Chapter 467: I Can Kill You, I Can Also Save You
Withers said, “There won’t be an end to this case at all. Unless the Vegas casinos close down, money will be plundered every day.”
“As long as you plead guilty, you can leave us to worry about the other things.” With that, the team leader walked out of the interrogation room.
Inside the detention cell, the four mafia members were visited by a lawyer.
He was here to simply say to those four, “Boss told me to come and tell you guys, once you guys get out, you guys can have all the fun you want!”
The four of them nodded in satisfaction. Just staying here for awhile also gave them a sense of accomplishment for their gang, and that was how this circle was. Those who were willing to take a bullet or the blame for the team, would rise faster on the ladder.
After the lawyer came out, he went to a nearby balcony.
On the balcony stood an FBI agent smoking with his back towards him.
The lawyer put a file bag on the guardrail and said, “Here’s $5 million dollars, you did a good job.”
This person was none other than Cole, the team captain that replaced Withers on this case. He was a more practical guy than Withers; being able to bite his workplace opponent and also get a huge sum of money, he didn’t see anything wrong with that deal.
The five million was enough for him to enjoy for the rest of his life. In this circle, no one was really clean. The whole society here existed to serve capitalism, so when the capitalists provided enough money, everything would be easier to handle.
Maybe Withers was a tough and righteous guy, but his higher-ups or peers might not be.
With this money, Cole would resign or transfer to other departments. After all, the four mafia families involved in this case weren’t entities that he could go up against. In this case, he would choose money and his own life over actually solving this case.
He would only need to help frame Withers to end the investigation into this case.
The lawyer left the bag behind and walked away without looking back.
– Koman’s Laboratory –
Stenson got a call and came over to look for Xu Cheng.
Going down the narrow and dark stairway to the lab, he frowned and said, “Boss, do you want to change to a lab with a better environment? You have so much money, there are already 2.7 billion in my hands alone! I don’t even know where to invest this money right now. Right now, as you have arranged, I have invested in a few college students and raised some good hackers. Do you have any other plans?”
“You don’t have to worry about this anymore,” Xu Cheng faintly said. “This place might look ghetto right now, but it’s worth a couple hundreds of billions of dollars. Do you believe it?”
Xu Cheng brought over the cage with the queen bee and said, “Go and register a medical company for me, any problems?”
Stenson frowned. “Without any legal document, it will be difficult. Unless you find a few reputed experts to hold the camp down and use their medical qualifications to start a company, I won’t be able to. You know, it’s quite strict here in the M Nation for stuff like this.”
Xu Cheng nodded.
“I will give you a mission.” Xu Cheng said, “It’s very difficult, but if you can do it, you are welcome to join my team. If you can’t, then your monthly salary will stay the same. If you do it, your annual salary will be 10 million U.S. dollars!”
“What is it, I’m ready to hear it!” Stenson swallowed his spittle and asked.
“I did some research, I heard Senator Jerry is suffering from terminal liver cancer, and he’s planning to give up on his political career. However, he has a high status in the Democratic Party. You tell him, if he’s already given up on his life, he might as well come over and let me try. I have a 60% chance of helping him recover.
“You sure you are not joking with me?” Stenson indeed felt that this whole mission was a bit impractical.
Xu Cheng raised his head and looked at him. “You might not know me well enough; I am a madman, so if you want to follow me, you must be prepared to do some seemingly ridiculous things. You can refuse, and your life will still be that plain. However, if you want to make your life more exciting, you can listen and do as I say.
Stenson sighed and looked at him.
After confirming that Xu Cheng wasn’t joking, he finally bitterly smiled. “You know what? No one had ever offered me an annual salary of ten million. Are you sure you are not joking?”
“You think I can’t afford it?” Xu Cheng frowned.
“No, I just feel like you are treating me like a fool, because clearly, I don’t have a way to get Senator Jerry to come over.”
Xu Cheng: “You can think of your own way. Everyone will encounter an opportunity of a lifetime that will change their life forever, some people grasp it, while some people let it slip. It all depends on what you want to choose. If you can successfully get him to come over, I can tell you how much this lab is really worth.”
Stenson thought about it. He picked up his briefcase and said, “I hope I don’t get beaten up into a meat patty by his guards. To be able to work for a madman, I will do something crazy this time too. I hope you are right.”
Stenson then left.
After putting on protective gear, Xu Cheng went into the lab where various diseased animals were being kept. Those were all the stray animals that he had people capture recently.
He already injected them all with his serum. Today was the second day, and it was time for him to check on the results.
When he went in, he saw that the animals inside the cages were all very lively, indicating that they had made pretty good progress recovering to the point that they can go out and scavenge or hunt for food like normal again. This was a good sign, and it made Xu Cheng even more sure of the possibility of registering a medical company.
Currently, he was studying in-depth on how to clone genes, which was very difficult to do. For the time being, he already learned how to concentrate or expand, which was basically letting his blood mix with other nutritional antibodies to allow the amount to increase. That way, he wouldn’t have to draw out a lot of blood from his body every time, nor would it be a viable solution. After doing this, he was able to use one drop of his blood to make it into a 100 ml solution, and he would inject the animals with it. The effects were quite nice actually!
If each injection would require 20 ml, then his one drop of blood would be enough for five injections.
But Xu Cheng wasn’t planning on mass-producing the serum to make money. The primary reason was to use it to open up areas where he had no advantage in. For instance, the FBI wants to screw with me, right? Okay, then I will get Senator Jerry to teach them a lesson. So, Xu Cheng’s first choice was to get strong political backing, because not only would he be able to help him take care of the FBI, he could also help him register a medical company!
That was right, that was a backdoor Senator Jerry would open for him.
You don’t have to have money, but you have power, so give me your power, and I will give you more time to live!
In the past, I can kill you, but now, I can also save you!
Xu Cheng felt that this research finding made him realize how much strategic value it would give to his entire plan!
Think about it, someone that can both control the life and death of others, that was a pretty great feeling! Those capitalists, even if they have all the money in the world and could control the life and death of others, they still can’t save their own life!
But, I can!
Because, I am – Joker!
A person that can subvert all order, even life and death