Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 12 [Your Excellency]

"Haha."

When the atmosphere in the conference room was extremely dull, Ethan took the lead in breaking it. He laughed and said, "Am I too serious and scared everyone?"

Eugenides and several other leaders hurriedly smiled and shook their heads, saying no, but their smiles looked a little stiff.

"Actually, I don't have anything to do today. I just asked everyone to come here so we can get to know each other."

Ethan said, and suddenly clapped his hands again and said.

"Oh, by the way, I also have someone to introduce to everyone, Wei Lun. Please bring in the lovely Mr. Palen. Everyone wants to meet him."

In fact, when they heard the words "Oh, right", Eugenides and the others were a little frightened.

It seemed that as soon as the young Master Ethan said this, he would announce a piece of news that would be unbearable to the heart.

Dear Mr. Palen...

Palen?

This name sounds somewhat familiar.

Just when Eugenides and the others were still wondering who this Palen was, Velen, covered in blood and smoke, straightened his hunched back and walked in with Palen, who looked distraught.

Looking at Palen, Eugenides and the others still couldn't remember who he was, but they knew Veron.

Although Velen had retired to the second line a long time ago, the leaders present were basically old men who had followed Alberto for more than ten years, and they all knew that Velen was Alberto's hidden sword.

Looking at the blood on Velen's body and smelling the smell of gunpowder on him, Eugenides and the others basically believed that Fred was dead.

This was also what Velen intended. He was not as clean as Ethan. After the bloody battle last night, he did not clean up the traces on his body and came directly to the conference room. It was like evidence, or like some kind of medal to prove himself.

"This lovely Mr. Palen has another identity. He is Joan's younger brother and the new leader of the Cabrera family."

Ethan stood up, pressed Palen onto an empty chair, and spoke to everyone.

The mystery is solved.

Palen.

Palen Cabrera.

No wonder the name is so familiar. No wonder they look like the same person, like Joan.

Joan's brother?

Ethan did not kill Palen.

Last night, after he executed Fred in public, all the remaining men of his surrendered.

Originally, most of those people had defected from the Pauletta family, and Ethan chose to forgive them.

Later, Palen was captured by Fred's men and handed over to Ethan.

Just when everyone thought Ethan would shoot the only heir of the Cabrera family, Ethan squatted down and pinched Palen's face with both hands.

Palen's face was covered with tears and snot, he was incontinent, and couldn't even utter a word to beg for mercy.

"Paren, do you want me to let you go?"

Paren nodded vigorously.

"But I killed your brother, don't you want to kill me?"

Paren shook his head vigorously.

On the side, Anya had already handed over the pistol.

Ethan didn't answer it. He looked directly into Palen's eyes and said, "Palen, Palen, I won't kill you. I want you to live and be loyal to me. Then the Cabrera family will be gone. You can hate me, but one day in the future, kill me to avenge your brother and restore the glory of the Cabrera family. How about that?"

Palen nodded first, then shook his head desperately. Finally, he managed to utter a few words, "Sir, I am willing to give my soul to you." As he spoke, he prostrated himself on the ground, lifted up Ethan's left hand, and kissed the emblem on his ring finger deeply and reverently.

Therefore, there is no need for blood and smoke, only a clean and living person is needed.

Just the way Palen sat there said it all.

Fred must be dead, the Cabrera family must be finished, otherwise he couldn't be sitting there.

But Ethan didn't mind what Velen did.

If a person walks in black mud, no matter how spotless his shirt is, there will be some blood stains on the soles of his shoes.

Velen is the blood on the soles of his shoes.

The above sentence comes from the family motto of the Pauletta family.

The leaders present had already lowered their heads at some point, no longer daring to look Ethan in the eye.

Ethan sat back in the main seat. He tapped the table lightly and said, "Anya, bring the contract to Palen. As a gift to our new friends, I want everyone to accept it together."

Anya walked out quietly, placed a stack of contracts in front of Palen, and gave an identical copy to each of the leaders present.

Without even looking at it, Palen picked up the pen and started signing quickly.

He signed very quickly, so quickly that the leaders had only read one or two pages when he had already signed all of them.

The content of just one or two pages was enough to frighten the leaders.

Ethan swallowed up the entire Cabrera family business.

The contract is the cornerstone of the kingdom.

After Joan's death, Palen was the sole heir to all the legal assets of the Cabrera family, and his signature had extremely sacred legal effect.

Even if the leaders of the Cabrera family disagreed, they could not refute it in terms of law and contract. If Ethan brought people to take over, they would not be able to resist at all.

This was the reason why Joan was willing to sacrifice a ceasefire to get the industrial contract from the Pauletta family.

Only now, everything is reversed.

After reading the contract, the bosses lowered their heads even lower, almost putting them under the table.

"Eugenides."

Ethan suddenly called out Eugenides' name.

"Yes." Eugenides immediately raised his head.

"Don't be so reserved. I'm just making sure I recognize the right person. You know, I just got back and I don't know anyone. I need everyone's support."

As Ethan spoke, he stared at Eugenides, as if recalling something, or considering something.

"If I remember correctly, you are my father's financial manager, right? In charge of the gambling business, Eugenides. From now on, I will trouble you again."

"Yes." This time, Eugenides stood up. As if possessed by some mysterious force, or driven forward by some force, he walked step by step to Ethan, raised Ethan's left hand, kissed the emblem deeply, and whispered solemnly, "Sir Pauletta."

Then he stepped aside.

Ethan called the name of another leader, who, like Eugenides, stood up, came to Ethan, kissed his emblem, and called him, Sir Pauletta.

This was clearly just a first meeting, but at this moment, it seemed like the king's inspection and the king's appointment.

And in this not-so-big conference room, the kingdom is growing quietly, and one day in the future, it may rise from the ground.

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