Mike returned to the Corian Manor. Sonny, Tom, Tessio, Clementa and others were waiting for him. As soon as Mike entered the door, several people surrounded him.

"Mike, how was the talk?" Tom asked.

Mike picked up the cup on the table, poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip and said, "Sorzo and the sheriff, as well as the men they brought with them, were all killed in the explosion."

Everyone in the room was shocked.

"What, killed in the explosion, what happened?" Sonny asked quickly.

Others were also full of doubts.

Mike glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "That Sollozzo tried to kill my father twice. They won't let it go. For my father's safety, I must kill him!"

"You, how did you do that?" Tom asked in surprise.

"After talking to the other party, I left the restaurant. I arranged for people to shoot at the restaurant with machine guns, and then threw a few bombs in, blowing everyone in the restaurant into meat paste." Mike said.

Sonny looked at his brother in disbelief.

Tom looked shocked.

Tessio frowned deeply.

Clement's eyes moved and he immediately thought of Hardy.

"Mike, where are you from? Don't tell me I'm your security guard in the factory?" Sonny asked in surprise.

"I pay for the hired help." Mike gave the simplest answer.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. What we should discuss now is how to deal with what happens next." Mike said.

Tom looked at Mike and said worriedly, "Michael, if you kill the police, you will provoke the entire judicial system, and the network established by the Corrion family will collapse."

Mike shook his head. "No, it's not that serious. The sheriff is hanging out with drug dealers. He's no longer a good policeman. Tom, don't we have connections at the newspaper? Call the people at the newspaper and tell them that the sheriff is hanging out with drug dealers and is a cancer to the police department. Then no one will care whether he lives or dies."

Tom thought for a moment and said, "I'll call the people at the newspaper. They should know what to write."

"What about the murder? The police will look for Mike," said Tessio.

Mike shrugged nonchalantly, "I had already left the restaurant before the attack. No one can prove that I was the one who did it, and it was definitely not me. People will speculate that it was the Corrion Family, but there is no evidence to prove that I committed a crime."

Tom is a lawyer himself, and he nodded after hearing what Mike said.

"The police will certainly suspect Mike, but without evidence that he did it, they can't do anything to him."

"How do you think the other families will react? Will they go to war with us directly?" Sonny asked.

Tom said nothing.

Tessio also remained silent.

Mike spoke again: "Sonny, I think you should call the heads of the various families and tell them the Corrion Family's point of view. You don't have to promise them anything now. You can say that the Corrion Family can discuss many things, but we have to wait until my father gets better."

"If someone wants to take action, the Corrion family has the power to destroy any family."

Michael paused for a moment and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, let Tom call the Tatakia family."

Sonny killed someone's son. Now the patriarch of the Tattaglia family is furious and thinking about revenge. If Sonny calls him, the two of them might have a falling out.

Everyone nodded.

Tom looked at Mike and his eyes changed. He felt like he didn't recognize this little brother anymore. Although Mike had been a little rebellious since he was a child, he had not shown any outstanding leadership or ability to deal with events.

But this time he acted swiftly and decisively, and he also thought of every detail afterward.

He saw the shadow of the old Godfather in Mike.

Clemencea smiled and nodded at Mike, thinking that Mike did a great job this time. His behavior seemed reckless, but it perfectly resolved the Corrion family's current crisis and led things in another direction.

Tessio also had a new impression of Mike.

Everyone went about their business, while Mike went to the old godfather's study and sat in his chair again.

He didn't think about what happened before, because those were already in the past. He was thinking about Hardy. From the time Hardy received his request for help and rushed over from Los Angeles to the time he killed Sollozzo, only three or four days had passed. However, Hardy was able to sort out the clearest clues from the complicated events and make accurate judgments.

Mike admires this from the bottom of his heart.

And the solutions he discussed with Sonny, Tom and the others before, contacting the newspaper and calling other family patriarchs, were actually told to him by Hardy when they were chatting, and he just copied them and told everyone.

Compared with Hardy,

I still have a lot to learn and improve.

......

The next day.

All major newspapers reported the machine gun attack and bombing that occurred in a restaurant yesterday. It was around 9 o'clock in the evening and there were many passers-by on the road, so it was not difficult to understand the situation.

New York Daily News:

"Two cars stopped at the door of the restaurant, and gun barrels were extended from the windows. They fired wildly at the restaurant, and then threw explosives into the restaurant. Everyone in the restaurant was killed on the spot. The scene was bloody and tragic."

