Chicago Police Department, Intelligence Unit.

Touch! A loud bang shook the whole group, Sheriff Jason. Boyt raised his fist and looked around, and asked in a low, hoarse voice, "Everyone knows about the case in the old factory in the West End last night, Caroline, tell everyone about CSI's findings at the scene." A blonde female police officer handed out the photo in her hand, then picked up the report and said: "There was a vicious shooting incident in an abandoned factory in the West End last night, 20 bodies were found at the scene, and from the bullets and shells found at the scene, it seems that the murderer used 5. 56×45mm caliber assault rifle, 20 dead belonged to two gangs, the Mexican gang and the Irish gang, all of the dead were shot in the head or chest, and died on the spot. Judging from the firearm carried by the deceased, it should have been done by a third party, and from the current situation, no more clues have been left at the scene. ”

"The Mexican gang and the Irish gang are in this kind of place, what should be traded is drugs, I'll go to the drug department and ask." Boyy nodded and then an officer pushed the door open. Another asked, "Did you find anything from the source of the bullet?" "Nothing, it should be smuggling arms." Caroline replied. Then, there was a brief silence in the room, and Boyt looked around and saw one of the officers look thoughtful and asked, "Joe, what do you think?" ”

A handsome and handsome black-haired police officer looked up at everyone, and then said: "Judging from the clues left at the scene, I think this is a black eating black, but the difference from usual is that this gang of murderers is very professional and tacitly cooperated, unlike ordinary gangsters, I used to be an anti-gang group, as far as I know, there are few gangsters in Chicago who have this kind of method, I want to go to the anti-gang group to find out what clues." ”

"Okay," Boyt nodded, "everyone go find an informant, there won't be any news of such a large drug deal, and see if anyone knows who did it." Joe, you found the clue and came to me as soon as you found it, and everyone moved. With an order, everyone walked out.

About half an hour later, in the sheriff's office, Joe knocked on the door and came in and put a copy of the paper in front of Boyt's eyes, "Head, I found some clues. Brotherhoods, a new gang that has just emerged in recent years, have a sphere of influence in the uptown of north-central Chicago and Chinatown, and there is no clear racial distinction between gang members, blacks, whites, Asians, and even Indians. Two years ago, they took out the old town taken by the Scorpion Gang, and they don't have a lot of criminal records, and I am more concerned that they have absorbed a large number of retired soldiers who are living on the streets or in debt, and I suspect that they did this case. Boyt opened the paper, and the first page was the black-haired man, and Joe introduced: "This man is suspected to be the leader of the Brotherhood, and his name is Steve." Lee, a Chinese-American, orphan, was later adopted by an elderly Chinese man in Chinatown with a pharmaceutical factory and a nightclub under his name, and has no criminal record. "Turn the second page, a man with distinctly Indian features," Dana. Blade, an American Indian and second-in-command of the fraternity, was adopted with Steve and has no criminal record. "Page three, bald giant," Locke. Johnson, an American, retired soldier, has an unknown record of his time in service, the first thug of the fraternity, and has a record of many brawls. ”

Boyt looked at the blank space behind him and stared at Joe quizzically. "That's it?" "Yes, this organization has just been established, and it doesn't have an excessive criminal record, so we don't have any more information." "How did they kill the Scorpion Gang two years ago?" "In fact, we didn't have conclusive evidence at the time, two years ago, the Scorpion Gang suffered a fire during a rally, all the core members were killed, the fire brigade found that the cause of the fire was an explosion caused by a gas leak, and then in just a few months, the Brotherhood quickly annexed the Scorpion Gang's territory, and the bar where the fire broke out at that time was also converted into a nightclub by the Brotherhood. We deduced from these suspicions that the Brotherhood had killed the Scorpions, but there was no evidence. "All right," Boyt said, standing up and putting on his coat, "let's go meet this fraternity for a moment." The two men walked out of the police station and drove towards the neighborhood where Black and White were.

At the gate of the Black and White Club, two big black men reached out to stop the two Boits. "I'm sorry, sir, but it's not business hours right now."

"Chicago cop, I'm Sheriff Boyt, this is my badge, he's my colleague, we have something to talk to your boss about." Boyt flashed his badge at the black security guard who stood in their way.

