Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 11 [Looking Down]

The next morning.

Winster was still immersed in the carnival of last night and had not come out of it.

Empty wine bottles were rolling all over the streets, and on some street corners and roads, you could see drunkards everywhere who had gotten drunk last night and didn't go home and slept on the streets.

If the October wind in the North Sea was not really cold, a lot of people would have frozen to death.

On a morning like this, even the hardest-working fishermen would have to sleep a little longer in bed to comfort the god of wine who would never come back.

As a result, several of Klaus Company's latest model original cars rolled over and broke Winster's drunkenness, driving from Poseidon Avenue all the way into Bingyang Street, heading towards Winster's most prosperous northwest corner commercial district.

Their destination is exactly the same: Room 432, Building A, No. 301 Beihai Street.

This address might be confusing to other people, but if you tell it to people in the Winster underground world, many people will immediately understand.

This is the headquarters of the Pauletta family, or to put it more formally, the headquarters of Pauletta Venture Capital Company.

These people who came by car were naturally the leaders of the Pauleta family who received the call last night and came to the meeting this morning.

Although they arrived as scheduled, everyone couldn't help yawning when they got off the car.

In their view, the underground war had already ended. After the young master Leonardo and his family's elite troops were wiped out, they basically gave up resistance.

Later, Alberto also obeyed their wishes and negotiated with the Cabrera family. Originally, after last night, the Pauleta family should have disappeared, and they were all waiting to change their homes.

So whether they were discouraged or had ulterior motives, most people spent their time drinking last night.

Who knew that halfway through their drink, they suddenly received a phone call saying that Joan was dead, and was killed by the youngest son of the Pauletta family.

This news was definitely shocking enough that many people sobered up and started calling non-stop to confirm the authenticity of the news.

The final conclusion was that the news was true and Joan was indeed dead.

But Ethan...

This name is completely unfamiliar.

As someone who had been living outside the family for many years, many family leaders had never seen Ethan. Even if they had heard of him, they only knew that Alberto had a younger son studying art in the royal capital, but they didn't even know his name.

Can such a person really kill Qiao An?

Many people were skeptical and worried. Even if Joan died, there was still Fred. What would happen to the Pauletta family in the future?
Some people were just happy. They were still loyal to Alberto. Killing Joan was revenge, so they should drink.

So it was another night of drinking.

By this time, when people get out of the car, they are all drunk and sleepy. When they meet each other, the first words they say are almost always: "Really?"

Then he stopped talking.

At least, those who were able to come here this morning, no matter what they thought in their hearts, still had some respect and loyalty to the surname Pauletta.

After smoking a cigarette outside, a group of people went upstairs together.

The impact of Prohibition was still huge, and even the buildings in Winster's most central commercial district were deserted.

The Poletta Venture Capital Company was already open, and there were already employees waiting inside.

This was arranged by Anya. Even if the Poletta family fell into decline, it could still be done by transferring a few employees.

Led by the staff, the leaders walked into the meeting room that had been prepared long ago.

After everyone took their seats, Ethan did not show up. Only the wall clock was moving forward bit by bit.

Five minutes before nine o'clock, quite a few people still hadn't arrived. Several of the big bosses exchanged glances. One of them, Eugenides, the head of the family's casino business, chuckled and said, "Looks like some people aren't planning on coming."

No one else spoke.

Another five minutes passed, it was nine o'clock, and Ethan still hadn't arrived.

It was not until four minutes after nine that hurried footsteps were heard outside the conference room.

Then, a handsome young man in a well-tailored white suit walked quickly into the meeting room.

He took the main seat without hesitation, raised his left hand, showed off his latest watch, pointed at the dial, and said, "Sorry, I finished my work last night and went home to take a shower and catch up on some sleep. I got up late this morning, and since I live far away, I'm late. I'm very sorry."

He spoke so fast that it was hard to keep up, and he looked too young, as if he had just reached adulthood?
Is this the young man who killed Joan?
For a moment, everyone present was in a daze.

After a long while, Eugenides, who was probably the most talkative, finally spoke: "Master, I heard..."

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you. Fred is dead. I killed him with my own hands last night. Because I was too close to him, my black suit was ruined and I could only wear this white one. But luckily I didn't wear this white one." Ethan said and looked at Eugenides.

"What did you just want to say?"

"No..." Eugenides shook his head quickly, the feeling of trance becoming even stronger.

What had he just heard? Fred was dead too?

How can this be?

If Joan's death...

In fact, there are different opinions about Joan's death.

But many people speculate that Joan might have died at the hands of the Conti family.

After all, many people know that Alberto has a good relationship with the Conte family, and it was the Conte family who facilitated the negotiations and ultimately carried them out.

Moreover, Joan's death is more in the interests of the Conti family.

A rising Cabrera family is clearly more threatening than the completely weakened Pauletta family.

Therefore, many people think that the so-called killing of Joan by Ethan is just an excuse for some conspiracy.

This is also the reason why the conference room was not full.

But now, this young man who was regarded as a puppet suddenly said that he had killed Fred again.

Fred is no fool, he is strong and has a strong army.

Someone also saw him leading people away from the North Sea Star last night. At least he was still alive at that time.

Well, as long as he is not stupid, he will definitely gather his men and horses immediately to guard against it.

If you want to kill Fred, you will probably have to trigger a big war.

And now, he died so quietly?

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself." The handsome young man sitting in the main seat tapped his head lightly, then sat up straight and crossed his hands in front of him.

He was sitting at the same height as everyone else, but for some reason he felt like he was looking down on everyone else.

He looked down at everyone and said slowly, "My name is Ethan Porretta. From today on, I will be in charge of the family."

Under the light of the conference room, the emblem on his left ring finger was reflected, which was entangled with black mud and thorns.

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