Manhattan Reborn 1978

New Jersey.

The training base of the security company.

Cohen, who stayed on purpose, looked at the 12 people sitting or standing in the office and smiled.

"I don't know all your names, and you don't have to tell me."

"Before each of you came here, I made my words very clear~"

"From now on, your team members must use code names and nicknames no matter where they are, and they must develop a habit~"

"You are not allowed to have anything on you that identifies you."

"You won't be stationed here for a long time either."

"We are starting to establish new footholds in several southern states."

"After everything is done over there, you will go there to perform the mission, then settle in the new location and wait for the mission~"

"Of course, you can also leave your base for a short while while waiting."

"But you must know that anyone who reveals the secrets of his or her identity or mission will be considered a traitor~"

Cohen lit a cigarette for himself, stood up and walked to the door, looked at the busy workers in the distance, and said softly.

"In today's China, there are already many mercenary teams like yours whose identities are kept secret~"

"Their relatively mature set of management rules and regulations, in my opinion, are too rigid and impersonal~"

"I hope you... can cherish this opportunity, don't embarrass us, and don't do stupid things!"

"That kind of ending is not good-looking for us, let alone uncomfortable!"

The 12 people in the office looked at each other and remained silent.

Cohen took a few puffs from the cigarette in his hand, threw the cigarette butt at his feet, stamped it out, and continued.

"Okay~"

"I've finished talking about what should be said and what shouldn't be said~"

"Go back and change your clothes. Today is Halloween and New York will be very lively~"

"I'll take you... for a spin~!"

----

new York.

Manhattan, at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street.

David got out of the car, looked at the large group of busy people in the distance, waved to Giovanni and said.

"I'll wait for you here. You go find an acquaintance and ask him to come over and I'll ask about the specific situation."

"ok~"

Giovanni nodded to Mike Bai and Ravis, and walked towards a newly built temporary field on the street in the distance.

10 minute later.

David, who was chatting and laughing with Mike Bai and Ravis by the car, saw Giovanni walking over with his new assistant Agel MacFarlane.

Agel MacFarlane, whose suit was a little messy, walked quickly to David and said with a smile.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

"Haha~ don't be nervous!"

"You just came to work here, and I asked you to work overtime all night... I didn't even have time to say sorry to you."

McFarlane looked down at the clothes on his body, waved his hands and smiled: "Maggie and Leon taught me a lot, but I think there is more to learn."

"Haha~ It doesn't matter, take your time!"

"After tonight, I will give you a day off tomorrow. Come back to work after you have rested~"

"...Okay~"

"Well~ tell me, how are you preparing now?"

McFarland followed David's gaze, looked back, and smiled: "It went very well~"

"The announcement from the government said that tonight's grand parade will gather at 19:20 and the parade will officially start at [-]:[-]. The whole process will take about two hours."

"The intersection of 23rd Street behind us is the official end of the parade."

"However, those who participated in the parade will definitely not disperse directly as per the official wishes~"

"So, we set up a larger surprise blind box sales point at the end of the parade."

As he spoke, McFarland took out a folded map from his pocket.

He opened the map, laid it on the car behind David, pointed to a point in lower Manhattan, and explained.

"This is near Greenwich Village and is also the gathering place for people participating in the Grand Parade~"

"They will start from here, Spring Street, and go north along Sixth Avenue until...here, which is where we end at the 23rd Street intersection."

"The billboards we plan to set up along the way will be completed within an hour from 16:17 to [-]:[-]."

"In addition, we have set up blind box sales points for the audience, scattered here, here and here, etc., a total of ten..."

"..."

David looked at the map and after listening to McFarlane's introduction, he nodded with satisfaction and smiled.

"This plan can be completed in a short period of time..."

David said a few official polite words and praised McFarlane and the others for their efforts.

Then he asked about the security work of the event and the preparations for the floats participating in the parade.

MacFarlane answered these questions one by one. After listening, David smacked his lips a few times and nodded.

"ok~"

"You go ahead and do your work~ I will also come here to participate in activities in the evening."

"Okay boss~"

McFarlane put away the map, nodded to Mike Bai and the three of them, turned around and left quickly~

David looked at his back, shook his head at the three bodyguards and said with a smile: "Everything is ready, probably... there is no place for me anymore~"

"Let's go, find a place to buy two costumes, and join in the fun together in the evening!"

The second brother Lavis smiled with bright eyes: "What costume do you want? A clown? Or a big lion?"

"Hahaha~ I think David is the most suitable for Little Red Riding Hood!"

"fxxxyou!"

"I... no matter what I say, I have to look like a handsome prince, right?"

