The Way of Flesh

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Appearance

Mafia III

Given By

John Donovan

Mission Type

Story Chapter

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The Way of Flesh is a story chapter in Mafia III.

Overview[]

This chapter involves recruiting Cassandra and taking over the district of Delray Hollow. There are two rackets involved, the prostitution racket run by Merle Jackson, and the smack racket run by Charlie Kincaid. Once taken over, the district has a maximum earn potential of $100,000.

Narrative[]

Old Times' Sake[]

The Way of Flesh 2 — Lincoln meets Cassandra

After speaking with John Donovan, Lincoln decides to interrogate someone from the Haitian Mob to find out who their leader is. He heads over to the Haitian Warehouse where they're known to hang out and waits for someone to show up. He is told that he will find their leader at the Pierced Heart voodoo shop.

After breaking into the shop, Lincoln waits for the leader to arrive, and to his surprise it's the same woman he saw with Baka at the Haitian Camp; it seems her being held there against her will was all an act. He tells her he wants her help taking down Marcano, and she says that a few months ago he was trying to kill her but now he wants her help. Lincoln says that with Marcano backing the Dixie Mafia, it won't be long before they come after her and the Haitians.

She explains that the reason Sammy and her were at war was because he was two-faced, pretending to care about his district while being in Marcano's back pocket and doing what he was told. She demands that once she has control over the Hollow, she runs it as she sees fit, no questions asked. Lincoln agrees on the condition that he be given access to Cassandra's muscle and connections.

She explains that Marcano replaced Sammy with Ritchie Doucet, an evil man who likes to torture young colored girls by taking them into the woods and hunting them like animals. She claims he killed her sister that way, saying a small locket is all she has left of her. She tells Lincoln that Doucet's men operate out of the First Baptist Church and an old theater called Perla's, named after Sammy's wife Perla Robinson. She suggest Lincoln start by talking with "The Voice", one of her men who can tell him more about the operation.

Prostitution[]

Lincoln meets with Charles Laveau, aka "The Voice", to find out more about the prostitution racket being run out of Perla's. He tells Lincoln that it's run by Merle Jackson, who turned it into a brothel and forces black women to work as prostitutes, pleasing the desires of white men. He says that if Lincoln lets those girls go, he will likely get Jackson's attention. He suggests Lincoln start by speaking with Sheila, a woman who works the coat check at Perla's.

Once he's through, Donovan calls Lincoln back to his tac-center to give him a portable radio to use for contacting his various associates. Lincoln then heads back to speak with The Voice, who tells him that bringing down Jackson's pimps, "Dirty" Gert Delong and "Rooster" Desaulniers, should be enough to bring him out of hiding. Once they're dead, Lincoln heads back to Perla's, where he kills Merle Jackson and hands the place over to Cassandra to run.

Smack[]

The Way of Flesh 4 — Kincaid arriving at the church

Lincoln meets with Donovan, who fills him in on the heroin racket run out of the First Baptist Church by Charlie Kincaid. He says Charlie stays away, so Lincoln will have to put the squeeze on his operation to get him to turn up. From what Donovan can gather, Charlie is only in it for the money, so they think he may be turned to work for them. Donovan then tells Lincoln about New Bordeaux's communication grid and that getting a system of wiretaps up and running should be fairly easy. All Lincoln has to do is install a TL-49 Fuse on each Junction Box and he can listen in on intel for the whole area.

After this Lincoln sets off to take down the smack racket. He interrogates Charlie's pushers, one of whom is his cousin Natty, who tells him about Charlie's enforcers, Doug Marcheti and Deacon Caruso, whom Lincoln then kills. Once he's torn down the entire operation, Lincoln gets word that Charlie's wife is expecting a baby soon. This leads Donovan to believe that Lincoln will be able to turn Charlie and have him work for them. After Lincoln confronts Charlie, he turns the operation over to Cassandra to run.

That Goes Both Ways[]

Note: This mission may also appear as part of Pray on the Way Up.

With the Dixie Mafia out of the way, Lincoln and Cassandra need to talk about what's next for the Hollow.

Lincoln returns to Cassandra and lets her know Doucet is dead. She questions Lincoln's choice of stringing him up on the Ferris wheel, and he says that after killing Sammy and Ellis, he got what he deserved. Cassandra then quotes Psalms 58:10, saying "The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked." She then tells Lincoln that goes both ways.

Pray on the Way Up 2 — Lincoln and Cassandra work out their deal

Cassandra explains that her men are struggling with the notion that they now have to answer to the same man who killed Baka and wiped out half their numbers. Casandra says that gestures carry weight, and if Lincoln were to help her man Emmanuel, that's a gesture that would go a long way to calm their nerves. She explains that he oversees her reefer operation at the boathouse. If Lincoln helps him, she'll see to it that he gets a portion of the profits.

Lincoln makes his intentions clear, telling her that he expects a portion of everything, not just the weed, as it will cost a lot of money to take down Marcano. Cassandra assures him he'll get his cut and the two part ways.

Friends Like These[]

Pray on the Way Up 3 — Donovan in his tac-center

Note: This mission may also appear as part of Pray on the Way Up.

Lincoln heads back over to Donovan's motel room to see the other potential allies he managed to dig up. He's shown the dossiers on two of the city's finest scumbags, Thomas Burke and Vito Scaletta. Once Donovan briefs him, Lincoln heads out to see them both.