North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 25 The Answer for You (Please Collect and Read)
Mayor Cameron was a little upset during the days when A-Zu disappeared.

I don't know who leaked the city cleanup plan in advance, which has put the mayor under some pressure these days.

Some come from the church, some from parliament, and some from public opinion!

"Snapped!"

Cameron slammed today's California Daily Tribune on his desk.

"Damn the Tribune! They've been attacking my city cleanup policies for days!"

"These damn reporters, don't they have eyes? My city is getting more and more crowded and dirty, with garbage, sewage and feces everywhere, and it's full of theft, robbery, murder and gangs everywhere!"

"This city has become increasingly chaotic. If I don't clean it up thoroughly, my city will become a corrupted city!"

"Who leaked the city cleanup plan? Could it be that yellow monkey?"

Cameron, furious, loosened his black bow tie, thought for a moment, and said to the black servant beside him, "Go, invite the editor-in-chief of the California Daily Tribune over here. Tell him I'm giving him an exclusive interview and explaining the necessary details about the city cleanup plan."

"Yes Master!"

The black servant turned to leave.

"Wait!" Cameron stopped him. "After you get the editor in, go get that yellow-skinned guy. I have something to ask him."

"Yellow monkey? That... Li?" the black servant hesitated.

"Besides him, which other yellow monkey is worthy of my personal visit?"

"Okay, master!"

After the black servant left, Cameron was the only one left in the mayor's office. His eyes involuntarily fell on the front page headline of the Tribune.

His emotions, which had just calmed down a little, became irritable again. He habitually took out a cigar from the exquisite cigar box, cut off the cigar cap, lit it skillfully, and took a deep puff.

"what?"

The taste of today's cigar was a little strange. Cameron frowned slightly and looked at the lit cigar in his hand: "Why is there a faint aroma of alcohol?"

Cameron always smoked Cuban Partagas cigars. This top-quality handmade cigar costs fifty dollars a box in the East, but a full seventy-five dollars a box in the far, remote West!
A box of cigars is equivalent to at least two months’ salary for those poor people!
Cameron is very familiar with and loves the taste of Partagas cigars, but why does this cigar today have a slightly more alcoholic aroma?
"Hmm... This feels... really good! The faint aroma of alcohol actually makes the taste of the cigar even more mellow and charming!"

Cameron didn't think much of it, thinking that he or a servant had accidentally spilled some red wine in the cigar box.

He decided that from now on, he would pair his cigars with red wine!

"hiss!"

"hiss!"

……

He took a few deep puffs of the cigar and was immersed in this wonderful feeling!

A moment later, Cameron suddenly felt unwell!
My chest started to ache, my throat started to swell, and my breathing became rapid and difficult!
Then my head began to hurt severely, and my heartbeat became disordered, pounding wildly, as if it was about to jump out of my chest!
No matter how hard he tried to breathe, he felt like he was drowning in water, and a feeling of suffocation was strangling his throat!

“Ho, ho, ho…!”

Due to lack of oxygen, his whole body became weak, and the half-smoked cigar between his fingers fell to the ground!

Then, his face turned purple, his eyes bulged out, and he slid weakly from the chair onto the smooth marble floor!
Cameron bulged his eyes, covered his throat tightly, and struggled desperately to call for help, but only meaningless howls came out of his throat!

“Hello, ho, ho… Help…!”

The heavy office door blocked out all the sounds! Cameron used all his strength to crawl towards the door bit by bit!
Blood was oozing uncontrollably from the corners of his mouth and nostrils!
"puff……!"

Less than two meters after crawling out, a stream of bright red blood foam suddenly spurted out of Cameron's mouth!
"Boom...!"

Cameron's noble head drooped weakly on the ground, and he fainted completely.

Everything happened very quickly. In just ten minutes, the noble mayor was curled up on the cold floor like a dead dog.

No one knows what happened!
It wasn't until almost an hour later that the black servant who had returned from the editor-in-chief of the California Daily Tribune pushed open the door of the mayor's office and saw this shocking scene!
"Master? Master? How are you? What happened?"

The loyal black servant was in a panic and quickly picked up Cameron, shouting, "Help, help ...

"What happened? What's going on with Mayor Cameron?"

The editor-in-chief of the Forum, who followed the black servant into the mayor's office, had never expected that he would be the first to encounter big news that could make the headlines!
Quickly take out a pen and paper and record everything that happened.

A moment later, the entire municipal building was in chaos!
Most of the people surrounded the mayor and rushed to the church hospital not far away.

No one noticed that a dark shadow silently flashed into the unlocked and empty mayor's office, but soon came out again and walked out of the municipal building quietly without attracting anyone's attention.

In a deserted and quiet alley, the black shadow pulled off the hood on his head, as well as the fake beard and tortoise-shell glasses on his face.

Wipe off the white foundation on the face and neck, and restore the original skin color.

He removed the large, extra-thick insoles stuck to the soles of his shoes, as well as the gloves on his hands.

He took off the outermost black coat and pants, revealing the gray clothes and pants underneath.

Then, he disappeared into the bustling crowd in broad daylight.
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"Bang bang bang...!"

I don’t know how long it was before someone suddenly slammed the door of A-Zu’s room, making a loud noise.

"Who?"

A-Zu, who was still asleep, asked impatiently.

"Li, it's me, open the door quickly, something big has happened!"

I got up and opened the door, and Jason rushed in: "Li, you can still sleep?"

"What are you doing?" A-Zu lay down again and said unhappily, "I'm so tired. I finally fell asleep...!"

"You don't know yet?"

"what do you know?"

"The mayor is dead!"

Ah Zu sat up suddenly: "What did you say? Say it again!"

Jason leaned over to Azu's ear and roared joyfully, "I said, Mayor Cameron, that politician greedier than a jackal, he's dead!"

"The mayor is dead?" A Zu's eyes revealed uncontrollable shock. "Really? How did he die?"

"I saw the special edition of the newspaper that just came out. He was poisoned!"

At this point, Jason stared at A Zu with a strange look in his eyes: "Li, did you do this?"

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