The rain finally stopped, and the sky dawned.

Leo, who was leaning against the corner, opened his eyes and slowly got up against the wall in the pungent smell. He had spent the night near a stable and slept soundly, but it was a good hiding place and not easy to spot.

Both for the owner of the stables and for those who pursued him.

He didn't eat anything last night, and it's not an exaggeration to say that he woke up hungry, and his legs were still a little weak. He wondered what he had to eat, and even if he was in danger, he couldn't go hungry again. When you are full, you have the strength to continue to run for your life.

This is the town of Rosabiran, the territory of Akiyama City, and only 74 kilometers away from his destination, Akiyama City.

Leo took off his bloodstained coat and put on only a shirt, rolled up his trouser legs, and found some dirt to rub on the blood stains on his pants. In this way, he looks like a dirty bum.

He tightened the belt that was tied to his abdomen again, and then carried the sandalwood dragon beside him behind him and stuck it in the belt. He touched his pocket, there was still some change in it, and Canglin was there. He also touched the wounds on his body, including gunshot wounds, knife wounds, and blunt force wounds, all of which were treated with Canglin and temporarily controlled.

However, even if Canglin can suppress the injury and speed up the recovery, if it is not treated professionally, the wound will still not heal well, let alone deal with the infection.

Today, no matter what, you have to flee to Akiyama City.

Leo buried his bloody clothes in the grass and walked into the town as if nothing had happened, keeping an eye on his surroundings. He wanted to find a crowded place to go, blend in with the crowd as much as possible, and keep himself from showing up. But looking at his appearance, people deliberately avoided it, so he had to avoid the avenue and walk the small alley.

He doesn't have a mobile phone, looking at the sun, it is estimated to be six or seven o'clock, he confirms the money, it is enough to have breakfast, as for the car, let's find a way.

He went into a restaurant, exchanged all his money for food, and gobbled it up. The kind-hearted shopkeeper saw that he was covered in mud and his face was covered in dust, and guessed that he might be a vagabond, so he gave him some extra food to eat.

"Thank you." Leo said.

"Don't care," said the shopkeeper, "you've wandered here?" ”

"Sort of."

"Is there a place to go?"

Leo hesitated, if it had been before, he would have blurted out. But after a few days, he didn't dare to answer easily—for fear of being betrayed again.

But since you have eaten other people's things, there is no reason to doubt it.

"I'm going to go to Akiyama City to join my relatives."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up: "Really? That's a coincidence. My son is also going to the city to buy something in a while, you can take a ride. ”

"This ......"

Leo was a little embarrassed, and the shopkeeper saw his worries, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't want your money, just hitchhike." ”

"Thank you very much. When I find relatives, I will definitely come back to thank you. ”

"Hahaha, okay."

The owner's son was a sturdy man in his thirties, and while Leo was eating, he was in the backyard, removing empty cardboard boxes from a pickup truck. The father told him that he wanted to add a guest, and the young man immediately agreed.

An hour later, the pickup truck departed. Leo, who was sitting in the car, was still nervous, looking around from time to time or looking in the rearview mirror.

"You seem to be tired." The young man said, glancing at Leo.

"Sort of," Leo replied, "where is this car going?" ”

"Old Henry Market."

Leo was not impressed, he did not come to Akiyama City very often.

"Where?"

"It's still quite far from the city, and there is only one bus, and the interval between the buses is very long. Otherwise, I'll send it to you directly. ”

"Doesn't this delay your shopping?"

"It's okay, just load the car first."

Finally, on the last leg of the journey, I met a real kind person. Thinking of this, Leo relaxed for the first time in a long time, he had been on his guard for days on end.

Before he knew it, he took a nap and woke up to the pickup truck being only three kilometers from Old Henry Market.

The young man smiled and said to him, "Wake up, we're almost there." I'll load the car later, and then I'll send you off. ”

"Well, thank you ......"

Before he could finish his words of thanks, Leo's nerves suddenly tensed automatically, and his eyes hurriedly looked into the rearview mirror.

Three black sedans came speeding from behind, two of them were also in the overtaking lane, and they were accelerating closer and closer.

It's them, here!

"Stop!" Leo shouted at the young man.

"Huh? Why? ”

"Don't ask, stop and let me go down, you go quickly!"

"What the hell is going on?"

The young man couldn't figure out the situation and still stepped on the gas. At this moment, a sedan had already copied in front of the pickup truck, deliberately slowing down to avoid it. The young man hurriedly slowed down.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

He shouted. Another car in the passing lane was spotted, approaching from the left. The young man immediately applied the brakes, and the three cars followed.

"Don't go down!"

Leo's shouts did not dissuade the young man. I saw him pick up his mobile phone, jumped out of the car in a rage, wanted to reason with the people in the car, and then called the police.

He didn't know that these people were not reasonable people at all.

