"You all know that I am from Heywood. I was born on the street. Because of poverty and humble background, I have been bullied and humiliated since I was a child."
"From then on, I secretly vowed that if I had a child, I would definitely give him a safe and comfortable life. If he was born into this world with poverty like me..."
"Then I would rather not marry and have children."
Jack nodded.
He can understand Dante's thoughts very well, because he had the same thoughts half a year ago.
Born in this shit basin Heywood, as long as there is even a chance, we must try our best to climb up.
Jack knows that not only him, but almost everyone born in Heywood, whether they are of Mexico origin or white, also think so.
"So, after I had my child, I put a lot of effort, energy, time and money into him. I not only wanted him to have a happy childhood, but I also wanted him to achieve something and grow up to be a bastard in a suit sitting in an office instead of a gangster selling glitter on the street."
Dante's idea coincides with Ceresian's hope of having a successful child, but it is quite rare in Europe and the United States.
Because Europe and the United States pursue happy education, many parents who grew up under happy education provide their children with the same happy education. Few people realize that "education changes destiny" and "study is not the only way out, but the best way out."
Dante Although he is a basketball star, he has never read any books. Most people like him like to advocate the futility of reading - "What's the use of reading so many books? Aren't college students working for me, who didn't graduate from elementary school?"
But Dante is not like this. He realizes the importance of education.
I am not self-righteous and want my children to follow their own old path, but I hope that my sons will study and receive higher education.
This is really valuable.
"Jose is also very impressive. He passed the New York University exam."
Jose is the son of Dante·Gonzalez.
Although the United States collapsed, it did not affect New York University.
Until 2077, New York University was still the New America school with the largest number of international students and overseas students.
"But not long after he entered the school, he had an accident."
"What accident?"
Su Xiao raised his eyebrows.
He felt that the reason why Salamanca Group kidnapped Dante's son was probably related to this accident.
"He hit someone, a child."
Dante seems to be reluctant to remember, with a look on his face
With a painful expression, "The child is younger than him and rides a brand new black motorcycle. It should be a gift bought by his family."
"At that time Jose wanted to get his cell phone - he put the cell phone on the passenger seat. He grabbed the steering wheel with one hand and went to get the cell phone with the other hand. When he finally grabbed the cell phone, he suddenly felt that the front of the car hit something, and then felt that the thing flew over his head."
V and Lucy both covered their mouths with shocked expressions on their faces.
Su Xiao's face also darkened. "The kid who was hit was the kid riding the motorcycle?"
Dante didn't speak, but he nodded slowly.
Jack suddenly said, "Then what? Jose Did he escape?"
Dante nodded dejectedly.
"Jose originally wanted to call 911, but the child died while Jose was still on the phone. Jose was frightened, and then... he fled the scene."
No one spoke in the VIP room, only the voice of Dante continued.
"Later, he called me. I was in Washington, D. C., because of some company matters. Although he didn't explain clearly what happened on the phone, I still heard something was wrong in his tone. After appeasing him, I hurriedly dropped everything, took a private plane, and flew to New York."
"When I saw him, I almost couldn't believe my eyes. A big boy who was supposed to be sunny and lively had become as if he had absorbed glitter and turned into the garbage I least wanted to see."
"If it were anyone else, I might have turned around and left, or beaten him up severely. But after all, it was my child. No matter what he did wrong, he was still my child."
"So I suppressed my anger and slowly asked him what happened. I was afraid that if I didn't control it, I would scare him and he would be unable to say anything."
"When he finally told me everything about the collision and death of the man, I just felt like a bolt from the blue, as if the world would end tomorrow."
At this time, Dante suddenly changed the subject and looked at Jack.
"Jack, are you married?"
Jack didn't know why Dante suddenly brought the topic to this. He immediately shook his head. "Me? No... not yet."
"What about Mr. Su?"
Su Xiao said lightly.
"I'm still a single nobleman for the time being."