"This newspaper found the restaurant owner. In this attack, the owner and the restaurant staff were not injured. They said that a few minutes before the attack, someone came to the kitchen and forced them to leave the kitchen and go to the back alley with money. Then the explosion occurred."

"According to the police, one of the dead was a police officer named McLowski, who was the sergeant of the Third Street Police Station in Brooklyn. The police have not disclosed other details for the time being."

The New York Times:

"This was a brutal attack. Judging from what has happened in New York during this period, it is likely to be a gang vendetta. Such vendettas should be stopped, otherwise New York will fall into panic."

The New York World:

"According to sources, this attack may be related to the attack on the patriarch of the Corrion family a few days ago. The deceased has been confirmed to be a drug dealer from Turkey to New York. The sheriff named McLowski has been in contact with the drug dealer for some time. It is said that McLowski usually accepts bribes..."

......

The police came to Corrion's home and took Mike away. Mike was questioned at the police station and accompanied by a lawyer.

Mike frankly admitted that he had dinner with Sollozzo and Sheriff McLowski last night and that they invited him.

"What were you talking about?" the policeman asked.

"Business. Sollozzo wants to buy a batch of televisions to ship to Türkiye and sell them. That's what we were talking about."

Everyone knows that Mike is the boss of Mebel Television Company, so there is nothing wrong with talking about television sales.

"Did any conflict occur that night?" the police asked again.

Mike smiled and said, "Officer, they want to buy TVs and I sell TVs. How can there be any conflict between us?"

"You didn't talk about anything else, like the family business," the policeman asked.

Before Mike could speak, the lawyer next to him immediately stood up and said sternly, "Mr. Officer, please be careful with your words. Your questioning seems to be misleading my client. I will file a complaint against you."

"My client is a legitimate businessman with no criminal record. He participated in the anti-fascist war and received a war hero medal. No one can convict him because of his surname."

The police officer in charge of questioning raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, just pretend I didn't ask that question."

"After you met that night, when did you leave, and what happened after you left?"

"After we had almost discussed it, I chose to leave and went home. As for what happened afterwards, I still learned about it from the newspaper." Mike kept himself unusually clean.

"So you don't know who attacked Sollozzo and McLowski?"

Mike shrugged. "Of course I don't know. Do I need to know?"

Accept the inquiry.

Mike and his lawyer left the police station.

Although everyone suspected that the Corrion family was responsible for this, there was no evidence.

The United States is a country that values ​​evidence. Without evidence, you can't do anything to him even if he did it.

Moreover, passers-by also confirmed that Mike did leave the restaurant, got into a car and left. A few minutes after he left, two cars came and attacked the restaurant. No one saw Mike actually take action.

Even if this was done by the Corrion family, it was not done by Michael, and there was no need for him to do it personally.

......

The patriarchs of the four major families received calls from Sonny and Tom last night. The meaning was very clear: the Corrion family would never tolerate attacks on the old godfather and would definitely retaliate. This is also the tradition of the Cicillines.

As for business matters, we can discuss them, but we have to wait until the old godfather gets better.

The bombs dropped last night did shock a number of people. No one was willing to fight the Corrion family and risk their own family.

The original purpose of establishing the Mafia Commission was to resolve disputes between the Mafia families.

The patriarch of the Basini family, who was considered the real mastermind behind this incident, thought for a long time after hanging up the phone, and finally called several other family patriarchs.

Let's put the conflict aside for now and wait until Vito Corrion recovers.

Henry came to Hardy's room with a stack of manuscript paper.

"Boss, I want to report to you about the surveillance situation."

"According to comprehensive analysis, the first family to contact Sollozzo and fully support him was the Tataglia family. The Tataglia family's investments in the past two years have been relatively unsuccessful, and several projects have lost money, so they are eager to make money through the drug business."

"Philip began to connect with other families in New York, as well as families based in other cities, such as Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, etc., to prepare to do this business together."

"They wanted to gain access to Mr. Vito's political resources, so they forced him to submit. Of course, some families also wanted to annex the Corrion family to strengthen themselves."

Hardy had already known about these situations after watching the movie The Godfather. Now after listening to Henry's report, he understood their situation even better.

"Boss, we also heard some interesting information during the monitoring. For example, the head of the Basini family called a director of the military's logistics support bureau and bribed him to buy obsolete transport aircraft and set up an air transport company."

Hardy got the idea.

"Is the US military preparing to eliminate a batch of transport aircraft, Henry? Do you want to find out about this news? Didn't you say before that we also need a few planes? If this is the case, we would also like to buy a few." Hardy instructed Henry.

"Okay, I'll try to find out." Henry replied.