Chapter 168 The Sword Family

Detroit's downtown, and the southern urban area where Huang Ji and others are located, are simply two places.

With the Renaissance Square as the center and a radius of eight kilometers, it can fully afford the appearance of a second-tier city.

Beautiful high-rise buildings and retro buildings are intertwined, with a lot of style. Many photographers are shooting the beautiful lake and bay scenery and enthusiastic residents.

The homeless people can be seen everywhere, with a very unrestrained style. They work in the subway for a long time, ask for a dollar or two, and then get off work for themselves.

After buying a hamburger, drinking water from a fast food restaurant, I started commenting on the artists who smeared paintbrushes on the walls.

Some homeless people even had to end up in person, grabbing other people's brushes and scribbling them twice.

Afterwards, I sat casually in the square, listening to the performances of street performers, and taking a quiet nap in the soft melody emanating from the speakers.

Classic and modern, decadence and vigor are entangled in the city at the same time.

until dusk comes.

When night was about to come, the bustling streets began to be empty.

Artists graffiti walls in gallery buildings left, and out-of-town tourists touring street art and old buildings ended their day.

The time of the middle class is over.

Even the homeless disappeared. They left the city center and went to the abandoned neighborhoods in the west or south to find a small, empty, single-family building, and spend the night.

In addition to the passing vehicles, the people occupying the streets at night have completely changed their style.

Black people in groups of three or five gathered together to chat and trade.

Anyone coming out of the subway entrance will attract their attention.

Robbery happens every night, the victims are often out-of-towners, and no matter how late the locals work overtime, they are sure to be ready to pick up their vehicles and go straight from the company to their homes.

And this can only be regarded as a small gangster, and even worse, it will directly smash the window and loot the property.

Occasionally, there will be gunshots one after another on the street, alarming the police to arrive, but in the end they just collect the body.

"Bang bang bang!"

Listening to the gunshots outside the window,

Huang Ji and others, who had rented a two-story apartment in the city center, were sitting in a circle, watching Adams stand in it and chat.

"In the whole city, 82.7% are blacks and only 10.6% are whites. There are more than 200 gangs, large and small, with thousands of strong people and a dozen weak people."

"To be honest, I haven't been to Detroit in five years. It's changed a lot. There are at least half of the gangs that I don't know very well."

Adams said, pointing a laser pointer at a blackboard that saw a huge map of Detroit covered in labels and photos.

"The influence of various gangs in Detroit is very large, and they have basically become the real control of places outside the city center."

"They replace the scarce police and maintain local order."

"Some control a street, some control a large community, and some are in the cracks, doing some side business."

Hearing this, Evil Dragon felt that this was simply laughable and generous.

He laughed and pointed to the sound of gunfire outside the window. "What? They maintain order?"

Adams smiled and said: "This is the city center, so it's more chaotic, there are often robberies and murders, and the suburbs are better."

The evil dragon said dumbfounded: "You said the opposite, right?"

Adams spread his hands and said: "There is no opposition. As gangs with territory, they have an obligation to provide safety for the residents of their communities. Those people are their neighbors, friends, relatives..."

"The rabbit doesn't eat the grass by the nest," said the old man.

Adams pointed at him and said: "Yes, but in the city center, because there are more middle classes, there are more crimes."

"Because of economic problems, housing prices in the city center are already very cheap, and there are a large number of black people living in it. This is the case. Those who still live in the suburbs must have a gang background."

"So there's not going to be petty theft in the suburbs, there's... it's also gang vendettas, intense gunfights, killing a bunch of people."

"The order of violence," Noqila said.

Adams snapped his fingers and said, "That's it, there is crime in the city center every day, but it's not too bad. The police still do things."

"The suburbs are usually very safe. As long as you stay in your own community, you will be protected by gangs. But once something happens, the blood will flow like a river."

"Noquila, you are building a factory in the suburbs, the original Lakeside Industrial Park. There is no problem with this."

"As long as you provide jobs to local people, your factories will also be protected."

Noqila frowned and said, "Provide a job?"

Adams smiled and said, "Haven't the construction team of your factory talked to you yet? Yes, it's too early."

"I think about it, the gang in that place seems to be called 'Apache'. When it's almost finished, the Apache's boss will talk to you."

Noqila said in amazement, "What are you talking about?"

Adams said calmly: "All construction teams have gang backgrounds. They require that after your factory is built, recruit workers from their gang families, ranging from 50% to 90%!"

"What! How can this work!" Noqila was shocked.

They want to build a secret base, how can they just recruit outsiders.

The waterworks and assembly plants on the surface are just a cover, and they have to use their own people to protect the Messiah base below.

Adams said calmly: "As a gang that manages a place, they are obliged to find jobs for the residents of the community, and not everyone is going to be a gunman."

"The gangs can only make money when the community is rich. If the people in the community are all poor, homeless, and even reluctantly move out of Detroit, then the gang will be over."

"They haven't made this request to you yet because you've just started construction. When you're almost done, they'll start making trouble."

"If you don't agree, the factory will not be able to open. At this time, the investor has already invested a huge amount of capital, either in vain or by providing some jobs."

Noqila frowned and said, "What the hell is this request! Do the police care?"

Adams said: "Of course, but you are in a remote place, and it is impossible for the police to stand guard for you every day, right?"

