When Hardy and Mike arrived at the hospital, several people at the door stood up immediately. Mike said to the person in charge, a team leader of the family, "I brought a friend to visit my father."

Hardy came into the room.

The old godfather was lying on the bed with an IV bottle hanging on his hand, his eyes tightly closed, and his hair, which had been neatly combed, was now a little messy.

before.

Every time Hardy saw the old Godfather, he felt that he was like a lion.

Majestic and steady.

Now the lion is injured.

Mike walked to the bed, held his father's hand in his, and whispered, "Father, I'm worried about your safety, so I called Hardy from Los Angeles."

Hardy also walked to the bedside, touched the old godfather's hand and said, "Mr. Vito, I believe you will get better. Don't worry about Mike. I will do my best to help him. The crisis will definitely pass."

I don’t know if the old godfather heard what Hardy said.

The old godfather's eyelids seemed to move.

Hardy left Leo's combat team to guard the hospital and asked for a room next to the old Godfather's ward. With Leo's team there, they were not afraid even if the enemy sent thirty or forty people to attack the hospital.

The team leader in charge of the hospital was a little surprised.

"Mike, who are these people?"

"They are my company's security personnel. I asked them to stay to protect my father." Mike said.

"We are enough here," said the captain.

"This is out of my filial piety. I hope you understand. I will tell my brother that it will be safer with more people. You can also take turns to rest. Besides, they are professional security personnel." Mike was firm.

The team leader opened his mouth but said nothing. Although Mike had not been involved in the Corrion family's affairs before, he was a member of the Corrion family after all.

After arranging the rear, Hardy felt half relieved.

All that remains is to attack.

Hardy asked Mike to provide someone who was familiar with the local environment and the situation of the other four major families in New York, but Mike really didn't have a suitable person at the moment.

He had always rejected the family business and was unwilling to get involved in gang affairs. He wanted to be an upright businessman and politician.

Now that the family has suddenly encountered changes, he suddenly feels that he has too little power in his hands, and that his previous self was indeed a bit immature.

"Hardy, do you think it's appropriate for me to borrow people from the family? Will it affect you?" Mike asked.

"We will eventually get in touch. Who are you going to borrow someone from?" Hardy asked.

"Uncle Clementa, he is one of the military commanders under my father and controls half of the family's power. I have a good relationship with him on weekdays. It was him that I asked to deal with the singer last time." Mike said.

The fat Italian man immediately came to Hardy's mind.

He would be panting and sweating profusely after just a few dances at a party, but he is one of the most powerful people in the Corrion Family.

The Corrion Family had two great legion commanders, one was Clemencea and the other was Tessio. He remembered that Tessio had betrayed the new Godfather Michael in the end, while Clemencea had always been loyal.

"You can ask Clementa to borrow someone, but you have to tell him that this matter must be kept secret for the time being, because I suspect that your family is not stable internally. If what we have done is leaked, it will have an impact on our future actions." Hardy said.

"I understand. I'll call Uncle Clementza right away," Mike said.

Clementa is still in the Corrion family estate, Sonny is still discussing how to take revenge, military advisor Tom has been objecting, Tessio has remained silent, and Clementa looks at everyone. He has already sensed that the family's atmosphere is a little subtle.

When the old Godfather was here, everyone was suppressed. Now that the old Godfather is seriously injured, many people have their own thoughts.

Is Sonny eager to take revenge because he loves his father or because he is eager to establish his position in the Corrion Family?

When Tom was captured by Sollozzo before, did they reach some kind of agreement in private?

Tessio has a fierce and tough personality. Why did he remain silent this time? What did he think?

Clementa suddenly felt that the Corrion Family was in danger of collapse. If this incident was not handled properly, the Corrion Family might be in danger of collapse.

The most important thing is that Sonny's performance made Clementza feel a little disappointed. He was too obvious in his struggle for power. It was obvious that he was afraid that Tom would take the throne, so he was eager for revenge.

Tom is the family strategist and the adopted son of the Godfather. According to the tradition of Mafia families, when something happens to the Godfather, family affairs are often taken care of by the second-in-command or the strategist. With Tom's status, he has great ability to compete for the position of the new Godfather.

"Ring, ring, ring~!"

Just then the phone in the living room rang.

One of the men picked up the phone.

Soon he came to the study, "Clemensa, there's a call for you. It's Mike."

When they heard it was Mike's call, everyone else ignored it and continued discussing.

Clementa struggled to get up, holding onto the armrest of the sofa, and walked to the living room to answer the phone. "Yeah, yeah, okay, I got it."

Clementa returned to the study and Sonny looked at him. "What's the matter with Mike calling?"

