The three of them walked in silence for about half an hour.

From one end of the park to the other, it was considered to have circled it three times. Finally, Luo Ang followed Hicks and came outside through a hidden gap in the guardrail that was deliberately opened by someone.

He took a closer look and saw that he was being led by Hicks to between a row of buildings and the park guardrail.

The three of them stood in the gap of more than one meter wide that was unintentionally left between the two. Luo Ang estimated that he was in the back alley of 3500 South Emerald Avenue, because the smell of Chinese cooking fumes coming from the tip of his nose was very unique.

He remembered that among the streets near the park, this was the only one with a Chinese restaurant. He had eaten there frequently before, so he made a note of this.

Hicks didn't pay attention to him, carefully stepped over the sewage on the ground, and explained in a low voice.

"Boss, it's not that I'm too careful, something big is really going to happen!"

"The people of the Columbia Group have been going crazy these days, searching for all the news about Ba Chou in the South District. You asked me to inquire about Ba Chou before, and this morning it was spread to their ears. Fortunately, Old Jim from 52nd Street

You owe me a favor and came here to tell me..."

"It should be because Ba Zhao was arrested by the police station and they can't see him now. So after Benito on 72nd Street received the news, he sent a few men to look for you. Their people were guarding the door of Madford High School.

With..."

"The most important thing is that Benito has issued a reward of five thousand dollars to old Irving, and he only requires that you be brought to him alive. This has caused many rats in the South District to look for you now!"

D'Antoni looked at Roang who looked strange and asked in confusion: "Rats? What does this mean?"

Hicks glanced at him and explained casually.

"You can also call them gophers or brokers, but the southern district generally refers to them as rats. They are a group of people who do anything for money, but mainly sell intelligence and news."

"Boss and I are being targeted by these guys. We are in big trouble!"

"This group of rats is generally not like other forces that like to fight head-on. They collect all kinds of information and sell it to people who want to cause trouble, but there is no telling whether they will go into battle themselves."

Seeing the seriousness of what he said, D'Antoni hurriedly asked: "Then aren't we in danger?"

"These rats are not a big problem. They rarely do anything by themselves. That's not their style. They just make money from some gossip. They don't take it seriously. The problem is Benito who posted the reward!"

Luo Ang shook his head and went out of the alley in no hurry. There happened to be no one around, so he could discuss the next issue with Hicks.

He asked D'Antoni to pay attention to what was going on around him, pulled Hicks and asked: "Do you know what happened to Benito?"

"I heard Old Owen say that he seemed to have been with Ba Zhao before. Three years ago, he suddenly became independent and went to 72nd Street to grab a piece of land by himself. Because he was generous and willing to pay his subordinates, every time he went out, the people below were very active.

, the territory has grown larger and larger in recent years.”

Hicks turned his head and looked around. Even though there was no trace of strangers around, he still lowered his voice and said: "I heard old Irving said after he drank too much that Benetto was not only related to the group, but also to the Bureau of Enforcement.

Someone is very close!"

'Do you have a close relationship with people from DEA?'

Roang looked startled. A person like Benetto who works for the group shouldn't be hostile to the DEA?

Even if it's not a fight to the death, a person from the Columbia Group actually has a close relationship with a member of the organization responsible for attacking the group?

this……

He thought of many things at once, such as why the people in the group have developed so fast in this area of ​​Chicago in recent years, and why people from the Chicago Police Department rarely attack people like Benetto and Ba Zhao.

What's more important is that Leif, a sales guy for the group, has never been arrested by the police. Even if he was not killed suddenly, Roang had forgotten that there was such a person in Chicago in the past few years!

Think about the more than 1.8 million US dollars in Leif's room. According to D'Antoni, it is just one month's sales, and it is just a summary of this poor area in the South District. If Xicheng District, Seaview District

, how much will it be if you add wealthy areas such as Hyde Park?

With a contraband market that sells over five million dollars a month, and the entire metropolitan area radiated by Chicago, how much contraband can be digested in a year?

Luo Ang just thought carefully and discovered many problems, and the most important point is...

"Hicks, when was the last time we saw from newspapers and TV that people from the DEA held a press conference on the seizure and suppression of the Colombian group?"

After scratching his turbaned head, Hicks thought for a moment and said hesitantly.

"It seemed like five or six years ago. I still remember that the Chicago Times or the Tribune reported that after they cracked down on Aude, they destroyed the entire sales network. I haven't heard any similar news since then.

It should be like this..."

"During that time, the news was all about Oude's story. It seemed to have been reported continuously for a month. I could hear news about him everywhere I went. It should have been until he died in prison, but the media reports stopped.

No one talked about Oud after that.”

Hicks seemed a little envious of Odd being so famous, and muttered.

"Anyway, he is a street figure. Being able to report for so long means he is famous in the city. Aren't there still many gangsters who mention him with admiration on his face and say that they also want to become a big shot who can name neighborhoods?"

"I heard that many people went to the TV station to complain, saying that they had been sickened by the news about Oud in the past month, and asked them not to report on the bad guy, and then they stopped reporting on it."

'Five years ago...'

'Destroyed the entire sales network?'

Roang couldn't help but fist his hands. If it was really destroyed, then what happened to Leif and Benetto now? Where did the market with more than five million sales in that month come from?

He murmured to himself.

"Because Ord was caught, the DEA announced that the contraband market had disappeared."

"Use a well-known Chicago boss as breaking news to attract the attention of the public, no, all the news media. After a series of high-intensity reports, people will become disgusted with him, and the media will of course stop following him.

Report.”

No, there's something wrong with this!

He felt like he was facing a maze and was close to the exit, but there was still one key clue missing. What connection was hidden in this series of events?

He doesn't believe that the rise of Leif and the others has nothing to do with Oded's death, and he is now beginning to suspect that his father Robben is really just trying to find someone to back him up before Oded's death?

Originally, he thought that Robben's death was because Odd found out that Hank was looking for him and thought he was betraying him. No, Robben had not taken refuge with him, it was just a cooperative relationship, so it could not be called a betrayal at all!

The most important thing is that the time is not right!

Roang began to quickly recall that the day when Hank found Robben and ran to their house to search was clearly the beginning of April, and Oded also asked Gerrard and Robben to follow his people to Las Vegas in mid-April.

Vegas!

He had never doubted this before. He and his mother Lauren only believed that Aude received the news later and sent people to kill the traitor in his eyes when there was no hope of escape.
Chapter completed!