"Oh, God..."
The people in the hotel finally couldn't contain their fear and gasped in shock.
That's too cruel and vicious.
This is utter torture!
Nicole and Jack exchanged a glance, their thoughts already working together. Wang Yonggan said with a grin, "Yan Liang, did you hear that? They're calling for God. Ah, I think they're calling for our adults..."
"I'm worried that the City God here might harm you, sir," Yan Liang said curtly.
Wang Yonggan said disdainfully, "What's there to be afraid of? The City God knows what he's doing."
Yan Liang then fell silent.
He wondered why the adults had told him to leave him in this faraway foreign land.
Everyone present simply couldn't understand why Nicole and Jack, those two vicious guys, didn't run away immediately after shooting and injuring Rogers and the young man. Did they already have a sense of remorse, so after injuring the wicked Rogers, did they wait for the police to come and arrest them?
In the distance, the piercing sound of police sirens could be heard.
Rogers struggled to crawl out, while the green-haired boy had already passed out from the pain.
Nicole grinned menacingly, stepped on Rogers' back, and then crouched down, pressing the muzzle of her gun against Rogers' arm and firing.
Bang! Bang!
Rogers's piercing screams echoed through the brightly lit street.
With a screeching sound of brakes, two police cars sped up and stopped outside the bar. Five or six police officers jumped out of the cars, drew their pistols, and aimed them at Nicole, who was squatting at the door, stepping on Rogers and holding a gun to Rogers's head.
"Put down your guns! Put down your guns!"
Amidst the roar, Nicole obediently threw the pistol to the ground, then slowly stood up, straightened her body, and raised her hands.
Inside the bar, Jack threw down his gun, lowered his head, and walked out with his hands raised.
"Hands behind your head! Hands behind your head!"
Police officers barked and cautiously surrounded them, then swarmed in, binding Nicole and Jack's hands behind their backs with handcuffs. Only then did they notice the unconscious Rogers and the young man with green hair in the bar. Immediately, a captain pulled out his walkie-talkie and called, "Ambulance! Get an ambulance right now! Someone here has been shot..."
Xu Zhengyang took a car directly back to where Li Bingjie was staying.
When I got home, it was already past 9:30 p.m.
Li Bingjie was sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Li Chengzong and Qingling sat on either side of Li Bingjie, a few meters away, watching the news program on TV without any expression.
"Zhengyang, where have you been?" Li Bingjie stood up with a worried expression when she saw Xu Zhengyang enter the room.
"It's nothing, I just went out to a bar." Xu Zhengyang smiled and stepped forward, pulling Li Bingjie's hand to sit down. He said, "Hey, what a coincidence! I went to a bar today, and guess who I ran into? Rogers... Yes, the gangster boss Rogers that Wu Guanxian was talking about."
"Ah?" Li Bingjie exclaimed in surprise, her eyes filled with even more concern, and tears even welled up in them.
Li Chengzong and Qingling were also filled with astonishment.
“Zhengyang, if you’re going out, you should have asked me to come with you. In case…” Li Chengzong stopped mid-sentence. Did Xu Zhengyang need his protection?
Xu Zhengyang smiled and waved his hand, signaling them not to be nervous, then said, "It's really strange. Two of Rogers' men actually shot at Rogers, fired several shots. I reckon Rogers is dead for sure..."
The group looked puzzled.
“This guy seems to have a lot of hostility towards us Chinese.” Xu Zhengyang scratched his head.
"Are you alright?" Li Bingjie asked, grasping Xu Zhengyang's hand, a seemingly pointless question.
Xu Zhengyang chuckled and said, "I don't understand English, but that guy really didn't like me, so he muttered a few things. I could tell from his eyes and expression that he was cursing me, so I went over and cursed him out too. Coincidentally, one of his accomplices was Chinese, so he could translate. That little brat really disgraced us Chinese, acting like a lapdog in front of Rogers..."
The others were even more astonished. Good heavens, no way? Xu Zhengyang was actually exchanging insults with Rogers face to face?
"So, I figured the police would definitely come to my door to ask me some questions later. Well, I'll tell you in advance, don't worry, it's none of my business," Xu Zhengyang said with a smile.