Dante looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's great. It's great to be young. If you give me the chance to start over again, I won't get married."
Jack looked at Su Xiao, and Su Xiao shook his head gently, signaling Jack to calm down.
"People always like to say that raising children will protect you from old age, but why do I have to worry about raising children when it's my turn? I suspect that my son was my enemy in the previous life, and he is seeking revenge from me in this life."
"Otherwise, why can't he be like a man, after doing something wrong, stay where he is and wait for the police to come, and then accept the lesson honestly? Instead, like a child who has not grown up, he calls me and hopes that I will wipe his butt, just like he did when he was a child."
Su Xiao coughed. "Mr. Gonzalez, what did you do next?"
Dante wiped his face, and his expression changed a little. "Sorry, I lost my temper... It took me about ten minutes, maybe twenty minutes, to finally accept the facts, and then I chose to take him to the police station."
"Police station?"
Everyone else in the room showed surprised expressions.
Instead of trying every means to help his son cover it up, he actually took his son to surrender himself?
Dante is proud of himself.
"I know what you are thinking. Although I am a rich man, I don't have the bad habit of those rich people, asking others to take the blame? Humph, what I Dante·Gonzalez hate the most is those rich people who do whatever they want just because they have money."
V suddenly said.
"Mr. Gonzalez, I don't know if you have noticed that, after all you have said, it seems that there is not even the slightest connection with why your son was kidnapped."
Dante waved his hand.
"Don't worry, Miss V, I'll talk about it soon... When I took my son to the police station, I didn't ask him to go in with me right away. Instead, I asked him to wait in the car while I went in alone to observe the situation."
He smiled bitterly and continued.
"It's ironic. Logically speaking, for a person of color like me, entering the police station is no different than going home. However, although I am of Mexico descent and was born in Heywood, I have basically never entered a police station."
"Even though it has been several years, looking back now, I still remember it clearly. There was no one else in the police station at that time, only a couple who were sad and collapsed."
"I asked the police to find out. They were not here to report the crime, but the police station asked them to come and claim the body. Their son had a car accident a few hours ago and was killed on the street."
"But that street belongs to a black community. As we all know, the black community is poor, dirty, messy and poor. They can't pay much tax, so there are no police officers sent there to patrol, and there are no surveillance cameras on the street."
"By the time the police found the couple's son, the child's body was already cold and the perpetrator was nowhere to be found. And because there were no surveillance cameras at the place where the incident occurred, the police didn't know who did it."
"I first
I immediately realized that they must be the parents of the poor child Jose killed. Judging from the clothes of the parents, they didn't look like an ordinary family. I didn't know how much it would cost to compensate them, but after hesitating, I walked towards them."
"I wanted to confess to them and tell them that I would do everything I could to compensate them, even if I sold my tire company, which was on the rise..."
"But when I walked in front of them, I was so frightened that I almost fainted on the spot and couldn't stand still. Because it was then that I recognized that the couple were indeed not ordinary people. They had a last name that Mexico is familiar to everyone... Salamanca."
Jack took a breath after hearing this. "Salamanca? Isn't that the one who kidnapped your son?"
He seemed to understand something, with a look of realization on his face. "So you... that's why your son... they..."
Dante nodded slowly.
"I originally planned to take my son to surrender, but after seeing the Salamanca couple at the police station, I changed my mind."
"If they find out that it was my son who killed their son, then Salamanca Group will not let Jose go, nor will he let me go."
"Jack, you are also a descendant of Mexico. Although you were born in Night City, you also know the bloody and cruel rumors about the Mexico group, right?"
"They are no different from gangs in the city. The difference is that the group's strength, influence and other aspects far exceed those of Night City gangs, so their behavior is more cruel, perverse and violent."
Chapter 229: Going to listen to the scriptures on the 2nd and staying in a hotel at night (3K)
Jack also said with a stern face, "Mexico Group can do business and manage a city well. They are more efficient than the government, but there are preconditions for all this."
