Chapter 1118: News, Response, and Investigation [111

The combat captains gathered together. Enio looked at their appearance and couldn't help but laugh again, "I feel like we aren't a gang right now, we're the police!"

Who would have thought that a group of gang members in the eyes of the people would have to wear police uniforms to gather for a meeting? It's a pity that no one here has a camera, otherwise he would definitely have someone take a photo to keep; this is a moment filled with history and laughter.

"Not long ago, I just spoke with Lansi on the phone. Hel (the police chief) was just attacked and suffered some injuries, but fortunately, he is alright."

"This failed attack will bring some changes to our upcoming battle with the Perez family."

"We can consider a more proactive strike."

"So, I have a plan!"

He looked at these combat captains, "We are going to sweep through the Perez family's industries—not occupy, not loot, just sweep."

"Smash open their gates, take out their people, burn their industries..."

At the same time, a meeting was also being held at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Roland leaned back in his chair, tilted at a rather large angle, looking somewhat lazy.

During this period, he had already collected quite a bit of dirt on both sides. Although he hadn't yet reached the few people he wanted most—such as materials on Fran, Lansi, and the like—he had already grasped some evidence.

For example, they had obtained a photo of Hiram holding a gun, as well as his action of firing; these photos and evidence could be used as part of the overall litigation when necessary, establishing a separate file.

But he was still not very satisfied with the current progress. Listening to the agents below reporting the progress and content of this matter, he suddenly sat up straight and tapped the desktop twice, causing the report to stop.

"Too slow."

The agent who was reporting the work was stunned for a moment, "Is my speaking speed too slow?"

"I can try to speed up my speaking rate as much as possible and omit some unnecessary content..."

"No!", Roland shook his head, "I didn't say your speaking speed was too slow; I said the speed at which we are pushing this mission is too slow."

"Gentlemen, it is already August. There are three months left until the results of the presidential election, but there is a high probability that we won't be able to topple the Lansi family and the Perez family before the president takes office."

"This makes it impossible to present it to Mr. President and the public as the achievement of de-gangsterization in the presidential inauguration speech."

"So we need to speed up a little bit."

A senior agent supervisor asked, "How do we make them speed up?"

"Give them some pressure?"

"Or some other way?"

Roland's gaze swept around the office, and after confirming that everyone here was his own people, he said, "Let the conflict between them continue to escalate. Right now, they are still too gentle."

"Look, they seem to be stuck in some kind of turn-based game right now. You hit me once, I hit you once. Both sides appear to be dealing heavy blows as much as possible, and the losses caused are indeed quite considerable."

"However, gentlemen, these are two huge gang organizations. The losses they have suffered in this conflict are just an insignificant part for their entire gang organizations!"

"Lansi lost hundreds of thousands in goods, but the benefits he transports out every year are at least hundreds of millions!"

"The Perez family is said to have lost millions in maple kite grass extract, but these are just one of their many warehouses in the central part of the federation."

"Including the number of casualties, they are all just a small number. A hundred people, two or three hundred people—to them, it's all just a small matter."

"Their fighting is not intense enough; it needs to become more intense!"

Everyone fell into thought. From the perspective of an ordinary person, or from the perspective of looking at ordinary gangs, their fighting is indeed a bit... impressive.

But now that Roland said this, it made them feel as if both sides were still in a small scuffle and hadn't truly gotten down to business.

However, some people put forward different views, "Fran is injured; they should have already done their best."

Roland looked at the person speaking and stared at this guy for a while. Seeing him get a little nervous, he shook his head and said, "You are too insensitive."

"Fran suffered such a serious injury. If what is happening now were really his decision, they would have already had a full-scale firefight with the Lansi family."

"They wouldn't care about the police station's restraint on them. The attack on Hel yesterday finally had a bit of a gang look to it."

"But it is precisely because Fran is injured and he cannot return to the family that the intensity between them is not high enough yet."

"If Fran completely entrusted the family's power to Bob, then whether he has the chance to go back is hard to say. Before he goes back, the firefight between the two sides will be intense, but it won't go out of control."

"What we want is not the limited firefight like now; what we need is an upgrade, a more intense firefight, more evidence, and more reasons for indictment!"

"Find a way to leak the news about Lansi's side to the people of the Perez family, and incite some cadre to attack Lansi."

"Then leak this news to Lansi, and let them continue to do it."

The senior agent supervisors present looked at each other. From these words Roland said, they had already sensed that Roland, this director, was already deeply involved in this issue.

And they had more or less guessed that this might have something to do with the new president.

