Bang!
As the gunshot rang out, the door was violently shoved open. A squad of Mafia Members armed with rifles poured in from outside, their dark muzzles aimed at the John Family. Leading them was Nathanson, captain of Carlos's personal guard on Iron Island.
This operation differed from the last. Carlos was no longer acting alone. After John Abad's death, Carlos had contacted the Iron Island headquarters through a Den Den Mushi. Five hundred men, including the personal guard and carefully selected elites, had secretly arrived on Maglin Island.
With John Matt around, arranging for those five hundred men to get inside was hardly difficult. They only needed to pose as John Matt's trusted subordinates.
This castle had already been secretly taken over by Carlos's men. John Matt's true confidants had been replaced and dealt with.
Carlos understood that although he was personally powerful, conquering the John Family and replacing them on his own would be difficult without trusted subordinates.
Even if he succeeded, without forces he could trust, using other people's forces would be inconvenient.
The sudden upheaval left many members of the John Family unable to process what was happening. But with rifle muzzles pointed at them, they finally came to their senses.
Fear, terror, anger, tension, despair—every emotion imaginable surfaced.
Some did not dare act rashly. They had come to attend the succession ceremony for the John Family's new head, and many had brought few attendants and even fewer strong fighters. This made some of them feel that things were going badly, and they only wanted to wait and see.
Most of these people belonged to Mafia families affiliated with the John Family. However, the John Family's direct descendants, especially those surnamed John, could not afford to care about that.
In this situation, they could only