Pretending to Be an Untouchable Crime Boss-Chapter 190: We Are One.

The new era was there, and everybody felt it, the agents themselves, who now picked a side… James himself, who knew that it was just the start of everything as he now, inside with Sophia, Hector, and Ramirez, was ready to finally restructure the family.

But one thing was sure, he was so tired that his head started hurting like hell, and his leg was giving up too, relying more on the cane than he had ever been. Hector noticed it as fast as James tried to sit down, but he struggled with it.

"You need to rest." He said as he stepped to him and grabbed his arm, helping him.

"Yeah, I know." He said as he looked up at them. "But now it's more important, so sit down." He said it, and Hector and Sophia immediately sat down, because something in James's tone was different.

His voice was calm, but carried the intention of something, even Ramirez noticed it as he stood next to the table.

"You too, sit down, Ramirez." James said to him, and he was surprised by it and a little confused, because he had no right to sit between them.

He knew his place, and knew he had no higher authority, nor was he on the same level as them, even though he was the leader of the most trained men, the force of the Bellinis. It just didn't make sense to him, why would James invite him, when literally the top leaders were at the table? But he also had no right to say no, so he sat down, beside Hector.

And there was silence.

Nothing was said for minutes. They just sat there, and it was good. Silence in the chaos, in the stress, in the rush. They said nothing and didn't even look at James, just tried to relax as much as they could.

Hector was thinking about their next steps, what was going to happen next, what they would attack, how it was going to play out, while Ramirez was thinking about the same thing, but on the manpower they had, how many people they could actually use, how many were trained, how much ammunition and how many guns they had.

Sophia too was thinking, but she was still a little stunned because she had just become a Bellini, and it was something she was proud of but also stressed about. It meant she needed to prove herself even more, because in the Circle she didn't do so much, like she was just hanging out there, doing her own job, living in her own world. But now she needed to prove herself to James, that she actually is somebody he can trust and somebody who can provide.

"I accepted Benjamin into the family." James suddenly said, as he looked at Hector, and he wasn't that surprised about it. No, he actually liked it very much, because it meant they are in the government itself. If something goes wrong, they will still have Benjamin in, who can help them with everything they need.

And well, his story was something he was sympathizing with. He lived a life that was horrible, something that, in Hector's opinion, needed revenge. At least, he would do so. But there was a bigger reason than that.

Benjamin being in the family meant they were in the government already, which also meant more connections and one more thing.

Freedom.

The NSBI is the first agency that acts on mafia and gangsters. If they find something, they will provide evidence up to the IF. So now that Benjamin, the director of the agency, is with them, it meant they could do everything freely, more importantly after the peace treaty ends.

There will be no investigation, or he will manipulate everything to not put them on the map.

"Who is Benjamin?" Sophia asked as she looked confused at James.

She wasn't thinking at all about the NSBI director. She didn't really know him that much, so she was guessing who that man could be another gangster? A connection to the government? A drug dealer in some country?

"The NSBI director. James said and she was in disbelief. Her mouth opened as she stared at him.

Like, seeing the IF agents outside, that was something she could accept. Like, maybe they were corrupt. Maybe James bribed them, or it wasn't IF agents at all, just his men in their outfits. But now she realized that it was on a scale that was something she never thought of… she couldn't even imagine something like this. Like, it was known that gangsters work with or bribe agents, but not a director.

Moreover, not accepting them into the family, because it meant he himself wanted to join.

"The… director of an agency is a Bellini?" She asked, as she smirked a bit, because it was unbelievable.

"Yes, he is. And we also work with the government." Hector said as he looked at her and she immediately looked at James.

She couldn't even react to what was happening. Her thoughts were all over the place, because she heard that something big was happening, but not this big. Like, what the fuck is this?

The most powerful family in the country is with the government? Not even just that, but an agency director is already in the family itself?

It was a totally different level and she just realized it. She joined the Bellinis when they were already at the top, steps away from becoming the only ones…

She chose the best time to show up.

"Do you have a problem with it?" James asked as he eyed her, and she just realized her reaction might send the wrong message.

The rules of the underworld were written by blood… with the blood of countless agents, and countless gangsters, that there isn't any trust, there isn't any deal that can be formed between them, because one will always turn on the other.

The most basic and most important rule of organized crime, you pick a side and will remain on that side, but now from her view it wasn't like that. No.

It was more like James himself was creating another side, a side that never before was known of, a side where the two are one, working together.

"I am a Bellini!" She suddenly raised her voice as she kept eye contact with James.

"Sophia Bellini." Her answer was simple and straight.

"Good." James said and then he looked at Ramirez who in the moment immediately looked down on the table. "Ramirez, I heard you're leading the most trained men in the family, the once soldiers. Is that true?"

"Yeah, it's true boss." He said as he slowly looked up into James's eyes and he knew something was going to happen because those eyes were like a calling into hell.

"How does that work? What is the structure of it?"

Well, maybe he was wrong, and he was surprised by the question.

"Uhm… well, with Hector's permission we built it up like a military structure." He glanced at him then back to James. "I have the most experience out of all the guys, so without disrespect to you, I am the leader of it. Below me, 5 company leaders each with 100 men. We also have the organizers who gather people, they prepare the weapons and ammunition. Basically, they are the logistics. If I need to say an exact number, with everybody it's like 600-800 personnel."

"What about today's attack, how many are lost?" James asked but he was thinking about something, it was clearly visible.

"Uhm, we lost 13, and 5 including Ferucci are in hospital." Ramirez said and it was somewhat acceptable in his opinion. Like he knew very much that some were going to die, but he actually thought more than 13.

"So it's around 100 with all the personnel who died at the warehouse too." James let out a long breath as he closed his eyes.

It was a big number, something he could not know how to handle. Like 100 people just died that were part of the family, that many people. And not just that, half of them were just simple workers.

"Then Sophia, you and me are one, which means our family merged into one. You have between 200-300 men, right?" ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

"Yeah, around that, and many warehouses." She said but she was getting excited because they were merging into one family which meant something, she wanted to hear more than anything.

"Okay then all of our deals and money that comes in will be shared by 30 to you and 70 for me. It is a great deal knowing that you have less manpower and connections than me, and if we start dealing 30 percent, it will be tens of millions if not hundreds."

"I'm alright with it, you don't need to explain it!" She said immediately because she knew her spot. Her family could be wiped out within a day by James, and well, she didn't really care about the money.

"Good, but the structure will crumble a little bit, doesn't it Hector?"

"Yeah it is." Hector answered because it was clear that Sophia needs to have some kind of power within the family.

"Then a branch. Sophia, you will lead a branch of the family with your men. Just do what you did before but now for us. In that way, you are a branch leader and you, Hector," he looked at him, "stay as underboss."

They all nodded but it was still not perfect. He still needed at least two people in positions to make their operation more smooth and more effective.