Chapter 617

At eleven o’clock, the sound of cars stopping came from the road outside, and then the door of the house was knocked on.

The senior agent stood at the door and asked softly, “Who’s there?”

The voice outside was unfamiliar, very strange, but what the other party said was what he needed.

“Director Dale asked me to come over. Are you…?”

“Thank God, you’re finally here!” The senior agent finally breathed a sigh of relief. He opened the two security locks and then pulled the door open.

The moment the door was fully opened, he froze on the spot.

Outside the door were several people, holding guns, pointing at him.

In that instant, countless snowflakes fell from the sky, everything turned black and white, and life became just noise.

“…This is the fifth home invasion robbery and murder case that has occurred this month. Deputy Chief Duke said that the case will be solved as soon as possible…, and that’s all for today’s news.”

In a shop window on the side of a street in the city center, a row of neatly arranged televisions were all playing the same news program. Although they were black and white televisions with no bright colors, the outside of the window was still crowded with people freeloading on the television content.

An eight-hundred to a thousand-dollar television was a dream that was out of reach for many people, but here, you could enjoy the fun of television without spending money.

Looking at some of the unprocessed images, everyone’s expression was a little uneasy.

“The city’s public security has indeed had some problems recently,” a gentleman who was waiting for the bus couldn’t help but complain.

A gentleman next to him nodded in considerable agreement. “Yes, there’s a high probability that it was done by those refugees. Since they came to Golden Port City, the public security here has become bad again.”

The people around began to express their own opinions and views. Most people’s views were the same—

All the misfortune was related to the excessive influx of refugees!

For food and money, those people could do any ugly thing. This had already become a kind of “common sense” for people.

This was actually a stereotype, just like in the past they believed that illegal immigrants were all criminals and thieves, and also prostitutes, and felt that they were the ones who made Golden Port City worse.

And now, they believed that it was the refugees who had caused a series of problems. Although it was true that some problems were caused by refugees, it couldn’t be all of them.

It was just that people’s stereotypes made them need a stable outlet when facing negative emotions, and the refugees took the blame for everything.

Soon, with the arrival of the bus, the people all dispersed.

But the content of their discussion would not dissipate. On the contrary, it would spread everywhere as they rushed to various parts of the city.

In the morning, Director Dale gathered everyone with a grave expression. He had something to say to everyone, in the small chapel.

Some people knew what had happened, some didn’t. The whole small chapel was in an uproar.

It wasn’t until Director Dale arrived that the discussion completely stopped.

Three senior agents stood on the stage. The deputy director was nowhere to be seen.

“Last night, a very vicious case occurred. A colleague of ours has left us forever.”

“I don’t know if you’ve paid attention to the morning news. In the Xilin District, a home invasion robbery with a gun, suspected to have been committed by multiple criminals, took away our colleague and his family.”

“This is heartbreaking, sad, and unacceptable!”

“He did not fall on the road of fighting against evil, but because of such an incident, he has unexpectedly left us forever. This is our loss, a loss for the cause of justice in Golden Port City!”

“I hope everyone can have a minute of silence for him…”

Everyone bowed their heads. Although not all of them had had any interaction with this senior agent, after all, he was a colleague, and a cadre at that. It would make people feel a kind of sadness for their own kind.

A minute later, Director Dale continued, “The outside world says that these things were done by refugees. Before the police have solved this case, I hope you will not discuss it in this way.”

“Before the truth comes to light, we must treat this matter rationally. At the same time, I also need to remind everyone to be sure to pay attention to safety…”

He said a lot of things, and at the same time, he also mentioned another matter, a matter that everyone was very concerned about.

“Recently, I have contacted an enterprise. They are willing to bear the long-term medical expenses for… the paralyzed agent, and at the same time, they are also willing to provide some emergency financial loan services for our agents.”

“No interest, for whatever reason, if you suddenly need a large sum of money, they can provide it, for free.”

“If anyone is paralyzed due to an accident at work or in life, or perhaps needs long-term treatment, they will also provide financial assistance for free.”

“If there are any special medicines, they will also apply for them for you.”

“In short, they will ensure that no one among us will have various tragedies due to lack of money for treatment.”

“Including your family members. If an accident occurs and it exceeds your ability to bear it, you can all apply for assistance.”

A piece of good news came after a piece of bad news. People’s emotions were actively mobilized. Many people began to applaud. This was indeed a good thing.

