American variety show: The Godfather, the Peace Ambassador, what the heck?

Chapter 21 Gluttony
That evening, Luca declined Marigio's invitation to a weekend party and took the little brat home.

Matilda was exhausted after a day of playing, so she said goodnight to Luca early and went back to bed to rest.

Luca returned to his study, sat down, and took out the "Joe Doy" file.

The data contains dozens of Joes, and each of them looks different.

"I couldn't recognize him from the photo."

Luca is a bit confused.

Many characters in this world do not look exactly like the movie characters he remembers.

He identifies characters by their names or by the character cards displayed on the panel, or by special identification methods for specific situations, such as the pretentious guy in the phone booth.

"After excluding those who are too young or too old, there are 12 people left. It seems that we will have to visit them one by one."

Luca remembered that the killer's house was very distinctive; the guy had kept all the evidence there, including photos of every victim.

In the original storyline, the two detectives discovered the real culprit's address by chance through the library's borrowing system and with the help of the FBI—because obtaining a library card requires an ID card and a phone bill.

"There might already be victims."

Luca tapped his fingers on the table. "I remember that guy premeditated the crime, and one of the victims even suffered torture for more than a year."

However, it wasn't a big problem. Luca wasn't worried at all. This case had nothing to do with him. The murderer was just a psychopath and not very strong in combat. He posed no threat to him at all.

He was just worried that the murderer might ruin David's rare card.

We now have preliminary leads. Once the investigation is complete, we'll kill the murderer, claim the system reward, and avoid a series of subsequent troubles.

Having made up his mind, Luca put the file away.

The panel then unfolded before my eyes.

Luca Greco

[Skills: Firearms Proficiency LV6, Assassination Proficiency LV6, Melee Proficiency LV6, Driving Proficiency LV4, Shameless, Greedy, Harmless Disguise]

[Current skill points: 0]

[Current Skill Fragment: 45]

During this period, both firearms skills and melee skills have increased by 1 level. Luca will use any skill points he has to max out these skills first.

However, the later the game progresses, the more skill points are required to level up. At levels 6 to 7, it already requires 200 skill points per level, and this number only increases in the later stages.

No problem, these basic skills aren't urgent, we can take it slowly.

More importantly, there are the unique skills on those rare cards. Each of these skills has its own effect, and they are all incredibly powerful and abstract. The key is to create more character card skills.

Luca closed the panel and began to think about the next steps.

First, there is promotion within the family.

To become a soldier, peripheral members only need a guarantor from the gang leader or several ordinary soldiers, plus sufficient criminal record and pledges of allegiance.

From soldier to gang leader, in addition to a basic criminal record, the most important factors are the guarantees from higher-ups and the contributions made to the family.

The senior management represents figures like the second-in-command and advisors; contributions are measured by how many tasks the soldiers complete or how much profit the industries they manage bring to the family.

Within a family, people can generally be divided into two categories: one is called the "money tree," who uses any means to make money; the other is called the "gangster," who carries out various violent criminal tasks to help make money.

People who possess both of these identities are rare; you can't expect everyone to be both a fighter and a businessman.

After Luca awakened his memories, he became somewhat tired of the daily fighting and killing. He wanted to do business to accumulate capital, and occasionally take action to eliminate the troublemakers when he encountered intractable problems.

Therefore, Luca is now more focused on leveraging his family's background and connections to make a lot of money, win over family members, eliminate dissidents, and rise to the top.

Step by step, he became the godfather of the underworld!
The club is Luca's core idea. Through the club, he aims to recruit talent, connect interest chains, and enter various highly profitable industries. He plans to build the club into a community of shared interests, not only economic interests, but also interests at various levels, and even political interests.

Of course, Luca won't tell anyone the core secret of collecting rare cards and learning skills.

In the past few days, Luca has been researching the market and has set his sights on a club in the Bronx that is on the verge of bankruptcy.

He wanted to acquire it outright and transform it into a new club.

However, he is still short of funds, and he is trying to find a solution.

Second, Matilda and Lyon.

The bond with Lyon is developing slowly, but Matilda's is progressing well.

The kid is just too precocious, growing up day by day. He dares to kiss someone on the cheek this time, he'll dare to do it again next time.
That being said, how can one develop a bond into a romantic relationship?

