Chapter 206

Madison Square Garden Coliseum, New York.

The stadium, which can accommodate more than 19,000 people, is almost full, and the arena is filled with a tsunami of shouts as an NBA regular season game is underway: the New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The big screen in the middle of the stadium is constantly showing all kinds of wonderful shots.

"Garnett got the ball! Turn around and shoot the basket! Miss! Alan Houston grabbed the rebound! The ball is in the hands of Alan Houston! The New York Knicks have one more offensive chance! The ball is given to Marbury! Marbury goes low! He's in! Garnett comes out to cap! Oh, my God! The ball went in!! Marbury!! Warriors of the Knicks! Marbury!! Genius Marbury! Great Marbury!! Now, with ten seconds left in the third quarter, the Knicks relied on a jumper from Marbury to put the score ahead again!! ”

A few meters away was the TV booth, and the narrator shouted quickly in an extremely passionate voice. The whole stadium was filled with the cheers of the fans, and I could barely hear myself!

McDowson sat next to me, at this time he had completely lost his usual ruthless, relaxed and calm appearance, with a feverish excitement, not only that, but when the Timberwolves were attacking, he also shouted loudly with other fans "Defend!" Defend!! Judging by his expression, he was fully committed to the joy that the game brought him as a fan......

I really can't understand that McDonson called me out with a mysterious look on his face, but just took me to an NBA basketball game??

At the end of the third quarter, the cheerleaders began to dance in the center of the court, and the cheers of the fans continued one after another as the beautiful girls performed enthusiastically. I shouted at Mike, "You're astonishing me!" ”

"What?" Mike still had an excited look on his face, and didn't seem to hear what I said.

"I said, you surprised me!!" I was almost shouting in McDonson's ear.

"Nothing surprising! I've been a New York Knicks fan since I was a kid! Mike exclaimed, "Even in the most annoying moments, I try not to let myself miss every Knicks game!" ”

"Why did you bring me here??" I yelled.

"What??" Mike frowned.

I took a deep breath and yelled, "Why did you bring me here?? ”

This time Mike finally heard what I said, but he still didn't answer, just looked at me deeply, and then smiled faintly.

Even though I was in the hot arena, looking at Mike's gaze, I still felt a chill rise in my heart!

Judging by the previous games, Mike was a standard New York Knicks basketball fan, and he shouted with all the fans, cheering for every goal scored by the New York Knicks, frustrating every turnover, and booing the opposing players when the opposing team fouled.

All of this is far beyond the cold-blooded and terrible McDowson I know! It's as if he's a different person from the moment he walks into this arena! He seems to have changed from that chilling demon man to an ordinary ordinary person with blood and people.

However, to my surprise, McDonson suddenly calmed down after the start of the fourth quarter of the game.

Instead of cheering and shouting, he watched the game very seriously for a few minutes, and after a few minutes, Mike suddenly stood up, patted me, and smiled, "Okay, we can go." ”

"Huh?" I was stunned for a moment: "But the game is not over yet, aren't you a fan of the New York Knicks?" Aren't you going to read it? ”

Mike smiled strangely: "The outcome of the game has long been predestined, and the New York Knicks will lose this game today!" The first three sessions are just performances! ”

I followed McDonson out of the arena and couldn't help but ask him, "Why?" ”

Mike smiled and calmly explained to me: "The New York Knicks have made the playoffs, but they are not in a good position, and in order to pick a weaker opponent in the first round of the playoffs, they must lose tonight's game - this is a reasonable rule!" And the first three quarters of the game we just watched will be so intense, it is just a fake appearance, it is the coach who is deliberately rehearsing the lineup, evaluating the strength of the players, adjusting the state of the players, and preparing for the playoffs, so the players will work so hard! But three quarters of the game have passed, the drill tactics have been rehearsed, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the players have obviously played carelessly, so I said that the next games can not be watched, and the Knicks will definitely lose this game tonight, which is simply what they planned in advance! ”

"But why did you take me to this game?" I sighed.

Mike smiled, he smiled very flatly, his eyes flashed with a kind of wisdom, and said lightly: "Everything, everything, all the process, all the performances, all the fakes, all the plans, all the efforts, including the worries and tensions of the bystanders, and behind all this, in fact, the ending has long been doomed, isn't it?" ”

"The end is already predestined?" I frowned.

"Not bad!" Mike got into the car and asked me to sit in, he started the car and laughed, "It's like we're in this situation now, everything is just a game, a fake!" And behind these illusions, all the roads are just to the end that has been predestined for a long time, isn't it? He suddenly glanced at me and sneered: "You, I, are just like the players of the New York Knicks, playing a game that is actually a predestined result!" No matter how intense the process in the middle is, it is actually fake, it is all a performance! Isn't it? ”

Cold sweat was already coming down my head.

Mike kept his eyes on the front, carefully maintaining his speed as we navigated the traffic.

"Chen Yang, actually, you have already guessed, right? You've already guessed the truth, so why pretend you don't know? Mike suddenly said this coldly.

God testifies that I was so scared that I was about to jump out of the car and open the door!

