The windmill spun around in the wilderness.

Matthew ate the shrimp wonton noodles in the bowl with a fork, he gulped the noodles into his stomach, making a "smack" sound, he was hungry, really hungry. He didn't eat anything at Jackie's party, in fact he hadn't had a proper meal in years, and the long hours of mental stress and the use of illegal drugs had left him in shape. The death of his sister was firmly pressed on his heart, and he never came out of it for a day. And tonight, this is the most delicious and fragrant bowl of wonton noodles he has ever tasted.

Tears kept pouring out of Matthew's eyes, and he wept as he ate, and by the time he finished eating a bowl of noodles, the tears were almost gone. Arthur handed Matthew a tissue, and Matthew wiped away his tears, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were full of light. This is the look he has lost for a long time, and this is what he was when he first came to New York.

"Thank you, thank you, I feel better." Matthew looked at Arthur, who was sitting in front of him, and felt extremely kind and grateful in his heart. He was like a lone lamp in the darkness, illuminating the way forward for him. Matthew didn't know why he felt this way, not why. Like Russell and Abramo, it seems to be a fateful encounter and connection.

"I accept your gratitude, but you won't even call me godfather." Arthur sat there with his hands crossed, spread his hands as he spoke, and stretched out his right hand.

Matthew grabbed Arthur's hand, looked down and kissed it lightly on the back of his hand, and said, "Thank you, Godfather." ”

Next, Matthew told Arthur everything about his experience. His parents died in an accident in high school, and instead of continuing his studies after graduation, he took his sister to New York to join relatives and work in a car repair shop. Her sister Martha was taken to a bar by several gangsters to cheat her into eating illegal drugs, and died unexpectedly because of excessive consumption, no one was responsible for this, and several gangsters disappeared without a trace. Matthew thus met agents from the FDA-OIC office investigating the case, who had been tracking and investigating the criminal activities of manufacturing and selling various illegal drugs in the New York area, and they had been looking for a suitable informant.

After learning about Matthew's identity, the OIC office recruited Matthew and had Matthew save Wood during an arrest. Matthew did not immediately contact Wood, and he continued to work in the garage while attending secret training. It wasn't until the time was ripe that Matthew approached Wood for help to help him with his work, and eventually succeeded in joining the Gandolfil family's peripheral organization.

Unlike the FBI, the FDA does not have so many agents and undercover agents, and their full name is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, not a police or secret service agency. But the establishment of the FDA itself originated from an undercover operation - in 1904, the writer Upton Clay went undercover for a Chicago meat processing plant and wrote the novel "The Slaughterhouse" from this experience. As a result, it shocked the nation after its release in 1906 for exposing the disgusting shady revelations in food meat processing, causing then-US President Theodore Roosevelt to throw away the sausages on the table and become a vegetarian, and eventually promoting the establishment of the FDA.

It can be said that this is an organization born because of undercover, and it is a common means for them to use undercover people to collect evidence and check illegal food and drugs. However, as the undercover agent deepened, it was gradually discovered that hidden behind many illegal drug sales lines was an underworld giant who had been entrenched in New York for decades, the Gandol family. Fifty percent of the illegal drugs in the greater New York area are controlled by this family.

As a result, Matthew was trapped in this undercover operation for longer and longer, from one year to three years, and three years to five years. He can't help but keep an eye on Wood, collect evidence of the Gandolfer family's crimes, and get a picture of Jackie Gandolfel. He became the FDA's unknown deepthroat.

"The camera is still in the trunk of the car, and Wood... On the couch, the roster was in the safe, which could be opened with Wood's fingerprints. ”

Matthew told Arthur everything, and he hadn't opened up to anyone in over five years. The more secrets of a person's heart are congested, the heavier his heart becomes. The heavier the mind, the worse the body. The double blow from the medicine and the soul made him no longer a normal person. After saying everything, his heart was emptied, and the feeling of rebirth filled his body.

Arthur tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Let's go back to the pharmacy together, dispose of Wood, get the roster, I need it." Also, continue to be who you are, and I'll get back to you if you need to. ”

Matthew nodded, got up and headed out to get back to Russell's car. And Arthur came to the cash register and patted the bell, and the boss came out of the kitchen with a smile on his face, and Arthur wanted to settle the bill.