Bang bang –

After a few gunshots, the young man died next to his car. The people in the sedan all got out of the car, flashed their pistols, and surrounded the pickup truck.

It's these guys again. In Arandel it was entangled. They, or rather their boss, want their own death, Leo knows very well. But they always have to involve unrelated people.

It is not good for them to kill more, the only purpose of doing so is to provoke themselves and make themselves uneasy. In that case, the forest will not be fully functional.

It's not the first time Leo has encountered this situation, he can restrain his anger and not be impulsive. But this mood is about to reach its limit.

At this moment, the fire in the forest was jumping, and the gunmen were about to complete the encirclement of the pickup truck, and one of them even pulled open the door of the cab.

"You brought it on yourself!"

Gripping the sandalwood dragon tightly, Leo leaped out of the cab.

After a fierce battle, the gunmen all died in pools of blood, their blood staining Leo's shirt completely red.

Leo's old wound was not healed, and a new wound was added, and he suffered two bullets in his leg. He tried to stop the bleeding with Canglin, but his frequent use of EXP weapons caused his EXP resistance to begin to decrease, and instead of stopping the bleeding, Canglin caused more severe pain.

"Ugh! Ha, ha, ......"

The young man's mobile phone was blown up by the gunmen, and Leo can't drive a car now, so he can only use the sandalwood dragon as a crutch to walk, but unfortunately the length of the sandalwood dragon is not suitable. In order to hold up the ground, he had to bend down a bit.

No matter how much it hurts, Leo keeps his heart calm, this is a habit, or instinct, brought to him by using Canglin for many years.

Is there only these three cars? Will there be anyone else behind? The probability is not zero. What's more, seeing himself like this, it is estimated that no one is willing to let him take a ride again.

Leo decided to leave the road and venture into the woods on both sides of the road, it was June, and the trees were already green, and it was the time of luxury.

In the woods, Leo's sweat and blood kept dripping, and he had to stop and catch his breath after walking for a while. For the last three kilometers, he walked for more than an hour.

When a corner of Old Henry's Market appeared in front of him, when he could see the pickup trucks loading in front of the market, he finally relented.

"Save ......"

With only a feeble voice, Leo collapsed, confused.

In a trance, he saw as if someone was running towards him, as if he was still saying something......

"Okay, that's it"

After rebandaging Leo's wound, Smith patted Leo on the back, and a pain that was not light or severe made Leo wake up from his memories.

"Thanks, boss."

"It's fine." Smith packed up his things and said, "What's the fuss?" ”

"I'm thinking about last year."

"What do you think about the past?"

"At that time, if the boss hadn't happened to find out, I would have died."

"Look at what you said, it's not far from the market, I can't find it, others will find out. And I'm just calling the police, don't worry too much. ”

Put the gauze and pill bottle back in the drawer, and Smith was going back to work.

"Something called me."

Leo nodded, lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Why did you suddenly think of last year?

Probably because of my current self, I am covered in injuries again.

*****

At Luna's house, a group of people eat around the table, but only Rolov eats the most happily. Others don't have the heart to swallow at all.

Especially Akeya, he now understands where those photos came from, although he still doesn't know, it is Smith who called the police, why is there empty in the position of the policeman, probably because the police did not find him.

"Well, that's a pretty good soup."

Rolov ate and drank, and after a bottle of beer, his face became ruddy, and his throat became thicker.

"What's the matter, everybody's eating?"

"Why, those people want to kill Leo?" Luna asked first.

"Because, this is the rule of the snake shadow."

Rolov is a little helpless, he can call the wind and rain in Akiyama City, but in the snake shadow, in the Caton family, he can't do anything.

As the son of the leader of the mafia, Leo does not look ruthless, which is due to the decision of his father Harry. When Leo was six years old, Harry sent him to Mr. Windforest for some reason. The old man happily accepted Leo.

As a result, Leo grew up in a peaceful environment, with nothing to do with the hustle and bustle and strife within the organization. Over time, he developed a character of little desire. Leo is also more accustomed to the life of the Wind Forest Academy, and rarely returns to Arandel every year except for National Day and New Year's Eve.

After all, it's hard to go back once.

In the year 132, Harry became the sixteenth leader of Serpent Shadow. Since then, Leo has returned home a little more often. He had no intention of blending into the snake shadow at all, and only wanted to live his life plainly.

However, God did not allow him to have such thoughts.

As a mafia, Snake Shadow often receives some commissions, and most of these tasks are entrusted to the right people. Sometimes the task is very difficult, or when some people with status are needed to participate, the leader will also go out himself.

In December 138, Harry and his wife, Martini, received a commission from which they set out to give an account.

Who knows, this time, there is no news, and there is no news until now.

In February 139, Harry and his wife had been missing for almost three months, and many people inside the snake shadow couldn't sit still. After all, there are many things in the organization every day, which need the participation and decision of the leader, and sooner or later it will be chaotic.