"Cut~"

The three bodyguards all gestured with their middle fingers~

David rolled his eyes a few times, smiled evilly, rubbed his chin and said, "I have a good idea!"

"Have you ever heard of the story of an ascetic monk who teamed up with an ape who liked to play with sticks, a pig-head who liked to play with rakes, and an ogre who liked to eat people to team up for adventure?"

"Ape-man? Team up?"

"Uh... I don't know~"

The three idiots who didn't like to read had no idea that David was teasing them. .

"Hmm~ It's okay if you don't know! Haha~"

"Tonight, we will dress up as a team of adventurers and walk around Sixth Avenue, and their audience will also see the world!"

"Get in the car, time is limited, we still need to find props!"

The second brother Lavis and the third brother Giovanni, after hearing David's plan, agreed directly without thinking about it.

Mike Bai, who was very scheming, whispered to David with a sullen face and wide eyes after getting into the car.

"I'll play the ogre... let them play the ape and the pig-headed man!"

David suppressed his laughter, curled his lips and shook his head: "How about that? We... no, you have to draw lots to decide!"

Mike Bai tightened his nose and snorted: "Draw lots... You must participate too!"

"Otherwise I won't participate~"

"Uh... ok!"

"Let's find the costumes and props first..."

David caught a glimpse of his second and third brothers sitting in the front row, and noticed the conversation between the two in the back row. He quickly comforted Mike Bai, and began to think that he would cheat and get it later. .The identity card of the ascetic~

----

The sky is getting dark and night is coming.

The Wildfire Bar, which should have been bustling in the past, had very few customers tonight.

in the bar.

Erica, who was standing at the bar, glanced at the little Zach who was looking at the store with her, and said boredly.

"How long have they been up there?"

"Almost... almost two hours~"

"fxxx!"

"Where have all the guests tonight gone?"

The little Zach shook the beer bottle in his hand and said with a smile: "Why don't you buy a blind box? It only costs a dozen dollars, and you can win the jackpot!"

Erica glanced sideways at the little Zach and said disdainfully: "The probability is one in thousands... I'd better save it~"

"..."

The little Zach glanced around Erica's plump figure, shook his head and smiled, and did not continue to answer.

. . .

Upstairs at Wildfire Bar.

Old Rhett, Heywood, Martha, Jin Ji, Madonna, and Milan, who were supposed to be working in the bar, gathered a few people to sit or stand with David's family, Old David, Sierra's mother, and Malik sisters. , happily waiting for David and the four bodyguards to have their first costume show after getting their role-playing costumes. .

David got the ascetic's identity card as he wished, got himself a set of shabby hole-in-the-wall clothes, put some dark paint on his face, held a Bible in his hand, and walked out of the room pretentiously.

"Hahaha~"

When everyone saw him coming out like this, they burst into laughter.

Susan and Zina, who came out behind David, hugged each other and laughed together like everyone else.

David, who had an expression of compassion on his face, was not affected by the laughter at all and waved the Bible to everyone.

"We are going to that far away...East~"

"We will encounter many difficulties and dangers along the way!"

"But as long as we are determined and work together, we will definitely reach the dream place in our hearts!"

"Ah~ the ignorant people of the world~"

"You will be saved by the Almighty Buddha..."

"...No, it's the Almighty God Allah..."

"Well... that's not right, it's Almighty God, loving redemption..."

"Hahaha~"

David's two new sisters, Sister Malik, leaned on the arms of Mother Sierra, laughing so hard that tears came to their eyes~

The young Madonna and Martha hugged Jin Ji in the middle and hung directly on her, laughing so hard that they could hardly breathe. .

Old David turned his head and smiled at Old Rhett, who was showing off his big white teeth: "This boy... turns out he is not so stupid..."

Old Rhett laughed heartily and said: "He is already smart enough and good enough. He is stupid once in a while... very cute!"

"Cute? Hahaha~"

After David stood there and posed for a while, seeing that the joke was almost done, he turned his head and waved towards the bedroom.

"Where are my...comrades?"

"You guys should also come out and meet everyone~"

The bedroom door.

Zina rubbed her cheeks with her hands, kicked open the bedroom door with her feet, and shouted to the other side: "Come out quickly! Everyone is impatient to wait!"

In the bedroom, the four well-dressed bodyguards looked at me and I looked at you. They gritted their back molars, suppressed laughter, and walked out of the bedroom.

The first one to come out was the third brother Giovanni, his role today. .Ogre!

The second one to come out is Black Mike, his character today. .A stick-playing ape!

The third one to come out is the second brother Lavis, his role today is. .A white horse ridden by a dervish!

