After eting with Shorty, Song Heping didn't seem in a rush to leave that large villa in the suburbs.
He stayed there for several consecutive days, enjoying the fine food and comfortable environnt.
Surrounding the villa was a beautiful manor where he would jog or swim in the pool every day, as if he wasn't facing a massive gang showdown but rather seed like a tourist vacationing in xico.
This baffled Jiang Feng and others traveling with him.
During this period, there were so minor skirmishes on the overlapping territories of border gangs, with casualty numbers in the single digits, and the anticipated large-scale firefights did not occur.
Shorty felt sothing was amiss.
He called Song Heping, expressing his unease about the current atmosphere.
Song Heping laughed and retorted, asking if he thought too few people had died.
Shorty said, according to past experiences, whenever the five big families had disputes and wars, there would be varied attacks, assassinations, and firefights in major cities, and the death toll would surge.
Yet, with the four big families already ford alliances, there had been no major moves.
Even areas near the edges of the Gulf Group's territory didn't witness any large-scale gang attacks, worryingly quiet.
Song Heping told him to stay defensive and not to strike first, as the ti hadn't co yet.
Shorty then asked, since Lascano launched such a big attack on you, aren't you planning an equivalent strike in response?
Song Heping said, he's already my man, why would I attack him?
Shorty suggested attacking Sanchez or targeting the bosses or senior figures of the other two families, which is customary in xico, and without a response, they might think you're scared and will intensify their attacks in the future.
Song Heping chuckled over the phone, telling Shorty to just take good care of his own safety, stay hidden, and wait for his instructions.
Before hanging up, he also asked Shorty if he had inford his seniors about the alliance with Lascano, advising him not to engage with the Los Zetas Organization recklessly in the near future and not to provoke these madn, just to wait for good news.
Upon hearing this from Song Heping, Shorty beca smug, saying that he had called a eting to report the situation the night he returned and reassured Song that they could distinguish friends from foes.
Song Heping responded that's good, just wait for the good news in a safe house.
Sitting back and watching like Song Heping was different.
Sanchez had been very busy these days.
The day after speaking with Spencer over the phone, he had planned to personally visit Victoria City to et Lascano, to arrange for Spencer to take over the financial power of the Los Zetas Organization in person.
But he hesitated before leaving.
By then, Lascano was already on his list of suspects.
If he personally went to the Los Zetas Organization and they indeed harbored ill intentions, wouldn't it be like throwing himself into the lion's den?
After much thought, he decided not to go. Instead, he sent Spencer to contact Lascano and retrieve the organization's financial control.
Just when he was about to call Spencer, Spencer's call ca first.
"Boss! Big trouble!"
"What trouble?!"
Sanchez felt a sudden jolt in his heart, his hand holding the phone trembling.
Having had little peace of mind recently, he couldn't help being startled.
"Major intelligence has been sent back from our insider in the Sinaloa Group! Big trouble!"
Spencer's voice sounded a bit excited.
"What exactly happened, just spit it out!"
Sanchez beca impatient, imdiately flaring up.
"There's reliable evidence that Lascano has been bought by Song Heping!"
"What!? Is the intelligence reliable!?" Sanchez's face instantly lost its color. Although he had always suspected that there was sothing fishy between Lascano and Song Heping, he was ultimately unwilling to see this outco.
Now, it had finally been confird.
This ant his premonition was not wrong.
However, he felt no sense of achievent.
Instead, he felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet.
That was close!
Just about ten minutes ago, he was still hesitating whether to personally visit the headquarters of Los Zetas and et Lascano.
If it were as Spencer said, he definitely wouldn't have a chance to co back alive.
"The intelligence is very reliable! It was reported to by one of my subordinates who has been undercover in the Sinoloa Group for ten years, he is the closest person to the Sinoloa Organization's core among all my insiders. According to him, Shorty received a USB drive from a man surnad Song, which contains plans of Song Heping conspiring with Lascano on how to get rid of you, then the man nad Song would provide funds and weapons, and after the successful execution, they would annex our territory, giving 50 percent of it to Lascano to manage!"
