Chapter 17: Shake off
After walking for a while, Varina's excitement about the windfall gradually calmed down.
At the same time, his vigilance gradually increased.
Because he has a lot of money, and the East End is not a safe place - in fact, in the East End, the disappearance of a person is a trivial matter, and no one will even track it down.
Halfway through the way back, Varina had a bad feeling in his mind, but he couldn't tell if it was an illusion caused by pressure.
He kept going, but began to look around, and even suddenly turned back to find something.
And yet he found nothing.
Obviously, Kirk and others, who have been on the streets all year round, are much higher than Varina in terms of tracking and anti-tracking capabilities.
Seeing that Varina was already suspicious, Kirk decided to arrest someone in advance in order to prevent accidents.
He gestured to the scattered brothers and received a clear nod in response.
Next, the brothers dispersed, and without discussion, they understood their role in this particular hunt – a tacit understanding that had been cultivated through years of cooperation.
Some of them quickened their pace to set traps, some narrowed the distance between them and their targets, and some climbed nearby tall buildings to guide their companions in the direction of their targets.
In less than 5 minutes, they weaved a large net that was sparse but not leaky, and they could close the net just by waiting for the target to enter.
It was at this time that the brother who had been keeping an eye on the target sent a signal-
The target is gone.
Kirk could hardly believe that the two brothers near and high had lost at the same time.
They are the most tried and tested brothers in the gang with the best eyesight!
"He's definitely still hiding nearby."
Kirk said to the brothers who had been reunited:
"There is a black lord guarding the tall building, he can't go away silently, let's search!"
"Just start near where he disappeared."
The brothers were ordered to leave, each taking charge of a small area, while Kirk went to the place where Varina disappeared to take a closer look at the environment, trying to analyze his whereabouts.
This is a roadway connecting two streets, not too long, except for the two ends of the alley are relatively open, there are side doors that are opened, the interior is basically composed of building exterior walls, uneven lane walls.
"Where can this hide?" Kirk was a little confused.
Varina hid a short distance behind Kirk's flank, crouching in the shadows of a corner.
In fact, he didn't notice that anyone was following, he was just urged by that bad feeling and came up with a tentative way-
A plan to scare the snake.
If someone follows him and suddenly finds that he is gone, then the flaw will almost certainly be revealed; If not, then he squatted in the corner for a while, and there was no harm in going home and sleeping later.
As long as he hides, no matter what the situation is in the future, he can take the initiative.
No, he had just been hiding for less than ten minutes, and five or six people suddenly ran out to search nearby. This is to say that they are not here to target themselves, and Varina does not believe that he is killed.
Now it's okay, the "grass" is beaten, and the "snake" is shocked, but how should it end?
What if they stay here all night?
Thinking of this, Varina couldn't help but secretly scolded himself for not thinking about the problem enough, choosing such a place, and now trapping himself.
In this situation, even if this group of people left, he didn't dare to go out like this.
What if someone else pretends to leave, but in fact waits for the rabbit at the entrance of the alley on both sides?
In this way, in the process of invisible stalemate between the two sides, time passed quietly.
Half an hour later, all the brothers came back to report to Kirk, and they searched far away, but found nothing.
Kirk had to admit that he had screwed things up again.
Counting the initial reaction time, the target has been gone for an hour. If he hadn't been hiding nearby, he might have run out of the Little East by now.
"Let's go, let's go back and report the situation and let the boss figure it out."
Kirk took the idea and left with his brothers.
Varina didn't move, he waited until the middle of the night, when even he felt sleepy, and then he squatted out in the shadows.
He remained crouching in the shadows until he was out of the block, when he resumed his standing and walking.
In this way, despite the twists and turns, Varina finally arrived home safely.
……
Kirk returns to the docklands with his brothers, just in time for the end of the fight between the two gangs.
The two sides have once again reached a balance, and are still recovering the wounded who have fallen on the streets and the few unlucky people who have lost their lives.
Generally speaking, gang fights are fierce, but they are not very fatal, because few people will target a target that has already fallen.
Of course, disability is not easy to say.
Judging by the results, it was the Dead Eel Gang who won.
They laid down half a block and established new confrontational boundaries.
When Kirk saw the boss Kent, he found that he was in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to report:
He first praised the boss for being like a god, and sure enough, there were newcomers entering and exiting the VIP channel; Then he threw out the pot that he had lost, attributing it to the fact that the other party had been prepared and reserved a hidden escape passage in that alley.
Kent had just slapped Eugene in the face, and the humiliation of the morning had dissipated for the most part, and after listening to Kirk's debriefing, he just smiled noncommittally and let him retreat.
……
The next day, Varina, who was sleep-deprived, woke up to the sound of the clock tower at seven o'clock, struggled to get out of bed, and rushed to work.
It was the first time he had eaten breakfast outside since he worked.
When he came to the studio, Susan was spreading gossip about the Dead Eels to John—
Her aunt, like Mr. Luca, had been asked questions by the Dead Eels, and thus learned that the Dead Eels had been invaded by thieves the night before.
This means that Susan also knows.
And if Susan knows, everyone in their studio will know.
Of course, because Varina arrived later than usual, he became the last person on the surface to know the news.
In the eyes of the ordinary people in the Eastern District, although the gangster power has a bad reputation, it is still very majestic, and they are surprised and admired when they hear that someone dares to steal from the gangsters.
All morning, whenever they had free time, they would discuss the mysterious thief, unaware that the Lord was around.
Even more embarrassing was Varina.
On the one hand, he had to join in the same gossip and show his adoration to the thief;
On the other hand, he listened to the increasingly outrageous fantasies and boasts, and felt so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a crack in the ground with his toes.
Fortunately, this ordeal only lasted one morning.
In the afternoon, an even more exciting news reached this small studio - the Dead Eels and the Squirrel Gang had a dispute again, and the street war started last night.
Varina really didn't expect that his small action would actually cause a gang fire!