Chapter 460 The assassinated senator? (Please vote for this chapter)
Fierce gunshots resounded through the silent cloakroom in an instant, and bullets rained out, tearing apart expensive fur coats and penetrating light down jackets.
Pure white feathers exploded in an instant, filling the entire space.
Romek stared at the scattered lint.
The place in front of him should be the place where the 'uninvited guest' had just stood, but at this moment there was no one here, no blood, no human figure, only a gold-encrusted cane lying quietly on the ground.
That was one of his favorite canes.
The bottom of this cane is made entirely of gold. It is cold and feels like the muzzle of a gun ready to go. It carries a cold killing intent and is very popular with him.
At this moment, the anger of being fooled rushed into his mind.
The other party didn't have a gun at all, and the other party deceived him - or used his own cane!
This treacherous liar!
"Get out, you bastard!"
Romek held the gun and pulled the trigger again
The already steaming muzzle spit out fierce tongues of fire again, and the bullet passed through the feathers falling like snowflakes and hit the closet, making a muffled sound.
He turned his body to cover every inch of the cloakroom, not caring about these expensive clothes.
And just as he roared, he felt something cold pressed against his throat, then easily cut his skin, pierced the muscles of his neck, and slit his throat.
He still wanted to scream, but couldn't make a sound. The surging blood blocked his trachea.
The red liquid slid down the cold silver blade, mixed with the snowflakes made of dancing feathers, and fell to the ground drop by drop.
He Ao pulled out the dagger, bent down slightly, picked up a tattered fur coat on the ground and wiped the blood off the sword.
Then he held his sword and walked step by step outside the cloakroom.
Romok's vision was blurred, and he couldn't clearly see He Ao's face. He leaned forward. In the last scene in his memory, he only saw the thin and lonely figure from behind.
That back figure was familiar yet unfamiliar, as if he had interacted with the owner of the back figure, but it seemed that he had not interacted with him at all.
His consciousness gradually blurred, and his mind began to replay the memories of these years. He wanted to know which competitor hated him so much and hired such a powerful killer to kill him.
He couldn't think of an answer.
He never thought that someone who cherished his life as much as him would end his life forever in this way, in his luxurious villa.
The bright red blood spread out little by little.
He Ao gently stretched out his hand and brushed away the white feathers stained with a little bit of bright red that fell on his shoulders.
He put away his sword and walked step by step towards the exit of the villa.
Light and slow feathers fell into the pool of blood.
Romek didn't like his bodyguards to 'watch' his life, so it was just him and his 'daughters' in this private area.
His bodyguards and intelligent security system formed an impenetrable protective circle along this area.
At least, that's what Roemok himself thinks.
Even though the soundproofing of this villa was particularly good for some reason, the sound of fierce gunfire still attracted the attention of the girls playing outside.
"Dad, Dad, have you changed your clothes? My sisters are still waiting for you."
The blonde girl walked towards the cloakroom with her wet hair and bare feet on the cold floor.
Then she saw the blood flowing to the door.
"ah!"
She was so frightened that she knocked down the red wine glass on the bar.
boom--
The pure crystal glass shattered to pieces, and the red wine mixed with the bright red blood, creating a coquettish and transparent color.
She trembled and looked inside the cloakroom, just in time to meet Romek's round eyes.
She was startled and took two steps back.
But after seeing that Romok didn't move, she forcibly controlled her emotions.
She looked back at the thick glass window in the distance. The girls in the swimming pool were sitting on beach chairs and eating exquisite snacks.
Having one person come over to 'check' is actually enough.
The blonde girl held her breath and concentrated, her white feet crossing the puddles of blood.
She walked up to Romok's body, fumbled and pulled off the big gold ring from Romok's hand, and then pulled off some small gold ornaments and gems he was wearing.
She stuffed these small items into her chest, looked around to make sure there was no one around, then ran out across the bloodstains and shouted loudly,
"Oops! Something happened to dad!"
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The piercing sound of police sirens cut through the silent streets.
He Ao raised his head and glanced out of the taxi window.
