Chapter 1039: Fast and ruthless

In the Federation, there is a very "ancient" proverb—

If you meet someone on a single-plank bridge who is unwilling to yield, and you happen to be unwilling to yield either, courage is the key to your passage.

There is no possibility of turning back between the Lapa government army and these anti-government armed forces now. After the fighting stopped for two or three hours during the day, it broke out again.

News from the "front line" kept coming back to Zhuolan, and the residents of the entire Zhuolan appeared somewhat panicked and uneasy.

In fact, these people, these people living in Zhuolan, whether they were in the city center, the rich area, or the slums, in a sense, were all beneficiaries of one of the few stable areas in this country.

They were a tight-knit group of vested interests, even those poor people in the slums were a part of it.

Because in Zhuolan, the only problem they needed to face was poverty.

But in other cities, even for the poor living in the slums, the problems they needed to face weren't just poverty, but many other problems.

This might be why people yearned to live in big cities, not just because there were more opportunities here, but also because it would be more stable here.

Now this tranquility and stability were about to be broken, and people felt uneasy.

Hu Zi stood somewhat nervously near the door. He had grown a bit taller during this period and had also become much sturdier.

Since he was promoted to sheriff, his whole person had undergone huge changes.

Now he was different from his past self; he had become more confident, and even a kind of prestige had sprouted on him, something only those in high positions had.

And all of this was because of that coincidence; he coincidentally ranked among the first to register personal information, which was why he obtained such an opportunity.

Power was a big dyeing vat. Hu Zi, who had just become sheriff, still treated his new job and new life cautiously.

But as he started to adapt to his current life, he seemed to have started to integrate into a new class that was forming.

He would collect some black money.

In any civilization, in any society, such a situation would exist.

The New Jincheng concession didn't allow casual setting up of stalls, but the people living here, even those at the bottom of society, were wealthier than ordinary people elsewhere.

There would always be people yearning to set up stalls here to earn some small money to support themselves. If they wanted to set up stalls stably here, they had to make those police officers turn a blind eye to their behavior.

And those girls or women who sold happiness, they stood in groups of three or five on the street corner, posturing. By rights, the police should expel them, but what if they paid a sum of money while not standing so nakedly on the street corner, but standing in the alley?

Facts proved that as long as the social form was developing and progressing, and people were becoming wealthy, the current Federation was the ultimate goal of these developing societies at the current stage.

Free markets, capital, accompanied by corruption and those things that many people considered foul-smelling, sprouted together.

At first, Hu Zi didn't dare to collect black money, but soon everyone collected it, or rather, everyone looked at him, waiting for him to make a decision. Under the influence of this collective will, he also chose to collect black money.

From being uneasy to being at ease, it actually didn't take a very long time.

At this time, he was waiting for orders in Lanse's office. Lanse had his back to him, looking down at the entire concession area through the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window.

If the most prosperous place in Lapa before was the city center of Zhuolan, then now the most prosperous place was New Jincheng.

It is like the most brilliant gemstone, inlaid upon this barren land of Lapa, radiating a brilliance that does not belong here.

After Lanse watched for a while, he turned around and looked at Hu Zi. Just one look made Hu Zi feel like he was facing the heat waves of a boiler when he was a child!

The scorching heat wave made him have to hold his breath to protect his organs. Although he didn't know why he had to do this at that time, whether it was the instinct of his body or some other reason, he just did it.

Now, he had that feeling again. Although there was no boiler here, nor any heat wave, he still held his breath.

That aura that formed like a tsunami behind Lanse made him lower his head involuntarily.

Lanse sat in his chair. He didn't let Hu Zi sit down, but looked at him. "I heard that our New Jincheng has had several robbery cases in the past few days?"

Hu Zi was now a sheriff, and he was responsible for the public security problems in a certain area here. Two of them occurred in his jurisdiction.

There were several others that occurred in the jurisdictions of other sheriffs.

He didn't know why Lanse called him to his office alone, but he was very clear that what he needed to do now wasn't to shirk responsibility, but to bear it.

He nodded. "This is my dereliction of duty, Mr. Lanse. I haven't caught them yet."

Lanse smiled and didn't reprimand him for being ineffective. "Now is a special time, Hu Zi."

"People don't know who will walk to the end in this civil war, whether it's the Lavila family or those anti-government armed forces."

"But no matter who walks to the end, this represents a huge turmoil."

"The more it is at such a time, the more we must ensure that our territory cannot be in chaos. Robbery, theft, no matter what kind of vicious criminal behavior, are not allowed to happen easily."

"You are a police officer, a sheriff, so you have even more obligation to protect the safety of the residents living here, as well as the interests of the merchants."

"Striking criminal behavior strictly and heavily, making everyone who hides a devil in their heart afraid to let the devil out, is your next job."

He paused for a while as he spoke. "There is one more thing, go help me investigate."

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