If the police department is a very dangerous law enforcement department, they need to face front-line criminals and criminal acts.

Then the Bureau of Hazardous Materials is an even more dangerous law enforcement department, because the criminals and crimes that the police face are only a part of the serious crimes. There is also a part of small cases such as petty theft, fights, and looting of shops.

But on the side of the Bureau of Hazardous Materials, as long as they are dispatched, there is a high probability that there will be a firefight, that people will be injured, and that people will die.

Now someone can cover their health and subsequent treatment. This is not a bad thing no matter how you look at it.

Director Dale did not announce the name of this enterprise, but if anyone wanted to apply, they could fill out a form and give it to him, and he would go and talk to the enterprise.

Now was not a good time to bring Lance to the forefront, because those mid- and low-level agents had not yet changed their thinking.

This was not like those police officers. They had long been thoroughly corrupt. Now that they were following behind Lance to make a living, it was a kind of sublimation.

Among this group of people, it was not that no one knew what had happened.

For example, another senior agent. At this moment, the terror in his eyes and his slightly trembling body showed that he knew what had happened.

Yesterday, he had seen Ponda leave with the colleague who had brought the news of the death. Recalling what Dewent had said to him on the road, he could already imagine the whole course of events.

His colleague had rejected Lance’s recruitment, and then he was killed in the evening. Just like that, he was killed so nakedly.

What made him feel even more uneasy was that the deputy director did not come today either. And yesterday, if he remembered correctly, it was the director and the deputy director who had left together.

He glanced at Director Dale, who was exuding a righteous aura, and he began to question the whole world!

A senior agent had died, so a new senior agent had to be promoted. They would not promote blindly. They had to promote one of their “own people,” and then, bit by bit, from top to bottom, they would corrode.

A little later, Director Dale gathered some of the middle-level cadres and senior agents together. With a grave expression, he handed them a piece of material.

“Someone has reported that the deputy director has accepted bribes. There is a high probability that he has already absconded.”

“They have already checked his account. There are large sums of money coming and going. Although I really don’t want to admit this, but…” he shook his head.

He also had not expected that Lance would deal with it this way. It could only be said that this way of dealing with it was very appropriate.

If a senior agent died, it could still be explained away. But for a deputy director to also die in an accident would be a bit hard to explain.

Now it was fine. He hadn’t died. He had absconded with his crime. The matter of him accepting bribes had been exposed. Now the prosecutor’s office had begun to intervene in the investigation and found that he did indeed have official crimes.

It was just that the person could not be found now. The person who had reported him had also just mailed a complaint letter. In the absence of the complainant, it was very difficult for this case to continue to be pushed forward.

The prosecutor’s office was collecting other materials. If there was new information, a further notice would be issued.

Everyone was a little dazed by this news, but they also quickly accepted it.

In this day and age, official crime is not something strange. The police force next door, if you shoot every other one, you won’t kill the wrong one.

Rent-seeking in power has become a normal state in the Federation at this time, especially after the capitalization of politics. Money seems to have become a universal key.

There is nothing it cannot open.

Whether it’s the loyalty of politicians to the country, or the panties of girls, as long as the money is in place, they can all be opened.

The deputy director had absconded, and a senior agent had died in an accident. The State Prohibition Committee was very dissatisfied with these messy things that had happened in Golden Port City during this period.

If it weren’t for the fact that Director Dale had already offered up the money, he might have been reassigned by now.

For the sake of that money, they decided to give Director Dale another chance.

As August was about to end, the changes in the Golden Port City liquor market finally affected Yalan.

Currently, Yalan, as the region with the largest amount of smuggled liquor and beverages into the Federation, bar none, many of the gangster groups here rely on smuggling liquor for a living.

Golden Port City does not occupy a particularly large share in the entire smuggling system, but it is not particularly small either. Every year, it can consume hundreds of millions of liquor.

Even if its cost is only one-fifth, one-tenth, it is enough to feed many gangs in Yalan.

Now some changes have taken place in Golden Port City. The Lance Family has issued a notice to all the gangs that smuggle liquor from Yalan to Golden Port City.

From October, all foreign port liquor entering the port can only be sold to the Lance Family. If anyone’s liquor is sold privately, then the liquor market of Golden Port City will be permanently closed to them.

In order to resolve the relevant issues as soon as possible, the Lance Family invited them to Golden Port City to negotiate this business.

Time is of the essence!

(End of a Chapter)