Chapter 518: Legacy Denied
The New York mob boss known simply as "Mr. Fritz" instantly recognized Bruno the moment the man sat across from him. To say he damn near soiled himself upon contact was not an understatement.
His eyes betrayed the fear he felt crawling up into his throat, suffocating him as he struggled to breathe.
Bruno however, was cold, indifferent. He knew exactly what he had done to this man back in Germany, and those like him. And his gesture of looking around the room betrayed this very sentiment.
"Your kind never really change do you? I mean, you were one of the lucky ones... The others, like those who I snatched this ring from? Well, they’re either serving multiple life sentences, or are resting peacefully in our graveyards, are they not? Yet here you are, same shit, different dump. Despicable..."
Bruno removed his glove and displayed the ring. Not his own—a trophy. One taken from the man Mr. Fritz had once bowed to back in Berlin.
The Feldgendarmerie had removed it and the finger in a brutal arrest. Whether it was police brutality or just a "mishap" during the takedown was irrelevant. It simply did not matter to Bruno.
But to Mr. Fritz, he was looking at a relic that belonged to a ghost. One he was close friends with. And one whose execution prompted him to cross the Atlantic.
When he received those submachine guns from the fatherland, he had never thought once that he was buying straight from the man who had destroyed his home, his life. He could only sit there silently, knowing that the man in front of him was truly untouchable.
In fact, he suspected Bruno was actually here to put a bullet in his brain. But instead, Bruno motioned towards one of the girls tending the bar.
"Be a doll, and fetch me and my ring brother here two fingers, will you, sweetheart?"
Despite looking down on this entire establishment and everyone inside of it, Bruno still played the role he was given, and because of this, his speech did not reflect his true emotions.
Rather, his façade was masterfully crafted, his dialect? Pure New York as he spoke in a way that amazed even Mr. Fritz. After receiving their drinks, Fritz sent the bartender on her way as well.