"Okay, wait a minute." The black man turned around and picked up the walkie-talkie and whispered a few words, then opened the door and turned around, "Please, Mr. Officer, our boss is waiting for you on the second floor." ”

The two of Boyt walked through the club lobby to the manager's room upstairs, where another tall white security guard opened the door, a huge room with a panoramic floor-to-ceiling window facing the club below, two rows of sofas and a coffee table in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, a bar counter opposite the floor-to-ceiling window, and a black bartender in the wine cabinet of various drinks, as if researching new cocktails. Directly across the door is the boss's desk behind the table, Steve. Lee, the dark-haired man, stood up with a smile on his face: "Hello, Sheriff Boyt, please take a seat, may I need my help with something?" ”

"Hello Mr. Li, we have a case and would like your help." The two of Boyt sat down on the couch, and the sheriff asked.

"Okay, no problem, as a law-abiding citizen, it is our duty to cooperate with the police, what do you two drink? Jack, have two of your best cocktails, and oh yes, get me one too. Also, you can just call me Steve. After Lee had finished speaking, the black young man behind the bar showed a row of white teeth and stirred up his wine with his hands.

"Mr. Steve, we can't drink during shifts." Joe rejected Lee's kindness, and Boyt glanced at him and didn't say anything, but continued to ask Lee, "Steve, let's get down to business, don't you know anything about the case that happened in the abandoned factory in Block 28 last night?" ”

"What should I know?" Li looked puzzled, "Last night, I was invited to the public security charity dinner, and I came back late at night, oh, by the way, I also saw your director at the banquet." I'm very sorry, I'm afraid I don't know much about any of the cases that happened last night. ”

Qiao asked with a stern face: "Mr. Li, don't show off your identity, we know who you are, don't pretend." ”

Lee took a sip of the glass that Jack had just placed on the coffee table, his deep eyes looking at Joe, who looked into his eyes, and a sense of fear from the depths of his soul extended from his body to the outside. Then Li slowly spoke: "Do you really know my identity?" If you really knew, you wouldn't dare speak to me like that, young man, I don't think I have much more to say to you, send-off. ”

Boyt frowned deeply, looked at Joe, and said to him, "Joe, you go out first, I have something I want to talk to Mr. Li alone." In a few seconds, Joe seemed to have been beaten back and forth from hell, sweating so hard that his shirt was soaked, and he stood up stiffly and walked out, unable to say a word.

Boyt turned his head, looked Lee in the eye, and whispered, "Mr. Lee, maybe you've heard of me, I'm not a conformist, and I don't want to beat around the bush either. He paused, as if thinking about the wording, "Your gang doesn't have too many bad deeds, no drugs, no nuisance to the general public, and gives some homeless people the opportunity to work, of course, this work may not be very clean, but it can be seen that you have a bottom line, I hope you can maintain this bottom line, don't harass civilians, this is a kind of agreement we reached, I will not look for trouble for you lightly, and can even give you some convenience, at the same time, I also hope that you can provide me with some help moderately, What do you think of this deal? ”

Li thought quietly for a while, and glanced at Boyt with the same deep gaze that he had just looked at Joe, the sheriff didn't react, he still looked straight at him, he blinked, and the invisible pressure immediately disappeared without a trace, "Okay, Sheriff Boyt, although it doesn't matter whether you admit it or not, but it seems that you also understand our behavior, we don't intend to affect civilians, because there are many civilians or even lower people among us, and our purpose is not to trample on social order, on the contrary." Some of our actions have made this society more stable, haven't they? We just want to survive in this society and solve some problems that society can't solve, of course, the methods are not necessarily legal, but if you want to arrest us, you have to find your own evidence. That shallow, warm smile appeared on his face again.

Boit looked at Li helplessly, sighed, and stood up: "Okay, it seems that you don't plan to say anything, this case is over, I won't come to harass you again." But I don't want to see the batch of drugs that disappeared last night in Chicago reappearing on the streets or at anyone's party. "You can rest assured that I don't like drugs either." Li also stood up and shook Boyt's hand, "Of course, I hope that next time you come to me as a friend, I will always be open to you here, this is my business card, just call me directly if you have something, by the way, you can get a 20% discount on drinks with your business card." ”

Boyt shook his head with a wry smile, went downstairs and walked out of the door, looked at Joe who was in a state of distraction, and then looked back at Li in the window on the second floor, and said softly: "I hope you will be an exception, otherwise the damage you bring to this city will be even heavier." ”