Chapter 249: Dying

Just as Lyca left the mayor's office, Long Yi and his father also received the news that Shen Qui is dying. This was, of course, the news that the Mayor wanted them to hear. He wanted the Long's to believe that Shen Qui was terribly wounded, meaning his business was in jeopardy. Of course, this was enough to make the patriarch elated.

The absence of Shen Qui meant Lyca would be weaker. After all, there is no way that she would be handling all the people that Shen Qui has in the black market. "Then what are we waiting for? Call the Zhang Family and let them cooperate more with the mayor! Tell them about the things that they could possibly gain. I heard that Shen Qui actually controlled one-fourth of the territory in that City, moreover, he also owns a port! Who knows what kind of contraband can we get in that port?" Patriarch Long said after he finished his Vodka. He let the spiciness of the alcohol travel down his throat before he added. "How about that woman?"

"No one had seen her." The man opposite him was one of the Mayor's people. Right now, he was still unaware of the Mayor's fate. He smiled at the Patriarch Long. "We already pushed all the blame to the Zhang Family. If that woman would retaliate soon, it means we will successfully exhaust both her forces and the Zhang's, the mayor said that he is excited to create a territory for the Long Family in the City once this is all done."

"And?"

"He only wanted you to take care of Santa."

"Santa?"

"Yes, that man is trying to turn the people against the Mayor. It is currently causing him a headache. We needed that man gone, soon."

"Why don't you deal with it on your own?" the brainless Long Yi chided. "Why do you have to drag our family into your mess? We don't want to become Santa's enemy. Not when we haven't established our name in Kong City."

"Hmmm. My son had a point. Santa is a big problem in Kong City. We don't really know if he could fight against him in his own turf." Patriarch Long uttered. "However, with the current bullets that we have…." He smiled. "I am certain that we would win this time."

"The bullet that you purchased from a certain Tang Xi?"

Long Yi nodded proudly, the purchase wasn't actually a secret. Everyone in Long City knew that Tang Xi left ahead of time because he already signed a contract with the Long Family. Of course, Long Yi had to make the rumors more pleasant to the ears. He made it look like Tang Xi signed a contract that would make him work for the Long Family.

Of course, many people believed this rumor. After all, Tang Xi's reputation is quite mysterious, and well… it was just bad. They say that the man doesn't actually care about the Tang Family and is not close to them. They also say that he loved to work independently. Moreover, the only reason why the heir of the Tang Family, accompanied him last time that he visited Kong City was that they wanted to control him.

And well… it seems that Tang Xi chose to work with the Long Family instead of the Tangs.

Of course, this was only on the outside. On the inside, the Long Father and Son knew that Tang Xi actually scammed them. The formula that he was holding was not really that different from the previous formula. The only difference was the fact that this one uses cheaper materials than the previous one! This has caused a lot of problems for the Long Family.

First, with the current material, the bullet was obviously inferior to the previous one. Though the effects were almost the same, it was still different. And that small difference could make a difference in real life batter. Second, now that the quality is inferior, they were forced to lower down the price of the goods. Meaning, the profits were also affected. And third, because of the problems that the previous bullet caused, they were forced to make such crazy deals that made them pay two bullets for every one previous one that those people returned.

What could this mean?

Simple.

Their losses were astronomical.

This was the reason why Long Yi visited Kong City. He wanted to establish their name in the black market of the whole region and he needed Santa's help for that. Well… the rest was already history.

Right now, all they know was the fact that Lyca screwed them over by causing so much damages in the Long Company on that crazy rescue stunt that she did. With the damages in their security and the money that they lost because of the bullet, the Long family really needed to make a come back to earn more profits.

To do this, Patriarch Long figured that the best way is to just kill Lyca and Shen Qui while they take over their business. Of course, he wasn't a very simple man at all. So he planned to involve the Zhang Family in this matter as well as get the support of the mayor.

And it looks like he was succeeding? His train of thoughts was interrupted when the man suddenly received a call.

"What do you mean?" the man's tone made Long Yi frowned. Why does it seem that he was suddenly gloomy? "Alright! I will immediately …. Alright… I'll be on my way." The man suddenly stood from the velvet chair that he was sitting and stared at Long Yi and the Patriarch. "I have an emergency. I need to leave. We can always talk about this matter once everything settles down."

Patriarch Long nodded and smiled. "Of course. Yi, please escort him towards his car." He smiled as Long Yi, and the man left then, his expression turned serious. It seems that something really happened in Kong City? With this in mind, Patriarch Long dialed a number on his phone. 

"Mr. Long! I was about the call you!"

"Did something happen?" he asked.

"Yes, Sir! It seems that the Mayor is terribly ill," the man uttered before he lowered his voice. "Rumor has it that he is dying."