"I don't know." Winston said very relaxedly.
He didn't lie, he really didn't know.
Santino obviously couldn't accept such an answer. He said with great dissatisfaction: "Winston, you should know that you can't refuse me!"
"I'm not rejecting you, but I really don't know." Winston seemed to have no pressure on this threat. "Besides, you can't order me! Don't forget, Santino, you are not the Twelve Masterminds! Even if you were, I would only serve the entire High Table!"
As mentioned before, the Continental Hotel has its own independence. They serve the entire high table, not any one of the twelve master brains. The other master brains will not accept it. Any master brain can bypass them and perform operations on the high table. Direct control can easily lead to dictatorship. By the way, no one from a gang family would be so fond of playing politics.
Santino obviously didn't expect that Winston would look down on him so much.
In fact, this is also true. In Winston's view, Santino is just a spoiled child who doesn't even know what he is doing. He actually tried to use the high table killer to kill his sister, a candidate for the mastermind!
Winston could even guess what Santino would do next. After John succeeded, he would kill John again in the name of avenging his sister so that he could understand the matter... How dare you think!
What does he think of the other masterminds? Idiot?
Winston is sure that even if Santino succeeds, the results waiting for him will be very bad. The best result is that he will be boycotted by the other eleven masterminds on the grounds of this incident, and then the power passed down from generation to generation in the family will be eliminated. Divide and erode, leaving only a nice name in the end! This is one thing. On the other hand, as the legal heir of the Twelve Masterminds, Santino's sister Gianna D'Antonio is not alone. She was trained as the orthodox heir, and she has gathered a large number of forces. These forces Will you accept Santino honestly? It's obviously impossible, Santino doesn't have that prestige and strength at all.
In this way, Santino lost everything, so to speak.
And this is still the best situation, at least he still has a small life.
Maybe, he might die at any time.
He might do it very cleanly, so that no one can catch anything... But since when did the high table need evidence? This kind of young man who dares to assassinate the mastermind of the Gaotai Table is destined to be rejected and hated by other masterminds! If we don't get rid of this kind of young man, others will follow suit... Then the Twelve Masterminds will have to turn a blind eye to sleep from now on.
In short, in Winston's opinion, Santino is an idiot!
Since he is an idiot, why should he be afraid of him? Even if he is not killed and becomes the mastermind, he is still a mastermind with no sense of existence. There is still no need to be afraid... and Winston doubts that he can really survive.
Santino was angry, really angry. He stood up, intending to teach Winston a lesson. But when I stood up, I realized that I really couldn't do anything.
As for educating Winston through force... I might as well forget it after thinking about it. Don't forget, this is the Continental Hotel and Winston's territory.
So Santino turned and left angrily.
Looking at Santino's angry little eyes, Winston felt speechless... He didn't even dare to say a harsh word... What a weakling.
The patriarch of the Mora family understood clearly that it would be a disaster for such a person to inherit the family.
After thinking about it, Winston decided to buy a good one for Gianna Dantonio. Compared to Santino, Gianna Dantonio's reputation was much greater. Many people were optimistic about her ability, but she did not make her famous. People are disappointed, so this is a sure-win deal. Why doesn't Winston do it?
So Winston dialed Gianna's number.
"It's me, Winston. Jaina, I have something to tell you. Your brother, with a copy of the Blood Oath Badge, is looking for John."
The person on the other side was obviously stunned for a moment, and then asked something.
"Well, it should be. It's just that he hasn't found John yet."
After a moment Winston was visibly startled.
His attitude became respectful and he said, "I understand. Please have your condolences. This is really sad news."
A mastermind dies, but that also means a new mastermind takes the throne!
"Yes! Don't worry, I will arrange for someone to do the work."
The Twelve Masterminds are not allowed to be desecrated, but no one has stipulated that the killer cannot touch other people, not to mention that this is an order issued by a mastermind himself. Winston has no reason to refuse!
After putting down the phone, Winston's expression became very strange. He looked at the direction Santino left and said very apologetically: "I'm so sorry, Santino."
…
John still didn't know that Santino was looking for him everywhere. In fact, even if he knew, he didn't take it to heart. He was most nervous about Marcus now and put everything else aside.
John observed for two days and found that the police station was heavily guarded, as if it was facing a formidable enemy.
