Pretending to Be an Untouchable Crime Boss

James left the house with Hector and Ferucci, going back to their family house, and on the way, Hector was in another car planning the attack with Ferucci and the others on the phone.

And it was chaotic, to say the least. The warehouses turned into deployment points for all of the experienced people in the family, all the ex-military people, all of them who had already killed many people. They all started getting ready, putting on bulletproof vests, checking their guns, some of them even had helmets, like real soldiers and yeah, what they needed to look like, because it was a war.

Meanwhile, James was sitting in his limousine alone, planning to call Linda, but slowly he started feeling the weight of it all, and more of his family. He thought about his mother and Charlotte, how he had just sent them away without any explanation, and how they might never meet again.

But Linda was also stressed the fuck out and busy planning with Thomas.

After the meeting they had, she argued more with Edward and Denis about the whole deal and that it did not make sense, nothing good they would get out of it… but ultimately, after half an hour of arguing, they accepted that there was nothing more they could do about it.

So she and Thomas were busy deleting all the files and ongoing investigations against James.

It was necessary because the peace treaty he wanted for one year. Even though they are the ones who decide what and when to investigate James or the other gangsters, some of their detectives and agents were not really giving a fuck about orders and went on their own way, doing everything to get evidence against James. Basically, they didn't just need to stop and delete all of it but somehow shut down these agents and detectives… and there were only two things to do about it. One is to kill them, or two, threaten them.

Since Thomas was the Intelligence Force director, he already knew these agents' and detectives' names and what exactly they do, and the only thing they needed to think about was how they would threaten them.

They couldn't just say to them that they were working with James because that would bring more chaos, so they needed something solid… something that would be enough to stop their shit… and well Carter death came in handy for it, because they could use it to get every eye off James.

So with all the resources they had, the best option that came to their head was to start to spread lies and false evidence… but not just spread it, but create it.

The only thing that is common about these justice-seeking agents is that they hate one thing more than gangsters… that is internal conflict. Shortly, NSBI hates ISB, and the IF hates all of them. Basically, everybody hates everybody for their own reasons, and this was the golden key.

All this justice-seeking agents' hatred toward each other was more powerful than anything else, and this is what they planned to use.

"But it's going to hurt us too." Thomas said and leaned back in the chair. "I mean we need to act like we not just hate each other but are at war with each other.. me, Stephen, and Benjamin if we go with this plan."

Linda looked up from the ocean of documents to Thomas. "Everybody knows that y'all hate each other to some extent, and now your agents, at least the fucking smart ones will know it even more." She leaned back too. "Internal conflict is the best thing to get eyes off a certain thing, and it will work well."

Thomas was visibly stressed by it, but he knew there was no other option… well, there was to kill them but that would just be more chaotic. "So we start spreading lies, that it was the fault of NSBI and ISB, and we present false evidences too, so all these fuckers will start jumping at each other's throats."

"Exactly." Linda said. "They hated Carter, but that isn't what was important… it was his title, that he was the Vice President." If we spread the lie that it was because of an agency, they would be furious. Just think about it. The Vice President died because of the NSBI? Because of the ISB? And who says it? The IF?" She laughed. "Who knows, maybe the Secret Service will jump in too."

Thomas shook his head as he leaned forward. "But it also hurts us, Linda. We are directors, the heads of this."

"I get it, but that's the only thing we can do now, and if you think about it, everybody in the higher-ups would know it was just an act, a play. Me, the President, Edward and Denis too. You and the others just need to act on it."

"What about the Congress? The other ministers? Because I'm hundred percent sure they will demand a congressional hearing, who knows, maybe a High Court hearing."

"Then you and the others will lie." Linda said as she looked into Thomas's eyes.

"Lying under oath?" Thomas laughed.

Linda laughed too. "How many times you lied under oath, huh?"

"Personally, six times." Thomas laughed, but it was more like a nervous chuckle. "But still, it will be fucked up."

"Don't worry. If anything goes wrong, the President will get you out of trouble and me too and if you think about it, it will be the biggest operation in all agency life. And well, the agency was created to tell lies and hide truth."

Thomas sighed as he looked up at the ceiling, the decades that had passed, the time he needed to do something outrageous. What Linda said was the truth… the agency was doing everything to cover up the biggest fuck-ups while telling lies about it, killed many opposition leaders, even their own agents and not even talking about the corruption…

"Wait." He turned and looked at Linda. "The Office for the Prevention of Corruption, the hearing isn't that happening in three days?"

Yes, another key element to their plan which will make everything more smoother.