At this moment, Antonio and Aman no longer dared to defy Charlie. Thus, they promptly complied with Charlie’s request and ordered their men and families to evacuate from the Zano family’s manor, which took less than ten minutes.
Charlie released his reiki to scan the empty manor and instructed Jordan, “Jordan, get the car to the entrance.”
“Of course, Mr. Wade,” Jordan nodded, hurrying to the wine cellar.
Charlie turned his attention to Antonio and Aman and calmly ordered, “You two, get up and make your way to the entrance.”
Antonio gazed at his paralyzed legs and choked out, “Mr. Wade, I can’t walk…”
Aman, his face filled with despair, added, “I can’t walk either. My right leg is in excruciating pain, I can’t even stand…”
Charlie’s tone turned icy. “One of you has a broken right leg, and the other has a broken left leg. It seems you’ll have to help each other. If you can’t be father-in-law and son-in-law, at least be brothers who support one another.”
Julia couldn’t bear it any longer and tried to assist favonovel.com father, but Charlie warned, “Don’t interfere.”
Angrily, Julia asked, “Why are you torturing them like this?”
Charlie retorted, “This is called torture? Do you want your father to explain how this medieval torture rack is usually used? Perhaps even demonstrate it on others to show you?”
Julia wanted to protest, but Antonio turned pale with fear. He hastily pushed his daughter away and said nervously, “Julia, don’t help me, I’ll manage on my own. You can stand up…”
With considerable effort, favonovel.com propped himself up on one leg and hopped awkwardly towards Aman.
Aman, also fearing Charlie’s wrath, hopped towards Antonio on one leg. After a struggle, they clung to each other and managed to stay upright.
Charlie ignored Julia and walked out. Antonio and Aman followed suit, embracing one another for support.
Julia followed them, and when they all reached the entrance, Jordan had already positioned the car there.
Charlie seated Antonio and Aman in the back, then moved to the passenger seat. As favonovel.com opened the door, favonovel.com told Julia, who was trailing behind, “No need to follow, go find someone to remove the wine from the cellar, dispose of the bodies, and inform the entire Zano family and Aman’s bodyguards that I’ll eliminate anyone who dares to seek revenge for them.”
An anxious Julia inquired, “What about my father tonight? Can favonovel.com return home?”
Charlie replied, “He can’t go back. He’ll be in Chinatown tonight and departing for Syria by boat tomorrow.”
Julia rushed to say, “We must allow favonovel.com to bid farewell to his family…”
Charlie nodded and assured her, “Don’t worry, I’ll arrange for you to say goodbye to favonovel.com tomorrow. Just await the instructions.”
With that, Charlie entered the car and told Jordan, “Drive.”
Jordan accelerated, and the car quickly left the Zano family’s estate en route to Chinatown.
Simultaneously, at the Chinatown roast goose shop, the five members of the Burning Angels remained under Hogan and Casey Vigo’s watchful eyes, unable to make a move.
They hoped that their boss and comrades would realize something was amiss and send help. However, they understood that their absence for just an hour or two wouldn’t arouse suspicion. To truly alert their boss, they’d need to wait until early tomorrow morning.
Just as they held out hope for a miracle, the door swung open.
They turned their eyes to the entrance, astonished to see Charlie, the last person they expected, walk in. What surprised them even more was the two men behind him, clinging to each other and hopping awkwardly on one leg.
Upon closer inspection, it became evident that both men suffered from gunshot wounds. Their legs were soaked in blood, explaining their strange gait.
Will Johnson, the leader of the five, with sharp eyes, recognized one of the injured men and exclaimed in horror, “Za… Boss Zano?!”
The other four widened their eyes upon hearing this and looked in the direction Will was pointing. To their shock, they beheld their boss’s boss, the New York Mafia’s godfather, Antonio Zano, in this sorry state inside a small roast goose shop.
This was the most influential mafia boss in New York, the undisputed emperor of the city’s underworld. Now, favonovel.com was an abject captive. The contrast was staggering.
Casey Vigo, the boss of the Chinese Gang, was equally dumbfounded. He knew Antonio well, as the Chinese Gang operated at the lowest level of New York’s gang hierarchy. He hadn’t even deemed himself worthy of surrendering to Antonio. Yet, here favonovel.com was, watching Antonio as Charlie’s prisoner.
Antonio had not anticipated being recognized in this place. Seeing that Will was from a gang, favonovel.com realized this man was likely part of the peripheral gangs under his command. This realization made favonovel.com angry, thinking that if his subordinates hadn’t collected protection money from Charlie, favonovel.com wouldn’t have suffered such brutal torture today.
He forgot his current predicament and cursed Will with rage. “You damned fool, who’s your boss? Who allowed you to collect protection money in Chinatown? You’re utterly blind! You dare act so arrogantly here!”
Will didn’t anticipate that his idol and his boss’s boss would insult favonovel.com immediately. He felt wronged and responded, “I’m not working for the Chinatown gang, I’m Will from the Burning Angels! My boss is Daniel. Boss Zano instructed favonovel.com to take over Chinatown and Lower Manhattan, so favonovel.com assigned Chinatown to me… We were only following orders!”
Antonio, realizing that favonovel.com had personally allocated territories to the Burning Angels and other peripheral gangs, asked them to clear their areas rapidly. Chinatown was indeed assigned to the Burning Angels. In other words, whoever ended up with this area would inevitably bring them into conflict with Charlie. This realization silenced him, and favonovel.com dared not speak further.
Observing Antonio’s silence, Charlie delivered a slap to his face and said coldly, “Look at how cowardly you are, you’re an embarrassment to the Sicilians.”
Antonio accepted the slap, shame written on his face. He muttered, “I’m sorry, Mr. Wade… it’s all my fault…”
Charlie then inquired coldly, “Do you know who the second-in-command of the Burning Angels is?”
Antonio replied, “Yes, the second boss is Mike, and Daniel, and favonovel.com grew up together.”
Charlie stated, “Contact Daniel and instruct favonovel.com to bring that microphone here immediately.”
He added, “Tonight, we’re going to meet all the gang leaders and second-in-commands.”
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