But thinking about it, Vigo was imprisoned here, and John immediately understood. This was because he was afraid that Vigo's men would cause trouble.
In this regard, the people in the 15th Precinct had no good solution.
Originally, according to general rules, prisoners of Vigo's level should be sent to prison to await trial. But the problem is that Vigo has corrupted New York City too seriously. Harvey and the mayor are really afraid that Vigo will get ahead of him. If you go to jail, you will either be silenced or escape directly.
After all, the situation in New York prisons...is really not good. Peggy was the best proof last time.
The situation in other branches and the main bureau was similar. No one knew how many people Vigo had dragged into the water. On the contrary, the 15th branch that Kai had just cleaned was the safest, so Vigo was imprisoned in the 15th branch. Harvey's side is also speeding up the judicial process, hoping to open the court as soon as possible, and at the same time starting to arrange a safe detention place.
Therefore, during this period, the 15th Precinct's defense became very strict, and an ESU (New York SWAT) team was also stationed in the 15th Precinct. To cope with emergencies that may occur at any time. Not to mention, this arrangement really worked.
In just the past two days, six abnormal elements who intended to get close to Vigo were discovered, two of them were killers, and the remaining four came to save Vigo.
This also led to the 15th Precinct's defense becoming more stringent.
This is painful for John. On the one hand, he has been worried for a long time that the high table has really issued an assassination order for Marcus. On the other hand, he has to worry about whether Vigo's people will take action against Marcus!
Originally, things were at a deadlock, but there was a turning point.
"WTF?!!!"
Kai rushed out of the police station while controlling his smart watch. John had studied the information of the 15th Precinct and naturally recognized Kai. John had also thought about kidnapping Kai before, and then using him to threaten the police to release Marcus.
John does things this way!
But the problem is that Kai has been staying at the police station and never came out, so his idea naturally came to nothing.
These days are the most critical time. Kai is also afraid that the remaining corrupt elements in the 15th Precinct will cause sabotage and cause Vigo to die or run away, so he has been sitting at the police station to prevent this from happening.
But today, he really couldn't sit still.
Because Frank was caught!
Before Kay separated from Frank that day, he left Frank with his communication method, a small bracelet. That bracelet is a Kingsman product and can perform positioning, communication and emergency contact functions. It was Frank who had just sent an emergency message to Kay. He was recognized by the Irish gang.
Kay contacted Frank again, but there was no news.
After walking for a long time at night, you will eventually encounter a ghost, and you will almost be unlucky. Frank had killed so many people in the Irish gang, and he was so arrogant that he never wore a hood, so it wasn't too strange for the other party to find him. Kelly uses the AI watch to quickly find out where Frank was caught.
Frank was ambushed in a park, the same park in New Jersey where his wife and children were killed. According to the park's surveillance, this guy seemed to be going to the park to remember his wife and children... and then he was blocked by the Irish.
The only question is, how could it be such a coincidence?
Ireland has indeed been active around New York before, but since Kingpin disappeared, Ireland has set foot in New York again, and is now grabbing territory all over New York. It can't be such a coincidence that it happens to be in New Jersey, and it happens to be active near that park!
There weren't many gang activities in that small park on weekdays. How did they find Frank there?
Although he was puzzled, Kai's car was not slow at all. He ran from Manhattan to the park in New Jersey in about 20 minutes. Along the way, Kai wished he could turn his car into a plane. I don’t know how many red lights I ran. This is also thanks to the fact that although the park is located in northwest New Jersey, it is actually very, very close to New York. It takes at most half an hour from Manhattan.
Several police patrol cars have arrived in the park. It was learned from the mouths of these patrolmen that there was no news about Frank. They heard the police report that there were gunshots in the park. When they arrived, there were only a few pools of blood, but they saw no body or anyone else. They were also surprised that there was nothing surprising about this small park, but they didn't know why some bizarre cases often happened.
After leaving the patrol officers, Kai immediately used the tracking function of the smart watch to find out Frank's whereabouts.
An abandoned warehouse about five kilometers away from the park.
Kai quickly sneaked into the warehouse and found that the defense here was actually very loose. The gangsters outside did not patrol seriously at all, as if they did not believe that anyone would come to this poor place. As soon as he entered the warehouse, he heard fists hitting human bodies, making a dull banging sound.
