Chapter 216 – Episode 24. Demon Kyung (魔京) New York.
“As you know, Muyoung-gwi, the New York branch of the Black Moon Company was not in a very good situation.”
Since Blackwoldang’s main business is real estate, New York was a good place for Blackwoldang to do business. Redevelopment was also quite active, and it was easy to make money just by purchasing land in slums like the Black Moon Party had done, restoring public order with the Black Moon Party’s troops, and then selling it.
But the problem was that this city was New York. Because New York was a city where numerous forces were intertwined, the Black Moon Party’s traditional strategy did not work. There were already many competitors like the Black Moon Party, and even if the Black Moon Party purchased the land, the opponents who would restore peace were big-time mafia or gangsters, so they sacrificed a lot and could gain money, but their power was reduced.
In order to pay the dues to the Black Moon Party headquarters, several operations must be carried out, but due to the contradictory situation that these operations will reduce the power and lose the power to pay the next dues, the head of the New York branch decides to use a new method rather than the original Black Moon Party method. Had to be invented.
No, it could be said that it was a return to the traditional method rather than a new method. Like the old mafia, the Black Moon Party took control of New York’s Chinatown and began collecting protection taxes.
Compared to working in slums, they did not make a lot of money, but with Chaita Town as their base, they branched out into everything that made money, including drugs, human trafficking, and illegal arms trading, so they started making money and gaining influence. Things started to happen at a time when Jackson Xia was seriously considering whether to stop sending money to headquarters and become self-reliant.
There was no problem with the protection tax, but it started to become a problem with all the other illegal things that the New York branch of the Black Moon Party was doing.
The first time was a common occurrence where a henchman doing the simple task of delivering drugs disappeared. It was common for accidents to occur during drug delivery, but it was not at all common for the henchman’s corpse to be found like a mummy with all its blood gone.
After that, one or two members of the Black Moon Party began to die in drug warehouses, human trafficking prisons, and unlicensed weapons factories.
By the time Jackson Xia noticed something was wrong, more than 30% of the Black Moon Party’s New York branch had already been killed by this unknown monster. The subordinates began to run away in fear, and naturally, the illegal work of the Black Moon Party’s New York branch was taken over by other gangs, and their control over Chinatown gradually began to shrink.
So, after being unable to pay the premium for several months, the higher-ups at Heukwoldang naturally decided to stop paying the premium. Since cutting off the payment meant committing an act of treason against independence, or the Black Moon Party, Muyeong-gwi’s execution unit was dispatched.
In addition, by chance, the department in charge of communication between the headquarters and the New York branch was dismissed due to factional strife within the Black Moon Party, and all contact with New York was completely cut off, resulting in an even bigger misunderstanding as Jackson Xia could not be contacted despite repeated requests. There is a
“If this much is true, I have to tell the head of the family or the head of the family. “The story is that the branch was attacked during this time.”
After hearing Jackson Xia’s story of modifying certain parts to his advantage, Mu Yong-gui said something in the black fog. Maybe he was talking on the phone.
“First, we will investigate and if your story is true, we will spare your life and keep you in your position as head of the New York branch. But if it’s false, I will make you regret for the rest of your life not dying here and now.”
Mu Young-gui, who pointed at Jackson Xia with Dae-gyeom, soon went out. Jackson Xia sighed. How much was she stampeding her feet because an unknown vampire from legend sucked the blood of her subordinates and no matter how many times she contacted headquarters, her contact was not returned?
The execution unit of the infamous Mu Young-gwi would be able to solve this problem. Mu Yeong-gwi’s execution unit was not only responsible for executing traitors, but also for inspection and investigation, so they were also skilled at conducting such investigations.
“Check out all the scenes and report. “Don’t miss even a single trace.”
The execution squad, dressed entirely in black, waiting outside nodded and all disappeared toward the place where the incident occurred.
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We had a tea party followed by a rather sumptuous lunch. Aris, who had been home for the first time in a while, and Nae Fitzgerald, who runs a luxury brand company headquartered in Paris, had been home for quite some time, so the maids seemed to have put in a lot of effort.
In addition to roast beef and butter-flavored bread, there was a healthy-looking salad, oysters sprinkled with lemon, and lobster grilled in butter, so even I, who eats a lot, could eat a lot without a problem.
“What are you going to do in the evening?”
“I didn’t think of anything in particular today?”
While eating, Fitzgerald asked me a question, and I answered that I had nothing special to do. Since today is the first day, I didn’t plan on doing anything but playing with Aris and Mimata Chieri.
“Then can we borrow Aris today? “There was an exhibition I wanted to see with Iris, and it happened to be in New York.”
No, you’re just saying that a mother-daughter band of thieves will be scouting out items to steal today? I almost said that, but I stayed silent. Before you completely catch the tail, you have to make a big announcement. The strategy was to let down one’s guard and then seize it when an opportunity arose.
“I will follow Aris’s thoughts. If Aris isn’t there, you can just play with her senior.”