During this time, the election campaign work had already begun. The long-lost election storm once again swept through the entire federation. As a new law enforcement agency, and a "central law enforcement agency" at that, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was also responsible for part of the security issues regarding the election.

For example, sending people to protect presidential candidates to ensure they would not be attacked during the campaign speech process.

Or for example, when necessary, they would be sent to cooperate in guarding the ballot boxes throughout the process to ensure that no one would cheat or anything like that.

Now the Federal Bureau of Investigation's scope of authority had grown quite a bit, and achieving this must require paying a price.

Power is not something that falls on a person or a department for no reason or without cause; someone must have made trade-offs and paid a price to obtain these.

They could already imagine that the price was Roland's loyalty and his ability, and what would be gained would be the comprehensive rise of the Federal Bureau of Investigation! Everyone perked up; this was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them.

When people have their own stance, the balance in their hearts will naturally tilt.

Regarding Roland's approach of almost letting the Federal Bureau of Investigation personally enter the field to muddy the waters completely, everyone also felt that it was actually acceptable; after all, it was all for justice and righteousness.

Seeing that no one refuted him, Roland appeared somewhat happy, "As long as we remain consistent, there is nothing in this world that we cannot overcome!"

He said it very seriously, and it seemed he was really considering it that way.

"Arrange for the Perez family people to attack Lansi, and then let Lansi retaliate. We are only responsible for passing on some sensitive information; it doesn't even count as entering the field."

Actually, there were still some things he didn't say. He was even considering whether to arrange for someone to take out Fran. As long as Fran died, the current Bob would be equivalent to holding all the power.

If he wanted to sit firmly in his position, he had to avenge Fran; this is also a tradition of gangs.

Whoever can help the previous gang leader get revenge is qualified to sit in that position.

Even if the Perez family didn't have such a tradition, Bob would find a way to make them have such a tradition.

Whether for his own power or to avoid being liquidated, he had a reason to fight Lansi to the death.

After he finished assigning the tasks, he let everyone leave. The senior agent supervisor who had defected to Lansi showed no abnormality on the surface.

He returned to his office and continued his work, responsible for monitoring the core members of the Perez family in multiple cities, as well as the core members of the Lansi family, including Lansi himself, who was also under his surveillance.

During this period, he had already completed some transactions with Lansi, and he finally had a deeper understanding of Lansi's "generosity."

It can be said that the rumors were not false; Lansi is indeed a gentleman who is very generous to his friends.

He had received more than 30,000 dollars in "hard work fees" from Lansi one after another, which entered his pocket in a legal way.

Investment profit.

He purchased products from a private equity fund and was lucky enough to get a return; that's all.

Everything was reasonable and legal, and not a single problem could be found. The federation does not prohibit government employees from engaging in commercial activities, nor does it prohibit them from making financial investments.

After work, he first returned home, spent a moment with his family, and then changed into sportswear to start jogging on the street outside the community.

He does this often now; he is turning things he doesn't like into a habit of his own to reduce the risk of being exposed.

When he passes a bench on the side of the road, he will sit down to rest for a while and then leave.

A few minutes later, someone else will pass by here and also stop, sit in the position where he sat, stay for a while, and then leave.

As a senior agent supervisor, he knows too well how outrageous the privileges currently in the hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are; they can even listen to any phone calls they want to listen to at will.

Any bullshit personal privacy has to give way in front of national power.

He doesn't know if Roland will listen to the phone calls of their senior agent supervisors. With deeper contact during this period, his perception of Roland is becoming bad.

Roland, who could once be considered bright and great, had many problems starting to be exposed under close contact.

Roland definitely cannot be called a bright and righteous character. Sometimes he even feels that Roland is more like a villain; he will use some means that blur the boundaries between law and justice, just like how he provoked the war between the two gangs.

Now he wants to actively leak Lansi's news to the people on the Perez family side, letting them come to assassinate Lansi, in order to achieve the goal of making the firefight and conflict between the two gangs continue to intensify.

These practices seem to have no problems, but the series of social impacts produced are real and difficult to erase.

He feels that Roland has gone a bit too far.

A person who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals and doesn't even take the law into his eyes—how could he be a partner of justice?

Of course, this does not rule out the reason why he has to find excuses for his actions after defecting to Lansi now, but his thinking is indeed a fact.

Would such a guy, a guy who stops at nothing, really trust his confidants and subordinates that much? He doesn't believe it, so he is very careful and refuses to communicate with Lansi directly by phone, instead adopting a method of contact using codes.

He put the code note he wrote in a small iron box and hid it in the gap where the bench armrest connects to the seat, which is not easy for people to notice, especially at night.

