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Chapter 128 Jenkins also did it
"Carmine! Good news! Great news!"

The somewhat plump Carla Vitti suddenly pushed open the door of the room and excitedly shouted to Falcone: "Do you know what happened yesterday?"

"Kara, I know you probably have something important to tell me, but I really need to rest right now—very much."

The Roman rubbed his brow with one hand and sighed, "Last night's birthday party lasted too long. You guys were really crazy. I didn't sleep very well."

However, Carla ignored him and pointed at the newspaper, shouting, "Maroni didn't testify against us in court, but instead attacked Harvey Dent! Carmine, do you know what this means?"

"A district attorney can't do much real harm to us. If he hadn't influenced Maroni, we wouldn't have cared about the outcome of this trial," Falcone replied calmly. "As for Maroni not testifying again—that was my arrangement."

"But the best news is that Maroney failed - Harvey Dent was unharmed. It is said that he went to the bathroom to wash his face after leaving the court. The only damage on his body was his suit."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing the news, the Godfather finally stood up and took the newspaper. As he read, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Maroni's actions are really strange. When did he become so soft-hearted?"

"It's said that the acid and the potion were confused, but that's not the point. The point is that Harvey Dent, that dog-skin plaster, even claimed that he would sue Maroni - you can imagine how serious this lawsuit is, right?"

The Roman narrowed his eyes and replied, "A crime committed in public, completely undeniable. Everyone saw the entire incident, and there was even a video recording in court. This case is almost impossible to lose. The key is how much it will cost Maroni."

"That's right—look at these pictures again."

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Roman looked at the photos of Maroni lying in a pool of blood, his mind racing. He could never have imagined that Sofia could allow Maroni to do this to the point of being shot in court by the bailiff.

What exactly did she say to Maroni?
"I received a really great gift on my birthday."

"Falcone, this is an unprecedented opportunity. You should know what I mean, right?"

"I know that if Harvey died, Maroney would eventually be bailed out of jail or even the lawsuit by his father. But now, they are stuck together."

Caravetti nodded. At this moment, she no longer considered forcing Falcone to abdicate. There were plenty of opportunities for internal fighting, and the most important thing was to swallow Maroni first.

Basically, the relationship between the two families has always been like that: no matter who wants to deal with the other, Falconer/Maroni will definitely help out, but both sides still abide by the rules, so the intensity of the bloody conflict has always been limited and has not been escalated.

"That idiot Harvey's lawsuit is so insignificant that it can be easily settled by Maroni. It's really boring. But if we intervene, we can directly get rid of the leader Sal Maroni and affect the Maroni family in the process."

"Working with Harvey Dent?"

"A push isn't cooperation. There's no loss of life, no bloodshed, and we don't even have to personally intervene. It just costs money. Besides, if we hadn't intervened, Maroni would have already cooperated with the prosecutor. Doesn't he understand the benefits of finding a different approach?"

Roman fell into deep thought. The underworld was fighting with the help of legal means. This kind of thing had not happened in Gotham City for many years.

Will there be any hidden dangers if the chessboard of the game is replaced with Gotham's judicial system?

Falcone thought for a long time. He thought of that St. Patrick's Day, the silent and sad moment of silence of Maroni and the Falcone family, the green dream, and his son Alberto who was shot to death.

Finally, he and Caravetti exchanged a glance and made a decision. "Then, we won't engage with Harvey Dent. When he accuses Maroni, we'll intervene from behind—restore justice to this court, which has been influenced by Maroni, and increase the sentence."

Of course, it was Ma Zhaodi who sent the photos to the Falcone family.

"Oh, how stingy! Another 60,000, and it's a one-time thing."

Ma Zhaodi hung up the phone helplessly and sighed.

This morning, he took some photos of Maroni being shot to his supervisor, and the supervisor was very happy. He gave him another $60,000 and told him that if he wanted to continue to get money, he should bring evidence of Maroni's misfortune next time.

"No, you won't hire me back as an employee?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" the supervisor replied with a sneer. "Let me ask you, after seeing what happened to Maroni, who would dare to hire you as an employee? We gave you $60,000 because we hope you will continue to work. If possible, we don't want to have anything to do with you at all."

"Then what is our relationship now?"

"Don't ask, just keep working."

Ma Zhaodi thought about it carefully. After all, a temporary worker is still a worker, and an informant is still a person. Since he took the Falcone family's money, he must be considered a member of the Falcone family - there is no reason for Maroni not to pay me.

Thinking of this, his mood suddenly improved. Seeing that it was already afternoon, he hummed a little tune, changed into a cheap coat, gestured at his face in the mirror for ten minutes, took his toolbox, and went out.

Half an hour later, downstairs of the Gotham City Courthouse.

The security personnel saw a bearded man in plain clothes trying to go in and immediately stopped him.

"Wait a minute, who are you?"

"I'm the electrician, Marcus, here to fix the cameras in the underground prison," Ma Zhaodi replied. "Did you forget about me? Jenkins only asked me to come here a month ago."

The security guard then remembered that he seemed to remember this electrician and Jenkins did know him.

"Wait a minute, I—"

"Just call Prosecutor Harvey and tell him that Lao Ma is here to fix the camera."

"Then just wait."

Ma Zhaodi watched him finish his call with Harvey, then put his phone away and said to himself, "Okay, go in."

"Thanks, man."

He walked into the court building carrying his toolbox.

No one in the building paid any attention to the electrician passing by. He whistled and hummed all the way as he walked into the underground prison area with ease. He showed his work ID, asked the prison guard to open the door, and then started tinkering with the camera. After a while, he took out a tiny eavesdropping device connected in parallel with the circuit from the inside of the disassembled camera.

"Alas, Jenkins, you are so careless."

(End of this chapter)