Aris seemed to think for a moment, then she put her hands together and gave me a very sorry look.
“I’m sorry, Ryuta. “It’s been a while since I’ve seen Mom, so I’ll go on a date just the two of us.”
“Okay. “Then I’ll go sightseeing in New York with my senior and come back here.”
New York is also a fairly historic city, so there was quite a lot to gain. I guess I can get a few of them today. You can also go to the dark offline store in New York. I asked Fitzgerald what exhibition he was going to.
“By the way, what exhibition are you going to?”
“I heard that the Metropolitan Museum of Art was exhibiting armor and weapons from around the world, so I decided to go and see it. “We also have Irish armor and weapons donated by the Fitzgerald family, so we need to show our faces too.”
Armor and weapons… It might not be very useful in the modern world, but crazy items often come out in places like this, so I actually wanted to go there too. Because I can see the options of the item.
However, I did not have the ability to steal from the museum without a trace yet, and the few items I would get today were certain, so I chose the certain ones.
After the meal, Aris and Nae Fitzgerald went to their rooms to get dressed for the museum, and Mimata Chieri and I just brushed our teeth and came out. After receiving support from the Fitzgerald family with two motorcycles, Chieri Mimata and I entered an old restaurant located at the tip of Manhattan Island.
The name of the restaurant was quite unique, Spearhead, and it was said to have been around since the days of New Amsterdam, before New York, when the American continent was being pioneered. Although it had a long history, it wasn’t a very popular restaurant because it sold dishes like old-fashioned fish and chips.
Since it was just the end of lunch hour, it was quiet with no customers. When I went in, it was a store that felt a bit like a tavern straight out of a Western period drama.
I approached an old white man with a full beard who appeared to be the store owner.
“Are you a guest?”
“I’m not a restaurant customer, but I can still be called a customer.”
I answered with Chieri Mimata interpreting. The restaurant owner looked like he didn’t know what I was talking about, but his face hardened when I heard what I said next.
“I want the piece on the wall over there. How much?”
He pointed to a statue of a bear standing on one wall. The bear statue was made of stone and stood on two feet with its front paws raised menacingly.
“That’s a statue from before my grandfather’s grandfather’s time! “You can’t sell it.”
Of course, it’s worth getting angry and talking about it. Even though it was only a small stone statue about 40 centimeters tall, he must have been angry because they asked me to sell him an heirloom. But…
“One hundred thousand dollars.”
“You can’t sell an heirloom for just a hundred thousand dollars.”
“Two hundred thousand dollars.”
“Ugh… !”
As expected, the correct answer I heard somewhere was to think about whether you don’t have enough money to buy something. I purchased a bear statue for $250,000 from a restaurant owner who said he would not sell it.
◆Grizzly Totem [Epic Totem]
An leadern shaman tied the spirit of a bear to a bear statue. If you are recognized by the bear spirit, you can gain the strength and stamina of the bear.
This restaurant, Spearhead, did not mean spearhead, but vanguard. It was a restaurant founded by a former vanguard during the American pioneering period, and various places in the restaurant were decorated with statues and leadern hats that he had plundered from leadern tribes, and among them was this grizzly totem.
Of course, the first restaurant owner did not know about the grizzly totem’s abilities, and the totem only occupied a corner of the restaurant for hundreds of years.
“What are you using this for? “It just looks like an unsightly statue.”
“Senior, I can hear you.”
I covered the bear statue’s ears and spoke to Mimata Chieri’s harsh(?) Words. However, perhaps because I stayed in the restaurant all the time and didn’t take care of it, it was greasy and sticky. I need to clean it up…
But now that I think about it, the restaurant owner is disgusting. A piece this poorly maintained sold for $250,000? Of course, it was my fault for being too lazy, but I should have said I would understand when it was $100,000. It’s too much.
I put the bear statue in the bag I brought with me and headed to the New York branch of the company. There were a lot of other items to pack, but since the dark place was the closest, I thought it would be better to stop by the dark place first.
“Senior, what is the dark grade?”
“That’s a plus grade.”
As I expected, it’s not yet diamond level. If you have a plus level, you can use offline stores, so you can go together.
“I’m on my way to the New York branch of Cancer Society.”
“Oh really? “I didn’t know what was good about getting a plus rating, but I was able to go to offline branches.”
The dark app is a bit unfriendly. Chieri Mimata said that she thought that getting a plus rating was just a matter of buying a lot and changing the name like a game title.
We rode for about 5 minutes from the restaurant, parked our motorcycles in front of a building, and went inside. I authenticated the app inside the building and went into the basement again. From what I remember, I knew that a secret underground warehouse used by moonshiners during the Prohibition era was being remodeled and used by a black dealer.
“Hello! “This time it’s New York!”
Eve suddenly appeared and welcomed us at the entrance. This is my first time being welcomed like this. I usually wait at the counter, but I wasn’t greeted at the entrance like this.
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Eve welcomes you.