Spencer's words were like a block of ice, sliding down Sanchez's throat into his stomach, making him feel cold all over, he couldn't help shivering.
Sanchez's hands began to tremble.
But this ti, it wasn't because of fear.
It was anger.
"That ungrateful, treacherous wolf!"
Sanchez crushed his cigar fiercely into the ashtray, pacing around the table like an enraged tiger for two laps before saying, "Spencer, cut off all the financial support to the Los Zetas Organization imdiately, also, contact the leaders of all the branches under Los Zetas, tell them to break away from Los Zetas, otherwise, they will be our enemies. I want to cut off the support to these wolf cubs from all aspects, let them know who the true master is!"
"The problem is, will Lascano declare war on us if we do this?"
Spencer's tone carried so concern.
"Win them over! There are still 42 people whose nas start with Z, many of them were absorbed just last year, they don't have deep ties with Lascano, many of them will also have ambitions, tell them, whoever kills Lascano and pledges loyalty to , I will support him to be the new boss!"
Sanchez's eyes narrowed slightly, emitting a fierce light.
"Also, contact our people inside the governnt, give them a high bonus, hand them all the hiding spots and arsenal locations of the Los Zetas Organization, and let them conduct raids. Isn't the current president adamant about clamping down on cri groups? Then give them so performance achievents, once Los Zetas is crushed, they get their achievents and we get our money, I believe many will risk it!"
"Understood, boss, I will do as you instructed."
"Be quick! Take his life while Lascano is severely weakened, by the ti he recovers, he will probably have planned to strike at already! I want his life! Capture him, dead or alive, I offer 50 million dollars! Even just the body will do!"
That very night after Sanchez issued his orders, Song Heping was watching TV in his villa.
White Bear, Jiang Feng, and a few others who weren't particularly interested in news, preferred to gather around the dartboard, playing throwing gas and betting. Due to a lack of activities recently, they had been cooped up in the manor for several days, feeling extrely bored, almost as if they would grow moss soon.
Barrett sat next to Song Heping, discussing so challenges they had encountered recently with the smuggling network of the Balot Organization just taken over by Barrett. As they were talking, the TV suddenly interrupted with a breaking news broadcast.
"...Tonight at seven o'clock, the military and police organized a force of 400 to search a private warehouse in the El Joro suburb. During the operation, they encountered an attack by unidentified gunn, leading to an intense shootout. Half an hour ago, the operation concluded. According to police information, the warehouse was one of the arsenals of the Los Zetas Organization. In the conflict, 8 gang mbers were killed, 11 were injured. The warehouse is now being inventoried..."
Song Heping and Barrett's attention was drawn to the TV screen. In the background, the faint glow of flas could be observed, likely caused by buildings nearby catching fire during the shootout. Occasionally, muffled explosions could be heard.
As the host interviewed the operation leader holding a microphone, suddenly a massive fireball erupted in the distance.
Boom—
The explosion was extrely fierce.
The scene imdiately descended into chaos, the interview was forced to stop. The reporter quickly retreated to a safe area, continuing to report to the viewers facing the TV cara: "A severe explosion just occurred, it appears that the exchange of gunfire at the scene hasn't completely ceased. It is still unclear what caused this explosion..."
Song Heping turned to Barrett and asked, "Barrett, since when did the xican police beco so quick in their response?"
Barrett replied, "This is likely the result of an internal leak. El Joro is located about thirty kiloters southeast of Victoria City, which is within the territory of the Los Zetas Organization. I suspect there might be a mole."
He paused for a mont, then asked, "Is this also part of your plan?"
Drinking mineral water, Song Heping replied with a cold smirk, "This is just the prologue. We'll patiently wait, the exciting show is yet to co. It seems like we will need to start our move within a week."
Barrett eagerly asked, "What do you plan to do?"
Song Heping glanced sideways at him, smilingly responded, "You'll know when the ti cos, it can't be revealed now."
User Comments
0 comments from readers