The howling wind and snow blurred the line between day and night, and at some point, the lights were turned on, and night fell.

Located at the back door of the Fifth Police Precinct in Manhattan, several cars stopped in the street lamp, and more than a dozen people walked out of the car one after another, led by a white man in his forties and fifties, with little expression on his face, but it seemed to be very amiable, followed by Smith, Jane and other members of the Gambino family, as Smith took out a mobile phone to make a call, about a few minutes later, a man in civilian clothes opened the back door and greeted these people in the wind and snow.

"Hi Mr. Damico, how are you doing, Smith, Laulo, Louie, Jane, ......"

The man almost greeted the people in front of him one by one, and John Damico, who was at the head, shook hands with the other party, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "Hi, Inspector Jonas, in fact, I hope to see the martyrs of those families as soon as possible." ”

"Of course, it's already arranged, and you can see them at any time."

As he spoke, Jonas led the group through the back door. In this city with a total population of more than 10 million, every police station has an extremely important job, so even if it is a substation, this building is quite large, and all the way in, Jonas greeted the people around him, some nodded and walked by, and some people looked at the group of people curiously. After a while, the crowd came to the elevator, and then took the elevator down to the second basement floor in two groups.

Walking through the long passageway, there are various rooms such as forensic examination room, infirmary, and autopsy room, and at the end is a corpse storage room.

"In fact, the coroner has already come to see it in the afternoon, and the cause of death is relatively clear, but according to the procedure, a detailed forensic report will be issued the day after tomorrow, and it will be sent to the funeral home about three days later, and that day happens to be Christmas ......."

"Hopefully a day sooner, Mr. Jonas."

"Of course, I'll try to coordinate with the medical examiner."

The detective nodded. Then he led everyone into the room where the corpses were stored, because it was also winter outside. The low temperature in the storage room did not bring more coldness, and after a while, the detective opened the low-temperature iron coffins around him to the number, showing twenty corpses in front of everyone.

"Mr. Damiko, you can take a look, this is a preliminary inspection report. Twenty people, each with a different way of dying, blades, heavy objects...... It could be a wooden stick hitting the head...... Two of them had their necks snapped, one man had been hit so hard in the chest that almost his entire ribcage had sunken, and some had been shot, and we can probably tell that there were a lot of people who had their hands done in that moment, and the strangest thing was that there were seven people who were shot, all of them with their own pistols. There was no blood on the scene. No extra bullets......"

"It's impossible to ......," Smith frowned, "there are twenty of them, and they all have guns on them, even if there are many people in ambush, there shouldn't be a way to grab everyone's guns as soon as they rush out, and then kill them, this kind of thing ......"

"So we also feel weird." Inspector Jonas nodded, and lifted the canvas on the ground of a corpse. "You see, Tom, you know, well, even I know that he's always had good heads-up skills, and it turns out he pulled out his pistol at that point. But his right hand was directly broken by someone, and then the gun in his hand was aimed at his own temple in the most twisted way, killing him with one shot, and his pistol was fired only once, and it remained in his own hand. ”

Looking at everyone's expressions, Jonaston paused: "I think you all know what it means, the moment he drew his gun, someone rushed over as fast as he could, holding the gun with one hand at the same time, and the other hand directly broke his arm joint. And then bang the shot...... Because the snow was falling so heavily that the guns on their bodies were specially silenced, the people on the street outside did not notice the sounds. ”

"It's outrageous." "Tom is as strong as a cow, no one can break his hand with a punch, and he hasn't had time to shoot a single shot." ”

"No, someone can." After a moment of silence, Smith nodded, "Joseph, he can, and...... You see Donald's chest, it's sunken, the sternum is completely shattered, it's a horizontal wound, it's not a stick, it's the most powerful leg sweep, a really top fighter, you can sweep a stone pillar, or even a wall...... Joseph could do it. ”

Jonas also nodded: "But the problem is that he can't kill twenty people in an instant, even if there are twenty Josephs ambushed where, there is no guarantee that these people's pistols will be subdued as soon as they are pulled out, and then twist the pistol to kill them." ”

"There is no such thing in the world as a matter of no reason." At this time, John Damico, who had been reading the information and listening to the opinions of others, spoke, "The reason why we are puzzled can only prove that the other party has done a perfect job." ”

"So what are we going to do?" Smith asked.