He was currently on a two-lane street, where FBI official vehicles honking their horns frantically passed by old taxis.
The people in the car glanced at He Ao, stepped on the accelerator, and drove towards the bustling Newkel neighborhood.
He Ao turned around and looked at the information projected by the bracelet.
"Something happened to another big shot."
The taxi driver glanced in the rearview mirror and sighed.
As soon as he finished speaking, a gunshot was heard from the street next to him.
He Ao turned around and saw that two groups of gangsters were fiercely fighting on the edge of the street, and the surrounding pedestrians were so scared that they fled in all directions.
"Here we go again, brother, please sit still."
The taxi driver said something nervously, and then stepped on the accelerator.
A powerful pushing sensation acted on He Ao's body for an instant. At a certain moment, he felt that the buildings on both sides were receding like phantoms, and no specific shape could be seen.
At the same time, the taxi shook violently, and the taxi driver was overtaking frantically.
This taxi with not very good performance made beautiful S-shaped trajectories on the narrow road.
He Ao reached out and grabbed the armrest on the car door to stabilize his body so that he would not swing with the vehicle.
After about tens of seconds, the gunshots outside became much quieter and seemed to be far away. The taxi driver slowed down.
"Brother, don't blame me for driving too fast. We have to run first, otherwise no one will care about us if a stray bullet hits us. It would be better if we died, but it would be terrible if we didn't die... The medical expenses can save us a lot of money."
Half my life will be worse than death."
He Ao nodded slightly and put down his hand holding the armrest.
"My brother is very skilled. Have you practiced before?"
The driver looked at He Ao's unchanging expression through the rearview mirror and asked with a smile.
"I once had the experience of being in a gang."
He Ao casually replied that Reggie had been in a gang for a long time.
"Brother, looking at you, you must have a big child, right?" the taxi driver said with emotion, "Hey, I used to drive an underground racing car, but later I got married and had a child, so I had to find a stable job.
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He glanced out the window and said, "These days, stable jobs are becoming increasingly difficult to find. There are layoffs everywhere, everyone has no money, and there are fewer people who can afford to take a taxi.
"Now even taxi companies are vigorously promoting the proportion of driverless taxis. I don't know when I will be unemployed."
"What are you going to do if you lose your job?"
He Ao raised his head and asked softly.
"I don't know. I still have a wife and children to support at home. I'm old and can't drive a racing car anymore. Even gangs don't want people like us who can't cut people." The taxi driver sighed, "Take it one step at a time."
, just do whatever you can to make some money, you can’t starve to death, right?
"Speaking of it, I'm okay now. I have a company that buys medical insurance. If I lose my job or get sick, my whole family may really have to go out and wander. The current medical expenses are really too high."
"Um."
He Ao looked out the window.
It is still close to the city center, and the headquarters building of Qunxing Pharmaceutical in Limen City stands here.
The splendid and tall buildings reflect a beautiful halo under the bright sunlight.
In fact, those 'volunteers' who participated in the institute's experiments may not have been completely affected by the addictive drugs, nor may they be unaware of the harm the experiment caused to their bodies.
But so what if you know.
That's the only way they can get money quickly to support their families.
If it were just Pat sitting here, that middle-aged man who had nothing, couldn't find a job, had a huge loan, and had a daughter to raise, he might not even consider giving up participating in the institute's experiments, and would even plead with Rhett
Wait for someone to arrange some more 'experiments' for him.
They just choose between hell and a better hell.
After talking about this topic, the taxi driver also fell silent. He stared ahead and started driving quietly.
He Ao withdrew his mind and looked down at the bracelet in his hand. Everything needs to be done step by step.
A thousand miles begins with a single step.
The most important thing now is to find where the Fountain of Youth is.
And, find out what exactly the Fountain of Youth is.
Inside the bracelet is information about Senator Genos that Eve found for him.
The highest legislative body of the federation is the Bundestag.
The entire parliament is divided into two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The House of Representatives determines its quota based on the number of people. There is approximately one representative for every 500,000 people, and there are approximately more than 400 representatives in the entire federation.