Clement shook his fat head. "He told me that he sent several security guards from the TV factory to the hospital to protect Vito's safety."

Sonny curled his lips. "Does he think this is just a game? What effect can sending a few security guards have? It's nothing more than showing his concern for his father."

They discussed for a while, but still had different opinions. Finally, Sonny had to adjourn the meeting to see what the other party was going to do.

Clementa got into his car and drove towards the outskirts of the city without telling the driver to go home.

On a road on the outskirts of the city, Clemencea saw a row of cars parked on the side of the road. He felt a little confused, but he felt relieved when he saw Mike.

After getting off the car and meeting Mike, Mike introduced Hardy to Clementza, "Jon Hardy, you should have met him."

Clementa naturally knew Hardy, and he stretched out his fat hand to shake Hardy's hand. He said in surprise, "Isn't Mr. Hardy in Los Angeles? Why are you in New York?"

"I asked him to help. I always felt that this matter was not simple and the Corrion family needed more protection." Mike said.

"Uncle Clementa, Hardy has brought people to help, but they are not very familiar with the situation in New York. I hope you can send some people who are familiar with the local environment and other families to assist them."

"Also, this matter needs to be kept secret. If other family members knew about it, I'm afraid it would leak out."

Clementa suddenly felt that Mike was a man of deep thoughts, and that he could see through the current situation better than Sonny.

The fat man nodded.

"No problem. I can send 10 people to cooperate with them. I will instruct them not to contact anyone else during this period and not to spread any information. They will all be under the responsibility of Mr. Hardy until the matter is over." Clementa said.

I have to say that Clementa is a very good person.

......

Ever since the old Godfather was attacked, the Corrion family has been looking for Sollozzo everywhere. Sollozzo is very cautious and no one knows where he is hiding.

Henry and his men targeted the sheriff, whose name was McLowski. He had some power in the police department. If it weren't for his status, such a person would never be able to appear on the stage and would be a bodyguard at best.

Two telephone company maintenance personnel came to Sheriff McLowski's home today. Since this morning, the McLowskis have always felt noise when they make phone calls. In fact, they don't know that the noise is caused by people in the intelligence room.

After the repair was completed, the conversation became clear and no one knew that a wiretap had been installed in the sheriff's phone.

Phone taps were definitely high-tech in this era, and only the military and the FBI had them, but Hardy used them to deal with gangs.

The four major families are the focus of surveillance.

In the communities near the four major families, maintenance personnel also appeared on the telephone lines. The intelligence room personnel connected to the line boxes and conducted experiments one by one, saying that they were repairmen from the telephone company and asked who they were. It didn't take long before they found the telephone lines of these families.

It was only 1947, and no one would have thought that such detective techniques would be used on them.

In previous battles, we sent undercover agents and spies, but now we don’t need to do that. We can just use high-tech warfare.

From the first day of the establishment of the intelligence room, Hardy told them that they must use the most advanced technology in the world. When dealing with robbers in Los Angeles last year, HD security used walkie-talkies, which shocked many people at the time.

......

Michael returns to the Corrion home.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Sonny and Tom arguing.

"Sonny, you are too impulsive. Father won't like this. You will make things out of control if you do that." Tom shouted.

Sonny pointed his finger at Tom and said loudly, "Tom, I don't need you to preach to me. Negotiation is absolutely impossible. I have already sent people out. As long as that Sollozzo shows up, I will kill him immediately."

"They killed my father and then tried to do it again in the hospital. This is absolutely unforgivable."

"Sonny, if you take action against Sollozzo, it will be tantamount to declaring war on other families, which is something father does not want to see," said Tom.

"My father is in the hospital now. Who did it? It was that bastard Sollozzo. Other families also contributed to this. The Corrion family is not afraid of going to war."

Sonny said this very forcefully.

Mike watched Sonny and Tom quarreling with cold eyes. He wanted to say that now was not the time to quarrel, but how to stabilize the family, see the situation clearly, and then make a unified deployment. Only then could the Corrion family survive this crisis.

Killing is not just for revenge.

Negotiation is not compromise.

But he felt that both Sonny and Tom were lost in their own thoughts, one because of his temper, the other because of his weakness.

Mike was a little irritated.

Even if I were to make the decision myself, the family wouldn't be in such chaos.

He left Corion Estate and returned to his home.

But I just fell asleep in the middle of the night,

He was suddenly awakened by the ringing of the phone. He looked up at the time. It was 4:30 in the morning and it was still dark outside.

"Mike, this is Henry. I have news for you. Just a few minutes ago, your brother Sonny sent someone to kill Bruno, the son of Philip, the patriarch of the Tattaglia family."

Mike woke up with a start.