Sonny. Piero died, and the pattern between the New York mafia families became more complicated, but it is certain that the Pacino family will fill the vacuum and take over Brooklyn.

By this time, the real culprit of the bombardment of Piero had returned to the campus at West Point, and was once again standing in the rector's office of Brigadier General MacArthur.

Standing with him was George Brown, a graduating fourth-grader. Howard.

The two of them faced charges of unauthorized transfer of cadet corps and looting of military supplies, which were serious and punishable by military law.

Although there was a reason for the incident, but the military law was ruthless, and even the principal had no right to extrajudicial mercy, MacArthur was expressionless, sitting on a wide chair and looking at the two students: "Do you have anything else to say?" ”

"No, sir!" The two of them did not squint, and replied with their heads held high, as if they had not made any mistakes at all.

"Well, I'll convene a makeshift military court to try you." MacArthur gestured, and the gendarmes opened the door and escorted the two away.

The court-martial, which consisted of military judges, lawyers, and juries, was held in the West Point Auditorium on a given day, and was almost entirely military, with judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys all serving on active duty, and a jury of West Point cadets, teachers, and West Point residents, and a gallery full of cadets in gray uniforms.

The two defendants were escorted by the military police and slowly walked to the courtroom. Howard, dressed in a crisp cadet gown, stood in the dock with his head held high, not like a prisoner awaiting trial, but like a general waiting for a speech.

At the beginning of the trial, the atmosphere in the courtroom was solemn, everyone listened attentively to the statement of the case of the chief prosecutor, the facts of the case were quite clear, the evidence was extremely conclusive, it was a sure thing, the chief prosecutor took five minutes to complete the statement, the defense lawyer spoke, and the critical situation at the time of the incident was exaggerated, but the chief prosecutor gave a strong rebuttal, saying that the bandits had done what they wanted to do, and that blocking at this time would cause unnecessary casualties, and that the criminal case should be the responsibility of the police, not the army.

The two sides argued sharply, the judge adjourned, the jury negotiated, and the verdict was reopened half an hour later, and the jury representative spoke, a serious West Point military instructor whose family also lives in town.

"After the unanimous verdict of the jury," the representative looked up at the solemn auditorium, and the countless pairs of eyes made him feel a little stressed, but he continued: "It was unanimously found that the defendant was guilty. ”

There was an uproar, the students stood up angrily in protest, and the judge had to bang on the gavel to stop the confusion and announce: "Now the verdict is pronounced, and the defendants Chen Zikun, George. Howard was convicted of damaging public property and fined $200. ”

Chen Zikun and George looked at each other, and breathed a sigh of relief, and when the judge asked the defendant if there was anything else to say, George raised his hand and said, "Your Excellency, we have something to say."

The judge agreed.

"Chen, come on." George humbly conceded.

"You're going to do it anyway." Chen Zikun smiled and said, after all, this flying disaster was caused by himself, George has always liked to be in the limelight, and it is better to give him this opportunity.

George's words were short, just one sentence: "If I had to do it all over again, I'd do it again, thank you." ”

There was a round of applause from the auditorium.

……

Although the temporary court sentenced the two lightly, the school rules were not so easy to bypass, and the cadets who were convicted by the military court could not continue to study at West Point, which was an iron law that no one could shake.

The 306 dormitory is gloomy, Chen Zikun and George have received a notice from the school to leave the school within one day, the two changed their school uniforms, put on civilian clothes, and packed their luggage with great sadness, compared with Chen Zikun, George is even more unlucky, he is about to graduate in a few months, and he can wear the army uniform and the second lieutenant epaulette as he wishes, but this sudden incident has beaten his dream for more than ten years.

Silently folded the gray uniform and put it into the suitcase, the cadet uniform at West Point was made of three colors, gray, black, and gold, which symbolized the three ingredients of gunpowder, saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur, this is the story told by the father, who grew up with his childhood, the father was a veteran, and his biggest ideal was to train his son to become an officer, but unfortunately he let him down.

The students in the dormitory took turns hugging George and Chan Zikun to comfort the two students who were about to leave the school.

The two of them immediately dropped their suitcases, stood straight, raised their hands to the corners of their foreheads, and saluted for a long time.

Outside the window, the melodious sound of the horn came, and everyone turned their heads to look, and the sunset sprinkled on the Star-Spangled Banner reflected a red light.

Leaving the gate of West Point in a gloomy manner, looking back at the grassy campus, the two of them were extremely emotional, pressed the brim of their hats, picked up the suitcase and turned to leave.