"Did you hear what I said to my friend just now?" Arthur pulled out a $20 sheet and handed it over, and asked suddenly.

The boss just wanted to take the money, but when he heard Arthur's words, he froze, took his hand back, and hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, I didn't hear anything, I didn't hear anything... Even if these two bowls of noodles are sent, no money will be charged, no money will be charged. ”

Arthur looked around the store and saw a camera installed in a corner, so he pointed to the camera and asked, "Do you have CCTV in your store?" ”

The boss nodded, "Yes... Yes, there is, but there is only a picture, no sound. ”

"Tonight's content is deleted, right away."

"Uh... Yes, yes! The boss hurriedly turned around and erased all the monitoring content on the monitor screen.

Arthur put the money on the counter, knocked on it, and said, "The money is here, no need to look for it." Your noodles are good, and I will come back in the future. ”

With that, Arthur left the Hey Tea Restaurant, got into Russell's car, and went to the pharmacy on 22nd Street Wood. The owner of the tea restaurant breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself what the hell was the origin of this young man, it really scared people enough. Fortunately, in line with the principle that more is better than less, I hid in the kitchen and didn't listen to anything, otherwise...... Forget it, close the door, close.

……

Two hours later, it was past the wee hours of the morning.

Arthur returned to Little Italy's apartment, cautiously opened the door and entered, and when he entered the room, he took a look at Gina, who was already asleep in bed. Arthur retreated into the living room, opened the safe under the TV cabinet again, and put the playing cards and an old notebook wrapped in a handkerchief. The notebook contains the secrets of one-third of the illegal drug trade in Manhattan. Arthur wondered if he was going to get a fingerprint safe too.

After getting the notebook, Russell and Matthew stuffed Wood's body into the trunk and transported it to the vicinity of Yanks, where they found an uninhabited river beach and buried it directly. The blood stains, footprints, fingerprints, and surveillance in the office have all been cleaned up, and as long as they are not carefully investigated, they will not be exposed. Wood disappeared into this world.

More than 10,000 people die in murder every year in the United States, and this is still a statistic. What is not counted are missing people like Wood and Tony. They may see the light of day in five, ten, twenty, or even fifty or 100 years, for some chance reason. But no one knows their stories, and their sins are buried under the loess.

Of course, if Wood is missing, the police may not investigate, he has no family, no one will call the police, but the Gandolfil family will definitely investigate. Matthew was the last person to see Wood, and luckily Arthur was in the car with him. The two of them made a string of words, and insisted on sending Wood home first, and then Arthur. It is said that Wood broke his head on the way, so he was sent to the medicine first, and then Arthur followed Matthew's car back to Little Italy.

The people of the Gandol family must not have expected that Matthew was already Arthur's man.

Of course, the people at the FDA can't think of it.

After hiding his notebook, Arthur sat on the couch and thought. He knew that he was one step closer to eliminating the Gandofil family. The blow to the drug line of the Gandophil family is already on the line. Barmond is also in this notebook, Arthur knows the scale, price, and sales channels of his drug purchases. The problem now is not Bamond, but Montolo. This guy has always been ambiguous about competing with the Gandolfer family, and this time he participated in Jackie's party, he was even more active, for fear that his position in the Luciano family was not stable enough.

Arthur knew in his heart that Montolo was not a trustworthy gang boss, and that he needed a new, suitable puppet.

And his brother-in-law, Fat Dior, is just as much a trouble.

Arthur sat on the couch and pondered for a long time, going through the events of the day in his mind as usual, pulling out the various joints and scrutinizing them carefully. After thinking about the technical details of making Italian desserts, he finally felt sleepy, yawned, and went back to his room to sleep with Gina in his arms.

That night, Arthur had a dream in which he dreamed that he was in a cloud that would not reach his waist. He couldn't see the road clearly, so he leaned down to clear the clouds and poked out one eye to look down. He saw a toy-like car parked in front of a toy-like wood, and a small man standing next to the car, looking up at Arthur.

Arthur blinked, looking at him too.