And this means that the House of Representatives will be very affected by the number of people. The more populous a large city, the more influence it can exert on the House of Representatives.
For example, Chenxi City, with a population of 28 million, has 53 representatives, which is more than one-tenth of the seats in the entire House of Representatives.
If the federal parliament only has the House of Representatives, then the entire federal parliament will tend to favor mega-cities, which will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction in small cities and even lead to the disintegration of the federation.
In order to balance the power of large cities, the founders of the Federation established an additional Senate.
The number of senators does not change with population, but is fixed at two senators per city.
There are more than 100 fortress cities and nearly 300 senators in the entire federation. In this way, the power of Dawn City in the Senate is diluted to insignificance.
The powers of the House of Representatives and the Senate are roughly equal, and each party can veto bills proposed by the other party, forming the federal parliament.
This is the result of the final compromise between all forces in the federation.
This 'balanced' system is one of the foundations for maintaining the stable existence of the federation.
The number of senators does not depend on the size of the city. Even a small city like Limen City has a quota of two senators.
Genos is one of them.
His father was a senator, his grandfather was a senator, and his grandfather's father was also a senator.
There are many "political families" like this in the Federation.
Following the information given by Romek, Eve dug out many interesting things.
Genos' family controls nearly 80% of the construction projects in Limen City.
Through indirect shareholding or agent participation, they have become the ‘winning bidders’ of most projects in Limen City.
The seemingly brilliant Romek is actually just a wage earner who 'works' for the Genos family.
Most federal projects are contracted out through tenders.
Whether it is a public project from the city government or a consortium project from a large consortium such as Qunxing Pharmaceutical, as long as it is a construction project that requires bidding, most of the time, the Genos family will arrange for people to bid.
And they often win the first shot. No matter how stringent the project imposes on bidders, the Genos family can always 'just' meet these conditions.
Then it is easy to ‘win the bid’ at a relatively high price.
However, some construction companies with low and cheap bids find it difficult to win the bid.
At this time, the Genos family, which has won the bid, will contact these cheap construction companies and 'subcontract' the projects they have obtained to these construction companies.
They don't have to do anything to enjoy the price difference.
According to federal law, this behavior is allowed and is a normal corporate profit-making behavior.
At least on the surface, this is all in order.
Of course, these things will not be known to ordinary people.
If it hadn't been for Romek's reminder, Eve would have only collected public data on the market, and without digging deeper, it would have been difficult to find out the series of operations of the Genos family.
And after years of 'accumulation', the Genos family should already have astonishing wealth.
Ho opened Genos' personal information.
It is generally difficult to completely hide the personal information of such politicians, and their family background will be more or less revealed.
When Genos was born, his father had already been elected as a senator for one term. He grew up in a privileged environment and lived a very happy childhood.
This kind of life lasted until he was eight years old.
His father was suddenly killed in his mansion in Nancheng, Limen City.
This mansion is a rare single-family villa in the entire federation.
This incident alarmed the entire federation. The final result of the FBI investigation was that it was homicide, but the murderer has not been found yet. Genos was in that mansion at the time, and he saw with his own eyes his father's ferocious expression after his death.
According to his later interviews, that incident left a great trauma in his heart and eventually prompted him to study medicine.
He said that if there were doctors around his father at that time, his father might not have died.
Later, when he grew up, he entered the Stars Medical College in Irons and obtained a doctorate in medicine before the age of twenty-six.
After graduating with a doctorate, he worked at the headquarters of Qunxing Pharmaceutical for several years. It was not until he was thirty years old that he returned to Limen City and announced that he would continue his father's legacy and run for the Senate, and successfully won the election.
It is now his third term.
After his successful election, most of the bills he pushed were related to medical treatment, and his actions seemed to revolve around his status as a medical doctor.
When He Ao saw this, he fell into deep contemplation.
The death of Genos's father was about forty years ago, at the same time as the demolition and reconstruction project of Morakot Park. Almost immediately after the death of Genos's father, the progress of the Morakot Park project came to a halt.
Genos entered the work of Qunxing Pharmaceutical when he was twenty-six years old, that is,
