"Great, that's fantastic!" Fletcher laughed heartily.
"Yoo-hoo, we're a family now!" Tasha blurted out excitedly in Harleen's arms.
Harleen's eyes welled up with tears.
At four 4 PM, the family returned home from the park. Billy had wanted to talk to Harleen alone but received a call from Casey instead.
"What's up?" Billy answered the phone and asked.
"Hey, bro, there might be some progress on what Osmond mentioned last time." Casey responded.
"Have you found someone?"
"Not yet, but someone might know something." Casey paused before asking, "Have you heard of Black Eagle?"
"Black Eagle?" Billy was slightly taken aback. "The former underworld boss in Ozin?"
Before the Miles family got into trouble, Billy didn't pay much attention to the underground world but had heard of Black Eagle back then. Back then Black Eagle was as powerful as Damon was now, having the final say in the underground world.
"Yes," Casey replied. "Judge found out that around the time of Miles' incident, Black Eagle disappeared without a trace. It was only after his disappearance that Ozin's underworld fell into chaos again and gave Damon an opportunity to rise."
"Do you mean, Black Eagle was involved with the Miles family?"
"I can't be sure yet." Casey responded. "But it's too coincidental! At that time, Black Eagle was at his peak just like Damon now. If there wasn't a special reason, he wouldn't have chosen to leave. I think even if he didn't participate in the Miles family's affairs, he might know something."
"Should we go see him?" asked Casey.
"Where is he now?" Billy asked after a moment of thought.
"According to our investigation, after he left Ozin 5 years ago, he disappeared until 2 years ago when he reappeared under the name, Hannibal Twitty, and opened a popular casino in a small town 200 kilometers away from Ozin."
"Oh, really? Let's go see him then." Billy responded.
Casey's reasoning was obvious. Someone like Black Eagle who had such an underground influence would not willingly choose to leave his domain during his prime period unless there was something going on. Furthermore, using an alias now clearly indicated that there were problems.
"All right!"
Casey hung up the phone.
About half an hour later, Casey and Judge arrived downstairs at Harleen's house and drove off with Billy as well.
"Have you asked Damon how much he knows about Black Eagle?" Billy asked shortly after they left in the Land Rover.
"I have. At that time, he was only a local leader in Ozin's suburbs and had little interaction with Black Eagle, who was several levels above him. When Black Eagle left Ozin, there were two other leaders before he took over. He knew very little about what happened at the time, only that Black Eagle offended some big shot and was expelled from Ozin."
Billy nodded slightly.
An hour and a half later, the three of them arrived at the small town Casey mentioned.
"Should we just surround his casino? Drag him out?" asked Judge.
"No. Let's not startle him." Billy shook his head. "If he chose to stay in such a small town, it must be to avoid something. He probably has an escape plan ready by now. Let's go inside the casino first and see what's going on."
Judge nodded before stepping on the gas pedal again.
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