The door to a bedroom on the first floor was pushed open, and Aunt Shen ran out, her face full of panic, saying, "My God, Zhengyang, how dare you challenge that Rogers? He's a notorious gangster boss in Dunsbo! No, no, we have to leave here right away and go live in Chinatown..."
"It's not that serious, don't worry." Xu Zhengyang waved his hand with a smile.
Just then, Xu Zhengyang's phone rang; it was Liu Ming calling.
"Mr. Xu, you...you had a conflict with Rogers? Rogers was shot and killed?"
"Wow, you're quick on the news. It wasn't me; it was his men who did it," Xu Zhengyang said with a smile.
"Are you...are you sure?"
"Assistant Liu..."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Xu, I think you'd better be prepared. The police will definitely ask you some questions about the situation."
"Does Wu Guanxian know?"
"Yes, they all know."
"Okay, that's good. They should know how to arrange things from here on out."
Xu Zhengyang hung up the phone and then reassured the four that there was no need to worry and that nothing would happen.
Who can guarantee that nothing will happen? After all, this isn't China, it's the US!
Moreover, they still can't believe that Rogers was shot or wounded by his own men. What if Xu Zhengyang did it? That would be a huge problem.
Xu Zhengyang was not worried at all. Not to mention a country with sound laws and democracy like the United States, even in his own country, he could not be arrested and accused of a crime at will.
As expected, three police cars arrived at the scene a little after 10:20.
Perhaps it was because the people inside did not offer any resistance and were very cooperative; or perhaps it was because of Li Bingjie's special status that the police officers were wary of her, so their law enforcement process was very polite, asking Xu Zhengyang and the others to come to the police station for investigation.
After all, Rogers had clashed with Xu Zhengyang before he was shot.
As those who were with Xu Zhengyang, and who had previously clashed with DiCario and been investigated, all of them had to go to the police station for questioning.
When Xu Zhengyang and his group arrived at the police station, the lawyer arranged by Wu Guanxian had already arrived.
Xu Zhengyang was very satisfied with this. Not bad, Wu Guanxian should be very grateful to him now.
Because yesterday, Xu Zhengyang explicitly told Wu Guanxian: You don't need to worry about Rogers.
There's really no need for him to worry.
Volume 5, Spirit Official, Chapter 236: The Consequences of Not Being Low-Key
Roger Buck, the infamous godfather of the Donsbo underground organization, was shot eight times by two of his trusted henchmen, sustaining severe injuries. His elbows and knees were shattered, and even if he survived, he would be permanently disabled.
The incident caused a sensation in Dunsbo the very next day and spread rapidly throughout the United States via the internet and news media.
Of course, as a gang leader, the public wouldn't care about a minor argument he had with a young man from some distant Eastern country. What the public was curious and gossipy about was why his trusted henchman would suddenly shoot him in public, and in such a brutal manner.
The police in Dunsbo were also puzzled by this problem; the FBI officers were also puzzled and a little annoyed.
It's understandable that the police officers in Dunsbo have the same doubts as normal people;
The FBI agents were absolutely furious… After painstaking efforts, they finally made contact with Rogers Buck and recruited him as an informant. Their goal was that after unifying the Dunsbo underworld, Rogers Buck could leverage the extensive network and clandestine channels unique to organized crime groups to contact terrorist organizations lurking in Massachusetts.
Since the devastating New York terrorist attacks in the United States a few years ago, FBI agents have confirmed, based on numerous clues, that a terrorist organization or its members are operating in Dunspool, Massachusetts. A hijacked passenger plane that carried out a suicide attack on a building took off from Dunspool Airport.
There could be no worse news than this.
There are terrorist bases on the mainland of country M... who knows when another plane crashing into a building might happen.
So the FBI's investigation team had been secretly cultivating Rogers Buck for several years, helping him to destroy other gangs in Donsbo and unify the Donsbo underworld.
It's important to understand that, aside from a few national leaders, the only people in the world willing to deal with terrorist organizations are extremists and lunatics.
Birds of a feather flock together; greenbottle flies are all birds of a feather...
Clearly, Rogers, the notorious mob boss, is perceived by the public as a highly intelligent madman.
