“Haha!” Laying on the sofa, Anton held Camille's slender waist and said, “Never mind. It seems that I'll have to sleep on the sofa!”
“Get up. You'll catch a cold if you sleep here. Go to my room for a rest!” Camille pulled Anton up and headed upstairs.
Laying on Camille's bed, Anton smelled a faint fragrance. Remembering the scene just now, he was more than being excited and smiled unconsciously. 'It seems that I like Camille. With her, I'm always excited. I have an indescribable satisfaction at seeing her smiling face. However, why do I have the same feeling for Dolores, and Flora, who was rescued from Lam? I haven't fallen in love with all three of them, have I?' Anton closed his eyes and had random thoughts. Soon, he fell asleep.
Hearing Anton's breath, Camille picked up his phone and softly went out of the room in case that someone would disturb him again. Back in the living room, Camille remembered Anton's words—I think I really like you. She felt very sweet and dreamt about their beautiful future. After a while, the ringing phone interrupted her thoughts far away. Camille took the phone and said with discontent, “Hello? What’s the matter? Why are you always calling?”
The person over the phone was apparently stunned for a while. “Hello, I'm looking for Anton. He's needed for something!”
“He's not available. He's sleeping!” Camille shouted and hung up. On the other side, Carl held the phone and did not speak for a while, then he turned around to Jasper beside him and said, “Jasper, you know what, beauty really is a disaster! Damn it, she dares talk to me like that!”
Carl and Camille have never met, and he had heard of her. He did not expect her to be so disrespectful the first time they talked, so he was furious. Jasper knew her personality. He said with laughter, “Maybe Anton will marry Camille. Then you'll have to serve her, ha!” Staring at Jasper, Carl slowly said, “Jasper, tell me. will you be less talkative if you have no teeth?”
Anton slept until two o'clock in the afternoon when Camille woke him up. They went out for a decent meal and took a slow walk by the river. As the relationship between them became clear, they walked together in a much more intimate way. By five o'clock, it was already dark (it was dark at four o'clock in winter in the north). Anton sent Camille home. Then he went to the Ghost nightclub.
Entering the Ghost nightclub, Anton saw many guests. Many were wiggling like crazy on the stage. Seeing Anton, one of his men hurriedly ran over and respectfully said, “Boss, Carl, and others have been waiting for you.”
Anton was in a good mood, so he nodded smiling. His man led him to a private room, then the man stood guard outside. The backbone of the Anton Brotherhood was all inside, and two middle-aged men covered in bruises were kneeling on the ground. It took Anton quite an effort to recognize that they were Hanna and Issac. Carl arranged for Anton to sit in the middle, then he asked, “Boss, what do we do with these two?”
Hearing the words of Carl, the two men loudly begged for mercy, “Anton … No … Boss Williams, don't kill me. I will give you all my venues. And I have money. I will give you the money. Please let me go!”
Anton stopped smiling and seriously considered it. Although these two people had no power anymore, keeping them would be a hidden danger to him after all. Who could spare someone who always hated him? Watching the two people's tearful and miserable looks, Anton hesitated for a moment. However, after thinking it over, he found it inappropriate for fear of being revenged later and leaving a hidden danger to his gang. He made up his mind and said, “Follow the rules. Let fate decide your life!” Anton did not want to see the two people's desperate looks, so he went outside the private room. He said to himself, 'Remember, you are a villain! Compassion will only make you weak!'
In the private room, Carl took out two black cards from his arms and slowly put them in front of the two people. Their fate would be decided in this way. In the Mafia world, it was the survival of the fittest. Whoever stronger could win, and whoever won could have the say. If not so, then the Mafia would not be the Mafia. At the same time, though, was there any difference between the Mafia and the other part of the world? This was the truth that had never been changed for thousands of years!
Anton was thinking about a question on his way home. Could he like Camille? Could bad guys have change to love someone? He did not know and could only smile wistfully in his heart. He felt that he was pretty much an executioner because his hands were dyed with blood now.
After Hanna and Issac were annexed, the south of the city was completely occupied by the Anton Brotherhood except for the forces of Galvin and Joseph. In the Mafia, the Anton Brotherhood gained the same status as the Brotherhood and Youth Gang, and it gained much respect. Everyone else was afraid of facing a black card one day themselves. The black card became known throughout the Mafia of J City, and everyone knew it was a death card.
The headquarter of the Brotherhood was placed in the east of the city. It was a three-story building alone near the river. The neighborhood was sparsely populated and overrun with weeds. However, it was located next to Contrada Bannata, one of the city's main roads, so it was convenient to move. At least two hundred people were in the building, all of them the loyal backbone of the Brotherhood.
In this attack to the headquarter of the Brotherhood, all the best men of the Anton Brotherhood were sent. Each regime sent its fifty best men, which was altogether three hundred men from six regimes. Plus all of the men in the Ghost Regime, there were four hundred in the attack. Before leaving, Anton again cautioned everyone that the most important was to be quick. They had 30 minutes. In 30 minutes after the enemy was alarmed, all must evaluate whether they succeeded or not. This was because there were five other venues of the Brotherhood that was operating, which included most of the main forces of the Brotherhood. Anton estimated that it would take less than half an hour from the nearest venue to the headquarter of the Brotherhood. If they couldn't evacuate in 30 minutes after starting the attack, they would be easily held back by the enemy who came to help them. At that time, even if they could kill the boss of the Brotherhood, Anton would have a great loss, which was exactly what he did not want to see.
At 2 a.m. on March 8th, J City was quiet, and people had fallen asleep after a day of work. At the same time, the Anton Brotherhood was quietly moving. Anton led his men by car to a forest half a kilometer away from the headquarter of the Brotherhood. During the period, Jason kept receiving messages from members of the Ghost Regime who ambushed near the headquarter. Every move in the headquarter building was well known for the Anton Brotherhood.
Jason led the Ghost Regime out of the cars first. They moved stealthily toward the building. Anton and others followed him, leaving only Albert and the Justice Regime behind to guard the cars.
Jason carefully walked in front of the others. Suddenly seeing a red dot flashing 50 meters ahead, he agilely bent down onto the ground and waved to the people behind him. He picked up a night vision telescope to observe and found that there were two men of the Brotherhood standing guard. The flashing red dot was a cigarette held by one of them. Jason looked around cautiously and didn't rest assured until he found no one else.
Jason turned around and whispered to two of his men beside him, “There are two men ahead. You two go over there with me. Do it quickly and silently. Do you understand?”
The two nodded together. The three of them slowly moved nearby the two guards. Jason quietly pulled out a dagger and crawled behind one of the two men. He suddenly jumped up, covered the man's mouth with one hand, and waved the dagger across the man's throat with the other hand.
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