"George, where are you going?" Chan asked.

"I want to go to New York, maybe be an accountant or something, what about you?" George replied half-jokingly.

"I ...... Maybe in New York, there will be a job waiting for me after all. Chen Zikun said that now he has reached the point of exhaustion, unable to continue his studies, and has a lot of debts, and he wants to return to China without even travel expenses, and the only way out is to work for the Pacino family, and the mafia has always liked to recruit such iron-blooded gunmen like himself.

Suddenly, a car sped up and stopped beside them, Chen Zikun immediately pulled out his gun, and an unfamiliar face stretched out from the window of the car, facing the muzzle of the gun and raising his hands: "Hi, I have no malicious intent." ”

"Get out of the car and put your hands where I can see them." Chen Zikun's hand holding the gun did not move at all.

The man obediently got out of the car, his hands on the roof cover.

"George, search for him." Chen Zikun waved the muzzle of his gun.

George stepped forward to search his body, and sure enough, he found a Colt revolver of point 44 caliber.

"Which family are you from?" Chen Zikun asked, but he was nervous in his heart, it would be bad if the other party was from the New York Police Department, he used a mortar to kill so many people in Piero's family, although the matter was done without any mistakes, and no evidence was left, but as long as someone with a heart thought carefully, he could track it down here.

"Friend, don't be nervous, I still have a few things on me that can prove my identity." Strangers.

George continued his search, and sure enough, he found a gun license and a Pinkerton detective agency.

"Friend, I'm a private investigator and I've been looking for a guy named Wolfe for two years. Hanks's guy, this guy has a nickname called Killer Wolf, he once killed fifteen people in Chicago, and one of them was the son of a local rich man, so, he had a $10,000 bounty on him, I just came from the Orange County Police Department, and they told me two names, Chan and Howard, I guess it's you two, right? ”

Chen Zikun was relieved, lowered the muzzle of the gun, glanced at George, and grinned.

"I think the guy you're talking about, about six feet four inches tall, a sturdy elephant bear, with a deep scar on his face, is a veritable ugly bastard, right?" Chan said.

The detective said: "Yes, we tried to catch him several times, but we didn't succeed, but he injured a few colleagues, I didn't expect someone to capture him alive, it's really not easy, I want to know, how did you catch him?" ”

Chan smiled and said nothing.

George said, "That's right, that killer wolf was overturned by this valiant soldier with a mortar. ”

The detective looked incredulous: "Oh God, mortars. ”

"Man, you just said $10,000, can you talk more about this?" George grabbed the private detective's shoulders and was extremely affectionate.

"Get in the car, let's find a place to have a drink." Detective said.

The three of them came to Orange County by car, found a café, talked about the situation in detail, and after confirming it, the detective took out a check for $10,000 and asked the two to sign for it.

"If you two are interested, you can come to us and try it." The detective left a business card and left.

Suddenly there were 10,000 US dollars, and the sadness of being expelled from school suddenly decreased a lot, the two found a bar, ordered two glasses of double whiskey spirits, took a sip of dry, and ordered two more glasses, and then simply took the whole bottle and blew on the bottle, and drank half-drunk and half-awake, somehow there was a conflict with the people at the next table, and the other eight people were all put to the ground by Chen Zikun, and the police arrived quickly, and were about to blow the siren, but they were smashed by a wine bottle by George.

By the time they came to their senses, they were already squatting in their cells at the Orange County Police Department.

Assaulting the police is a big crime, but the two people who are about to face prison don't care, they are both expelled from school, this is nothing, but after waiting for a long time, they did not see the county court to arraignment, but four gendarmes came to take them back.

The two looked at each other, not understanding what was happening, and now that they were no longer part of the army, why should they use the gendarmerie.

All the way back to West Point, and again to the principal's office, MacArthur was as calm as water, sitting in a wide chair and watching the two.

"Looks like it's a wise decision to fire both of you."

"Yes, sir!" The two replied in unison, still with straight waists and no repentance.

MacArthur stood up and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, his height of 1.9 meters and his majestic general bearing made the two cadets very stressed.

"I hope that you will maintain the enthusiasm and courage to deal with the Orange County police while fighting the enemy, because you represent West Point." MacArthur said suddenly.

The adjutant knocked on the door and came in, presenting two papers, which MacArthur quickly signed, handed one to George, and said, "You will transfer to the Naval Academy of Annapolis to continue your studies." ”

handed Chen Zikun another copy: "Congratulations, you have graduated." ”