planning and implementing the attack was a combat captain of the Perez family.

In the last boxing match between Ethan and the Skull Crusher, he bought a bet on the Skull Crusher to win.

From everyone's analysis, the Skull Crusher's winning rate was actually about the same as Ethan's, maybe a bit higher, like 55% to 45%, and Ethan had the possibility of losing.

This was because the Skull Crusher's past record was very beautiful, with data far exceeding Ethan's, which gave people some illusions; they felt that the Skull Crusher's experience and strength were stronger than Ethan's.

Ethan, this newcomer who just came up, might suffer some losses when facing a veteran due to experience problems.

Then this combat captain bought two thousand dollars for the Skull Crusher to win. If he won, he could get sixteen hundred dollars, which could be considered a small fortune.

But the result was that Ethan won.

Two days ago, someone found him, someone he couldn't afford to offend. That person had the same encounter as him, also bought the Skull Crusher to win, but lost the match.

The other party made a request to him, hoping he could teach Ethan a lesson, preferably sending Ethan to prison.

The combat captain who lost such a large sum of money in one breath agreed immediately. Originally, he wanted to do this himself, so it facilitated the occurrence of this matter.

Until this moment, he didn't feel that what he did was inappropriate; he just attacked a boxer, and neither side caused any serious consequences. The lawyer told him that it would be at most a hundred hours of community service, which was like playing for him.

Those community organizations absolutely didn't dare to tell the court that he didn't go to community service, otherwise he would let these people know why people were afraid of gangs! At this time, back in the familiar environment, he immediately started complaining, "You waste, I sent you over, one person can fight three or five, and some can even fight ten!"

"As a result, you made me lose face today!"

He walked over and pointed at these bruised people, "We, eight people, went to fight one person, and were almost all knocked down by this person. You bastards, do you still dare to talk big to me?"

"Hmm?"

His subordinates all looked embarrassed. One of the youngest couldn't help but say, "This guy's fist is too heavy, Boss!"

"He punched me in the face like I was hit by a truck, I was even knocked flying!"

Another gang member couldn't help but complain, "He gave me a punch, I felt my intestines were broken, I couldn't stand up at all, okay?"

These people started complaining one after another, which made the combat captain even more angry, "Is that my fault?"

Looking at the look in these people's eyes, "If you didn't let us do these things, these wouldn't have happened," he cursed, "You sons of bitches, all of you are good for nothing!"

"Soon we will become a joke in the family, fuck!"

At this time, the serious atmosphere suddenly dissipated, and these people became giggling again, "Whoever likes to laugh can laugh, if anyone is not convinced, let them go and fight that what's-his-name one-on-one!"

"I guarantee that big guy will beat the shit out of them!"

After these people teased for a while, they found that the combat captain hadn't participated. His expression was a bit vicious, and his eyes also revealed a sense of irritability.

"This matter can't just end like this, I have to kill him!"

Others looked at me, I looked at you, and all fell silent. It wasn't that they were afraid of killing; they had also done dirty work for the family and executed two people.

It was just that they felt... because they lost money, they had to kill the person who caused them to lose money. Was this a bit... unreasonable? But the combat captain obviously didn't think so! "If we don't kill this person, we will definitely become a joke. In the future, if the family has activities or any benefits, it won't be our turn, understand?"

"Only with his blood can we wash away the shame on us!"

"Can fight?"

"What does it matter if you can fight?"

"Can you withstand the attack of a dagger or a knife?"

"Can you withstand the shooting of a bullet?"

"It's not convenient these two days, we just came out of the police station. If we act now, the police will definitely keep an eye on us."

"Wait a few days, wait a few days and find a way to solve him."

Others looked at me, I looked at you, and finally all agreed.

After having such a decision, the combat captain seemed to have become much more relaxed, and there were some more smiles on his face. He took out a few bottles of wine from the wine cabinet, "Shit, I was very thirsty in the police station, they didn't even prepare a sip of water for me, those sons of bitches!"

Others also started giggling and surrounding him, starting to enjoy their favorite gang indulgence life.

Cigarettes, alcohol, and young bus girls who walked in from the door and yearned for their life.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1081 =====