Anton Brotherhood novel Chapter 31

“I’m all right. I didn’t go to see a doctor even if I got injured more badly when I was a soldier, “Hamlin said smilingly.

‘This is a chivalrous and tough guy,’ Anton praised Hamlin in mind. Then Anton said, “Well, how about coming to my house and having a talk. Maybe we can be friends.”

“Why not?” Hamlin responded quickly. A taxi was called. They all got into the taxi except Jasper who was still busy chatting with three girls outside. “Come on, Jasper, we gotta go, “Anton yelled. Hearing the voice, Jasper had to tear himself away from the girls and went toward the taxi.

“Very good, “Anton jeered. Jasper didn’t know how to explain and just said, “I...”

After chatting in the car, Anton learned that the tall man, Hamlin Jones, and his companion, Jason Brown, were ex-soldiers and they lived in the same village. After demobilizing from the military, they didn’t get a job till now because they lack money and interpersonal ties. Recently, Hamlin and Jason decided to go to J City and tried to find a job, instead of staying at home. Unluckily, three days passed and they haven’t found a suitable job yet. Hamlin and Jason were depressed and went to the hall for relaxing today. Today’s trouble was out of their expectation. They both had served in the military, so they couldn’t ignore the rude behavior of the gangsters.

Both Jasper and Hamlin were straightforward, so they were congenial to each other and talked anything under the sun. Anton listened to them quietly, while a plan was being made in his mind. The taxi soon arrived at the Ghost nightclub. They got out of the taxi and walked into the nightclub.

Anton took them into a separate room and asked a guy to handle Hamlin’s wound on the head. In a moment, a waiter brought the wine. “How long are you going to stay in J City, “Anton said to Hamlin.

Hamlin sighed and said, “We haven’t found a job. The money in our pocket almost runs out. We expect to find a job to support our families in J City. It seems we have no option but to return home to do some farm work.”

Jasper said disapprovingly and loudly, “As a man, it’s time to struggle when you are young. Hamlin, you are like a loser by saying that.”

Hamlin picked up a glass of wine on the table and drank it off. He shook his head and said, “I want to struggle, but I don't know anyone here. The employers just want to hire local workers, even a server who waits tables in a restaurant. What should I do? I’ll starve to death if I don't go home and do some farm work.”

Jasper patted Hamlin’s shoulder to show great sympathy for him. Jasper turned to Anton. Anton knew what did Jasper mean, and he also intended to have these two men in his family. So Anton said to Hamlin, “If you don't mind, you can work for me. I need talent like you.”

Hamlin was shocked and said, “You? Be a follower of a student?” Hamlin knew Anton work for Anton Brotherhood when Anton talked to Issac. Anton Brotherhood seemed to be a big gang. But whatever, Anton just looked like a student.

Jasper laughed and pointed to Anton, “This is the boss of Anton Brotherhood. It's not easy to be his follower. Accordingly, the follower will not be an average Joe.”

Hamlin looked at Anton in surprise and said, “You are the boss of Anton Brotherhood? I couldn’t believe it at all!”

“I really like you. Farming in a village is just a waste of your excellent skills. Although Anton Brotherhood is a Mafia gang, I really hope you can conquer the world with me. I agree with Jasper. The man should struggle for what he wants. Try to struggle instead of taking things as they are. Even if you fail, at least you will not regret it when you are old, because you have done what you could do.” Anton said.

Hamlin gazed at Anton for a while, speechless with shock. He couldn’t believe that such ambitious words were from a teenager. Jason, sitting next to Hamlin, suddenly stood up, looked at Anton, and said, “Bro, you are right. I would like to conquer the world with you.”

Anton nodded with a smile, and then looked at Hamlin. After a while, Hamlin asked, “How much money could I earn monthly?”

“Not less than this amount, “Jasper laughingly said and showed three fingers.

“€300. Not much. But better than farming. Well, I'll follow you.” Hamlin said loudly after one more mouthful of wine.

Standing up to shake hands with Hamlin and Jason, Anton said, “Great, I give you a warm welcome on behalf of Anton Brotherhood. You will get €3000, not €300. Don’t mistake it.”

“€3000?” Hamlin and Jason cried and looked at each other amazedly, which made Anton and Jasper burst laughter. ‘€3000 a month. We couldn’t earn so much money in a year by farming.’ Hamlin and Jason thought.

