America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 182 The Plan Begins

After having Sieg adjust Bailey's clothes, Zhang Ailun led the two downstairs. The motel owner was sitting at the front desk, getting ready and applying lipstick. Seeing the three of them come down, she greeted them with a smile, "Leaving already? Welcome back next time!"

"There will be opportunities." After all, the leader had earned a $2000 tip, so he was too embarrassed to argue with his benefactor. He said goodbye and left the motel.

First, they went to the post office in Little Rock to retrieve the equipment the three of them had left there, and then hailed a taxi on the roadside to a black auto repair shop in the eastern suburbs.

The local taxi driver, clearly knowledgeable about the business, sensed the three men's unfriendly attitude and stopped near the intersection close to the repair shop. "There are nails up ahead. If you want to pass through here, you'll have to go around. It'll cost you $9."

Sieg took out his wallet, took out $9 and handed it to the taxi driver. The three of them got out of the car, and the driver turned the car around and sped away from the trouble.

Zhang Ailun left Sieg outside to keep watch while he led Bailey to the repair shop, where an old black man was lying on a scooter, tightening screws under the vehicle.

He walked over and kicked the fender, yelling, "Hey! Guy, are you the only one here? Where's your boss?"

"WTF! Who are you people?" Old Hei, his face covered in dust from the choking, hurriedly crawled out from under the car. Seeing the two men who seemed hostile, he said irritably, "What do you do? If you're repairing a car, park it outside and wait for me to check it. If you want trouble, wait until I'm done with my work and then I'll blow your eyes out!"

Without a word, Bailey pulled out a pistol and pressed it against his forehead. "What the hell did you say, you nigger! How dare you talk to my boss like that?!"

"Hey! Bro! Let's talk this out!" Old Black's eyes instantly cleared up. He quickly threw the wrench in his hand on the ground, raised his hands high, and then knelt down and put his hands on his head at Bailey's signal.

"I don't know anything! I'm just an employee! I've never offended you! There's not much of value here! If you want to rob someone, go to Little Rock. There are plenty of rich people there. All I have here are tires."

Bailey slapped him hard across the face. "Did I tell you to speak? Don't say things you shouldn't! Where are the people here?"

Old Hei was stunned by the slap, but with a gun pointed at his head, he didn't dare to argue back. He said aggrievedly, "I'm the only one here. They took a side job and are going to cause trouble for some people during the day. They'll be back in a bit."

"What side job? Damn it, another robbery, huh?" Bailey cursed.

As the chief's capable general, he had made a huge blunder here due to a moment of carelessness, and he had to make amends for himself!

Otherwise, what if the leader dislikes his past and recruits new people instead of including him?

"Was there any money stolen from me? Your men robbed me outside a bar in Little Rock yesterday!" Bailey said.

When Old Hei heard this, he realized that these people had come for revenge. He quickly pulled out $20 from his pocket, saying, "It's all here! This is all I got."

Pele was furious. "I had at least $1400 in cash in my wallet!!"

"That has nothing to do with me. I didn't participate in the operation, and I didn't get much of a share of the profits." Old Black was also aggrieved. "With so much cash on your hands, isn't it normal to get robbed? You guys are from big cities? Bro, it seems you have no idea about the survival rules of Little Rock! Even police officers have been robbed blindfolded. You out-of-towners coming here with so much cash are just easy targets!"

Bailey was a little stunned. He had thought that the security here might not be very good and that the order might be chaotic, but he didn't expect it to be this chaotic!

Zhang Ailun told Bailey to stay here and watch over Old Black while he went to check on things in the inner room.

They quickly found a safe in the office, which should contain some stock. They also found an unnumbered ghost gun, two boxes of bullets, and a bag of leaves and cocoa in a drawer.

He came out and asked Old Hei, "What's the combination to the safe?"

"I don't know," Old Black said.

"Then call your boss and tell him the people he robbed yesterday are here to collect their debts," Zhang Ailun urged. "If he doesn't give me the password, I'll burn down his auto repair shop, call the police to put out the fire, and then shut down this shop suspected of drug trafficking!"

Having no other choice, Lao Hei took out his phone, dialed their boss, and reported the news.

A series of gunshots rang out from the other end of the line, accompanied by a thick Black accent: "Fxxk you! Robin, what are you calling me for at this hour? We're on a big mission!"

The black man said helplessly, "Boss, I've been kidnapped! You guys need to come back quickly! They're demanding the combination to our safe, and they said they'll burn down our repair shop if you don't give it to them! You have to save me! For my sister's sake!"

