Chapter 51: Searching for Bucciarati
A high-end restaurant in Naples.
The environment here is elegant and the atmosphere is comfortable. The elegantly decorated hall is filled with beautiful music played live by the pianist, and the air is filled with the fragrance of fresh flowers.
The guests sat in groups of three or four by the crystal clear floor-to-ceiling windows, lazily enjoying the afternoon sunshine outside the windows, while leisurely chatting with their afternoon tea.
This is indeed a very stylish restaurant.
However, Li Qing indecently destroyed the "high-class" atmosphere here:
He sat in his seat with a big mouth, holding a whole steak with a dinner knife in his left hand and rolling up a large ball of pasta with a fork in his right hand. He wolfed down the food with both hands, and stammered and complained with his mouth that had not chewed the food thoroughly:
"Oh... it would be nice to have a pair of chopsticks..."
“…”
Giorno sat next to him with a cup of black tea, looking at Li Qing with a very helpless look.
Compared with Li Qing, who had no image at all, the way he drank tea looked like the purest British aristocrat.
"Hahaha…"
Li Qing noticed Giorno's subtle look, so he stopped and wiped his mouth with a napkin, then smiled:
"Excuse me."
"I've killed several people since this morning, but I haven't had a single bite of food."
"If I wasn't so hungry, I wouldn't be in a hurry to find a place to eat."
"besides…"
"I am a naturally frugal person, and it is rare for me to order such high-end foreign food."
"If this wasn't the money I got from killing monsters, I would really feel bad about it."
He told the story of his murder and robbery without changing his expression, and it sounded as calm as if he had picked up a coin on the street.
"All right…"
Giorno didn't want to waste time on the insignificant issue of eating manners.
While Li Qing was not stuffing anything into his mouth, he hurriedly asked:
"Li Qing, you just told me the name of the boss and explained his Stand ability."
"So, is there any other useful information?"
"this…"
Li Qing stroked his chin and replied somewhat embarrassedly:
"I was in blind monk mode the whole time, and could only perceive a vague outline, and couldn't see Diablo's face clearly."
"So... apart from the name and the Stand's ability, I can't provide any more information."
"So how are you going to find Diablo?"
"Just knowing this doesn't mean we can't fight back against him!"
Giorno raised the question very directly:
"Besides Diablo, do you know any other information related to the Passion Organization?"
"For example, their personnel information, organizational location, internal structure, sphere of influence, and methods of operation..."
“…”
Li Qing suddenly fell silent.
A shy expression gradually appeared on his face, causing Giorno to sense something was wrong:
"Hey, hey... Li Qing."
"You're not going to tell me... you promised me so confidently that you would defeat the Passion Organization, but now you don't even know how to find them?"
"Uh..." Li Qing was a little embarrassed: "From a technical point of view, this is probably the situation."
Giorno held his forehead helplessly, his expression full of resentment.
After he was pulled onto the pirate ship, he suddenly realized that the captain who looked reliable actually couldn't drive a boat at all.
"but…"
Li Qing made a timely turn:
"I do have a clue!"
"Bruno Bucciarati, do you know him?"
He pronounced Bucciarati's name word by word, and then looked at Giorno with an expectant look.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Giorno chewed on this strange name carefully and asked curiously, "Should I know him?"
"Um...you don't know him yet."
Li Qing was vaguely disappointed.
Having only watched two episodes of the anime, the only clues he had were the names of the two protagonists, "Giorno" and "Bucciarati".
Among them, Giorno appeared in front of him by chance not long after he got ashore.
And Bucciarati...
"Where is this guy now?"
"Where should I go to find him?"
Li Qing muttered to himself, seeming to be very concerned:
Unlike Giorno, who is currently just a junior high school kid, judging from the plots shown in those two episodes of the animation, Bucciarati must have been involved in the underworld for a long time.
As an insider of the Passion organization, if Bucciarati could defect to himself and Giorno like in the original plot, he would definitely be able to bring a lot of useful internal intelligence to help them point out the direction to launch a counterattack against Diavolo.
"I don't know why, but seeing you like this..."
"This guy named Bucciarati should be the key to breaking the situation, right?"
Giorno carefully observed Li Qing's subtle and complex expression, and immediately understood that Li Qing must have some information that he was unwilling to reveal.
He did not ask Li Qing where he got this information from, but just asked directly:
"So besides his name, do you have any more information that could help us find him?"
"Hmm..." Li Qing recalled carefully and said:
"Bucciarati is a member of the passion organization."
"It may not be accurate, but he should be a small boss with a high status in Naples now."
"Someone from the Passion Organization?"
"So that's how it is. Are you trying to find a breakthrough from within the organization?"
Giorno's frown relaxed slightly:
"In that case...if he really is a small boss with a high status in Naples, then I have a way to find him quickly."
"Oh?" Li Qing was a little excited: "How do I find it?"
Giorno picked up the exquisite gold-painted porcelain cup and took a sip of the red tea:
"You are a foreigner, so you may not know."
"In Italy, the connection between ordinary people and the Mafia is very close."
"No matter what kind of store you open or what kind of business you do, if you don't pay the local mafia enough protection money, then your sign will not be able to stand on this street."
"Correspondingly, if the mafia receives the full amount of protection money, they must provide the store with corresponding protection according to the rules of the underworld."
"If there are people causing trouble in a store, or if there are thieves who are stealing and robbing in a store, the Mafia will do their best to help those store owners."
"Of course, there are also many rubbish that take money but don't do anything."
"But as far as I know, the Naples Mafia is still very 'professional'. "
"Especially those supermarkets, shopping malls, cinemas and high-end restaurants that are not small in scale. In a sense, they are the big money sponsors of the Mafia. If something goes wrong, the Mafia will not sit idly by."
"I see."
Li Qing understood what Giorno meant:
"As long as we randomly find a high-end store that looks like it has paid a lot of protection fees to cause trouble, we can follow the routine of 'starting from the young and starting from the old' and follow the clues to find out the cause..."
"Until the Passion Organization's forces in Naples come forward in person!"
"In this way, we have a great chance of meeting Bucciarati directly."
"etc…"
He was slightly stunned, and the look he gave Giorno suddenly became a little strange:
"Giorno, why do I feel like you're hinting at me to do something uncivilized?"
"Ha ha."
Giorno smiled, which was rare for him: "I just made a suggestion. It's up to you to decide how to proceed."
"You just push this troublesome matter directly to me?"
"Whatever...I have quite a bit of experience anyway."
Li Qing withdrew his gaze with a strange expression.
Then, he calmed down a bit...
Bang!
Li Qing slammed the table hard, making a deafening sound:
"Manager! Where's the manager?"
"Call your restaurant manager!"
This extremely outrageous roar instantly destroyed the quiet and elegant atmosphere in the restaurant.
The guests and waiters around were so frightened by the scene that they dared not say a word. Only the restaurant manager in a suit and tie managed to maintain his decency.
He walked forward cautiously and said to Li Qing in a gentle and patient tone:
"Sir, do you need anything?"
"Ha ha ha ha."
Li Qing laughed wildly and said arrogantly: "I want to order!"
"Order?"
The restaurant manager's brows relaxed and he answered carefully, "Just tell me directly when you want to order. No need to speak so loudly."
"Okay then!"
Li Qing slammed the table again, making a deafening noise:
"I want ten pounds of fillet, cut into pieces for the sauce , without any fat on top!"
"Don't let those filthy bastards do anything. Cut it yourself!"