"The premise is that you don't offend them. They are a criminal organization after all, not a charity. If you offend them, they will show their brutal side and let those who offend them pay with their blood and brains."
And this incident of Dante was not only offensive, but also killed the son of the boss of the group.
This is like playing an FPS game, beating someone to death, and then standing up and squatting on their corpse. It would be strange if they don't go crazy.
Moreover, if Jack remembers correctly, Hector, the boss of Salamanca Group, seems to be his only son.
This son is not only the only son of Hector, but also a son of old age.
Although I don't know why that day, Salamanca Group's Young Master went to a black community with poor security without a bodyguard.
But it is conceivable that once Hector finds out that his son was hit and killed by Dante's son, then as Dante thought, neither Dante nor his son will have to live anymore.
"I said why... no wonder... it turns out to be like this..."
The Tijuana ruled by Salamanca Group is not far from the border, and some Night City middle-class people also like to go to Tijuana to travel there.
Even Misty once told Jack that he wanted to travel to Tijuana.
Therefore, Jack also took a liking to Salamanca Group, intending to learn about the news over there.
In recent years, Salamanca Group has been going downhill.
Hector's wife committed suicide.
The boss of the group, Hector, is also acting more and more crazy.
People within the group gradually began to feel unstable, and some people began to feel dissatisfied with Hector, but they did not dare to raise questions publicly due to Hector's strength.
Before this, Jack still found it strange.
After being the boss for so many years, Hector knows how to manage the group even with his eyes closed. How come he seems to be a different person, and the more he manages, the worse he gets.
So that's it.
"So at that time, after I recognized the couple, I pretended to be calm and left the police station, got back in the car, and drove back to the apartment as fast as possible."
"I told Jose to forget everything that happened today. The fact that he killed Salamanca Group's only son must be rotten in his stomach, otherwise we, father and son, will have to be buried with him."
"Then, I made a call and asked someone I trusted to help clean up my son's car, the one that caused the accident."
"Then, the next day, I took my son with me to a restaurant near New York University for dinner, pretending to be Jose and taking me to visit their school."
"Every month after that, I would go to a restaurant near their school and deliberately mentioned that my son had taken me to visit the school before."
Jack's mind is filled with questions.
"Why are you doing this?"
Su Xiao said calmly, "On the 2nd, I will go to listen to the scriptures and stay in a hotel for the night. On the 3rd, I will go to a restaurant and then watch a movie."
Everyone looked at Su Xiao: "What did you say?"
"Nothing." As expected, no one in this world could understand this joke. Su Xiao made a gesture, "Please continue."
Dante just thought that what Su Xiao just said was slang for Ceres, so he didn't hesitate and continued.
"The day my son hit someone and killed him was October 9th, and the day I took my son to a restaurant near the school was October 10th."
People's concept of time is not that reliable. After a while, they will not remember so clearly whether it was October 9th or October 10th, but they will remember that my son took me to visit their school."
"Only with an alibi can my son be cleared of suspicion and let Salamanca Group suspect others."
"Since then, nothing that worried me has ever happened. Salamanca Group's killer did not suddenly break into my house, and no suspicious car followed Jose."
"Everything was as if nothing had happened. Later, Jose successfully obtained New York University's bachelor's degree certificate, entered the company "Militech Optics" to work, and got a young and beautiful girlfriend. My career here has also improved, and more and more branches have been opened."
"I originally thought this was the end of the matter. I thought this nightmare would be over. Salamanca Group would never know who did it, and would never come to harass me and my son. But I didn't expect... you will know what happened next."
The VIP room fell into silence.
Su Xiao stroked the cup.
He knew that it couldn't be a low-level gangster plotting against Dante's son.
His guess was indeed correct.
His son killed someone else's son. No wonder someone kidnapped Dante's son.
However, there is still a problem that Su Xiao cannot figure out.