Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 437: Useless Effort

At dawn the next day, on top of the city hall building in Panyan City.

Song Shi sat cross-legged on the rooftop, overlooking the city below.

Compared with yesterday, there is no change in Panshi City today.

The only difference from the past was probably that the parking lot next to the city hall was now unusually crowded.

"wasteless effort"

Song Shi chewed on the word and raised his eyes slightly.

The rusty red color is like the city's bloodline, crawling over the weeds of abandoned factories, winding its way into the potholed streets, floating with alcohol and addictive drugs, like an unstoppable wave, slowly and forcefully engulfing every inch of the city, and even the wind carries the lingering smell of decay.

And a slightly stronger smell of blood.

Song Shi didn't even turn his head and suddenly said, "What do you think of this statement?"

Anthony, who had just climbed over the wall, pulled his suit tie when he heard this and stopped three meters away.

A whole night of high-intensity work and government affairs processing did not make the man show any sign of fatigue on his face, and he remained as cold and stern as ever.

"Mr. Supervisor, what do you want me to answer?"

"Uh, tell me everything."

"Yes." Anthony did not hesitate, as if he had already prepared a plan in mind: "If you mean in terms of governing and running the government, you have done a very successful job. Thanks to the actions of you and His Excellency Lapis Lazuli, the Lolati and More families and their affiliated forces have all collapsed or surrendered voluntarily."

"All the key personnel involved in major cases in Panyan City over the years, including but not limited to excessive corruption and serial murders, have been captured. The handling of secondary cases and personnel is also progressing in an orderly manner. The assets under the names of the personnel involved will be handed over by our designated personnel under supervision."

"The resulting vacant positions have indeed caused a certain degree of confusion, but this is temporary and will be resolved once subsequent personnel are appointed to fill the vacancies."

Song Shi knocked on the ceramic tiles of the rooftop, and it was like a theater troupe lighting a circle of fire. The entire surface of the rooftop was instantly lit up with red-gold flames, making it look brand new.

"What about the other side?"

"That's not something you need to solve." Anthony faced the flames and approached the rooftop, so that he could also overlook the city. "As I said last night, I arrived in Panyan City three days before you."

"While waiting for your arrival, I have reviewed the files of the natural resources, business management, and urban planning departments over the past decade, and have also conducted on-site visits. I must tell you that, unfortunately, the economic situation in Panshi City is probably irreversible."

No manuscript is required.

Thanks to the enhancements of his prosthetics such as brain-computer interface, micro-supercomputer, information integration module, and his past administrative experience in the Ministry of Justice, Anthony answered very fluently.

"During the Seven Lands War, several mineral veins were discovered in the suburbs of Panyan City. In addition, the location was relatively safe at the time, so it received a lot of support, including but not limited to policy bills. A well-connected transportation network was built, which greatly promoted the development of the secondary industry."

"But now, Panyan City's geographical location is no longer advantageous. Only the last of those mineral veins has not been completely exhausted, resulting in the relocation of a large number of factories and a serious loss of population. This has led to high unemployment and crime rates, domestic violence and separation, the spread of addictive drugs, and political corruption."

Anthony paused for a moment and said, "Mr. Supervisor, I must say that you have done enough. The above phenomenon will surely be alleviated to a certain extent in the future. Please do not hold the idea of ​​'complete improvement' and use the authority of patrol inspection to transfer resources from other places to Panyan City."

"This will be an extra burden on Ye Nan, a..." The man considered his words: "a wasteful move."

"Is this a reminder?" Song Shi turned 180 degrees and laughed.

Facing the other person's gaze, Anthony's expression remained unchanged: "This is a suggestion."

"There's really no need for advice—"

Song Shi stood up and stepped on the edge of the rooftop: "I know a lot about this." Anthony said: "This is not your problem."

Song Shi was stunned for a moment, as if he was amused: "Don't do this kind of consolation next time, I was just sighing."

"As you wish." Anthony placed his right hand on his heart.

Suddenly, a slight sound of breaking through the air was heard in the distance, and in an instant, a flowing shadow flew from the distant sky to the top of the city hall building.

lapis lazuli.

"Field operations, completed."

"How many were killed?" Song Shi asked with concern.

"Suppress four and kill two."

"That's okay."

Song Shi said "Oh——" and motioned Lapis Lazuli to sit anywhere.

Under the authority of border inspection, nothing in the entire Panyan City dared to stop it - last night's "Mendan Lorati" was definitely not planning to fight to the death.

"Take a portion of the assets from the Lolati and Moore families and use it to subsidize the field personnel of the Security Bureau." Song Shi pondered and made a decision: "During this period, have them split into three shifts, working day and night to strengthen patrols in Panyan City. All those who are ready to take advantage of the chaos or have already taken action should be killed."

"Then we'll go to the next stop."

".Is the schedule so tight?" Lapis Lazuli seemed a little surprised.

"There's no point in staying here any longer." Song Shi jumped off the rooftop and sighed, "Those who should be killed have been killed, those who should be replaced have been replaced, and as for the rest, I can't create a bunch of jobs here out of thin air."

"And after all, the situation isn't that bad to the point of causing outrage." Song Shi pressed the rooftop and extinguished all the flames: "Don't you think so?"

Lapis Lazuli neither answered nor refuted, apparently agreeing.

Even for families like Lorati and More that have been rooted in Panyan City for decades, except for a very small number of people who enjoy immunity like "Mendan Lorati", most family members dare not kill people in the street. That is not allowed in legal terms and they will die.

It would not be like the East Land Republic, where only a small fine had to be paid.

Of course, as for finding a scapegoat after the murder in private and exchanging interests with the top brass of the Security Bureau to cover it up, that is another matter.

The relocation of factories in Panshi City has resulted in a large number of local people losing their jobs and being laid off. Even though the economic compensation for dismissal can only be described as meager after layers of deductions, it is still money that they actually receive.

It's not like those companies in corporate alliances, where you go through a lot of calculations on the labor agreement, and when you are finally kicked out of the office, you find that you still owe the company money and need to take out a loan to repay the favor.

Lapis Lazuli understood this.

The city of Panyan was experiencing financial difficulties and economic depression, so the salaries of public officials were not high and were often in arrears. This was one of the reasons why the Lolati and More families were extremely successful in engaging in political corruption.

Perhaps this group of new personnel who are being promoted now will work hand in hand with the next "Lorati" and the next "More" in the future to create the glory of Panyan.

But at least for now, everything is new.

Enough is enough.

(End of this chapter)