BIA Ch. 43

Anyway, why did you reuse that name that you hated so much?

After reading the report, I was more curious about that than anything else. Did you give up because you thought you would still be called Isaiah even if you gave it a different name? Your adoptive father’s name is also Joseph, so did you just wanted to start a faithful new family with a familiar name.

Anyway, I felt like I knew Chester’s intentions. I’m afraid of starting a war with the Martino family, but I can’t just leave it at that. For now, avoid an all-out war with the Martino family by using external personnel, but if you talk about mafia rules within the organization and talk about expulsion, he should say, ‘What are you talking about? This guy is clearly a member of our family. He is my lover and family, so how can he not be our family?’

It’s really shallow. Blindfolded and in shallow water, it was exactly what Chester would do. But this was only possible if there was some belief. He did it because he knew his father would turn a blind eye to some extent, and it wouldn’t have been possible if he had been a member of another organization.

The problem was whether Chester would end up driving out the Martino family.

6029486: Otherwise?

6072351: Now they will target me.

Edgar Derby jumped up and said that this was nonsense.

6029486: The reason he didn’t send Lanius back right away was because he was afraid that there would be people like you who would be suspicious of a male lover. He wanted to somehow show that he had nothing to do with the Martino gang incident. Even Chester won’t be able to lay a hand on you. Because Cedric won’t stay still.

Like all mafia organizations, the Kalisz Family had some rules that must be followed. It is usually called the brothers’ oath, but after the Dipronet incident, there was a small change in the brothers’ oath. The fourth oath, ‘Brothers will never quarrel’, was moved to the second, and the rather strong tone was changed to ‘Disputes within the organization will not be permitted under any circumstances, and anyone who breaks this will be expelled without exception.’ It will. Of course, the first oath was and still is, ‘I will unconditionally obey the boss’ orders, including all of the following.’

Edgar Derby seemed to believe in the power of that simple oath, but I thought differently. Cedric knew that Chester was using external force to drive out Martino’s group, but he tolerated it. Perhaps Chester dealt with Martino’s gang first to test his father’s reaction. Isaiah Cole was the most expensive of WD’s snipers. There was no way they would have paid that much money to hire just a few small children.

6029486: Hmm, you have a point.

Still, let’s wait and see, Edgar Derby said. After being nominated as the candidate for head of the FBI’s Eloy branch, Edgar Derby became, to put it in a good way, more cautious than before, but to put it in a bad way, he became more passive.

However, there wasn’t really a better solution. In the current situation, if I killed Chester out of curiosity alone, it was clear that the arrow would eventually point towards me. Cedric’s anger was anger, but it was an act of giving justification to those below him.

From their perspective, I was a rock that had been rolled over. He is the main culprit who destroyed the Kalisz’s pride in representing an authentic Irish mob after only three generations. There are suspicions that such a person even dealt with the son who inherited the boss’s blood? There was no way those who considered me a thorn in their eyes would miss that opportunity. Meanwhile, they will go to Cedric and talk to the guys below him. The atmosphere in the organization is unusual. Whatever the truth, it is right to remove the seeds of conflict in order to settle things. Of course, there was no guarantee that Cedric would accept that. But again, I didn’t know. Because no one can know what judgment a father who is blaming himself for losing his son will make.

In the end, I liked it or not, but I had no choice but to pray for Chester to be safe until I completely took over as boss.

More than anything, I didn’t want to put Isaiah Cole in danger. If he points a gun directly at me, then there’s nothing I can do, but he hasn’t even touched a single hair on me yet. At least so far.

6072351: How about collaborating with WD?

6029486: How?

6072351: We’re on an operation, so get out of here.

6029486: It’s impossible. There’s no way they would hear us.

I guess so. During the White Dove era, it was used in our operations instead of S.W.A.T., but after the leadership changed and it was reduced to a contract killing company, the current WD was only focused on making money. If you rented the team’s best sniper for several months instead of other personnel, the commission cost would have been enormous, and you wouldn’t want to give it back. In order to add a penalty, bankruptcy was inevitable given WD’s current financial situation.

