America's King of Poetry

Chapter 2 Smoked Fish Pizza

"Do you believe in Jesus, His only Son, our Lord?"

"I believe."

"Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Church?"

"I believe."

"Do you renounce Satan?"

"I renounce."

"Including what he did?"

"I renounce."

"Including his hypocrisy?"

"I renounce."

"Would you like to be their godfather?"

"I am willing."

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Yu Peng's mind was in a mess, he was a little confused about the current situation.

A few hours ago, he was quarantined at home because of the 2020 epidemic.

Unable to go out to eat, drink, prostitute or gamble, his wife and children returned to her mother's house. Yu Peng, who was alone, silently turned on the tablet, took off his pants and lay on the bed, opened the network disk, and clicked on a movie.

It's Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, in which the 70-year-old Robert De Niro and Al Pacino rejuvenate, using the latest special effects technology to bring their faces back to middle age, telling the story of Italian gangs in the 50s and 60s.

The movie is very long, three and a half hours, and it is the content of the story that Martin Scorsese is best at. It still has a familiar taste, but it is a little old.

Computer special effects can restore the faces of actors, but not their demeanor and movements. The two legendary actors still appear old in the video.

Time Never Comes Back, it's a good movie, but a bit out of date. "The Irishman" lost to the Korean "Parasite" in the best picture Oscar competition, and after receiving multiple nominations, it was nothing.

Holding the tablet computer, Yu Peng watched the performances of De Niro and Pacino, felt the aftermath of the gangster movies handed down from "The Godfather" in the 70s, and fell asleep unconsciously in bed.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Yu Peng opened his eyes in a daze, feeling that there was darkness in front of him.

Yu Peng thought to himself, how long have I been sleeping, is it already night?Then Yu Peng felt a heavy pain in his head, as if something was stirring in his head, and he felt that he couldn't remember who he was or what his name was.

He got up from the bed, his eyelids were extremely heavy, and his mouth was very dry. He wanted to get up and go to the living room to drink some water, but found that his legs were heavy, and he had to struggle a lot to stand up.

"Why does it feel like the bed is so short? My head hurts so bad, I won't be infected, right? It doesn't make sense, I haven't gone out all the time..." Yu Peng was in a mess, and came out by touching the door frame, and then felt something was wrong.

There is a problem with the position of this door. The doors of the room and living room at home are not in this direction, and the door feels wrong. Why is it metal?

Yu Peng groped forward, his eyes were hard to open, he felt that he was not in his living room, definitely not.What did he touch?Like a metal pot?Or basin?where is thisIs it in the kitchen room?He opened his eyes with difficulty, and felt a ray of light shining over him, like a door, a door with light shining through the gap.

Suddenly his eyes went dark, and something rushed to his forehead, and then the feeling of dizziness hit him, and he felt that he could not stand still and was about to fall.Yu Peng tried hard to grab something, he reached out to grab it, but he still sat down on the ground, and brought a bunch of things to the ground with a loud crash.

Immediately there was a commotion outside, what's the matter?Someone is at my house?Are the wife and children back?

Yu Peng sat on the ground and rubbed his head vigorously. He felt that his consciousness seemed to be split, and his thinking became particularly difficult.

He tried to think of his name and where he was, and then he heard someone shout outside, "Arthur! Is that you Arthur?" (Arthur? Is that you Arthur?)

Why are people speaking English?Who is he talking to?

Yu Peng was still thinking about this question in his mind, but his mouth moved uncontrollably, "Yes, it''s me! (Yes, it's me!)"

Yu Peng was stunned. What surprised him was not that he could speak English (yes, it''s me, which his son can say), but his voice, which was not his voice, not at all.

At this time, Yu Peng heard the sound of the door being opened, followed by a "click", and his eyes suddenly lit up. Yu Peng lowered his head and felt that his head was not so dizzy, but it still hurt a little, and then someone walked towards him.

Yu Peng heard him say a few words, but he didn't quite understand them in a daze, as if he said something like "ass" (butt), "fxxk".

Then the man came to him, stretched out his hand and grabbed Yu Peng's arm and pulled him up. Yu Peng felt that his head was no longer dizzy and he could stand up.At the same time, he opened his eyes, and saw a foreign old man with a bald head, drooping eyes and a high nose in front of him, and this old man was also looking at him.

Then the old man put his arms around his shoulders, and said with a very intimate look: "Arthur, have you wanted to join the family business? Now here is a chance. You don''t wanna be a cook all your fxxking life, do you?" A cook, right?)

English again?Look at the old man again, is he still a foreigner?Why aren't you wearing a mask yet?Which country are you from?