A man sneered: "...Punisher, killed my brother and took my money. Say, where is the money?"
no answer.
"Yes, you are a tough guy. It seems that beating you is useless. Who, bring that dog over here." After the man ordered, he heard several dog barks and the sound of the dog's claws scratching on the ground.
Kai is very strange, dog? What dog?
"Say it!" the man asked: "I won't beat you again, I will break this dog's bones one by one and let it die slowly in front of your eyes..."
This plot...why does it feel familiar? Is it now popular for gangsters in New York to deal with dogs? By the way, what mistake did Gouzi make? Why does Mao always like to cause trouble for Gouzi every time? Moreover, don’t they Irish people know that dog is a banned word in New York now?
The Tarasov family only killed one dog, and hundreds of people died. Not only that, the boss's son was also killed, and even the boss himself was killed!
All because of a dog!
Now this Irish gang wants to kill another dog, and it's Frank's dog. In comparison, no matter how Kai looks at it, he thinks Frank is more terrifying than John, right? If John is a killer who kills without batting an eyelid, then Frank is a terrorist who is sweet when he gets involved!
I'm afraid this guy doesn't want his gang to be wiped out!
Just when Kai was thinking about these messy things, the man who was obviously the leader was already very impatient and nodded to the men beside the dog. One of the gangsters raised the stick in his hand, but did not swing it down for a while, hoping to create pressure on Frank.
Frank's face was covered with blood, and his tied body struggled: "Wait, I said."
"Stop!" The leader raised his hand and smiled proudly: "Where is my money?"
Frank: "On West Forty-fifth Street, in the parking lot behind the Chinese supermarket."
Frank was just messing around. He had never been interested in those things. The most he could do was burn them all on fire. But these guys obviously don't believe it. They think no one will be indifferent to the money... Frank can't help it. No one believes the truth, so he can only tell the truth.
The leader nodded with satisfaction: "You'd better not lie, otherwise your dog's life will be lost."
Frank stared at him and said nothing, but he knew that nonsense was nonsense, and their people would soon find out the truth, so he had to save himself quickly! So his tied hands slowly twisted. He was ready to remove his thumbs so that he could free his hands from the rope.
If there weren't two gangsters behind him, it would be much easier for him to break free from the rope.
But it's not a big problem. As long as he doesn't have to fight a bunch of people with his bare hands at once, he has nothing to worry about. These gangsters underestimated him so much that they actually dared to face him. Didn't this give him a chance?
Just when he was wondering if there was any way to distract the two people behind him, he suddenly raised his head and looked into the darkness.
People are so interesting. When you suddenly stare at a certain place and notice you, they will also look in that direction for no reason. The same was true for several people around Frank. When they saw Frank suddenly stop struggling and look elsewhere, they couldn't help but look in that direction.
Piu! Piu! Piu! Piu! Piu!
Just as a group of people turned their heads in unison, five extremely dull gunshots rang out.
Then a group of people were all shot in the head, all clean and unbelievable.
"What are you doing?" Kai complained as he walked out of the darkness: "You were kidnapped by a few gangsters! Isn't it too embarrassing?"
Frank's face twitched. As an excellent special operations commander, it was indeed very, very embarrassing to be caught by a group of gangsters. Although it was caused by his restlessness and carelessness after returning to the place where his wife and children were killed. But the problem is that for an excellent battlefield commander, such words are even more embarrassing!
"Also...when did you become so caring? You actually got a dog?" Kai complained while untying Frank's rope.
The dog, which was previously held by the gangster and was struggling, was now free from the trap and immediately ran towards Frank, barking and wagging its tail around Frank.
After not seeing each other for two days, I didn’t expect that Frank had changed so much.
Frank's dog is a bully, with a square head and a square head, and a vicious look on his face.
Speaking of this, Frank felt even more embarrassed. Yes, he learned from John!
Just when Frank was about to explain so that he would not be so embarrassed, suddenly the bully dog at his feet started barking at the darkness behind Kai!
"who!!!"
Kay and Frank immediately turned around and pointed their guns in that direction.
At the same time, Kai was even more shocked. Someone was following him, but he didn't notice it? ? ?
Ta-ta!
The sound of leather shoes hitting the ground.
A handsome man in a handsome suit walked out of the darkness.