One way or another, I had no choice but to watch Isaiah Cole. It was a little frustrating, but surprisingly it wasn’t that bad. There was definitely a difference between seeing it without knowing and seeing it with knowledge. If everything was suspicious when you didn’t know it, now that you know the identity of this guy, what can I say, it’s a little strange. I even felt proud inside. Thinking about how that skinny little boy had grown up so much and how he had managed to become an adult without dying, I even felt like praising him for being so amazing. Of course, that would be the end. Before that, he didn’t even seem to remember me.

Isaiah Cole toured our organization’s businesses with Chester during the day. There wasn’t really anything to do, all he did was stick next to Chester and show me, ‘I’m your boss’s son’s lover.’ However, it wasn’t like there was any serious skinship. Chester simply wrapped his arms around Isaiah Cole’s waist and occasionally massaged his buttocks. It was natural. Because Chester is not gay. Since he said he has had sex with a man, it could be said that he is bisexual, but if you listen to the story, it wasn’t even sex. It was closer to mounting. Chester was the simpleton who felt superior and took pleasure in making up for his lack of self-esteem through such actions.

At first, the two came in together as one, but in the middle they always had a short argument over trivial things, and eventually they left separately. Although they pretended to be lovers according to the contract, it seemed like they couldn’t stand each other.

Isaiah Cole, who broke up with Chester, went to Mountain Dog most of the time. If there was a guy he liked, he would go out with him. Otherwise, he would drink two glasses of ginger ale, sit at the bar table, and then go home.

Occasionally there was a man sitting next to him and chatting briefly with him. The man in his 50s, short and thin and always wearing a shabby bomber jacket, was not gay by anyone’s standards. Of course, it wasn’t just gay people who came to Mountain Dog. Some people came to drink and some came to take drugs. The man was the latter.

What I thought was strange was that Isaiah Cole consistently received the man’s greetings. If a guy wasn’t his type, he wouldn’t even look at you when you talked to him, or he would just tell you to fuck off in an irritated tone. However, when the man spoke to him, he always answered even though he made a face like he was dying of annoyance.

6318740 : That’s probably Robin. Lanius’ partner.

In the U.S. Navy, sniper infantry primarily operates in teams. A team usually consists of two people: a sniper and a spotter^[1]. White Dove followed the same structure as a mercenary company created by former Navy SEALs.

During the White Dove era, Robin was a spotter who boasted accurate observations and cool-headed judgment that no one could match. However, as he got older, his mistakes increased, and when he eventually failed to carry out his duties due to his own mistakes, he started turning to medicine.

6318740: At first, it must have been low-dose hypnotics. Those, if the dosage is managed well, can make a person very calm. But the fatal flaw is that most people can’t manage the dosage well.

And most drug addicts who start with that type of drug have no choice but to try other drugs in search of stronger stimulation.

I was curious as to why a weakling with such poor observation skills was chosen as a partner for the Lanius. Isn’t it common sense to assign the best spotter to the best sniper on a team?

6318740: Because there is no need for a spotter. He even takes care of his role as a spotter.

6372529 : Hmm.

6318740: That’s an excuse. It’s actually a surveillance station.

6372529: Surveillance station?

6318740 : Jacana collapsed a few years ago and is unconscious. It seems like most of the money Lanius earns is being spent on hospital bills.

WD thought that since the relationship was not biological, he could break it off at any time and run away. Edgar Derby said that it seemed like it was installed as a surveillance station, but I didn’t understand that either. Why did they think he would run away?

6318740: Then what would be so good about sticking around?

When I didn’t respond, only Edgar Derby’s messages appeared one after another in our chat room.

6318740: Why do most snipers retire before they turn 40? Because the hit rate is low? no. Because they couldn’t bear it. It seems like Lanius is still tied to WD out of loyalty to Jacana.

That’s such a pity.

I wrote those words in the chat window and deleted them.

It seems that even the gun was not his salvation.

Edgar Derby and I each maintained a lukewarm attitude thereafter. Edgar Derby did it because he was trying to protect himself, and I probably did it because of the memories of my days at the orphanage. That was certainly the case until Irina died.