Chapter 220 Magic Tower
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“If possible, I don’t want the security situation in Atlanta to continue to worsen.”
Li Mochen's voice was a little helpless: "But Uncle Franks, you should know the situation. I have not found Hai Rouer, the trace of my poor cousin."
"I understand, so your war with Antonio will continue."
Franks said clearly: "But can the harassment against the entire sphere of influence of the Blood Fighters be stopped? The employment commissions you issued at the Cardinals Club did not cause any substantial casualties, but caused public panic. I know that many people over there are now afraid to go out on the streets. Of course, the guys of the Blood Fighters will also make a promise to strictly maintain neutrality between you and Antonio. Neither they nor their subordinates will draw guns for Antonio."
This was just falling into Li Mochen's thoughts, but his words were filled with dissatisfaction, "Is that all? Do you know how much I have paid for this war?"
"They will help you find the whereabouts of Hayroul, um~ I doubt this, but at least it will help you eliminate some suspicious places. Also, in the future, your store in the south of Dongcheng District will be protected by them for free, and you have won their respect."
Franks chuckled: "It's not like they're going to cede land and pay compensation, right? I believe you don't want to get into this quagmire. As for money, that's even more impossible. The Craig Community Bank you robbed has already made them lose a lot of money."
“I’m really not interested in their territory.”
Li Mochen raised his eyebrows: "But if you just truce this way, it feels too bad, Franks, what if I refuse?"
"Andre! You are a very smart kid."
Franks sighed: "You should understand that the reasons why those big families and business giants have not responded to it until now is because of Dwight Payton; secondly, your private army has never taken the initiative to attack ordinary people. Although the impact has been greatly affected, there are not many vicious casualties; thirdly, it is because they are not willing to bypass the police and FBI's forces. But if the situation in Dongcheng continues, it is not what they like. Andre, you should know that even now, I have no capital to challenge them. If they are willing, they can easily destroy the private army under your command. The police and FBI have to talk about the rule of law, rules, and discipline, but those people, if they want to take action, will not care about these things. And there is also."
"Okay, I can probably guess what the consequences are."
Li Mochen sighed: "But I think the Blood Hands must at least make some changes, right? For example, no longer drug trafficking will be done, just like your Teutonic Cross?"
This is not because of his innocence of thought, but because of the benefits. If it can be done, then his "Shenxiao Lingyun Purple Gold Tower" will definitely receive a lot of merit.
"Study our Teutonic Cross?"
Franks laughed: "But I now have the black market on Laurel Street, and they don't. Andre, I didn't expect you to have such naive ideas now, which is very interesting. But you have to know that even our Teutonic Cross is not completely banning drugs. Some of the little leaders below are secretly selling, and I can't do anything about it. Amo, Atlanta is not just the Blood Fighters who are creating addicts, but the large number of addicts must require a considerable supply of drugs. With this supply and demand relationship, even if the Blood Fighters no longer commits selling drugs, there will be other gangs rising in the East City. The situation at that time will only be even more chaotic, right? Amo, our strength is far from the point of making and changing rules."
"I probably understand, but I still don't want to let them go."
Li Mochen rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers: "Let's do this, the Blood Hands collectively donated 3 million gold shields to the Atlanta Police Disability Foundation and the Atlanta School Aid Foundation. I think this condition is not too much, this is my bottom line."
"Can!"
Franks agreed with gaze: "I will talk to them about the conditions. As the defeated party, they will get some blood. I think the big guys will like your proposal very much. You are very smart, Andre."
"Outside of this, the war between me and Antonio is not over."
Li Mochen was embarrassed: "If I want to save people from his hands, I will inevitably fight them, which is inevitable. So this is just a ceasefire against the Blood Hands."
"You don't need to worry about this."
Franks interrupted Li Mochen with a smile: "They have agreed to temporarily grant you the dimensional division authority to use the Atlanta City Great Demon Tower array to divide the battlefield. However, this authority can only be used for Antonio. If you use it elsewhere, you have to understand the consequences."
"Big Demon Tower Array?"
Li Mochen subconsciously swept his eyes to the floor-to-ceiling window not far away, looking at the bright moonlit night sky.
He knew that there were actually twenty-four magic towers floating above Atlanta City. They formed a huge magic array to protect the safety of this huge city.
That was a defensive facility built after World War II. The original intention was to fight against the Soviet Union's magic intercontinental missiles in the Cold War. However, at present, the main function of this "Great Magic Tower Array" is to prevent the creatures in the dark world from invading the light world.
Because the consumption of the "Great Magic Tower Array" is too huge, it can swallow more than one billion gold shields in one hour when it is fully operational. Therefore, these twenty-four magic towers are currently only maintaining the lowest level of magic energy cycle.
But even so, the "Great Magic Tower Array" consumes more than 50 million gold shields in one day. Some of them are allocated by the government and some are self-financing by the city of Atlanta.
Therefore, Atlanta City has set up a "Great Magic Tower Array Committee" to manage the daily expenses and maintenance of the twenty-four magic towers. A small part of the members come from the government, while the rest come from major famous sects and top consortiums in Atlanta. It is because at least two-thirds of the maintenance funds of this "Great Magic Tower Array" rely on the taxes and donations paid by the latter.
The dimensional division authority mentioned by Franks is actually similar to the situation when they robbed Craig Community Bank before. The difference is that before they attacked Craig Community Bank, they must bury the dark boundary rune stone in advance and arrange the "dimensional traction" array. If he can have the dimensional division authority of the Great Demon Tower array, there is no need to be so troublesome. It only takes one instruction to do it. The places that need to be used as the battlefield are temporarily cut out from the interior of Atlanta City, which can effectively prevent the surrounding buildings and citizens from being implicated.
There have always been constant disputes among the famous nobles in Atlanta City. However, in recent decades, there has never been any major disasters caused by extramarital combat in Atlanta. This is due to the invention of the Dark Realm Rune Stone, and the second is the completion of the "Great Demon Tower Array".
"What should I say? Uncle Franks, they flattered me."
"This is a must. The strength in your hands has barely reached the point where you can cause damage to Atlanta."
Franks said in a disapproving tone: "But this is just a temporary authorization, there is no need to be too excited. They have not really recognized you yet. Andre, you are not qualified to be one of the Atlanta powerhouses, so keep working hard, lucky little guy! Emm~, Andre, if you have no objections, are we now agreed? "
Chapter completed!