"Don't be nervous!" Mike smiled reservedly: "Actually, I already knew you would think of it!" That's part of my plan at all! It's just that I didn't expect you to find the answer so quickly, I thought you would be deceived by me for two more days, but I didn't expect you to see through my layout after only one day. ”

My back was covered with sweat, my mouth was bitter, and I couldn't say a word.

"You wonder how I know what you think, do you?" Mike smiled: "Don't worry, I have a thousand ways to know your thoughts, don't forget, you now live in the core of the Dawson family, and I happen to be the owner of that place!" There's nothing to hide from me in that place! ”

"So you still monitored and monitored me." I smiled wryly: "But why didn't I see it?" You know, my wife is an expert in this area, and after some training from her, I don't think there is any advanced monitoring system that can hide from me. ”

Mike pouted as he drove the car, "Advanced monitoring system? You probably think that the surveillance system is just some kind of electronic camera and high-precision bugging, right? Before you, there were people who made the same mistake in that place! ”

"What?" I frowned.

"Limitations! Chen yang! You're confined to it! Mike laughed: "Do you think the surveillance system has to be that kind of electronic device, infrared camera?" High-precision bugging? That tool is commonly used, but in the heart of the Dawson family, we don't need that! We use the oldest, but most effective, way to do it! When the house was built, there were a few iron pipes in many of the rooms! Those iron pipes eventually lead to a monitoring room on the top floor! That's surveillance hundreds of years ago! We don't need any high-precision instruments, just a few rusty iron pipes! You should understand how sound waves are transmitted, right? I can tell all the movements you are doing in the room through the oscillations of the iron pipes in the room! It seems that although you are well versed in some of the modern surveillance methods, you are still a layman in the face of the methods that were hundreds of years old. ”

My face is pale!

Mike glanced at my expression, smiled, and said, "This afternoon, you gave your wife Yang Wei a phone call, and it sounds like your conversation is very interesting, and I am the main character." And, it looks like you're anxious after that phone call! Because you've walked around the room at least a dozen times! I calculated that it would take you seventy-two steps to walk in one circle! You've taken 1,322 steps! In other words, you've walked almost a kilometer away! What is it that upsets you so much? My friend? ”

Mike looked at me with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

I calmed down, I had already been discovered by him anyway, I quickly calmed myself down, and said lightly: "For what, don't you know?" My friend, I surprised me with that discovery! ”

"So, what are you going to do with me? And our relationship? Enemy? Or do you want to continue to be friends? Mike laughed, his smile tinged with sarcasm.

"Seems like I'm supposed to ask you, right? What are you going to do with me? After I found out your little secret! What do you have in store? Champagne? Or pistols and bullets? "I'm not weaker in terms of momentum.

Mike suddenly sighed and stopped talking.

After the car made a turn, he suddenly slammed the brakes to death.

The car stopped in front of a small bar.

"Let's go down and have a drink!" Mike didn't let me doubt it, and opened the door and got out of the car first.

I had no room for opposition, in fact I had no ability to resist Mike at all. I remember that Yang Wei and I analyzed Mike and came to the conclusion that he is not only a smart and wise man, but also a great master!

In the face of this kind of person, if you fight with your wits, I may be able to compete with him, and if you fight with strength, it is better to surrender directly! I had to obediently follow him into the bar.

This is a very common small bar in the United States, because it is still early, there are no people in the bar, and people are scattered at the bar. There were a couple of very old pieces of music playing on the stereos, like very old jazz and blues and blues.

We asked for a few beers and sat down in a window position.

Mike seemed to be in a strange mood, and after he drank half a bottle of beer in one gulp, he suddenly spoke.

"Chen Yang, do you know? I love watching the New York Knicks play basketball because my dad took me to the game when I was a kid! It was my father who raised me to be a fan of the New York Knicks! What do you know about the New York Knicks? ”

"No, I don't know. All I know is that the Knicks had a super center star named Ewing back then, and then he seems to have gone to the Houston Rockets as Yao Ming's coach. I replied frankly. In fact, as a foreigner, the most I know about the NBA is about super-big players like Jordan or Kobe, or some news about Yao Ming.

"My dad was a true Knicks fan, and he even considered buying the Knicks and running it himself...... He's a great guy...... I remember when I was 10 years old, he used to give me a basketball ...... signed by all the Knicks players."

Mike's voice was very deep, and although his tone was calm, I could always hear a hint of sadness in it.

After a moment's hesitation, I asked my question: "You feel guilty about planning this, don't you?" ”

Mike's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold glint, and then he said coldly, "You think I'm a despicable and shameless person, don't you?" To achieve the goal, to do it to your father, right? ”

Without waiting for me to answer, Mike himself coldly continued, "That's right! I may be a despicable and shameless person! Sitting in my place, an honest and kind character will only make you die faster! I am a mean and shameless person!! I plotted to murder my own father! But! I'm not fucking for myself!! I'm not doing it for myself!! ”

"For the sake of the family, huh?" I sighed.

