Chapter 1: A Conspiracy
Douglas's ship finally prevailed over the storm that came as promised.
Before the storm and waves blockaded Scampala, the boy and his men left the land of right and wrong, and returned to Crescent Island in time to report to Osiris. Ferro's Godfather is reinstated.
At this point, Scampara's fight has nothing to do with him, but in order to maximize the results of this operation, the boy's work is not over.
Without the command of the leader, the four major gangster families except for the Osiris family have undoubtedly fallen into chaos, and they who have lost contact with a large number of elites are currently leaderless, and they can't exert much combat effectiveness at all.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Osiris family broke through the default sphere of influence of various families for many years, and wantonly grabbed the interests that originally belonged to other mafia.
The Godfather's orders were issued several times a day from the family headquarters on Crescent Island, and all other family members were all involved in this bloody purge that expanded the fruits of victory.
It is conservatively estimated that in the nearly week of competition that followed, the territory of the Osiris family expanded at least threefold, and the increase in the actual interests in the hands was even more exaggerated than this number!
When the hurricane besieging Scampala Island finally subsided, the four family leaders who had been killed and injured suddenly discovered that during the time they had fallen into a trap for a small drug-making formula, Osiris had already taken over most of their industries.
The victims instinctively wanted to retaliate, but with the current strength of the two sides, even if the four major families formed an alliance again, they would have long lost the ability to compete with Osiris.
- The Osiris family has effectively become the only gangster overlord in the Western Sea!
In order to reward the teenager for his important role in this operation, Ferro's godfather also officially announced to the other officials in the family that he would adopt Douglas as his godson (adopted son) and agreed to allow his daughter Freira to be engaged to him.
Overnight, Douglas, who was originally from a poor background, became the hottest figure in the entire Osiris family.
However, what is surprising is that in the next four years, this family upstart who could have shown his strength in a high position was unusual, completely silent, except for some banquets organized by the upper echelons of the kingdom, Douglas completely disappeared from the public eye.
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The year 1506 of the sea calendar.
West Sea, Peanut Island.
At 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning, Douglas had finished his morning workout and sat at the table with an open collar in a white shirt.
In his hand was a freshly uncovered piece of mail, and the white letter paper was pinched in the palm of the 17-year-old Cadet leader's hand.
Freira: "What is this, dear?" ”
"A letter from one of the family's partners, there are some difficult things to ask the godfather, so let me think of a way here." Douglas replied casually, handing the letter to Flella.
But it was clear that the daughter of the Osiris family was not interested in these business dealings, and she just asked casually, and did not mean to read them carefully.
Flera smiled sweetly, and by the way, scooped out a little of the freshly made egg porridge with a spoon, blew it cold, and brought it to Douglas's mouth.
"Leave those troubles to my brother and they will have a headache, come my dear, and try my handiwork."
Douglas smiled, drank the egg porridge that had been handed to his lips, and then gently brushed the eldest lady's long hair. There seemed to be an endless amount of affection hidden in his gentle gaze, which could make Freira bow her head in shame even if she didn't say a word.
Because of this, the woman who was indulging in happiness did not notice that Douglas was carefully tucking the letterhead into his pocket with his other hand.
About half an hour later, as soon as Douglas returned to the office, he instructed Miss Lily to bring a pen and paper and write back to the mysterious friend in response to what the other party had mentioned.
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- Dear Mr. Rodney
Thank you very much for agreeing with my suggestion regarding the question you mentioned earlier...
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The young man carefully considered his choice of words, but on the whole he wrote very quickly, and only after he had put down his pen and checked twice that there were no mistakes, did he hand the letter to the secretary.
Douglas: "Old rules. ”
"Understood, President."
Pushing her glasses, Miss Lily, who had taken over most of the intelligence gathering in the Junior Army, was now a big girl, and instead of stuffing the letter Douglas had just written into the folder in her arms, she put it in the pocket of the lady's suit.
"Is there anything else scheduled for the morning?"
"At ten o'clock, the comprador of Montungus made an appointment to meet in your office the day before yesterday to discuss the acquisition of the Red Coat Racecourse."
"At half past ten, Albert will send someone to send the protector to the company."
"Eleven o'clock is your gym time, and at half-past twelve you are scheduled to dine with Miss Freira."
Speaking of this, Lily flipped through the Chen slip that had just been sent this morning, and added, "In addition, the seventh prince of the Snoopy Kingdom invited you to a banquet this morning, do you think you should change the lunch to the other party's mansion?" ”
"Yes." Douglas nodded, "Get Freira to the company in advance, and we'll go together." ”
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."
Lily closed the folder, bent slightly, and then turned to leave the office.
She understood why Douglas insisted on bringing Miss Freira to the meeting—more politically symbolic than the presence of the rebel son, the blood relatives of Ferro's godfather.
Although everyone knows that the management of the Osiris family in the area around Peanut Island is in the hands of Douglas, when dealing with members of the royal family, the other party will inevitably pay attention to these conventions.
Excluding this formal requirement, the royal family of the Snoopy Kingdom extended an invitation to Douglas at this time, and the connotation of it is not so easy to guess.
In recent years, the rapidly expanding Osiris family has continued to encroach on the territory that originally belonged to the other four major families, except for the first few days of devastation and triumph, and the subsequent struggle will be much more complicated and stalemate.
In this process, the Osiris family united many friends who were originally in a neutral wait-and-see position, and in turn, naturally offended some forces that had originally been friendly with the four major families or had in-depth cooperation.
Among them, the kingdom of Snoopy is a pretty typical example.
Prior to the war, the Snoopy Kingdom was a partner of the Red family, but after Osiris gained the upper hand and monopolized most of the black market trade near Peanut Island, the official members of this world government changed their stance in an exchange of interests.
Because of this relationship, although the relationship between Snoopy and Osiris is not hostile, there are some estrangements after all, and now the royal family suddenly extended an olive branch to Douglas, which is really surprising.