Chapter 43： Back to Mingde Street

After Leo finished shouting, the hotel room fell silent. After a long time, the innkeeper asked again:

"You were two when you left, why are you three when you came back?"

Sounds like this, the innkeeper should have gone to see the surveillance footage just now. So Leo explained:

"The third person is a friend of mine. He sprained his foot, and it's getting late. If he can't go back today, he's going to spend the night with me."

"You ask him to stand at the door of the hotel and look up at the camera on the signboard of the Harvest Hotel. I want to see what he looks like."

Leo had no choice but to tell old Tom to obey.

Old Tom was very afraid that the innkeeper would shoot him through the wooden door, but in contrast, he was more afraid that if he didn't act obediently, Leo would directly punch him to death.

So, old Tom stood at the door of the hotel in fear and looked up at the camera.

The hotel was quiet again, and the innkeeper didn't speak for a long time. And the less the innkeeper said, the more scared old Tom became, and his body began to tremble.

Just when Leo couldn't help it and wanted Bucky to smash the hotel door directly, the lights in the hotel suddenly lit up. Next, the door was opened a crack, and the innkeeper whispered:

"I thought the two of you were dead outside! Since you are still alive, come in, hurry up."

The three of Leo filed in, and then the hotel owner closed the door again. After the innkeeper locked the door, he turned around and said:

"This new guy can't be in the same room with you. You have to open a new single room for $20."

Leo took out two $20 bills and photographed them in the hands of the hotel owner:

"He didn't have a driver's license either, and the house price doubled. I know that. It's really bothering you at night."

However, the boss took out one of the two banknotes in his hand and handed it back to Leo:

"His name is Old Tom, I know him. So, the house price doesn't need to be doubled, just give 20."

Old Tom looked at the innkeeper and asked in surprise:

"Why do you know me?"

"Ten years ago, when I first came to New York smuggling, I also asked for your ID card. I thought I could come here to live a good life, but who knew that I would end up in Hell's Kitchen for 10 years."

The innkeeper said something faintly, and then, not wanting to say more, changed the subject and said,

"It's getting late. Go to bed early. This is the key to 205. The single room is right across from 203."

After the hotel owner was about to leave, Leo realized that he had almost forgotten his business. He immediately reacted and stopped the boss in time and said:

"Boss, we don't know who the car parked at the door was pried open, and the things inside were stolen. It happens that you have a surveillance camera here. I want to check the surveillance video and find out who stole our things. "

"What's the use of knowing who stole it? Don't you dare to find it in the middle of the night if you can't find it, you're going to die?"

"These two big guys are not easy. It's not uncommon for them to double the value of the thing, let alone get it back."

Old Tom answered quickly. He thought he was flattering, but in fact he was madly trying to die without knowing it.

Leopard tugged old Tom's head and drove him aside. Old Tom smiled awkwardly, but he didn't dare to be angry or say anything.

The innkeeper saw that old Tom, who was quite a face in Hell's Kitchen, looked respectful to Leo, and couldn't help but guess in his heart who these two faceless tenants were.

Leo turned to the innkeeper again and said:

"Boss, you just need to show me the surveillance screen, you don't have to worry about other things, I'm sure it won't cause you trouble."

The innkeeper was silent, frowning with a confused look on his face.

Leo took out his wallet, took out a thick stack of banknotes and handed it to the innkeeper. He said slightly coldly:

"Boss, since you choose to open a hotel and you are considered a businessman, then I will use this money to buy news from you. This money is already quite a lot. In Hell's Kitchen, it should be enough to buy a life?!"

The innkeeper heard Leo's threat and dared not refuse Leo again. Compared with ordinary gangsters, the innkeeper felt that the talent in front of him who did not know whether it was good or evil was even more terrifying.

The innkeeper didn't dare to take all the money. He carefully took a brand new hundred-yuan bill from the top of the stack of money and said angrily:

"The money is enough. My news is not so precious, it is not worth a life."

Afterwards, he took Leo to the back of the counter, preparing to call up the surveillance video of the past few hours at night.

……

On the tube display, a black pickup truck appeared in the picture with snowflakes. Then, two sneaky men in black casual clothes got out of the car.

They circled around Leo's car parked in front of the hotel several times. Then they pulled tools out of their pockets, pried Leo's car open, emptied everything inside, and drove away.

The time on the surveillance screen shows that the theft happened half an hour before Leo returned, which was not too long.

After watching the surveillance footage, Leo noticed that Old Tom's expression was different, and immediately asked:

"Old Tom, do you know these two people?"

"Uh... know, know. These two people, one is called the monkey and the other is called the crow, are... from the Black Bear Gang."

"Oh?! So you and the two of them should be very familiar with each other?"

Old Tom quickly waved his hand and said:

"Not familiar... Not familiar. It's just acquaintance. I have nothing to do with them."

"Then do you know where they stole things, and where do they usually sell the stolen goods?"

"The Black Bear Gang has very strict rules, so they don't dare to sell things in private. All stolen things must be handed over to the Black Bear himself, so that he can deal with it exclusively..."

So, ten minutes later, Leo and Bucky returned to Mingde Street.

Old Tom was placed in the Harvest Hotel by Leo. Before leaving, Bucky had a friendly exchange with him. I believe that Old Tom would not dare to run around at night.

Mingde Street is no longer the lively scene of an hour ago. Now all the bars are closed, and a full 10 police cars are lined up in the middle of the streetLeo and Bucky see you There were so many policemen, quietly hiding in the alleys, observing secretly, without acting rashly.

The police seem to have been here for a while. At this time, there were seven or eight body bags on the ground at the entrance of Pure Love Bar. Several police officers were working in pairs to move the bodies to the corpse truck.

There were already several corpses in the corpse carriage. Leo counted them from a distance. It is conservatively estimated that at least 20 people died in this fire.

Suddenly, a large number of police poured out from the Dire Bar, crushing more than 30 people who were handcuffed behind. These people were male and female, and Leo didn't know whether it was from the Black Bear Gang or the Poison Wolf Gang.

These prisoners were pushed into police cars one by one. The police removed the cordon and prepared to leave the scene.

Leo didn't want to cause more trouble, so he and Bucky waited patiently until the police car disappeared along the street, and the two walked out of the alley.

In front of the innocent bar, there is a mess. The door is densely covered with bullet holes, and the blood in the house has not yet solidified, leaving a personal bloodstain.

The people in the bar seemed to have run away, the whole first floor was empty, the surroundings were quiet, only the pale lights were on, highlighting the desolation and desolation here.

Bucky glanced at the lobby on the first floor and asked:

"Leo, what should we do now? It seems that the Black Bear Gang and the Lone Wolf Gang are gone!"

Leo is also a little irritable, is it going to be a waste of time tonight? After a night of delay, the ghost knows where the Black Bear Gang will sell Leo and the others!

Leo didn't know what to do next. Suddenly, there was movement on the second floor of the bar, and Leo vaguely heard someone talking.