There was the sound of heavy machinery running outside the room, it sounded like some kind of assembly line, maybe it was a car factory, a meat canning factory, or a beverage factory, and that's what DeWitt had on his mind, and it didn't matter.

An hour ago, he had been brought here in a black hood, an empty room of only about ten square meters, the windows were sealed, and the whole room was only a chandelier overhead, and the light could not shine on the surrounding walls and corners.

Devitt was tied to a chair with a rope, and when the hood was removed, the big thug who was following Sonny began beating him. The thug's name was Gava, an amateur boxer who was at least middleweight, wrapped gauze around his hands and punched DeWitt's abdomen, chest, neck, and face for 40 minutes, and spent another 20 minutes or so asking questions, but the answers he got were basically "You punch like a drunk" or "I think you're out of breath, do you want to rest for a while?"

The cigarette butts all over the floor showed that Sonny's time and patience had been worn out, and Gava seemed to have given up on interrogation, he walked up to Sonny, leaned into his ear and whispered: "I don't think there will be any results if I continue to fight, I once met a similar guy in the Middle East, and the two-hour electric shock didn't even ask for his name." ”

Sonny pushed Gava away, pulled a pistol out of his jacket, and pressed it against DeWitt's forehead, "Listen, bastard, this is your last chance to get your superior's name out." ”

"As I said a long time ago, if you had used the organ in your skull, you would have ruled out the possibility that I was a police officer. ”

The butt of the gun slammed DeWitt's chin, and Sonny said angrily, "Okay, since I can't pry your mouth open" He turned around and pulled out another chair from the dark shadow in the corner of the room, on which Mike was being tied, but it looked like he hadn't been punched yet.

"I'm sorry, man, but I have to figure it out from you. Sonny waved for Gava to come over, and it looked like he was ready to do something to Mike.

"Hey, hey, what is this for! What does it matter if I'm following him?!You introduced him to me, I've known him for less than 24 hours, and I don't even know his last name. Mike exclaimed, "Besides, I'll tell you everything I know!"

"Yes, you told us all of them, you said that he single-handedly killed all the Genovise family deliveries, threw them into Lake Michigan, and then took the money and took you away from nearly half of the city's police. Do you think it's a video game or a movie? Do I look like a three-year-old? Mike, my buddy, we've had a great time working together, but if you keep making up stories, you can't blame me for not caring about old friendships. ”

"You're not a three-year-old, you're just a little stupid. Devitt laughed behind Sonny's back.

"You bastard!" Sonny flew into a rage and rushed forward to deliver two old punches at DeWitt.

Gava then untied the blood-stained gauze on his hands and threw it on the ground, replaced it with two clean ones, and wrapped them around his hands again. He had already taken off his shirt, the muscles on his two arms were knotted, and the green tendons were protruding, and the strong man with a tiger's back stood in front of the white and thin Mike, and it became more and more obvious that the four-eyed student was weak, even if he untied the rope, it was estimated that Mike would also be beaten down by three punches.

"Boy, do you want me to help you take off your glasses? I don't want you to call like a girl when the lenses are in your eyes. Gava's right fist slammed twice into the palm of his left hand, as if he was ready to do it.

Mike hurriedly said, "Wait, wait...... You wait, don't do it, I can explain. ”

Sonny walked over again, "I'm listening. ”

Mike said, "Since you don't believe what I said before, I can help you analyze the worst case scenario you are worried about, which is nothing more than ...... DeWitt was a cop or an agent or HL or something, and I made some kind of deal with him to help him hide some of the things that happened yesterday. But if you think about it, it's absolutely impossible. ”

Sonny said: "Why? Just because you only met this person yesterday, I should believe that you have no possibility of being bought by him? I have seen a lot of boys like you, I believe that I have a little higher education, and I secretly do some illegal things, as long as the strip comes to the door and threatens you with imprisonment and future, you immediately turn into an informant like a ****, hoping to send someone like me to prison in exchange for a witness protection plan or something, right?"

