Hellfire was famous in Saint George, and it could be said to be a household name.
Its history could be traced back to the time when the St. George slums had just appeared. Most of its earliest members were retired soldiers from the Barbaro Army. Because of their poverty, they embarked on the path of no return and gradually developed to the scale of today's organization.
Hellfire had more than a quarter of the territory in the San George slums, and the activities of its members were far more than that. Someone once said that at least 20% of the criminal activities in San George were related to Hellfire.
Hellfire had fought with the Barbaro Army many times and repelled the latter's clean-up of the San George slums. It had a high prestige among the residents of the slums.
This was the reason why Zhang Yaoming and Detective Tang found it very difficult to deal with.
Although Zhang Yaoming had called the police and locked onto the kidnappers through the surveillance video, it was impossible to expect the Western District Police Department to send people to rescue Gu Kai and Zhang Wei because no military police dared to go deep into the territory controlled by Hellfire.
"I don't know how they offended Hellfire …"
President Chen of the Chinatown Self-Management Association sighed. "Chinatown has an agreement with the gangs in the slums, including Hellfire. Under normal circumstances, they will not affect our daily lives. It has always been good before."
The so-called agreement was naturally to pay protection fees. Chinatown was adjacent to the San George slums. If they did not give benefits to the local gangs, they would not have a peaceful life.
Zuo Yi thought for a while and asked, "Then what are you going to do now?"
Miss Sun said, "We, the Huaixia Hall, have already found a middleman to negotiate with Hellfire. We will first find out what is going on and then find a way to rescue them."
Zuo Yi nodded.
Miss Sun looked very mysterious and was an Extraordinary. However, he had some understanding of the Huaixia Hall.
The predecessor of the Huaixia Hall was the Royalist Party of Da Xia. When the government of Da Xia changed, there was a bloody storm. The Royalist Party and the Reformist Party fought each other until rivers of blood flowed. At one point, the foundation of the country was shaken and it was almost taken advantage of by foreign enemies.
In the face of national crisis, the royal family was forced to abdicate and no longer held the power of the country. This allowed Da Xia to enter a new era.
From the perspective of today, the civil war between the two parties at that time was of great significance to Da Xia. The victory of the reform party saved this decaying country, and it was reborn from the ashes and cast its glory again.
However, it was very miserable for the losers. The remnants of the royalists who had suffered heavy losses were afraid of being cleaned up. Therefore, they all fled overseas, including Huaixia Palace.
Zuo Yi had a very high level of authority in the Super Supervisory Authority and could access a lot of confidential information. In his free time, he often flipped through the database, so he knew a lot of inside information.
In fact, Huaixia Hall was very good. It had always been committed to uniting overseas Chinese and protecting the interests of Da Xia immigrants. Unlike some factions, which viewed the new Da Xia immigrants as their enemies and did some undesirable things.
Ring ring ring!
At this moment, the phone on the table in front of Zhang Yaoming suddenly rang.
He quickly picked up the phone. "Hello?"
Soon enough, Zhang Yaoming's face changed and he spoke to the man in a hurried tone.
Zuo Yi could not understand what he was saying. He guessed that he was speaking Portuguese.
Portuguese was the official language of Barbaro. In addition, English was also very popular in this country. Most people knew both languages.
After hanging up, he said, "It's the people from Hellfire. They asked me to prepare a million dollars in cash for the ransom."
"F * ck!"
Detective Tang cursed. "Why don't they just rob us?"
The ransom price was a little too much. After all, Gu Kai and Zhang Wei were not rich people. Both of them did not have a million dollars in total.
However, the kidnappers from Hellfire were extorting Zhang Yaoming.
Director Chen and Miss Sun looked at each other.
"When is the deal?"
Zuo Yi looked indifferent. "Is he okay?"
"I asked."
Zhang Yaoming said angrily. "They asked me to prepare the money before contacting them. As long as I give them the money, everything will be fine. However, they only gave me 12 hours to raise the money. If I exceed the time, I will be responsible for the consequences!"
He had been developing in Saint George for so many years. His business was quite successful and he had a net worth of tens of millions.
However, it would be difficult to come up with a million dollars in cash.
Zhang Yaoming looked at Director Chen.
If the Chinatown Management Association came forward, it would not be a problem to raise the ransom within 12 hours.
"That's fine."
Zuo Yi said without hesitation. "I'll pay the million dollars."
As he said that, he opened the backpack at his feet and took out Teck. Then, he fumbled around and took out bundles of US dollar bills and placed them on the table.
Of course, the money was taken out from the Space Ring. In terms of the amount in the inventory, it was only a drizzle.
However, Zhang Yaoming and the other two were shocked.
Who would have thought that Zuo Yi would carry so many US dollars with him? It was as if he knew in advance.
After taking out a full million dollars, Zuo Yi stuffed Teck back into the backpack and said to Zhang Yaoming, "Call them and tell them the money is ready. Ask them when the ransom will be done and they must ensure the safety of the hostage."
Zhang Yaoming picked up the phone again in a daze.
"Don't call!"
Before Zhang Yaoming could dial the number, a burly man suddenly barged into the private room with his men and said in a deep voice, "I already know who the kidnapper is. Exchanging the hostage with ransom is the stupidest way to solve this!"
Miss Sun frowned and stood up to ask, "Senior Gao, why are you here?"
"I'm here to stop you from doing stupid things!"
The burly man waved his hand and said, "The ones who kidnapped Boss Gu and his wife are Hellfire Iron Fist Paul's men. We have to show them a strong stance. Otherwise, after tasting the sweetness, there will be a next time. We can forget about living a peaceful life in the future!"
The faces of Zhang Yaoming and the other two changed simultaneously, fear appearing in their eyes.
"Iron Fist Paul …"
Zuo Yi asked calmly, "Is he very powerful?"
Miss Sun hesitated for a moment and said, "Iron Fist Paul is one of the seven leaders of Hellfire. He's also a member of Golden Mask."
Golden Mask was the name of Tisland's Transcendent Federation, representing the largest and strongest transcendent force in South America. Not only was Iron Fist Paul a powerful Transcendent, but he was also the representative of Hellfire's new generation of forces.
Iron Fist Paul was born in the slums of Saint George. At a young age, he had grasped a group of people who dared to fight. He had a lot of authority in Hellfire and was ruthless and unscrupulous. However, he had a very high prestige.
Therefore, when Zhang Yaoming and the other two knew that Iron Fist Paul's men were the ones who kidnapped Gu Kai and Zhang Wei, they felt that it was very troublesome.
The burly man's attitude was very clear. He would never compromise!
He was full of confidence, "Iron Fist Paul is very powerful, but our Huaixia Clan is not to be trifled with!"
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