Then Yu Peng realized that he could understand it, and a horrifying thought quickly popped up in Yu Peng's mind, "I am not myself anymore." The reason for this thought was simple, because he was thinking in English, and he was jumping out English words one by one in his mind.

"What the hell is going on? Where is Lao Tzu? Who is Lao Tzu?"

Yu Peng froze on the spot, squatted down with his arms around the foreign old man, picked up something from the ground, handed it to Yu Peng, and said, "Arthur, are you gambling again, cheating again? Put it away and follow me, you don't have to cheat again in the future."

Yu Peng saw that the old man was holding four playing cards, a 2 of hearts, a 3 of spades, a 6 of clubs, and a J of diamonds.He took the cards from the old man's hand, and seeing the four playing cards inexplicably appearing behind him, Yu Peng felt his mind gradually clear up.

Arthur, Arthur-Luciano.

This name first popped up in Yu Peng's mind, and it was the name of the person he now possesses.

Yu Peng realized that he had time-traveled. He was a fucking dog. After watching a movie and taking a nap, he time-traveled?

"Won't it be worn in a movie? Which movie is this? Arthur Luciano, what kind of movie character's name does it feel like?"

Yu Peng usually watches all kinds of movies, serious ones and not serious ones, but the name Luciano, and the scene in front of him, if they really entered the movie, it should be a serious movie.

Memories about this body surged up, and the old man in front of him was his uncle, Tony Luciano.

And here is the kitchen of Tony's restaurant, where Arthur works as an Italian cook!

"This guy turned out to be a cook." Yu Peng had already begun to examine his new body and consciousness seriously.

Yu Peng is relatively calm about time travel, and if it comes, he will be at ease, and maybe it is a dream?Besides, I crossed in my sleep, didn't get hit by a car and didn't fall off the cliff, maybe I was still in the original world, so parents, wives and children don't have to worry, let's take care of the things in front of me first.

Humans are very adaptable, and they can accept and survive many situations that are unimaginable in their imagination.Thinking about it, how did the human group appear in this world is a mystery. The human group still reproduces and survives well. Occasionally, a small number of people will die or live, which does not affect the tenacious survival of the majority of people.

Yu Peng was one of the majority of these people. He took the four cards from Tony Luciano and stuffed them into his pocket.

A strong premonition told him that these four cards had a lot to do with his current situation.

Then he followed Tony out of the kitchen and came to the hall of the restaurant, in front of the round table with a lamp on.

Yu Peng, also named Arthur Luciano, saw the chunky Massino in sportswear, Gigandi in a linen shirt, and the "staff" and "thugs" who were hidden in the darkness outside the lights and could only vaguely see their appearance.

Arthur knew in his heart that these people were the mafia, the leaders of several families in New York, and it must be bad for them to get together.

Arthur's father, Luther Luciano, used to be the leader of the Luciano family. He died in an accident when Arthur was only 5 years old.Berbertoni took over the family, leaving Arthur and his mother orphaned and widowed.His mother is still Chinese, and his grandparents were laborers in the United States back then.

"It's no wonder that I can cross over to him. It turns out that he is half of Chinese blood, so that's really just right." Arthur thought to himself.

At this time, Masino and others were also staring at Arthur, because Tony made a suggestion, he said: "This is my nephew Arthur, absolutely reliable, absolutely smart, he will be the best candidate to complete the task."

Masino and Gigendi looked at each other. They had heard about Tony's nephew. He was an idle, single-minded young man with no skills. He was a mediocre cook in his uncle's restaurant.

Masino said: "Arthur, is he Luther's son? If he is like Luther, I believe him."

Gigandi said: "He is your only nephew, are you sure you want him to carry out this work?"

Arthur heard their conversation, leaned over and asked Tony, "Uncle, what job?"

Tony said, "Send smoked fish pizza to a client."

Smoked fish pizza?Arthur didn't know there was this kind of pizza. Americans have this way of eating it?How come there is a feeling of spicy tofu buns.

Tony said to Masino and the others again: "Arthur was indeed not very conspicuous in the past, but now that he has grown up, he will change when he grows up. He recently wants to work in the family, and I think it is an opportunity for him. Isn't it Masino, before you took over the family business, you were chased and beaten when you were young, wearing pants and naked buttocks?"

Masino pouted and poked his neck to refute, but Gigendi made a gesture at him, and he squeezed his fist to swallow the breath.Because neither of them wanted someone to assassinate Abramo, it was okay if they succeeded, but it would be troublesome to be targeted if they failed.

