The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles International Airport was still busy under the night sky. After the flight took off, Campos looked down at the ground through the window. The northern part of Los Angeles was very different from the central and southern parts.

The central and southern parts were brightly lit, but many places in the north were in darkness.

It's like the wilderness.

Juan next to him muttered, "Everything that has happened in the past month is so magical. If it were Mexico, it would never turn out like this."

“You’ll get used to it,” Campos said.

"That's right." Juan thought about what had happened over the past year and simply stopped talking and put on his blindfold.

Campos also put on a blindfold, but his brain couldn't stop.

Hawke has decided to invest another $1000 million to upgrade Butterfly into a security company, and next he needs to recruit a large number of reliable personnel.

Campos has given it some thought.

There are quite a few policemen like them in Mexico. Although the anti-drug special police in many places claim to be a convenient channel to enter the middle and high-level of the drug trafficking organization, some people are unwilling to associate with the traffickers and are forced to leave their cities.

These people have undergone professional training and are often good at one or more skills.

There are also retired Mexican soldiers.

Trafficking is often their first choice after retirement, but some people will also choose other industries.

Many of them will cross the border and come to America to develop.

Campos knew very well that as long as the security company had sufficient funds, it would not be difficult to recruit elite personnel.

…………

East Hollywood, Silver Lake neighborhood.

It was already very late, and Hawke, who was fast asleep, was awakened by the noise. He pulled out his pistol and pointed it toward the door.

The door opened quietly, and Erica came in and said, "It's me."

Hawke put away his gun and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's early morning." Erica took off her coat and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower. She said, "My dear, you are as vigilant as ever."

Hawke sat up and leaned against the head of the bed: "Maybe I've done too many messy things and I'm worried about retaliation from others."

"Relax." Erica went into the bathroom, took a shower, and came out after drying her hair. She jumped up and hugged Hawke, then found a comfortable position to lie down. "I can see that you've been under a lot of pressure lately."

Hawke put his arm around her shoulders: "Is it that obvious?"

Erica said: "I always feel like there is something pressing on you, urging you to keep fighting."

Hawke laughed, "Because there are always assholes who want to hurt us."

He thought about what the Ackermans had done and said, “In today’s society, if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu and we’re eaten alive.”

Erica thought about it for a moment and said, "That's very apt."

Hawke changed the subject: "Did the Beverly Hills case get resolved so quickly?"

"Three beautiful girls, dead naked in the dark night." Erica said simply, "There are scars on their abdomens left by burns from a branding iron. It looks a bit weird. It might be the work of a cult."

Hawke asked, "Is it related to the last missing girl case?"

Erica said, "Preliminary judgment is that they are not related. It should be a cult in Beverly Hills. America has freedom of belief and does not restrict cults. Beverly is a place with a lot of money and celebrities. There may be dozens of cults hidden. For example, the Scientology that Tom Cruise believes in is relatively disciplined and will not easily kill people. Some are promiscuous and crazy and do not treat people as human beings."

Hawke said: "That's where the Manson family killed Sharon Tate, in Beverly Hills."

"Later, a similar case occurred in Beverly, but the victim was not as famous as Sharon Tate." Erica said, "I have an old detective under my command. According to him, the three victims had a symbol of Satanism on their lower abdomens."

Hawke frowned slightly, "Satanism? An inverted pentagram and a goat's head?"

Erica shook her head. “An inverted pentagram inside a double circle, and a vague goat’s head inside the pentagram.”

Hawke was surprised: "Is the Satanic Church going to hold a sacrifice in Beverly? Doing something like this at this time?"

"Do you think it has something to do with the current political situation?" Erica asked. "It's more than just a cult thing?"

Hawke thought for a moment and said, "You should pay proper attention to it."

Erica understood: "Okay."

Hawke has a deep impression that many members of the Donkey Kong Party have close ties with Satanism. In his previous life, many photos of Donkey Kong Party members tasting Satanist soul cooking had been circulated on the Internet.

It is precisely because of this that many Hollywood stars who are seriously left-leaning are also members of the cult of Satan.

For example, Lady Gaga, who later became very famous, walked the runway wearing a dress made of raw beef, which was the meat dress of the famous Angel of Meat of Satanism.

In several photos that Hawke has seen, including Lady Gaga and Hillary Clinton, people are eating human-shaped cakes that look like corpses.

Their explanation is cake.

Hawke soon stopped thinking about these things because Erica came closer.

The two began an extremely fierce fight.

In the morning, Erica did not get up early to go to work. After working overtime last night, she could go to work a little later in the morning.

She made breakfast specially for Hawke.