So there was a suggestion that the election of the chief must be held immediately, and a new leader must be elected, so that everything can be back on track.

And the candidate with the highest voice and the most supporters, named Gunaveld Barbas, is the chairman of Miofei Cosmetics, a company under the command of Snake Shadow, with outstanding ability and considerable influence and popularity in Snake Shadow. He is also considered to be the strongest contender for the next generation of leaders.

Having someone other than the Caton family as the leader is nothing new in the history of Serpent Shadow. Snake Shadow has always been meritocracy, and capable people deserve to be on top. What's more, the leader can't do whatever he wants, because there is also a group in the snake shadow that oversees the leader's work and participates in the deliberations: the Senate. It is made up of influential figures within the Serpent Shadow, but no matter how you adjust it, there will always be a part of the Caton family's seats, which is a rule that has been in place for more than a hundred years.

Gounavold proposed to the Senate an election, which was normally held every six years, except that if there were special circumstances that required the initiation of an election, the Senate would have to approve it.

The senators consulted for some time, but to no avail. Because there is also a voice of opposition, which cannot be ignored either.

Opponents believe that there is still hope of finding the Harrys and their wife, and that it is too early to call for elections. And at present, there are no major problems with the snake shadow, and the status quo can be maintained.

This group of people are all Harry's direct subordinates, or those who support him, and their representative, Payne Chelsea, is Harry's confidant and extremely loyal to Harry. Both the Senate and Gunaveld understood that Payne would not allow anyone outside of the Caton family to become the leader.

But Payne also knew that the chances of finding Harry were basically zero. Whether the senators will let the current situation go unchecked and agree to the election is only a matter of time. When the time comes, I will have to think of other countermeasures.

The only way is to find the rest of the Caton family and participate in the election. So, Payne thought of a good candidate - far away in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Harry's son, Leo.

"However, Elio's character, it is impossible to agree, right?"

Hearing Rolov say this, Luna hurriedly asked. Rolov was already full of food and drink, and was smoking a cigarette beautifully.

"Of course. That kid was already comfortable in the Wind Forest Courtyard, and suddenly said that he would let him participate in the general election, how could he agree. Later, Payne told me to convince Leo, I didn't make that call, I didn't want to hear him complain. ”

Thinking of the way their grandparents and grandchildren usually quarrel, Andora and Luna couldn't help but laugh.

"Then the captain has been staying in the Wind Forest Courtyard?" Akya asked.

"Or else? He had nowhere else to go. However, he can't help it. ”

Leo, who had rejected Payne's request several times, had planned to stay in the Windforest Courtyard, but because of Mr. Windforest's sudden death, he had to change his mind.

Canglin and Chilan, the hands of the wind forest, are the weapons used by Mr. Wind Forest. It will only be passed on to those who have the potential to become the next Mr. Windforest. Mr. Feng Lin handed over Cang Lin and Chi Lan to Leo and Xiao Feng respectively, and his intentions were self-evident.

It's just that the five hall masters have a lot of complaints about Mr. Fenglin's decision, but because of Mr. Fenglin's face, it is difficult to say it directly. Now that Mr. Fenglin is gone, they don't need to hide their thoughts, and everyone is discussing the election of a new Mr. Fenglin, squeezing out Leo and Xiao Feng, and taking back Canglin and Chilan.

Xiao Feng was angry at Mr. Fenglin's death at that time, and he was even more angry when he heard that the hall masters were going to drive him away. The master's bones are not cold, but the hall masters have ill intentions and only care about fighting for power and profit. In a fit of rage, he refused to hand over Akaran, and left the Wind Forest Temple with Uesugi Izumioka and Maitili, who had agreed to his revenge plan.

And Leo left Xiao Feng too early, he never imagined that he would leave Arandel and avoid the election of the leader of the snake shadow, but he would be swept into the right and wrong of the Wind Forest Courtyard. The Wind Forest Courtyard is no longer his safe place, and it is better to withdraw as soon as possible.

But where to go? Except for Arrandel, it is Akiyama City, both of which Leo does not like, especially Akiyama City, where there is only one grandfather who rarely meets and is noisy when they meet. In contrast, the vast majority of his friends and family were in Arandel, and of course those who wanted him to be the leader.

Just when Leo was in a dilemma, Payne, who learned of Mr. Fenglin's death, came to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to pick up Leo in person. After much persuasion, Leo reluctantly agreed to Payne's words and embarked on a journey to Arandel.

When he stepped off the plane, he was greeted by Payne's men, and Leo could only respond with a stiff smile.

Payne struck while the iron was hot and publicized the return of Harry's son Leo. Harry's supporters quickly rallied in support of Leo. Soon, the Senate identified Leo as a candidate.

Now, Leo can't help himself, and Leo can only accept it. At that time, he didn't realize that the election of the leader of the snake shadow was a veritable disaster.