In the system description, "close friend" means that by sharing details of life, emotional experiences and values ​​with each other, one can enter the stage of confidant or close friend.

At the "partner" level, it involves exposing each other's vulnerabilities, accepting each other's shortcomings and failures, and forming a highly trusting partnership or family relationship. Luca noticed a very important point—each other.

The bonds between people are always mutual, not one-way.

Luca thought that if he wanted to take things further with Matilda, he would have to take the initiative to show her a more "colorful" side of himself, including some of his thoughts and certain flaws in his personality. In short, he wanted Matilda to understand him better.

Replace sincerity with sincerity.

Third, we must deal with the major crisis brought about by the "blue magic".

With the blue magic becoming increasingly rampant, it is believed that the federal government will soon launch a large-scale anti-drug operation targeting the New York drug market.

Luca, of course, wouldn't miss out.

Money, system rewards, skills. Such a large-scale anti-drug operation must have very generous rewards.

As a peace ambassador, it is my duty to defend peace!
Fourth, Uncle Biao, hurry up and get married! Nephew, hurry up and come to New York! I want to be your friend and go to the furniture store together to buy furniture.

How about we subtly ask Uncle Biao's relatives in Hong Kong another day? Ask them if they have any plans to visit New York or study abroad.

It doesn't necessarily have to wait until the wedding. As long as the excuse is good, the nephew can come early.

Fifth, McLean's misfortunes never come singly.

This guy is really comparable to Conan, and the cases that McLean is involved in are usually very outrageous, such as blowing up buildings, planes, and cities. That is something that ordinary people cannot handle.

The cautious Luca felt he should observe the situation further; he didn't have the "die hard" aura skill.

Sixth, The Night Demon – John Wick.

That guy is still working for a Russian gang. He hasn't retired from the underworld, hasn't gotten married, and doesn't own a dog. He's at the peak of his fighting prowess, a true king of underground assassins, a peak fighter.

Give him a suit, and he might just be able to take over the whole of New York all by himself.

His story is far from reaching the point where the original plot unfolds.

The relationship between the Russian mafia and the Italian mafia is so-so; outwardly peaceful, but fraught with undercurrents. Luca, who belongs to a different faction than the Nightmare, has killed many Russians, while the Nightmare has also killed many Italians.

Both were assassins, each operating according to the rules, so conflicts and grudges between factions wouldn't directly involve them.

It is said that Night Demon is a very loyal and affectionate person. But how do you get in touch with him?
Should I give him a dog?

Seventh, The Wolf of Wall Street.

That fraudster is currently under investigation by the FBI, which has caused him a lot of trouble.

We could try to contact them another day and "borrow" some money from them.

eighth
The following day, Monday morning.

Luca drove Matilda to school, and then stopped by a nearby coffee shop to have a coffee to perk herself up.

Just as he was about to contact Leon to investigate the killer of Seven Deadly Sins together, the discussion around him suddenly startled him. He keenly heard several keywords: "murder case," "fat man," and "stuffed to death."
Luca quickly took a newspaper from the shelf.

Sure enough, there was a breaking news report about a murder case.

A major murder has occurred in a residential area.

The deceased was a fat man weighing several hundred pounds.

Luca raised an eyebrow in surprise. This happened way too fast! David had just been transferred to New York and this was the first thing that happened.

Right now, many people in the coffee shop are reading newspapers. In this era when mobile phones cannot access the internet, many citizens choose to learn about current events through television and newspapers.

Things have become increasingly turbulent lately.

Next to Luca, a white-collar worker was complaining to her colleague.

"People are dying every day, and I can hear police sirens every night in Manhattan, keeping me awake! That concerned citizen was right, New York is terrible!"

“The media only reports on this one case. Why aren’t there any other cases? An entire family in our community was murdered.”

"Stupid media, they only pick news with sensationalism. A fat man weighing several hundred pounds eats until he dies. Look, everyone will be very curious about how much that fat man ate. Maybe some donut vendors will even take the opportunity to advertise."

Luca smiled, put away the newspaper, and turned to leave the coffee shop.

The media may be stupid, but they've really been wronged this time. It's not that the media only wanted to report this; the culprits are also media professionals.

The killer wanted to use the media to showcase his cautionary art of murder to the public, to tell the world how terrible the world is and that everyone is guilty.

And he demonstrated the first of the seven deadly sins.

——Bingeing!
(End of this chapter)