Based on the clues and intelligence provided by Rogers, he has already made contact with some people and will soon be able to establish contact with terrorist organizations to help each other and make money together.
Of course, both the FBI agents and Rogers Buck understood one fact: once this years-long plan succeeded, Rogers Buck would lose his usefulness. As a notorious mob boss with a long list of crimes, his fate was obvious.
Rogers? Buck knew this perfectly well, and the reason he did it was simply because it was mutually beneficial. He could use it to expand his own power and influence, and if things went wrong, he could just run away... Well, wealth was a temptation for Rogers, but it was by no means his primary purpose in doing this.
The real reason may lie in his own personality; he is a crazy person who likes to seek thrills.
In his youth, he served as a mercenary, fought on the battlefield, and engaged in bloody killings; in his old age, he began to work for gangs... After becoming an informant for the FBI, he hoped that one day he could establish his own terrorist organization.
This was an extremely tempting goal and a great ideal for him.
But now, all hope has been shattered.
The FBI's meticulously planned scheme over the past few years has come to nothing.
Of course, the most frustrated people right now are Nicole and Jack, who are being held at the Dunsbo Police Station.
How could he have shot and seriously injured his boss without any explanation? It is said that he also cruelly shattered the boss's kneecaps and elbows.
When questioned by the police, the two of them stammered and couldn't give a coherent answer.
Why did they fire the gun? What was their motive?
If the police hadn't reminded them what they'd done before, they would have completely forgotten about the Chinese kid. Right, Rogers had a little argument with that kid, and then Rogers, not bothering to teach the boy a lesson himself, ordered Nicole and Jack to break the Chinese kid's legs.
What happened next is unclear.
By the time they recovered from their extreme anger and began to recount the events, Mike Zhu, the Chinese-American green-haired kid who had been involved in the incident, had already told the police what had happened, and the police had taken Xu Zhengyang and his group to the police station.
However, Wu Guanxian's lawyer, the well-known lawyer Allen Dershowitz from Dunsbo, has begun to demand the immediate release of his client from the police station and the officers in charge of the case. He has also stated that he will represent his client in suing Rogers, that bastard, for intimidating and threatening his client, Mr. Xu Zhengyang, in the bar and for using many clearly racially discriminatory and abusive words.
There's no need for lawyers, who are masters of making trouble out of nothing and nitpicking, to kick Rogers when he's down. The police have already investigated the case thoroughly.
It has nothing to do with Xu Zhengyang.
Because there are many eyewitnesses who can testify that Xu Zhengyang had a conflict with Rogers, but Xu Zhengyang did not order Nicole and Jack to kill Rogers; moreover, Nicole and Jack themselves did not know Xu Zhengyang at all, so how could they obey Xu Zhengyang's orders?
Furthermore, the argument between Rogers and Xu Zhengyang was somewhat absurd. Although many eyewitnesses could testify that the two had spoken, all they could prove was that Rogers had said some arrogant things, and as for Xu Zhengyang... no one could understand what he was saying because Xu Zhengyang was speaking Mandarin.
And Rogers, who clearly doesn't understand Chinese, how did he know what Xu Zhengyang said to him?
Although Nicole and Jack insisted that Xu Zhengyang was speaking English, eyewitnesses could testify that they did not hear Xu Zhengyang speak English.
The bartenders further corroborated that when Xu Zhengyang went to the bar to pay the bill and order, he spoke Mandarin while gesturing, and it was only then that both parties understood each other. This suggests that Xu Zhengyang apparently doesn't understand English, or at least, he understands very little of it.
The black taxi driver Xu Zhengyang took when he left the bar also testified: "Oh, you mean that handsome, polite, and charming young man from the East? He obviously couldn't speak English, because he handed me a piece of paper with his address written on it... Ah, he was very classy and a generous young man. He gave me a hundred dollars for the fare. I suspect he might be gay, which is why he was attracted to my muscular physique..." The black driver smugly fantasized.
As for why he had a face-to-face argument with Rogers, Xu Zhengyang explained: "I saw one of my fellow Chinese guys there. I've never been abroad before. I was excited to see someone from my hometown in such a country and wanted to go over and say hello, but they were rude to me."
How do you know they were being rude?