On the side of the road, an ordinary newsstand stands stand out from the crowded streets of Chicago.

"What's the news?" asked a man in his early forties.

He wasn't asking the newsstand owner, but about the stocky man next to him who had just picked up the newspaper.

The stocky man didn't answer, just glanced back, and then walked in one direction.

Five minutes later, Frank and Officer Arthur, the second owners of the Genovise family, were sitting side by side on a bench by the square, each with their heads bowed and feeding the pigeons.

"Do you want to ask about the explosion at North Wind Island Park yesterday evening?" said Arthur, speaking to Frank first, but his eyes were not at all contacting, and his head was tilted to one side, as if he was concentrating on feeding the pigeons.

As a corrupt police officer, Arthur is very sophisticated, having been a police officer for more than 20 years, he has seen many colleagues or superiors who take dirty money end up in prison, and he also knows that if he wavers in front of his interests once, he will never be clean. So caution has now become Arthur's habit, and on occasions like this, even if someone secretly photographs him, he can say, "I just happened to be sitting on the same bench as the second leader of a mafia family when I was feeding the pigeons, and what can I do if he wants to sit in public?"

If he expects to live to get a pension in ten years, he must be a good actor every minute and every second, envisioning that the camera is everywhere, as the so-called performance along the way is rare and confused, and it is rare to look back on numbness along the way.

Frank's attainments in the performing arts are obviously a lot worse than Arthur's, but with a good teacher by his side, he also has the same example, rubbing his neck, looking elsewhere unnaturally and replying, "Yes, let's talk about it, Officer Arthur." ”

Arthur said: "Actually, I don't know much more than what was reported in the newspaper, yesterday evening, that is, a short time before the park closed, there was an explosion in a remote area near the water's edge, two loud noises in a short time, and then a park manager heard the movement and called the police, he was frightened, thinking it was a terrorist attack or something, because he was nearby, in addition to the explosion, he vaguely heard some gunshots, so he described it on the phone like a world war."

And just about half an hour ago, there was a hit-and-run traffic chaos in the area around Route 41, and the bureau sent a lot of patrol cars and police to maintain order, just in time for this, plus the administrator described it really like that, so hundreds of police turned around and drove onto E Highway, and we were even mentally prepared that the other party was a freedom front, and almost called HL to support. When I arrived at the park, I saw only two burned cars and some footprints, and searched for half a mile, but found no body, no wounded, and no slogans or anything like that left by any organization or individual.

The Bureau's follow-up investigation into the matter should continue this week, and now that many police officers are contacting their informants in the hope of unraveling a big case from the explosion, what else do you need to know?"

Frank remained silent and continued to ask, "Officer Arthur, from your professional point of view, what could be the truth of this matter?"

Arthur sprinkled corn kernels in his hand and thought for a while: "If you don't come to ask me about this today, I would suggest that the colleague in charge of this case write in the closing report that a group of hippies accidentally started a fire while taking high drugs in the park, which caused two cars to explode, one of which was confirmed to be a stolen vehicle, and there was a record of a traffic hit-and-run before, and there is no specific number or characteristics of witnesses and suspects." Finally, it is filed and recorded. ”

Frank laughed, "So, my curiosity, did you change your opinion?"

Arthur said, "You have to tell me something I don't know before I can come to a conclusion." ”

"Let's say one of the two cars yesterday was used by our employees to transport the goods, but the other car did not belong to the pick-up party, but came from an unknown source. ”

Arthur's movements stopped for about two seconds, and then he cursed in his mouth: "Hell......"

Frank just smiled noncommittally, waiting for a response.

This time, Arthur was silent for a long time, and after thinking for a few times, he replied: "According to the situation of the on-site investigation, I will give you two possible conclusions. First, your employees swallow the goods or money and run away.

They went to steal the car in advance, and deliberately used the car to cause a traffic accident and cause a commotion, and finally stopped next to the car transporting the goods, and caused an explosion before leaving, as if they were attacked by some force or someone, and the two cars at the scene just illustrate this, but in fact, this kind of false fog is used to cover up the simple truth, and everything is done for the Genovise family to see, so as not to be chased and killed afterwards. ”

Frank thought for a moment and said, "I have to tell you something, Officer Arthur, who might help you." We've contacted the pick-up party and they say that last night's deal went well at first, but when it ended, there was a young man who came on foot and didn't have a car, so he probably had an accomplice.

Based on your first conclusion, I also do not rule out the possibility that the young man was hired by my staff to act. Maybe the conflict between them is just for the pick-up party, but I think if it really wants to be played, it is more convincing to hire a group of heavily armed Evil Stars to rush to the scene in an SUV and shoot directly. ”

Arthur glanced at the other man, "You don't have a good temper when you only talk three points, Frank, is there anything else you want to tell me? ”

Frank said, "I beg your pardon, Officer Arthur, but I have survived to this day only by being suspicious and cautious, and I can't be sure if you have some kind of recording device hidden in your jacket pocket right now in case you need it in the future." ”

Arthur didn't continue the conversation, because he had a ghost in his heart, and he had been working with the Genovise family for a long time, and the kind of recordings he needed in case of a rainy day actually had a lot of them at home......

"Well, then I'll talk about the second possibility, which is that the 'young man' you call and his unknown number of accomplices kill all your employees, swallow the money after the transaction, throw away the transportation, maybe they have other cars, maybe they don't, anyway, they want to escape. ”

Frank added, "Didn't your police set up a card check?"

"Of course, after receiving the report of the bombing, a card was set up on the E highway soon, and all the cars that left the North Wind Island Park had to be checked, in fact, the number was not much, and the suspicious guys searched on the spot and recorded the driver's license information, but the criminals found out were just a few drivers who did not pay the ticket. I searched a lot of people, but I didn't find the money you said or the explosive device we expected at the time, and the only contraband was a few ounces of marijuana. Arthur paused and said, "Based on the new information you just told me, I guess that the gang must have used some clever method to evade the tracking, maybe they hid the money somewhere in the park, and planned to get it later." ”

Frank said, "So...... Can I trouble you, Officer Arthur, to try to find that money, and the bodies of our employees. ”

Arthur scattered all the corn in his hands, clapped his hands and stood up: "I'm just speculating, maybe the money was taken out of the park by them last night, but I'll try to find it, and as for your employees, with all due respect, Frank, if their bodies were thrown into Lake Michigan, they might have all drifted to Milwaukee by now, not to mention other ways to dispose of them, you know more than you know about the ways to make people disappear from the world, don't you?"

Frank took out an envelope from his bosom and placed it in the middle of the bench, which was thick enough to make people think: "Actually, I don't have much hope, but we also have our own rules, the disappearance or murder of family members is not a trivial matter, just like you police, you do things according to the rules, we follow the tradition, so look for it."

Find out the truth of the matter and the work of sanctions, the Genovese family will handle it themselves. With that, he left.

Arthur looked around before picking up the envelope from the bench, tucking it into the inside pocket of his jacket, and leaving in the other direction.