The fourth person who came out was Mike Bai. .he. .Well, he is the most unlucky pig-headed man!

That's right~

For each role decided by drawing lots, David only tampered with himself and got the role of the ascetic.

There are four people left~

hehe~

The four bodyguards filed out of the bedroom, their steps and arms waving as if they were broken. .Free and easy.

The four of them stood there neatly, making everyone who had been waiting for a long time stop laughing.

The colorful sticks carried on the shoulders of the ape-man Black Mike were created by the Malick sisters~

The horse heads, pig heads and ogre masks on the heads of Lavis and White Mike were jointly made by Old Rhett, Heywood, Martha and others. .Defective product~

Of course, Susan and Zina also contributed many pieces of their own clothes to create very "fashionable" new Halloween character suits for them.

David held the Bible in his left hand, patted the shoulders of the four bodyguards with his right hand one by one, and said to everyone.

"Brave and wise friends~"

"You are my most..."

"Stop with his nonsense!"

"It's almost time!"

"Ah~? Oh... Well, let's set off!"

"Hahahaha~"

"Oh~ Let's go~"

"Hahaha~ Mike Bai, this pig head of yours... has such a personality~"

"shxx! Don't fuck..."

"Okay, okay~ no more talking! Let's go~ hahaha~"

----

Manhattan.

After everyone finished their dinner hastily, they headed towards Greenwich Village.

The time is approaching 19:30.

Seven or eight blocks away from the destination, traffic was completely paralyzed.

Many vehicles parked directly on the street. After people locked their car doors, they walked in groups in twos and threes toward Greenwich Village.

David and the others also got out of the car. After gathering, they followed the crowd and walked towards the crowded place in the distance, where the Halloween Parade was held.

As David walked, he turned around to summon the one-eyed Andres, asking them to help take care of his family and women.

After some twists and turns.

David and the four bodyguards successfully passed the police checkpoint and entered the parade composed of various "demons and ghosts".

The crowds participating in the parade were crowded with men, women, old and young - tall, short, fat, thin, black, white, beautiful and ugly. .

People’s costumes tonight are also all kinds of strange and creative~

Various terrifying masks and weird facial makeup made the crowd around David look like the main venue where demons were dancing. .Make him feel dazzled~

Ravis took off the mask on his head and happily pulled David and others towards a parade float that looked very sci-fi.

David followed a few people, looking at the explosive figure of the young lady wearing a blood-stained nurse uniform on the left; and looking at the one wearing a witch costume and a high hat on the right. .Big sister~?

cough~

If she had a magic wand or a flying broom in her hand, she would be a bloated old villain witch. .

When several people finally squeezed a way and arrived at the float, David discovered that the driver's door of this modified float had a large advertising sticker with the logo of the advertising company clearly posted on it. .

It seems. .Is this a float made by my family?

Mike Bai stuck the pig-headed mask on his forehead, put his arm around David's shoulders and smiled: "With your plan this time, Ludy and Polly are so busy that they can hardly eat~"

"Looking at it now, the effect seems to be good?~"

David stared at the logo of the advertising company and nodded.

Then he stood on tiptoes and looked from the front and back of the float.

Seeing that little David couldn't see the parade of floats in front and behind him even if he tried his best to stand on tiptoe, White Mike simply called to Black Mike, and the two of them lifted David up directly and let him sit on their shoulders. Look further.

David, who was sitting on their shoulders, suddenly became more open.

He looked at the front and back of the parade, pointed in the direction in front and said, "Let's go over there~"

"Wait a minute, we will follow the floats forward and take a look at the effects of each float~"

"ok~"

David jumped off their shoulders and looked down at his watch. The time was almost 20:15.

The front end of the grand parade has already set off towards Sixth Avenue~

"Guys, go, go, go!"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

With the whistles of several police officers standing at the front of the parade, the Halloween parade has officially begun~

On Sixth Avenue, the police temporarily set up iron guardrails on both sides of the street~

Countless onlookers gathered behind the guardrail on three levels inside and three levels outside.

Some of them held cameras in their hands and kept taking pictures; some seemed to be very obsessed with a certain "ghost" they saw, and kept shouting and roaring loudly; some got a pair of colorful ribbons from nowhere, He was waving and laughing. .

Gradually, the "good devils" who participated in Xunyou became more and more relaxed and played happily.

A group of magical teams composed of vampires, Frankensteins, executioners, crazy doctors, etc. walked to the guardrail, stood in a row, and posed various poss in front of the camera lens~

Next to David and the others, there was a little boy who came with his parents. He was wearing an elf hat on his head. He came in front of Mike Bai, raised his hands and asked his parents.