Now that Tony pushed his nephew out, both Masino and Gigendi knew in their hearts that this was letting their nephew die.If this kid can really kill Abramo, according to the aftermath arrangement, he will be sent away from New York to Canada or South America for a period of time.If it fails, Arthur may die on the spot, or escape back, and give it to Abramo as a bargaining chip for "peace".

And even if the first situation happened, once he left New York, it was not hard to imagine what would happen to Arthur.

It's cruel to think about it, it's my own nephew, but you want to push him to such a dead end.

But both Masino and Gigendi knew how Arthur's father died and how Tony became the head of the family. Perhaps only Arthur himself, a bastard, didn't know the inside story.

With such a growing "Hamlet" by his side, Tony was naturally uneasy. How could he know that when discussing the assassination plan tonight, this good-for-nothing guy happened to be sleeping in the kitchen warehouse, which was a godsend.

"Masino and I have no objection, then the specific matters will be left to you, and Arthur. Again, I will bear all the expenses. Good luck, kid." Gigandi spoke, he got up and walked up to Arthur, touched Arthur's face with his hand, then hugged and kissed Arthur with Tony, and he was about to leave.

Massino did the same, and gave Arthur a deep, playful, sympathetic look.

The two left with their subordinates. All they had to do was decide who would do it. As for how to do it, they didn't need to know, nor did they want to know.

The less they know, the safer it is for themselves, and if their plans fail, they can try to clean up as much as possible.

Only Arthur, Tony, Tony's strategist Casey, bodyguard Russell, and his most trusted subordinate Montolo were left in the restaurant.

Arthur was called by Tony to sit down at the round table. In the corner of the restaurant, this desk lamp was the only light in the darkness.The others disappeared into the darkness, and when they heard the "squeak" on the door, they knew that people from other families had left.Tony's face looked even more sinister in the light and darkness. He originally had a hooked nose and a bald forehead, just like a vulture.

Casey has thick hair. He combs his hair back in a standard style, and the hairspray keeps it neat and tidy.He sat next to Tony, and he was as docile to Tony as he was to his hair, and they were a perfect team.

Montoro was a fat man with curly hair. He was sitting on a stool not far from the round table. Only Russell stood there with his hands crossed in front of his crotch.Russell was tall, with a serious face. He had served in the army and been to Vietnam. He was not Italian but German, but this did not affect his becoming Tony's bodyguard. He was really skilled.

Arthur's eyes swept over their faces one by one, flipping through the memories of them in his mind.

Tony looked at Arthur with his hands folded. He was waiting for Arthur to ask, but Arthur didn't say a word for a long time.

It wasn't like him, Arthur had always been a bluffing, brainless young man, much like his younger brother Luther.He has a straightforward temper and has no heart, but he is also soft-hearted towards women and very loyal.

Finally Tony couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Arthur, don't you have any questions to ask?"

Arthur came to his senses, thought for a while, and asked, "Oh, problem, yes, I have a problem." He had a lot of problems in his heart, and he just came through time travel, who is full of problems.

Arthur paused, thought for a while, and asked the question he most wanted to know the answer to.

"How many years is it now?"

"What?" Tony didn't expect Arthur to ask such a question, thinking he heard it wrong, don't you guys ask what the mission is?Did you really think it was a smoked fish pizza?

"Uh, I'm asking, what time is it now, how many years, what month, what time, my mind is a little sleepy."

"Fxxk, you silly boy, I think you're gambling. It's 12:23 in the morning, March 3th, 25." Tony looked at his watch and replied.

"1994? Is it 1994 now? It was 1994."

Yu Peng knew that if it was not a dream, he would have traveled to the United States in 1994.

But what about 1994?What happened?He is not in China and cannot go back for the time being, so what can he do?

As a sports fan, for 1994, only three things flashed in Yu Peng's mind: 1. NBA Houston Rockets won the championship. 2. The US World Cup Brazil team won the trophy. 3. The Chinese League A is formally professionalized.

But what does this have to do with him?Yu Peng didn't know. At this time, he inexplicably remembered the four cards in his pocket, and that strong premonition hit him again, but he couldn't figure it out no matter how much he thought, as if someone had hidden something in his mind, but he was not allowed to open it.

"Hey Arthur! Are you just such a stupid question?" Tony saw that Arthur was in a daze again, and he was convinced that this nephew would probably fail to complete the task, and he had already started planning how to throw him out and arrange for the aftermath.

"Oh no, no, oh, I have another question, another question, uh... I want to ask, how to make smoked fish pizza?"

(End of this chapter)