"There will always be trouble... Maybe the warehouse will be bombed by the time."

The evil dragon smiled and said: "Okay, isn't it a gang, I'll bring someone to talk to them."

As he spoke, he showed shark-like teeth.

Noqila sighed and said, "Don't, this is the United States! More than 80% of the gangs in Detroit are connected with the Illuminati."

"At least one-third of the bosses even joined the Illuminati directly as a junior member."

"And some large gangs, their bosses may be mid-level Illuminati members."

Adams pointed the laser pointer to the map on the blackboard and said, "That's for sure, you see..."

"This is Detroit's affluent neighborhood, and a handful of white millionaires still live there."

"Have you seen this castle?"

Everyone saw that next to the map, a photo was pinned.

The photo is of a Victorian castle-type villa with a cast-iron crown on the roof, and a gate with a semi-circular arch. Inside, there are beautiful gardens and a square statue fountain.

There are domed towers, tall chimney pavilions and porch wraparound verandas. Brick walls, dotted with cross windows, the upper floors are half-timbered.

Looking over the fountain garden, there are six steps, and the mahogany gate on the steps has a strong Renaissance style.

Above the door, there are three silver swords hanging.

"The owner of this castle, Veronica Alona, ​​controls Detroit's largest gang, the Opal. This gang does a lot of regular business in addition to arms and drugs," Adams said.

I saw the evil dragon stand up in shock: "This... these three swords!"

Noquila was also stunned, but she didn't show it.

Adams smiled and said, "Carlo, this is what you told me... the characteristics of the Sword and Sword family."

"What palm sword family..." Although Nojira knew it in her heart, she still asked the question on behalf of everyone.

The dragon explained solemnly: "The real organizers of the modern Illuminati, there are 11 people in total, they are the creators of the modern Illuminati, and they are called the sword-wielding ones."

"Swords represent authority, they are the pinnacle of power, and everyone in their family is also under its shadow and occupies positions in the Illuminati, so the Illuminati is controlled by eleven families."

"Every family is in charge of the 'three swords'. The Veronica you are talking about should only be a relative of the swordsman, but you can also hang three swords of that style in your home to show your identity."

Old Wang said suddenly: "11 people, exactly 33 swords!"

Evil Dragon said: "But the 33rd-level bright members cannot be hereditary. Once the palm sword in the family dies, it is equivalent to being excluded from the core council, and it is no longer the palm sword family."

"The promotion of level 33 is very strict, and I would rather be vacant. So although there are eleven super families controlling the Illuminati, there are actually only nine sword holders. There are currently four vacancies at level 33!"

Huang Ji smiled and said: "This is not strict, but the remaining nine people are happy to see fewer people who divide power..."

Everyone laughed, one died, one less, and the swords still alive in the core council naturally have greater power!

If you want to become level 33, you need half of the level 33 to agree.

The rest of course find various reasons to refuse, so that their power is greater.

Evil Dragon continued: "Yes, if you have to choose another person to join the Sword and Sword Sequence, you must also choose someone from eleven families. After all, no one wants to see another emerging family rise again."

Pharaoh wondered: "Huh? Didn't you say that theoretically everyone has a chance to become level 33?"

The evil dragon sighed: "There is a chance, that is to become a swordsman..."

"In the first eleven families, in order to continue to hold power, if there is no good successor, they will choose a powerful, loyal, and likely to be promoted 32-level orphan as their sword holder!"

Seti and others suddenly realized, Yam held his chin and said, "Sword holder, is that what you mean?"

Evil Dragon said: "The so-called sword wielder is equivalent to the candidate sword wielder. 'Sword' has a special meaning. Only eleven families can control it, and the sword wielder only holds it in their place."

"When my brother Moore climbed to level 32, he was actually two steps away from reaching the top! In addition to making great contributions and being recognized by at least half of the swordsmen, he had to become the swordsman of a certain family first, because Level 33 will only be selected from among the swordsmen! This is a contract game for the seniors."

Old Wang pondered: "A sword holder of a certain family? A family representative..."

Evil Dragon said: "That's it... Usually, major families will choose relatives, but if relatives are not strong enough to become nirvanas, they can only choose outsiders."

"In this case, the title of sword holder will be awarded to the opponent through marriage. This is equivalent to pulling the opponent into his own family, or letting the family run for election!"

"After hundreds of years, the sword masters have changed one after another, but the family will always be the eleven!"

"That's why I said that the most important thing for promotion to level 33 is loyalty."

Pharaoh asked, "Why do you have to be a Nirvana?"

The evil dragon smiled and said: "Being at level 33 does not require a nirvana. But nirvanas are strong and long-lived. If the major families choose swordsmen, they must choose the ones who live longer..."

"In this way, once the selected people are promoted, they can be the Swordsman Family for decades, or even hundreds of years."

Lao Wang and others sighed that this was simply an alliance of nobles.

The Illuminati will always have only eleven families in power, only few, not many.

Right now, Detroit has a person from the Sword Family, although that woman is only level 10.

But this is equivalent to the nobles in the Illuminati, and the hidden connections are amazing.

"Three swords hang in her house, indicating that they are relatives of the nine current sword holders."

"Hua Xu, have you figured it out? How exactly did you subdue her?" Adams asked.

...