While having breakfast, Hawke received a call from Tom Cruise.

The latter made an invitation over the phone: "Hey, my new movie will be screened in Burbank this weekend, you have time to come and attend."

Hawke responded, "I won't miss it."

As soon as he hung up the phone, director Eric Eason called again and also invited Hawke to attend the preview of "Nightcrawler", which he co-starred with Tom Cruise.

Of course Hawke would not refuse. …………

Citibank, Las Vegas.

Fiona, who had put on careful makeup, took the arm of Carlos, who was dressed in a suit and tie, and walked into the bank lobby together. After saying a few words to the lobby manager, they came to the safe deposit box business area.

Fiona took out the key to the safe: "I need to get something."

The business manager checks the key and number.

Inside the bank lobby, Hierro, Juan and Campos, who were also wearing makeup, were scattered everywhere, always paying attention to changes in the surroundings. Once something went wrong, they would immediately evacuate.

Outside the gate, Campos and Larrea each drove a car and waited on the roadside.

The business manager confirmed that the safe key was genuine and immediately took Fiona and Carlos to the waiting area.

The two waited for less than five minutes before the business manager and a bank employee brought a heavy metal safe on a trolley.

The box was placed on a sturdy table.

"Please feel free to do as you like. Call us anytime if you need anything." The business manager took the initiative to leave the room and closed the door.

Carlos locked the door from the inside, stood by the door and listened for a while, then nodded to Fiona.

Fiona put on her gloves, used the key, and opened the safe.

There wasn't much in the huge safe. On one side were a dozen passports and several stacks of cash, including euros, dollars and pounds.

There is even RMB.

There were passports from various countries. Fiona looked through them one by one and they all looked real.

This could be one of many escape routes Melissa Ackerman has in mind.

On the other side are several plastic boxes.

Fiona opened them one by one, and they were all full of CDs.

This should be the goal of this trip.

She checked the safe again to make sure there were no secret compartments or other hidden storage.

She took out the CD and put it into the bag she had prepared in advance. Fiona checked the passport again to make sure there was nothing hidden in it, and put it away as well.

There is no need to take other items away, just leave them in the safe.

Fiona locked the safe and nodded to Carlos.

The latter opened the door and waved to the business manager.

When the business manager came over, Fiona asked him to put the safe back.

Carlos didn't notice anything unusual and waved at Fiona.

The two of them left the business area together, entered the lobby, passed by Garcia, and left Citibank.

Others were not in a hurry to leave. They went to handle their business and left the bank one after another, just like real bank customers.

Campos and Larrea drove away one after another after everyone left.

The group did not stay in Las Vegas for long. Just like when they came, they returned to Los Angeles in their own ways.

During this time, Campos called Hawke and briefly explained the situation here.

Hawke told him to talk about it after he came back.

If nothing unexpected happens, the CD contains all the secrets that the Ackerman family has known over the years.

How to use these things requires careful methods and techniques.

In Los Angeles, Hawke came out of the safe deposit box business area of ​​Bank of America, carrying a briefcase, and joined Edward and Raul, leaving the bank together.

The three of them came out of the main gate, got into the business car driven by Guti, and returned to Twitter.

Arriving at Ocean Park Avenue, Hawke said to Guti, "Go from the Coast Building."

The business car turned in advance and turned onto Ocean Park Road. The newly built Coast Building stood tall on the south side of the road.

The exterior construction of the building has been completed. A small square has been built in front of the main entrance, and exits to the two-story underground parking lot are distributed on the east, south, west and north sides.

Edward looked up and said, "Our new headquarters is beautiful."

Hawke said: "Caroline formally talked to the city hall today. If everything goes well, the agreement can be signed soon."

The interior decoration of the building has been temporarily halted. As it involves Twitter's relocation, we will have to listen to the advice of the technical department and make necessary renovations.

The server building in the middle also needs to purchase the latest server group.

In the future, a supercomputer belonging to Twitter will also be installed.

The business car drove around the Coast Building. Hawke did not get out of the car, but just took a quick look through the window.

Twitter has developed to this point. It first took advantage of subsidies and preferential treatment from the California state government, and this year it is about to receive hundreds of millions of benefits from the Los Angeles City Hall. The next step is the federal government.

As we all know, the federal government is very generous in distributing subsidies. Every time there is an economic crisis or a new government comes to power, it will distribute large amounts of funds.

The ones who can really enjoy these are basically large companies and large groups.

Capital groups, together with politicians, divide up the national wealth.

This is one of the rules by which American society works.

Hawke also wants to get a piece of the pie. (End of this chapter)