Then, Anton introduced Anton Brotherhood briefly to Hamlin and Jason. Both of them knew more about Anton Brotherhood. ‘This family was so powerful. No wonder Issac was willing to let us leave when Anton asked him to do so in the Sunrise nightclub.’ They thought in surprise.

After the introduction, Anton said to Hamlin and Jason, “How much do you know about firearms?”

Hamlin and Jason looked at each other and smiled. Hamlin said, “Well, about firearms, I ranked top in the whole company.” Jason nodded and said, “It’s true. He knew a lot about firearms.”

Anton was really glad to hear that and said, “I'll show you a few guns later. Please help me check them out.”

Hearing about guns from Anton, Hamlin was excited, because he had never touched the gun since he left the military. As a guns lover, he could not wait to see them, rubbing his hands and saying, “Boss, could you show me the guns now. I can’t wait a moment.”

Jasper burst into laughter when he saw Hamlin was so anxious. “Boss Williams, could I take a gun and show it to Hamlin now?” Jasper said.

Anton nodded. Then Jasper ran fast because he desired to know whether the guns bought from Youth Gang are qualified. Later, Jasper came back with a gun wrapped in clothes. He opened the clothes and gave the gun to Hamlin. Hamlin checked and said, “This is AK47, nothing special!”

Jasper hastily asked, “How about the quality of this gun?”

Hamlin checked it out carefully and said, “It's good. As far as I can see, it should be made in Russia.”

All people were called to the painting room on the third floor. It's quiet and spacious. After reading the information, people raised their opinions freely. Jasper advised attacking Galvin Moore firstly. He thought that if the strongest family was beaten, settling other families would be a piece of cake. Carl suggested that James Masson should be our first task to attack because he had a really bad interpersonal relationship. Bruce believed that they should attack two weaker families, and then focus on the strong ones. After listening to everyone's views, Anton meditated and rehearsed all suggests fast in his mind.

After half an hour, Anton finally said, “We... will attack James first.”

Everyone was dumbfounded by his words. Although James wasn’t the strongest force among the five forces, he was backed by the most powerful gang, Tiger Gang. “Boss Williams, attacking James was just nonsense, “Carl said. Others nodded and said, “Yeah, Boss Williams, James is supported by the Tiger Gang.”

Anton laughed and said, “On the one hand, Carl just said that James was unpopular. On the other hand, his back was Tiger Gang.” Everyone was looking at Anton with doubts. “How strong the Tiger Gang is, it's an outside force after all. It swaggered as soon as it came to J City. Many Mafia families have already disgusted it. However, other families haven’t allied and attack it because of conflicts between the families. So the Tiger Gang is still being aggressive today. James kissed up Tiger Gang in secret so as to expand his family. If the other families know it, no one will help him. In a word, he should be our first attack goal.” Anton added.

Albert suddenly understood and said, “I see. Actually, we will cause dissatisfaction from the other four families if we attack one of five forces, except James. If we attack James, the other four families will not suspect our purpose and even help us to attack James. Haw-haw!”

At that time, everyone understood and thought that attacking James firstly is a great idea.

Now people didn't know James made a secret deal with the Tiger Gang. We must make them know it. Let all your brothers spread the news about collusion between James and the Tiger Gang and their intention to control all Mafia in the city,

Everyone agreed. Then Anton said to Hamlin and Jason, “You continue to train the brothers in the morning. We will show our force whenever we get the chance. What’s more, pick up 40 brothers who are good at gun shooting and train their shooting skills in the afternoon!”

Hamlin and Jason nodded and said, “No problem.”

Bruce had never met Hamlin and Jason before, so he asked, “Boss Williams, Who are they?”

Anton smiled and introduced Hamlin and Jason to Bruce. Then Hamlin knew that Bruce had been in charge of the Ghost from Anton. He said laughingly, “Since you aremanaging the Ghost, the brothers in it should be well-trained. In the military, the scouts are vital, and they can become deadly killers at critical times.”

Bruce was surprised and asked, “Become killers?”

“That's right. When scouts have a great opportunity, they may have the ability to kill key enemy personnel with one or more people together!” Jason said.

Anton, thought about it for a while, and then said to Hamlin, “Do you know methods of training scouts?”

Hamlin shook his head and said laughingly, “I don’t know. But he knew the methods.” Pointing at Jason, Hamlin added, “He was a scout. Haw-haw.”