Chapter 274

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The dring-dring-dring of the telephone pulled the Professor (the Wolf Gang’s number two) back from his thoughts. He watched the phone on the desk ring a few times before picking it up, “Hello?”

“Professor?”

The voice was very familiar, somewhat young. A face as young as the voice flashed before him, and his voice became even gentler, “It’s me. Do you have any instructions for me?”

He was very respectful to this person. He was not a fool like Wolf or the other characters in the gang. He had his own views and opinions.

Some people are very stupid. They think they can challenge the whole world as soon as they gain a little power, arrogantly disregarding everything.

Even someone as powerful as the Five Families of Golden Port, weren’t they still subject to the state government and Congress?

In this world, there is only one place that can truly be said to be at the top!

But this one place would not leave a position for someone like him.

So he had always kept his posture very low. He knew he didn’t have the qualifications to be arrogant.

“He’s quite satisfied with your progress, but you can speed it up a little. The faster you are, the less pressure we’ll have.”

“The less pressure we have, the more benefits you can get. This is a positive cycle.”

“If you can’t open up the situation for a long time, our pressure will be great, and your days will be even harder. Can you understand what I mean?”

The professor nodded repeatedly, “Yes, I know, I can understand, sir.”

“But… the police are not on our side. If we rashly carry out a major operation, it is very likely that we will be blocked by them.”

“You know, once the police’s actions are carried out openly, even if we have the ability to fight back, we can only choose to disperse first.”

The person in the receiver listened carefully and, after a moment, laughed, “Communicating with you is just simpler than communicating with others, Professor.”

“Now you don’t have to worry about this aspect. Pay attention to the noon news broadcast.”

“And then think again about what you should do.”

The phone call ended there, leaving some “riddles.” The professor put the receiver back. He picked up a pen and doodled on a piece of paper with no destination.

This was his way of thinking. When he needed to think, he would use this method to sort out his thoughts.

He probably didn’t even know what words he was going to write on the paper, or what he was going to draw. Everything was a matter of course, written out smoothly and not without elegance.

At 12:30 noon, the Golden Port News Radio Station began its news broadcast. This was also the favorite program of many people during their lunch break.

After listening to several meaningless news items in a row, a piece of news that the professor found incredible finally came out—

“After Chief Charlie of the Golden Port City Police Department resigned to take responsibility, there has been no new police chief in office. Considering that the current security rate has not met the requirements of City Hall, the mayor has specially appointed John, the precinct chief of the Port precinct, to temporarily assume the post of acting chief until a more suitable candidate appears.”

“The position of precinct chief of the Port precinct will be held by the original assistant precinct chief, and the positions of other personnel will remain unchanged…”

After a brief moment of daze, the professor stood up abruptly, walked quickly to the door of Wolf’s office, and pushed it open directly.

Wolf, this person might have a problem, or rather, some of the rumors about him had made him fall into his own “persona.”

Yes, all the rumors were written by the professor. Things like single-handedly defeating a wolf, raising two wolves, all the legendary stories were personally written by the professor and helped to be publicized.

An ordinary gang with no special background, in the “industrial gang” environment of Fides, actually didn’t have much of a future.

He had to have something that could attract people, so that people would remember him and join him.

Although wolves were animals that farmers had a headache with, they could attract some young people, which was one of the reasons for the growth of the Wolf Gang.

Wolf enjoyed this persona very much. He felt as if he had really killed a wolf with his bare hands and was a real wolf king.

The professor stood by and waited for a few minutes. Wolf finally got his release. He pushed the girl away, put on his clothes, and sat back in his chair.

“We’re all men.”

The professor rolled his eyes, “John has become the acting chief.”

Wolf didn’t react, “So he was demoted?”

“This idiot, I knew he wasn’t cut out for this!”

The professor shook his head, “He’s the acting chief of the city police department, appointed by the mayor, just announced.”