Mike swallowed and replied, "Mr. Luches, I have to repeat that you made him come to me. ”

Sonny said, "yes, because I think this guy is a liar. He actually called himself a 'consultant,'......" He turned back and grabbed DeWitt's hair and said to his face, "Do you think I haven't heard of that counselor? If a man in his forties walked up to me, maybe I would have a 1 percent chance of believing it, but don't you kid think it's a little too tender to pretend to be a legend?"

DeWitt just smiled and didn't bother to respond.

Sonny went back to Mike: "So I told him all about Tony's delivery time and location, and said to him, 'If you're a consultant, you know what to do to prove yourself.'" ”

Mike replied, "Then you introduced me to him, because I know a lot about all kinds of deals in the city, and if DeWitt does call the police to break the deal, you can completely get rid of yourself afterwards." ”

Sonny laughed, "That's a good guess. ”

Mike continued: "At that time, Tony may be arrested, or simply killed for resisting arrest, even if he is not dead, or the police can't sue him and let him go, but the deal on this line will definitely be yellow, Tony will be very unhappy in the Genovise family, and your purpose of revenge will be achieved."

But no matter what the outcome is, Genovise will suspect that you are behind it, because you and Tony have always had a holiday. When the time comes, you can pretend that you don't know anything, and even if DeWitt identifies you, you can say that he is a liar and wants to rely on the power of the Lucis family to protect himself, and push me out at the right time as some kind of evidence that you did not reveal the information about the transaction. ”

DeWitt spoke up again: "Sonny, this kid is much smarter than you. ”

"If you bastard don't shut up, I'll cut your tongue out. Sonny looked back and threatened.

Mike changed his words: "But you didn't expect that Devitt didn't go to the police at all as you imagined, but chose to eat black and successfully escaped." Because you don't believe that he can do this, so you suspect that he is a person from the police, and no matter what he did last night, it was only because of the secret cooperation of the police. ”

Sonny said, "yes, so don't we talk about it again?" boy, what did this do you good about, what happened last night?"

Mike let out a long breath: "If the city of Chicago is still functioning normally, I think everything that happened last night would have been read in the newspaper this morning." ”

Sonny's expression changed slightly.

Mike continued: "The media report should have been that two burned cars were found, one was a van and the other was a hit-and-run vehicle that caused traffic chaos in the afternoon, and some footprints were found at the scene, but no one was found. He paused at this point: "Don't you think this is exactly the same as what I told you about the actual situation?"

Sonny snorted coldly, "Yes, why do I think it's more appropriate for the strips to take Tony and his gang and deliberately let you go, and then block the news from the outside world?" He looked at Mike: "And it's normal for you to come to me at eleven o'clock this morning, and it's normal to have read a few newspapers in advance in the morning." ”

Mike said: "So, according to your speculation, assuming that DeWitt is an undercover agent sent by the police, what happened should be like this......

First of all, DeWitt is trying to break into your family in a very surprising way - posing as a consultant, and I think any undercover detective in his right mind would be better off throwing peanuts in your face in a bar than that.

And you didn't believe him from the beginning, so it can be seen that he failed in the first step, and then he jumped into the obvious trap you had devoted, and he bribed me with coercion and inducement, a man who had only known him for less than half a day, and then, after all the design was completed, he took me, a man who was not at all loyal and had no training, to see you again like a net, without the slightest fear that I would betray him because I could not bear the torture. ”

The expression on Sonny's face changed several times, and it seemed to be shaken, and Mike hadn't finished speaking: "Mr. Luches, you should think about it, your suspicions are baseless and illogical. In addition, even if you insist on going your own way, if you have to say that he is a police officer, I strongly recommend that you stop torturing me, who is already out of the way, and you just shoot him, he has nothing to do with me, and I will come with him today because this bastard refuses to pay me. ”

At this point, a fifth man's voice sounded in the room, and the deep voice said, "Alright, Sonny, you and Gava go out first, and don't forget to close the door." ”

Sonny answered, glared at the two in the chair again, and walked out with Gava.

