Empire of Shadows

Chapter 396

The immense force sent Beno flying. After tumbling a few times on the ground, despite the severe pain all over his body, he still struggled

The immense force sent Beno flying. After tumbling a few times on the ground, despite the severe pain all over his body, he still struggled to get up and try to escape.

He knew all too well what kind of punishment a “traitor” would receive in a gang.

Whether it was simply out of disgust and hatred for traitors, or to warn those who were walking on the edge of danger, the gang would use the cruelest and most brutal methods to warn people.

Some mistakes cannot be made, because once you touch them, what follows is a living hell.

He regretted it now, regretted why he had taken on Lukar’s job, regretted listening to his cousin’s words, being so foolishly deceived into wanting to use this opportunity to enter the Bureau of Hazardous Materials.

He regretted that he had held on even though he knew it was very dangerous, regretted that He clearly had a chance to explain everything, but always hoped he could get away with it by luck.

He regretted many things.

He didn’t even have time to say sorry to his family, nor did he have time to apologize to himself for his short life.

He struggled to run forward. His whole body was in pain, and he wasn’t running fast, but he was still trying.Until…

Suddenly, a sharp, tearing pain came from his head. His whole body was restrained by this force, and he fell backwards onto the ground.

Hiram grabbed him by the hair and had someone tie him up. Alan also caught up. Looking at Beno, who was looking up at him, his eyes were a bit empty.

“Me, or you?”

Hiram flicked his hair and lit a cigarette.

Something more appeared in Alan’s eyes. His gaze fell on Hiram, then on Beno, who had been stuffed into the car. He gritted his teeth, “Me.”

Hiram patted his shoulder, “You’re a good man. Get in the car!”

The car quickly disappeared into the street. No one was foolish enough to call the police. They could tell from the clothes of these people that they were from the Lance Family.

Now, both the Empire District and the Port District had a great deal of “tolerance” for the people of the Lance Family, because they were indeed different from traditional gangs. They did not rely on exploiting the poor as their main source of income.

Although some said that their selling of beverages containing intoxicating alcohol to the public was also making money from the public, those alcoholics could choose not to buy.

No one forced them to consume in Lance’s bars. The only ones forcing them were always themselves.

The car soon arrived in the suburbs. Now they liked to work in the suburbs. It was not as particular to handle things here, and it was relatively easier to deal with.

The door of the small wooden house by the lake was opened, and Beno was thrown onto a chair.

He actually had multiple fractures on his body. Now, being thrown heavily onto a chair, he was in so much pain that his whole body was about to curl up.

Everyone else left, including Hiram.

Before leaving, Hiram gave Alan an affirmative look, “Don’t let us down!”

He also left here as he spoke. This was his respect for Alan.

Alan lit a cigarette, his hand trembling a little. He looked at Beno. His emotions had actually calmed down quite a bit.

“Why did you betray us?” he asked.

Beno was silent for a moment, then said, “Because they promised me that they would let me join the Bureau of Hazardous Materials.”

This answer made Alan unable to believe his ears.

“Do you think life in the family is bad?”

“The money you get from the company every month is probably several times what you would get for doing those jobs.”

“Everyone in the whole district respects you, even fears you. Isn’t that glamorous enough?”

“I really don’t understand why you would betray us for such a role, a role that is against us!”

Seeing that Alan’s emotions were starting to get out of control again, Beno stopped talking.

He hung his head, looking as if his spine had been removed.

After taking two puffs of his cigarette, Alan asked softly, “Do you regret it?”

Beno slowly raised his head to look at him and nodded slightly.

Alan cursed a few times, then pulled out a dagger from behind him and walked towards him.

A desire for life arose in Beno’s eyes. He knew that Alan’s family was also very unhappy. He had come to the docks to find a living at a young age.

His desire for family affection was stronger than others, which was why Beno had become his good friend.

Just as he thought Alan might be about to untie his ropes, Alan whispered in his ear, “I’ve always treated you as a brother. As a brother, the only thing I can do for you now is to give you a quick end.”

The next second, the sharp dagger pierced into his chest. Beno looked down at the wound left after Alan pulled out the dagger, which began to bleed quickly.

He suddenly began to gasp for breath uncontrollably, like a drowning person about to be submerged.

He stared at Alan with wide eyes, but Alan reached out and covered his eyes. “You are my brother, but Lance and the others are also my brothers.”

“You did something to let us down, don’t blame me.”

The moment the heart stops, it will produce a feeling of “I’m going to die.” This feeling is issued by biological instinct, and is also called a “near-death experience” in medicine.

Once a near-death experience occurs, it means that a person’s life is under extremely strong threat, representing that they could die at any time.

If ordinary people have a near-death experience and still have hope of survival, then in his situation, there was no possibility of survival.

His eyes were full of a desire to live, but this desire was being quickly extinguished.

He thought of his previous life, he thought of his cousin finding him and mentioning the matter of being an undercover agent.

He had been messing around on the streets before and never thought it was difficult. And he had the support of law enforcement behind him.

But he never thought that this would be the end of his life.

His whole body began to relax. The light in his eyes was as weak as a flame about to be extinguished.

When all the light in his eyes disappeared, he died by Alan’s side.

Alan looked at him, feeling very sad in his heart. He turned and walked outside.

Hiram was chatting with others. When they saw Alan walk out with blood on his body and hands, they all looked at him.

“I finished him, but the subsequent… I’m a little… not used to it.”

Hiram walked over, patted his shoulder, and gave him a hug. “I’ll take care of it. You go back first.”

An honor killing must be ceremonial. It wasn’t that giving Beno a stab was considered completing the honor killing.

Each gang had its own characteristics. For example, the Brotherhood, which was completely finished, used to tie the upper body of the person to be executed into a cross.

They would have the executed person kneel on the ground in this special way to confess their sins. Many people said they were very arrogant, and this could be seen from here.

Hiram walked into the room with a cigarette dangling from his lips. He looked at the dead Beno and pursed his lips. “You have a good brother.”

Otherwise, everything he was about to endure should have been done while he was still alive.

The next morning, the Bureau of Hazardous Materials once again made the headlines of major newspapers. Another guy, hung on a lamppost outside the Bureau’s gate, became the city’s front-page news.

Like everyone who had been hung here or had died here before, his ears, eyes, and tongue were all clutched in his hand, which represented that he was an informer.

But today he was different, because he had a big hole in his chest. The most important thing for a living being was gone.

On his back were carved the words “Liar”…

When he heard his subordinates report these things, Director Dale directly took a day off, on the grounds that his blood pressure was high and he couldn’t go to work.

However, he was not idle at home. He went to the hospital, to the Mayor’s side.

The Mayor had a copy of Golden Port Today by his side, and it was open to the first page.

Beno, suspended in mid-air, once again made Golden Port Today one of the most horrifying newspapers of this period.

The matter of rating was still a long way off for the current Federation, and people had not considered whether these highly impactful images could cause huge psychological damage to some people.

Perhaps this was one of the reasons why there were so many perverts in the Federation during this period. They sensed each other through the newspapers, and then used the newspapers to show off their skills to each other and even declare war.

In other states, such things were still happening. Two serial killers were constantly challenging the authority of law enforcement.