دانلود رمان انگلیسی “باکانو! – پسران لاک استریت” – جلد 22

“All right. Let’s get our facts in order, shall we?” When the voice spoke from behind the mountain of documents, the staff of the Daily Days newspaper nodded, their expressions focused. “I’ll start by explaining how it began, then. A few months ago, Firo Prochainezo, a young Martillo Family executive, temporarily infiltrated Alcatraz as part of a plea bargain with the Division of Investigation. He made contact with the terrorist Huey Laforet there, shortly before Huey himself vanished.” “You think Firo helped him break out?” “No, I imagine his own organization helped him escape. However, we’ve received information that Huey is plotting something here in New York. Bartolo Runorata is harboring him on his property, as a guest,” Nicholas reported. He was part of the old guard at the paper. Elean, a man in Chinese robes, chimed in. “That means all of Laforet’s handpicked terrorists are assembling in the city. They’ve already taken their airplanes out for a spin, and a group that’d be right at home in the circus is skulking around town… It’s bedlam out there.” The unseen president responded from behind the documents. “A three- way standoff between Huey, the Division of Investigation, and the mafia would be bad enough. Now the House of Dormentaire, a European financial group, have joined the game as well. They’re also linked closely to our ‘top secret matter.’ None of this goes in the paper.” At the Daily Days, the phrase top secret matter indicated something located beyond the bounds of common sense. It encompassed vampires, fairies, and other beings one would usually find in fantasy novels. Here in New York, though, most of the information they collected was about the “liquor of immortality,” and about those who’d helped themselves to a glass of eternal life.