Then he would press the used chewing gum he carried with him onto the bench, which meant he had left something here.

If someone saw the chewing gum on that bench, they would take away the things inside the bench.

If there was no chewing gum, no one would sit down.

This set of methods may not be very clever, but it's useful.

Soon the small iron box was delivered to Lansi, and through the codebook, he read the contents inside.

After reading it, he shook his head slightly, and then burned the note on the fire.

Not to mention that Ford, this senior agent supervisor, doesn't like Roland, he doesn't like him either.

No one would like him, except for Roland's new master.

However, he still kept this matter in mind, and he also attached great importance to the possibility of the Perez family coming to attack him.

Arrogance is a prerequisite for a crash; he will learn his lesson and not let himself look like an arrogant person.

Subsequently, he called Dai Wen over. During this period, the investigation regarding the presidential candidate had basically ended, and the cadres and captains were idle again.

"I have a task for you," he said, opening the cigarette case, taking out a cigar, and throwing it toward Dai Wen.

This action made Dai Wen stunned for a moment, followed by an expression of wild joy on his face!

Within the family, people are always talking about one thing.

That is, if Lansi calls you into his office and then throws a cigar to you, it means the family is going to have one more cadre!

A cadre represents not only a change in status but also a symbol of power, as well as the ability to obtain more income from the family business.

Previously, as a captain, Dai Wen had about a dozen people under him that he chose himself; some were his friends, and some were young people near his home who had a good relationship with him.

After he becomes a cadre, he can have three or five captains, at least forty or fifty people under him, and he can obtain more income to support him in having more manpower.

Actually, Lansi has never stopped how many captains a cadre can have, or how many subordinates each captain can have; this depends entirely on themselves.

Formal gang members have their wages paid by the family side.

But additional members, that is, those peripheral members, have their wages borne by the captains and cadres.

Everyone hopes that they can become a cadre, hopes that they can go higher and further on this road, and Dai Wen is no exception.

He took a deep breath as much as possible to calm his emotions, but his voice was still a little trembling, "What do I need to do for the family?"

Lansi pushed Roland's personal information file over, "This matter is a little troublesome, but it's only troublesome."

"I don't like this person Roland. He claims to be a messenger of justice like a clown, but he repeatedly takes the lead in trampling on justice and the law. He is a hypocritical justice."

"Recently, he planned an action targeting me personally..."

Watching Dai Wen suddenly become angry, Lansi raised his hand to tell him not to be anxious first, "Since I already know this news, naturally I won't let their plan succeed, but we can't do nothing."

"Always being passive is not my habit, so I need you to do one thing."

"Investigate Roland's situation clearly, and then give him a warning, letting him understand that he is just a director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

"If he wants to kill someone, he needs to pay a heavy price."

"But we, however, do not need to."

"Master the scale, do you understand what I mean?"

Dai Wen took a deep breath and nodded forcefully, "I understand, Boss."

"Very good, let me see your ability. Do this thing beautifully, and then I can let you become a new cadre."

Dai Wen stood up immediately, "Watch my performance, Boss, I won't let you down!"

After leaving the office, Dai Wen felt light all over. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to do this thing well, so much so that he didn't notice Allen walking toward him and even collided with him.

"Do you have something on your mind?"

Dai Wen first said "Ah," followed by nodding, "I just received a task."

Allen's gaze quickly noticed the cigar he was holding in his hand and couldn't help but whistle, "Congratulations, you are also going to become a cadre."

Dai Wen took a glance at the cigar in his hand and hurriedly put it back into his pocket, "Don't tell others about this yet; I still don't know if I can do it well."

"Okay, I won't tell anyone first," Allen didn't ask him what Lansi asked him to do. Although there were no written rules that these things couldn't be asked, everyone silently followed the rule of not asking about others' work.

"However, I will prepare a celebration party, waiting for your good news. If there is anything you need me for, call me anytime."

The two hugged and then separated. Dai Wen already had some ideas in his heart at this time.

He is very good at interrogation; in other words, he knows how to make people feel fear!

Whether it is physical fear or psychological fear.

He immediately began to investigate Roland, and it was a personal investigation.

With the connection on Lansi's side opening the green light all the way, he almost didn't spend much effort to investigate Roland's situation clearly.

Roland's family situation is in a very strange state. He is married, but not completely married. He has a fiancée for many years, and the two also live together, but there are no children and they are not married.

This abnormal situation made Dai Wen think immediately that perhaps this person Roland has an illegitimate child.

His current wife is just a target he put on the surface.