"..." The repair shop boss was silent for a few seconds, but the gunshots continued. He couldn't help but curse, "Fxxk! Where did this idiot come from? Daring to rob me? The code is 964266, tell him! Whatever you get from me today, I'll take it back double!"

After hanging up the phone, the black man quickly told Zhang Ailun the password.

The leader instructed Bailey to continue watching him, then returned to his office and tried entering the safe's combination, successfully unlocking it.

Upon opening it, they found a pack of C4 detonators, two stacks of green cash, a Remington revolver, a project list, and a CD tucked inside.

After counting the cash in the safe, the amount was $25000!

They've struck it rich.

Zhang Ailun took out the ledger again and glanced at it, finding that it recorded the repair shop's revenue items and cash flow. The purchase price was very low, and the profit margin was high. He then inserted the disc into the host computer and checked it, finding that it contained a group sex scene involving several black men, with a white woman as the main character, all alone, in a smoky and filthy manner.

Zhang Ailun simply had Bailey call the black man over, pointed at the black people on the screen, and asked, "What are these? Do you recognize these people?"

Old Black glanced at her hesitantly, then froze in shock. "Shit! Is that Paul, the black man from the tire shop in the western suburbs? That woman is the daughter of the Layton brothers from the ranch in the eastern suburbs. They've been searching for their daughter for six months, only to find out she'd been raped?"

Zhang Ailun sensed something was amiss. "Is that black guy you mentioned, Paul, the one who owns a tire shop? Are they your competitors or partners? Are the Layton brothers very powerful?"

"The Layton brothers have dozens of men and are the biggest power in the suburban ranch of Little Rock. They've been large-scale ranchers since the last century. They not only have connections with the local police department, but they've also bribed the town's mayor and councilors. Little Rock initially saw the rise of the industrialized motorcycle business, and they had a stake in the largest industrialized manufacturing plant in the area. Nobody dared to mess with them. But they lost out in the business competition with those Filipino monkeys and withdrew from Little Rock. The daughter of the Layton brothers' leader suddenly disappeared six months ago, which led to gunfights and conflicts. The town's police chief has been replaced! Everyone says the Layton brothers lost in the game."

Old Black replied, "Paul, that black guy from the western suburbs, is nothing special. He made his fortune by stealing tires and is our competitor. But I really didn't expect them to dare mess with the Layton brothers, and even rape their daughter and dump her body in the wilderness?"

Old Hei felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the woman buried alive in the pit on the screen.

This disc was simply sealed here, and it's clear that their boss was involved in it.

Although the Layton brothers withdrew from the development of Little Rock and settled in a suburban ranch to do livestock farming, they were not law-abiding citizens. They could keep a few black yaks for fun when they had nothing else to do.

Zhang Ailun seemed thoughtful, sensing that this matter wasn't so simple. He took out his phone and contacted Blitz, asking him to investigate the long-buried events of that year.

Blitz quickly uncovered the truth: the Layton brothers' supporters initially wanted to pursue a path of urban industrialization, but due to poor economic conditions and certain obstacles, they failed. Some local white groups, in conjunction with some Filipino businessmen, built casinos, boosted the economy, gained support from above, and began to marginalize and purge the Layton brothers. After losing the competition, the Layton brothers left Little Rock and focused on running a livestock business.

Blitz: This is just a microcosm of a power vying for control of a town's economy after losing a bid; it happens all the time. It's also related to the casinos. The Layton brothers wanted to invest in a bidding process six months ago to establish a chilled beef cannery in West Little Rock, but their daughter disappeared around that time. This is a warning from local powers not to get involved in Little Rock's economic development! I didn't expect those black guys to dare mess with that group; maybe they felt their influence wasn't as great anymore?

After thinking it over, Zhang Ailun also asked Blitz to send the contents of the CD to the Layton brothers.

Zhang Ailun: If we're going to play, let's play big. Let them fight it out, the more exciting the better.

The Layton brothers were clearly desperate to find someone to get things done, and they just walked right into a trap. These black guys are in for a rough time.

Zhang Ailun put the disc away, tied Old Black up in the room, and took Bailey out. Sig, who was waiting outside, was surprised to see them come out so quickly and asked, "Is the matter resolved? Did you get the money back?"

"Not only are we getting back, but we've also made a fortune! We've caught a big fish!" Zhang Ailun took out $25000, kept $2 for himself, and gave the remaining $29 to Sieg, letting the two of them manage their share of the profits. The Grand Master's assets once reached $9809!

He then told Sig about the Layton brothers, and Sig was surprised to find that the internal forces in such a small city as Rock were so complex.