Wolf’s mouth slowly opened wide, “That’s impossible, how could he…”

He quickly calmed down, “So, he’s on our side now?”

The professor nodded, “A certain gentleman called just now. He hopes our actions can be a little bigger.”

“This is a very unexpected measure. The police force is not a monolithic block. If John can be bribed, it means that other police officers can also be bribed.”

“My use of the word ‘bribe’ might not be accurate. To be precise, it’s that they can find the direction of justice.”

“So we have more room to maneuver. My idea is to have them hold back Bill and the others tomorrow, and then we will directly take out their old nest.”

“As long as their headquarters is taken down by us, the Red Dog Gang will have no foundation in the Port District, and we can easily clean up their remaining forces.”

“When we have occupied enough territory, whether it’s expanding outwards or cleaning up those small gangs, it will be a very simple matter.”

A light shone on the professor’s face. Although the Bureau of Hazardous Materials had great power, and they didn’t need to go through the local judicial system to get a search warrant or even an arrest warrant.

But they also had a big drawback: they couldn’t intervene in purely criminal acts.

Now it was different. John was on their side, even if he was just an acting chief.

This meant that the powerful department that truly had the right to interfere in all crimes also had their people, providing the most basic guarantee for some of their actions!

This was a breakthrough. They no longer had to worry that when they were doing something, a large number of police officers would suddenly surround them. Now the police would also be on their side.

Wolf was very excited after hearing this, “Your idea is very good. We can mobilize our men now. I’m already a little impatient!”

It wasn’t just them who heard this news; many others also heard it. Lance found it incredible when he heard it.

A greedy vulture had actually transformed into the acting chief of the police department?

You know, before a real chief appeared, the acting chief was the de facto police chief.

And the only person who could decide who would be the police chief was the mayor.

Under the mayoral system of the Federation, even if the rich in the Bay Area were extremely dissatisfied and could persuade the people in the state capital, in the end, it still had to be nodded by the mayor.

So… this acting chief was very subtle. It wouldn’t make people feel that the mayor was acting recklessly, because he was just an “acting” chief.

But it could also achieve the effect he wanted.

And doing so would make a portion of the marginalized police officers throw themselves into the arms of the mayor and John.

There are always some unsociable police officers, or police officers who are excluded. In the past, they could only endure this treatment, but now, they have a new choice.

This was a very disgusting move, and at the same time, it represented the continuous escalation of opposition and conflict.

“He is looking for opportunities to gain an advantage bit by bit,” Lance talked about these changes. “Now it’s the police, what’s next?”

“The fire department?”

“Or something else?”

“If the people of the Five Families are not so stupid as to be blinded by a life of ease, they should make a move.”

Elvin was a little worried. The position of the city police chief was too important. They could almost directly intervene in the police affairs of various districts, which would be very troublesome!

“What should we do?”

Lance fiddled with the matchbox in his hand, thinking about how to deal with it. It was obvious that from the previous situation, the mayor was clearly at a disadvantage everywhere, but he was able to get stronger step by step.

On the contrary, those local forces that had shown a crushing advantage over the mayor’s faction at the beginning were now starting to weaken.

In the end, the “ruling power” was still in the hands of the mayor. Even if he was at a disadvantage for a while, as long as the state government supported him, he could always stand up.

This was also the drawback of civil organizations. In the competition of high-level forces, they were simply not in the same league.

The only one who could go head-to-head with the mayor was probably the Kodak family.

But he was not irreplaceable. The reason why the casino business was profitable was not because they had some secret recipe that could guarantee a 100% profit, but just because of those few licenses!

It was not a good thing that the mayor was getting stronger and stronger. Lance pondered for a moment, beckoned, and Elvin immediately came over. The two whispered for a moment, and Elvin showed a look of astonishment.

But looking at Lance’s affirmative eyes, he finally nodded, “I’ll do it myself!”

Lance hugged him, “Be careful!”