Damiko was silent for a moment: "The Chinese kid who used as bait, do you know his details?" ”

"The results of the investigation are just ordinary people. There is no way to conduct a deeper investigation, and the Chinese government has been treating me after Tang Jing's incident

It's very powerful, so the news over there is very poor. "Smith Chi" However, it is said that he is a friend of Marilyn's mother and daughter in China, a few years ago. ”

"A few years ago, I was still investigating, remember?" Damico nodded, he was also one of the principals at the top of the Gambino family a few years ago, so when little Gotti gave way, he naturally became the new godfather, "That matter, it should be the Chinese government in the lead, especially in the past few years, in the situation in Sarie, we have too big ambitions for China, so it has aroused the vigilance of the Chinese government, Tang Jingyao's incident, it is estimated that the Chinese government found out the clue early, so at that time, it was solved by dark means, and Marilyn and the mother and daughter ......were rescued by the way."

Walking past a corpse with different forms of death, Damico's fingers tapped lightly on the steel frame containing the corpse: "At this time, the five major families will not allow the outbreak of all-out war. ”

Everyone didn't speak, they all looked at him, and they all knew that it was time for him to make a decision.

"I have just taken over this position, and it is impossible to provoke everyone, to try to show goodwill, to win them over this is the immutable principle, but twenty people died. If we are silent like this, we will not have any position in the United States in the future. Everybody will know that John Damiko is a bastard......"

"So...... I know you're ready, the action starts now, and before everyone reacts, I want old Victor to pay enough, and I'll give you two days, the night after tomorrow. That is, by this time on the 23rd, all action must cease, and by that time I can hear the voices of the rest of the family calling for a halt, and on the 24th is Christmas, and I go to apologize to old Victor. ”

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Nine o'clock in the evening.

Through the heavy snow, the night lights of New York City seem a little quiet and elegant in the white spots flying in the sky.

Soft music sounded in the room, and Yahan and the woman she called her mom were tidying up the things on the bed. Most of them are cosmetics and clothes that they bought after arriving in the United States, but they look really amazing.

"I really hate that today's heavy snow didn't stop the plane, and I was also a showman, and I really promised you, hey, Yahan, I beg you. Even if you have to go, you have to give me a reason to get by, at least, I have a better psychological balance when I am scolded by your father......"

While sorting out the cosmetics, the little mother was very unhappy on the side, perhaps because she was the stepmother after all, and asked Yahan seriously. She has never been able to refuse, it is conceivable that she is the person in charge of sending Yahan to the United States this time, if she goes back like this, with Zhang Jingan's cultivation, there will be no beating and scolding, but she can't give any reason, there is still displeasure in her heart after all, and she will inevitably have to please her for a while. Especially in the case that she is a stepmother, it is the biggest taboo to be said to be deliberately detrimental to Yahan's condition.

Knowing the difficulties in her heart, Yahan walked over from the side. hugged her affectionately from behind: "Okay, I know, little mom, but the real reason really can't be said, human life is at stake, we also encountered murder in the morning, this is the best reason, I will convince Dad." ”

"We have bodyguards, and there will be no problem in the hospital all the time, not to mention that the matter has not been investigated clearly, if you stay for two more days, the hospital will be able to give a better treatment......"

"So I can't say the real reason......"

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you, alas, ......" glanced at her, and the little mother smiled helplessly, "I owe you in my last life!" ”

"Alright, Mommy, you can tidy up your treasures. I went out to see the road conditions. ”

When I went out with a smile, I faintly heard my mother say: "Why don't you keep the plane......" I couldn't help but laugh in my heart. Standing in the corridor, the neon flickering outside the huge glass window, the cars and people, the lights flowing, about to leave the metropolis, thinking that Jiaming has been following him, his heart suddenly seemed to be relieved, and the heavy burden that had been embellished in his heart in the morning was completely gone.

But where are you hiding...... Her eyes searched in the heavy snow, but in the end she found nothing, and she thought faintly in her heart: After you go back, you can't find a reason not to see me......