"Shallow waters breed turtles, let them fight it out themselves. It has nothing to do with us anyway, and we won't be coming back here after today." Zhang Ailun led the two men to a Toyota Highlander that they had taken from the repair shop, and drove the vehicle to Little Rock.

On the other side, a suburban ranch.

The eldest of the Layton brothers was leisurely driving around the ranch. Despite losing the competition, he was still living a carefree life and had tens of millions of dollars in savings in his account.

He suddenly received an anonymous text message. He clicked on it with a puzzled look, and the next second, his face turned bright red.

"Fxxkyou! Those damn black bastards!!"

"Boss, what's wrong?" the underling next to him asked, puzzled.

The eldest of the Layton brothers looked ashen-faced as he stared at the anonymous message.

Anonymous: [Video] I heard your daughter has been missing for six months? You might need some help with clues.

The Layton brothers watched the scene unfold in the video with eyes wide with rage, but quickly regained their composure and asked the person who sent the anonymous message: Who are you? Why are you doing this?

Anonymous: Some people are blocking our way, that's all. I think you should be able to resolve this.

Layton: I'll chop these scum into mincemeat! Tear them to pieces!!

After putting away his phone, he immediately started calling for backup, gathering the gunmen from the ranch. The group drove a pickup truck to the location where the body had been dumped in the mountains. Following the clues provided in the video, they indeed dug up their daughter who had been missing for half a year.

They've all turned into skeletons. Only their clothes are recognizable as what they were wearing when they went missing.

Layton was furious, gritting his teeth, "I want those blacks dead!!!"

The others on the ranch were also furious. "How dare those black men? Someone must have ordered them to do this!!"

"You just need to deal with those blacks, and don't overstep your bounds," Layton warned.

She called her brother again, "Where are you? I've found Fima's body..."

Suburban highways of Little Rock.

The black men, who had just finished a shootout and robbery, were driving to a repair shop.

The black gang leader, wearing a red bandana and a jacket, sat in the passenger seat and couldn't help but curse, "Those damn bastards dared to raid my headquarters while I was away! I'll kill them!"

The Black man next to him was also furious: "We're definitely going to suffer huge losses this time, damn it! I'm going to blast them to pieces!"

Before the words were even finished, as the vehicle reached the intersection, a large truck suddenly sped out from the other side and crashed head-on into the pickup truck! With a loud bang, the two vehicles collided, and the pickup truck was instantly thrown off course, its windows shattered, and its bumper crushed.

The large truck was also parked on the side of the road.

Old Hei, dizzy and covered in blood, crawled out of the rubble, both shocked and furious, as he watched several people get off the truck.

The vehicle still had the logo of Layton Fresh Beef Company on it. The white men pulled out AKs and started shooting at him.

Before he could even utter two words in his old slang, he was riddled with bullets on the spot.

A burly white man wearing sunglasses approached the black man with a shotgun, fired two more shots at him, and spat, "Damn bastard."

He turned and got back into the car. "To the next place, have someone burn all their shops down!!"

Little Rock City.

Zhang Ailun knew nothing about what was happening on the suburban highway and had no interest in it. He only knew that Old Jack on the other side had already started his operation and that they should prepare to provide backup.

The two old men received a message from the vault manager, put on gas masks, got out of the car, smashed open the hotel lobby door, took out tear gas canisters, pulled the pins, and threw them out.

In an instant, smoke filled the air, and the smell of pepper mixed with chemicals was inhaled into the nostrils. The people in the hall instantly turned red, tears streaming down their faces, and they coughed violently, collapsing to the ground.

Old El was in charge of controlling the situation in the lobby, while Old Jack found the vault manager's private room and kicked the door open with a bang.

Looking at the astonished casino executives inside, Old Jack raised his shotgun, grinned, and said, "Search like hell, fucking f*** you!!"

Two quick clicks as the bullet was chambered, aimed at the ceiling light through the thin gauze! Bang! Bang!

Glass shards flew amidst thick smoke and shotgun shell casings, and everyone screamed and covered their heads.

"Hand over the cash you're carrying, and the casino's vault combination," Old Jack barked. "Now! Immediately!!"

The casino staff trembled as they handed over the money in their pockets and truthfully revealed the vault password.

"Thank you for your cooperation, ladies and gentlemen. Now I invite you to witness the miracle. The countdown to hibernation begins: three, two, one..."

Old Jack pulled out a hypnotic gas from his toolbox and threw it out, filling the room with billowing, sulfurous yellow smoke. He immediately turned and left, locking the door behind him.

Through the window, I could see that everyone present took a breath and then felt their eyelids drooping, and they all collapsed, sleeping like babies.

(End of this chapter)