Old Gods, Rapid-Fire Guns, and Prohibition

Chapter 43 [March]

Chapter 43 [December]

The long-lasting cold rain in Winster finally stopped.

The coldest December is here.

The first major event that happened in Winster in December was the official establishment of the Prohibition Bureau.

Although the Prohibition Agents achieved no results in their first operation against Ethan and lost a lot of manpower, this did not prevent them from holding their founding ceremony in a grand manner.

Not only were the city's key leaders present, but all the major newspapers also focused their cameras on them.

Naturally, they were also on the headlines of the next day's newspapers.

And soon, they achieved good results.

This is of course due to the reports from enthusiastic citizens, but also due to the completely inferior operating methods and lack of vigilance of Ethan's colleagues.

Many small workshops were easily wiped out, and some underground "whisper bars" were also wiped out.

This actually helped Ethan and his team by reducing the number of competitors, and the price of bootleg liquor doubled in a short period of time.

As for Ethan and his business, the Pauletta family was basically unaffected.

Firstly, Ethan is cautious in his actions. Whether it is wine production or sales, it is all done in secluded areas or private territory within his own territory.

Secondly, the battle in the rain still left the Prohibition spies with a lingering fear.

Obviously, they will not take action against Ethan until they have a thorough understanding of Ethan's background and are fully prepared.

Other families were still affected.

For example, the Murrich family.

Haska, the head of the Murichi family, is a playboy who is very careless in the management of his family.

Otherwise, the gap between them and other families would not have widened in recent years, to the point that their own romantic business was almost taken over by the Boletta family.

This time, they didn't have to do anything for the bootlegging business, they just had to sell the liquor. They almost messed up such a simple job.

Haska actually sold the wine in his brothel openly, as if he was afraid that others would not know.

The final result was that their family’s three brothels were closed down.

And then there's the Evans family.

Lewis is a very vengeful person. He can't do anything to Ethan for the time being, so he will naturally not let go of George who cut off one of his hands.

The Evans family became the target of a complete attack.

Both of his major hotels have run into problems and are in a state of panic.

In addition to the vigorous prohibition movement, there was one thing that Ethan did not expect.

Or rather, he thought about it, but didn't expect it to be so exaggerated.

That is, his Winster typewriter became a hot commodity, and people everywhere were asking him to buy it.

Mainly because after the battle in the rain, the reputation of the Winster typewriter spread far and wide, and the big guy Zora was simply bewitched by it. Whenever he went back to see everyone, he would brag about how powerful the Winster typewriter was. It was like a storm sweeping away fallen leaves, beating the Prohibition agent so hard that he had no chance to fight back.

This rumor quickly reached Winster, and people combined it with gossip, such as that Lewis had brought ten people with him, and that the other nine people, except him, had more bullet holes on their bodies than all their fingers and toes combined, which completely established the status of Winster's typewriter.

Even Sandro called Ethan and joked that he wanted to buy a batch of guns from him.

Of course Ethan doesn't sell it.

He will only be able to control this powerful weapon in his own hands for a short period of time.

Selling a gun only costs a few bucks.

Unless one day, he can control these guns, for example, making them ineffective against the Pauletta family, or he creates more powerful guns.

That is the day of circulation.

However, there are also benefits to spreading his reputation, that is, he found that the font of the authority over his firearms became thicker.

In other words, the spread of reputation can strengthen authority.

It was a beautiful day, and Ethan was going to school. He had been so busy with work since his last visit that he hadn't been to school a single day.

The University of Winchester didn't say they were going to expel him, but the dean of the El branch called and politely said that he would have to go for at least one or two days each semester.

Ethan happened to be free today, so he planned to go. He also happened to be going to meet Gustav, and the matter of ancient language should be put on the agenda.

After all, we can't put the cart before the horse. The power of the 'true God's name' is the most important.

Everything else serves this purpose.

After getting dressed and fixing his hair, Ethan came to report, "Master, Haska from the Murrich family wants to see you."

Ethan smiled.

It seems that Haska still hasn't resolved the issue of his brothel being closed down.

He came to ask for help from me.

During the last battle in the rain, Lewis came to search the house but was called away by a phone call. John Holt put in a lot of effort.

So afterwards, after Ethan received the payment from Fatty Sin'dorei, he gave his share to John Holt as a thank you gift.

The two men met for dinner and had a great chat, but Ethan declined the opportunity to ask for a meeting with the big boss behind him.

However, John Holt was unwilling to repay his debt, so he said that if there were any public matters that needed to be dealt with in the future, they could come to him.

Ethan can indeed help Huska with this matter.

"Let him wait for me in the living room."

Five minutes later, Ethan met Haska in the living room.

Haska is still as elegant as ever, dressed neatly and handsomely, with absolutely no extra hair or wrinkles on his face, so that even his age is hard to tell. As long as he doesn't speak or do anything, he can definitely seduce women aged eight to eighty.

"Ethan, that's great that you're willing to see me."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he revealed his eagerness.

"What's the matter, Huskar, my friend."

Ethan and Haska exchanged a Maple Leaf kiss and hugged each other.

"It's like this. You know, my places..."

"Oh, I remember now. There's a little problem with those places of yours. Haven't you solved it yet?"

"Yeah, oh, I don't know, I just thought you might be able to help me, so I came."

"Of course, we are friends. I will think of a way."

"really?"

Haska's face showed an ecstatic expression, and he quickly held Ethan's hand: "What do I need to do, what do you need?"

"I don't need anything, Haska. We are friends, and friends should help each other."

"Oh my God, I really don't know what to say. I apologize for my stupidity in trying to make an enemy of Pauletta."