King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Chapter 118 The Grand Play

Joe Ga and his team hid on Mount Tauro and watched the drama unfold for two days.

The situation was not very clear at the time, and Joe Ga wisely chose not to strike to avoid getting involved in Catania's messy situation.

As an outsider with a bit of understanding of the feud between the Mori Family and the Glorious Society, Joe Ga was sure that the person who opened fire at the live television broadcast was definitely not sent by the Mori Family.

They already had enough trouble. Attacking the minister of public security at such a time would be like adding fuel to the fire, as if they were racing towards their own demise.

Joe Ga could think of this, and he believed that those who knew the Mori Family could think of it too.

But no one stepped forward to speak up for them. The Catania police had been clashing with the Mori Family for many years, suffering many losses, with many officers being tricked by them.

They had finally cooperated with Interpol after several years of gathering evidence, and had managed to put the head of the old Mori Family on trial. If they could secure a conviction, the Catania police could take down most of the Mori Family's enterprises, ridding the city of this malignancy.

But the elder Mori died, derailing the trial, and all cases related to him were required to be put on hold. The Mori Family gained a chance to breathe, and it would not be so easy to catch them in the future.

Now all the senior officials at the Catania police were furious. They ignored the advisories from Interpol and the suggestions to let matters evolve and to continue with their undercover operations, opting instead to declare open war.

In the past, due to legal reasons, there were times when the police really had no way to handle the Mori Family.

Pick a fight, and they would just send out a few scapegoats. Once those scapegoats were released from prison, they could immediately move up the ranks, while the officers penalizing them had to endure all sorts of harassment.

Now, with the hot-tempered minister of public security as their backing, whether you were the culprit or not, they seized any chance to harshly punish you.

Whether or not they could completely crush them was not important, what mattered first was letting the residents of Catania see the determination of the police.

The prudishness of Europans is well known, even in a relatively tough place like Sicily, when it comes to the police that their taxes support, the locals have expectations.

The highway battle was analyzed from various angles, and the residents could not blame the battered Leather Head, so all concluded that the police were incompetent.

He had already received news that Mori's second son would hijack the old Mori that day, so the Catania SWAT at the prison gate was prepared for them.

An IED messed everything up because Catania lacked a dedicated bomb disposal unit, and any bomb threats had to be dealt with by Leather Head.

The police had to block San Pedro Bridge according to the regulations, and the Catania SWAT got stuck on the south side, leaving the pursuit of the mercenaries to Leather Head.

Then, the scene on the highway was unforgettable!

In fact, Leather Head should not have been so incompetent, but their reckless action was not just because they had helicopter support. The main reason was that their bomb disposal expert told them the bomb buried on San Pedro Bridge was a fake, which led them to misjudge the enemy's identity, determination, and combat effectiveness.

This miscalculation made them pay a heavy price!

People sympathized with Leather Head, and occasionally survivors mentioned Joe Ga and his team, but this was quickly overwhelmed by a flood of other explosive news.

The Mori's second son was arrested, the elder daughter was arrested, the fourth son was arrested, and although the fifth son, who was in charge of the drug business, was not caught, the police had issued a nationwide declaration vowing to apprehend him.

Joe Ga initially thought this was a police scenario of punishing the wicked, but in less than 48 hours, the plot took a 180-degree turn.

The fifth son, who had not appeared until then, arrived from the north with a team of lawyers and dozens of media outlets, and in front of thousands of onlookers, they blocked the headquarters of Catania police.

The Minister of Security, considered to be backed by the Catania police, had disappeared, and accountability calls from the north reached the office of the Mayor of Catania.

Joe Ga, watching the drama unfold on the TV, saw that man in a tailor-made suit, accompanied by a beautiful woman, walking into the police station with his 'army' of lawyers within a 48-hour deadline.

Then, just a few minutes later, the guy walked out swaggeringly with his brothers and sisters.

Facing the protests of the crowd outside, he even managed to smile and wave before accepting an interview with the media.

In front of the media, he repeatedly emphasized that the Mori Family had nothing to do with the highway terrorist attacks, that the police had no evidence when they detained members of the Mori Family, and that he would tally the losses suffered by the family over these two days and then file a claim suit against the Catania police.

"Surreal," was the only feeling Joe Ga had!

The whole of Italy knew this criminal family, yet they were protected by the law!

Indeed, there was no direct evidence of the Mori Family's involvement in terrorist activities, and even because those three terrorists refused to speak, the police couldn't link the Mori Family with the highway terrorists in a short time.

The Minister of Security, who should have exercised the Anti-Terrorism Special Act to aid the police in controlling the Mori Family, shrunk due to pressure from the north, tucked his head in like a turtle, and shifted all responsibility to the Catania police. Read exclusive content at mvl

Theoretically, 'procedural justice' is a good thing for everyone, but ironically, when ordinary people face violent institutions, procedural justice sometimes doesn't apply because they can't afford reliable lawyers or media resources.

Whether it's murder, the treatment between billionaires and ordinary people is vastly different.

So it's unknown from when every victim started hoping that the police handling their case would be someone with a sense of justice and filled with anger.

Because people feel such individuals can empathize with them, this might be the reason why superhero movies are so popular.

The development of the situation made Joe Ga incredulous, but he also sensed the terrifying potential power of an old Mafia family.

There was once a movie that described the Mafia as a 'piss pot'—important when needed, and just stinky trash when not.

Now, the power shown by the Mori Family seemed to belittle them by using 'piss pot;' the strange reactions from the Italian government indicated that they still hold value, hence the reason why legislators rushed to plead for them and why influential figures demanded that the Catania police follow protocol.

Watching several individuals from the Mori Family walk triumphantly toward a luxury sedan, passing through the protesting crowd, Joe Ga took out his phone, dialed, and after the call connected, said, "Elephant, keep an eye on them."

Joe Ga had realized that the Mori Family was not just a simple gang of criminals, but he didn't care. Killing the people of the Mori Family was his only goal.

When a gunman doesn't talk about interests and only wants your life, 'power' is sometimes not omnipotent.

Joe Ga had a lot on his plate now and didn't want to delay any longer. Taking out a few people from the Mori Family and then continuing with his money-making ventures in Africa was the priority.

Joe Ga had no demands from the Mori Family, so his thoughts were rather straightforward.

What he didn't know was that things were far from as simple as he imagined. A big storm was brewing, and at the heart of it was the Mori Family.

Dorian, the one assigned to shadow them, quickly made a phone call to Joe Ga.

"Boss, all the second-generation figures of the Mori Family have returned to their family's seaside villa, Owl is monitoring the perimeter. Do you need me to come back to pick you up?"