"Mom, is he a pig-headed monster?"

"Hahaha~"

"No! I am the pig-headed magician who loves children the most!"

"Um..." The little boy took two steps back, holding his mother's hand, and said with a slightly frightened expression.

"But you look like... you don't want to be a magician~"

"Hahaha~"

Lavis pushed up the horse head mask on his head, bent down and smiled at the little boy: "What do you think of me?"

"I am..."

David, who was walking behind Lavis, raised his eyebrows at "Ape Man" Black Mike.

The two of them showed a tacit understanding of the evil smile and kicked Ravis in the butt.

Ravis was caught off guard and fell directly to the ground, causing everyone around him to laugh loudly.

David pursed his lips, suppressed a smile, held the Bible in his hand, walked up to the little boy, and said warmly.

"God is merciful!"

"This guy has committed a very big crime~"

"To punish him, God turned him into a big white horse tonight..."

"Little guy, do you want to try riding a big horse?"

"Hahaha~" The people around continued to laugh.

The third brother "Ogre" Giovanni and "Pig-Headed Man" Mike Bai stepped forward to hold down Lavis who was struggling to get up, and showed a "friendly" smile to the little boy.

The little boy's mother laughed and gently pushed the little boy's shoulder, encouraging him to come forward and give it a try.

The little boy hesitated for a moment, shook his head at the "ogre" and the "pig-headed man", and said: "No~ I want to be with my mother!"

After saying that, he turned around and threw himself into his mother's arms.

"Hahaha~"

----

Manhattan.

The intersection of Sixth Avenue and 16th Street.

FBI Director Harold Stone and CIA Director Ezra Cremo stood under a streetlight, looking at the crowd gathered behind the guardrail in the distance, chatting.

"Didn't you ask your girlfriend to hang out with you tonight?" Claymore asked with a smile on his face.

Mr. Stone pursed his lips, took a drag on his cigarette, and sighed: "For such a large-scale event, every one of my men will be sent out."

"At this time, if I go to accompany my girlfriend... I will be fired tomorrow~"

"Haha~" Claymore leaned on the lamppost nearby and said to a blind box sales point in the distance.

"You came here just to watch the box sales?"

Mr. Stone shrugged, exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Even if I don't come, there shouldn't be any trouble~"

"Don't you see those people wandering around?"

"You can pull out your gun now and go over and try..."

Claymore rolled his eyes and complained: "Is my fucking brain broken?"

"Hehe~"

Mr. Stone pointed at a few people walking around and whispered: "Do you want to meet their boss? I can help!"

The smile on Claymo's face froze, and he asked curiously: "You mean... David Coleman?"

"Hmph~ You are thinking too much!"

"David Coleman's surroundings are not something you can easily get away with if you want to take the initiative~"

"Um...then what do you mean?"

"...We can't come directly to the door. We can take a detour~"

"For example, you could meet David's new advisor, Mag Ludwig."

"He is...?" Claymo tried hard to recall this somewhat familiar name, but couldn't remember it for a while.

Mr. Stone flicked the cigarette butt in his hand and reminded with a sneer: "He said that famous saying in Washington: Everything on the TV media is just the appearance we want people to see."

Claymore suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "It's him!!"

"...That's right~"

"fxxx!"

"Didn't he go to jail?"

"He's already out."

"Before, after he was released from prison, he had been living in poverty at Johns Hopkins University. It wasn't until Otis Parker found him that he came to New York."

Claymore frowned, rubbed his temples with his hands, and whispered: "That's why you said that David is no longer easy to get close to?"

"Haha~ What else?"

"Mag Ludwig, do you know how many people you know within your cia?"

"For a while, he was responsible for President Nixon's media liaison. Do you know how many media people related to the CIA he knows?"

Mr. Stone looked at Claymore with a caring look and said, "Although he rose very quickly from a humble beginning, he does not have a deep relationship background."

"But his ability and knowledge are beyond what we can compare with~"

"When you are in contact with him, you need to pay more attention to your words and don't let him guess your little thoughts~"

Claymore nodded slightly, seeming to regret that he did not contact Austin Parker earlier.

. .wrong!

Where. .Something's wrong! ? ?

Why go far away to get to know Mag Ludwig?

Wouldn't it be better to go directly to Odis Parker, make a request, and get to know David Coleman?

Emm. .

Ezra Claymore thought about this plan over and over again~

In the end, he didn't make up his mind and went to Mr. Parker to talk about this~

Mag Ludwig should be easier to communicate with than the psychotic Mr. Parker. .Bar?