"Yes!" Mike's gaze showed an incomparably unwavering reverence: "The Dawson family has been around for over two hundred years!" And it's here to stay! Even if someone wants to make it finish, I have to find a way to keep it going!! I would never allow the Poison Bee or Pulsatilla kind of people to turn 'Dawson Family' into 'Poison Bee Family' or 'Pulsatilla Family' by damn names! There can only be one name for this family, and that is Dawson!! ”

"I really don't have anything to say! Mike, I may never be able to understand your Dawson's way of thinking, but I must say that even if you are indeed a despicable and shameless fellow, I still admire you, and although I hate you in my heart, I am in awe of you! ”

I spoke the truth, in this case there is no longer any need to continue hypocrisy, everyone has already torn through the disguise!

"What do you admire me?" Mike suddenly laughed nervously, his smile matched his usual tone, which was particularly eerie.

"Admire me for murdering my own father? Damn it! What do you know?? If there is one person in this world who I will always love, it is my father!! In my heart, there is no greater person in this world than him!! Mike said in a deep voice: "This assassination plan, well, or you prefer to call it a murder plan by a knife, was actually proposed by my father himself!" ”

"What?" I was taken aback.

"Yes!" A complicated look appeared on Mike's face: "Father insisted on using this plan!" You know, I'm beautiful now, but my power is far less than those people! For those three people, my power may be able to compete with one or both of them! But I can't compete with all three at the same time! Even if I fight them and end up killing one or two of them, I'm done with myself, and the third guy can easily clean me up! Only with this method is to take risks! We have a chance to give it a chance! ”

I was silent.

"Chen Yang! The Dawson family's way of thinking, you'll never understand! In our family, family always comes first! We can sacrifice everything for the sake of our family! ”

Mike had a strange twinkle in his eyes - oh my God, I saw Mike in tears!! The cold-blooded and ruthless Mike, the Mike who kills people like stepping on an ant, the Mike who plays with all kinds of intrigues while smiling! He was indeed in tears at the moment!

He wept and laughed, "You know what? Why do others think that the gunman who shot my father has been killed on the spot? Actually, I'll tell you! There are no gunners at all! No! That's my dad himself shot himself!! ”

"Nobody knows! My dad has cancer! He doesn't have much to live! So he decided to let his death have as much merit as possible! He once said that if he could drag those guys to hell with him when he died, it would be a very interesting thing for him! ”

Mike laughed like a real demon!

At this moment, I finally understood what the true evil wisdom is!

I used to think I was an evil enough guy that I was good at intrigue and a lot of people thought I was a demon too! But compared to the Dawson family's almost crazy behavior, I even feel that in front of the Dawson family, I am simply a pure angel!!

"That night, my father handed me a pistol and told me to shoot him, I couldn't!" The smile on Mike's face faded, and his voice became muffled again: "Dad slapped me in the face - he hasn't hit me since I was fifteen!" He called me weak! Then he took the pistol from my hand...... You know what? I still dream about that day when I dream about it at night! My father seemed to be right in front of me, I watched him with my own eyes, and while he smiled at me, he shot himself twice in the chest!! ”

I can't say a word! In fact, I've been completely blown away by this crazy family!!

A smile was squeezed into Mike's face! He's still laughing?! - Oh God, he laughed so ugly!

I was silent for a long time before I sighed: "Mike, I really don't have anything to say...... I...... I want to go back and meet your father now. He's really great! ”

"No, I'm sorry, you don't have a chance anymore!" Mike's tone seemed to float from some empty space, and his tone was slow: "This afternoon, when you called your wife, my father had died in his hospital bed!" ”

This sentence was like a heavy hammer, hitting me hard in the chest!

Is Dawson Sr. dead? Without my knowledge, a powerful person died like this? Died quietly??

It took a few seconds for me to react and quickly whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm sad......"

I finally understood why Mike was in such a strange mood tonight, and why he pulled me to watch that game - he was honoring his father in a strange way! Maybe others can't understand the Dawsons' crazy way of thinking, but for some reason, I think I can understand some of McDonson's actions.

A thought occurred to me: alone! No matter how wicked, how vile, how terrible, how clever, how cunning he was - but he was still a man! Possess human emotions, human emotions, and human sorrows! McDowson, he's scary, but he's still a man after all! Flesh and blood people!

Mike suddenly took out a ten-dollar bill, found a waiter, stuffed the bill to him, and said lightly: "Please turn on the TV, I want to watch the Knicks game!" ”

The waiter accepted the tip, and immediately turned on the TV and tuned to the channel of the basketball game as Mike instructed.

Television footage showed that the game was over and that commentators were evaluating the game — and sure enough, as Mike said, the New York Knicks lost the game in the end.

"Look!" Mike suddenly sneered: "As I said, everything is already predestined, and the previous ones are just fakes!" The end is already predestined! ”

While I was still sighing, Mike stood up and pulled me out of the small bar.

After getting into the car, Mike started the car and said in an extremely serious tone, "You don't have to be so strange, I'm not sad!" I don't have time to grieve anymore! For the Dawson family, from the day he was born, he lost the right to grieve! ”

I didn't speak.

In fact, I'm still savoring Mike's words along the way.

The end is already predestined!

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[There are still twenty or so chapters to end, what do you want to see after you are over? ] Of course, it's the new book "Changing Face Samurai"! Haha :)]

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