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She asked to go herself, so she must've had a reason for it.

You don't want to find out what that reason is?

Lemme give you a little tip. One of the prerequisites for being a good partner is to never ask your counterpart about stuff she doesn't wanna share!

You two have a great relationship.

You betcha!

What?

What is it?

You've got somebody coming up on you. He's moving really fast.

Just one?

Yeah, just one.

Black hair, dressed like a really flamboyant mob boss, holding two pistol-shaped wands.

...Leon?

Lavinia... I knew it'd be you.

Leontuzzo, why did you come here?

I'm looking for you. But you cut all communication with the famiglia, so I haven't been able to get through.

While I was looking around, I overheard wise guys from another famiglia talking about how someone had blocked off some passages in the secondary core area, which didn't sound like something any of us would do.

Which is why I came here.

That's right... You were with Carracci so long, you must've known this was the best place to break through.

But, I have nothing more to say to you, Leon.

Wait, Lavinia...

I'm here to—

Leon?! Lavinia, and the court guys too...

Alright, so you're the one who's been messing around with the secondary core area behind our backs.

Leon, where the hell did you go after that meeting? Don't tell me you've been with her this whole time.

No, I went looking for my father.

What?

Why didn't you tell me?!

Because when I was face-to-face with Alberto, when I heard the things that carwash worker had to say about me, I finally realized—

I've been wrong my entire life.

That's why...

Demetri and Lavinia stand on opposite sides of the wide avenue.

Leontuzzo takes a deep breath, and finally walks over to Lavinia's side.

That's your answer, huh?

Correct.

From now on, I am no longer Don Bellone.

Leon... you know what this means, don't you?

I do.

<i>Do you?</i>

No matter how grand the Don's ideals were, he still chose to abandon his famiglia!

And you, no matter how grand your ideals may be, you're gonna do the same?!

We're a famiglia, goddammit, Leontuzzo!

Look me in the eye and answer me!

We grew up together. We've been through so much together.

Does all of that mean nothing to you?!

My father saw the famiglia as nothing more than a match to light the fuse of a new era in Siracusa.

He was wrong in his ways, but...

Leontuzzo gradually raises his eyes and looks directly at Demetri.

In the end, I'll stand against all famiglie.

Since it's bound to happen sooner or later—

Let's not drag out the suffering, Demetri.

Just when everything is about to teeter over the edge, a chill engulfs everyone present.

You shall not leave.

You will accomplish nothing.

Not even your bones will remain.

What... is this...?

Urgh... There's a voice... in my head...

A black fog congeals around the area.

As the fog condenses, an impalpable coercion gradually presses down on the heads, shoulders, and hearts gathered there.

From this coercion they feel a thread of kinship, as if its very existence is entangled with the blood in their veins. No, it is indeed an existence entangled with their blood.

But the thread immediately snaps, leaving only bottomless fear behind. Because within this coercion broils bottomless anger.

In this moment, all reason is suppressed, as if a voice is screaming out to them—

Bow down.

Surrender.

It's freezing cold...

Those unable to bear the pressure fall one by one, until only Leontuzzo, Lavinia, and Demetri remain standing.

I remember this feeling...

Leontuzzo turns his gaze towards the entity emerging from the coalesced fog—

Watch out, there's something off about that stuff!

...Il Signore dei Lupi.

Before the words leave his lips, a pack of wolves formed from the fog lunges at Leontuzzo and the others.