In the corner of the room, in the darkness, there was another person, who had been there since the beginning, but neither DeWitt nor Mike noticed him, and Sonny and Gava deliberately pretended that there were only four people in the room.

In the shadows, out came a white-haired old man, with a beard, wearing a suit that a working-class salary could only afford for a year's salary, he also moved a stool, sat in front of the two, and said: "I admire the two of you, you know, when I was your age, I was fooling around all day and living a playboy life, which made my parents very worried. His gaze moved to DeWitt's face: "I hope you can forgive me for being suspicious, I fully believe that the advisor is a very young man of great talent, I just hate those undercover agents."

We are a big family, and it is inevitable that some people with bad intentions will get involved, and I accept them as family, but these thieves only want to destroy the interests of the family, send the brothers to prison, and hurt our feelings and self-esteem. ”

DeWitt spat out the blood in his mouth: "So, is the scene just now the final test, or will there be more temptations in the future?"

The old man replied, "I think that's enough, kid, if you're some honor student secretly picked out from the police academy by the chief, you shouldn't look like that when a gun is pointed at your head. ”

"Oh, what?" said DeWitt with a smile.

"I've seen a lot of undercover agents when they are under mortal threat, and when they get there, they think of their family, their mission, or their superiors, and in short, they remember something meaningful, even if they are calm and ready to face death on the surface, but there are emotions that cannot be hidden.

And if it's a wronged villain, at that moment it will be angry, unwilling, and the crazier guy, like you, will seem to be thinking about something boring, like what will be eaten for dinner tonight. ”

"Uh...... Sir, who are you?" interrupted Mike, who was nearby.

"Joseph Luches, I think you've heard the name, young man. Joseph replied.

Mike looked down and smiled: "Huh...... It's an honor to meet you, sir, and I think if I make it out alive today, I won't be a law-abiding citizen in the future. ”

Joseph said, "You're not a law-abiding citizen for a long time, Mike. ”

DeWitt looked quite excited: "What made the owner of the Luches family choose to see me in person? When you first sat in this room, you probably didn't hear Mike's narration, but only read the newspaper report, right......?"

Joseph continued: "Even I, after seeing the report, the first person to doubt it was Sonny, and he didn't dare to lie in front of me. ”

"Hmph...... I see, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, you want to gamble that I am the real advisor, because you need a 'consultant' right now. ”

Joseph said, "Young man, I have checked some of your things, and the name DeWitt Lyle is just a symbol, just like the title of 'consultant', it does not mean anything. At the moment, I'm 90% sure that you're not from the police, but I'm not even 30% sure that you're the advisor himself.

Maybe you did do a black deal last night, but as far as I know, there are some people with special talents in this world, some people call them superpowers, capable people or simply freaks, if you are one of them, I think it is still possible to deal with Tony and Joe, and it makes sense to escape the pursuit of ordinary police. ”

DeWitt said: "You don't need the ability, because it will summon a department of the HL level to intervene, which is a taboo for the gang and a dangerous line, what you need is the wisdom of the 'consultant', the strategy of the crime, this is what you want." ”

Joseph said: "That's right, yesterday you took the initiative to find Sonny, indicating that at least in the short term, you only want to cooperate with our Luches family, and your position has been tested just now, now I don't care if you are a so-called capable person, if you are a consultant, I will hire you, of course I only need the plan you provide." ”

DeWitt said, "What if I'm not?"

Joseph stood up and personally untied DeWitt and Mike, and said, "You'd better prove that you are, because my expectations have been raised to a very high level." He said to Mike, "And you, from now on you will only serve the Luches family, I think, with your talents, you will soon be above Sonny." ”

Mike said, "Sir, Sonny's surname is Luches, and he is your real relative......

Joseph shrugged: "Of course, otherwise that kind of idiot would have been thrown into the sea by me a long time ago." ”

"Huh...... Hehe......" Mike laughed rawly.

DeWitt moved his muscles: "I do have a big deal to talk to you about, Mr. Luches, but until then, since you still have doubts about my identity, I'll do one more thing for you for free while Tony and Joe are still cold." ”