Shadow Empire

Chapter 519: Incompetent and Mad [666+2]
Nate didn't get a good rest all night. He lay on the sofa in the living room thinking about what Director Blue said to him.

He had to admit that his good classmate had unique views on many issues, and that he also saw the game and struggle at a higher level.

The defeated mayoral faction - he once asked Chief Blue "how do you ensure that you can become the new chief", and then he said that Lance had already taken care of the mayor.

As long as Hunter is finished, the mayor will appoint him as the chief of the city police department and take full charge of the work of the Jingang City Police Force.

As an old policeman, a veteran policeman who has worked in the city police department for twenty years, he knows one thing very well.

There is no such thing as "purity" in the police force.

This is not to say that there is something wrong with the entire police force, but that this is how society is.

Just like the case where the man who had a car accident beat up the victim and both parties finally accepted out-of-court settlement through mediation, a person with a strong sense of justice would be angry about this, but what happens after being angry?

If the police arrested the master's children, they would soon face political pressure.

From city council members to state legislators, all committee members related to the police system will call their chiefs one by one.

The mayor would also call their directors and hint at them, either explicitly or implicitly, on what they should do about the matter.

Then some companies suddenly announced that they would lay off employees and cut salaries. The boss was able to mobilize at least hundreds or thousands of people to march to the police station to demonstrate, and even instigated some people to throw stones or garbage.

They will follow the police officers handling their cases, threaten and intimidate their families, and society will become a mess!

The whole city is full of complaining people, and the other party may lose his job, default on his house and car payments, and no company in the city will take them in.

They had to flee Jingang City with their families in a hurry and start over in other cities, and they might not be able to start over again.

This is the price of "justice"!

But what about the other way around?

The victim received a sum of money, a compensation that meant nothing to the gentlemen but was a huge extra income to the victim.

There were no constant phone calls from city councilors, state legislators, mayors, or other officials, no workers striking or demonstrating outside police stations, and no one smashing the windows of police stations or officers' homes.

Everything is so peaceful, as if nothing had happened!
and!

From the chief to the police officers handling the case, police officers, lawyers, and judges, everyone can get a reward from it.

Everyone is satisfied, no one is dissatisfied, and no one needs to pay a price.

This is the most real, stupidest, yet most helpless side of this society!
Sometimes, justice is not necessarily what people really want.

Now, there is such a "justice" in front of him, he just needs to turn it over, and there will be an opportunity!
He didn't fall asleep until dawn. After dozing for a while, he was lured out by the smell of breakfast.

He couldn't sleep because he had something on his mind. His wife came over with a bowl of salad she was mixing and kissed him on the cheek, "Sweetheart, you are so sweet!"

"You don't have to worry about waking me up. I'd rather have you lying on the soft bed than on the sofa than on my sleep!"

His children also came out of the bedroom, and his youngest son said in surprise, "Mom, you mean Dad slept on the sofa all night, right?"

The hostess of the family pinched her waist and looked at their little son, "Don't even think about it!"

His young son had been trying to sleep on the couch for the night but had been consistently denied.

Nate forced a smile, ate breakfast, got rid of the trivialities of his family, and quickly came to the police station.

He had already made the decision when he kept Chief Blue.

After he entered the office, he called over the people from his group and asked, "Didn't you go home last night?"

The two men rubbed their eyes and sat on the chairs opposite him. "No, Hunter wouldn't let us. But fortunately, he couldn't hold it anymore at around four o'clock, so we all got some sleep."

Nate nodded. "Has anyone cracked those nuts?"

His two men shook their heads. "Not yet. These people are very stubborn. Even if they are beaten into shock, they are unwilling to speak."

"I really don't know what kind of drugs Lance gave them to make them protect Lance like this."

Nate understood a little bit. Young people of this age, as long as they have experienced fighting, their courage and loyalty will make them indifferent to their own lives.

But there are also some who are cunning and afraid of death. Hunter is looking for those who are afraid of death, but he cannot deal with so many people in one or two hours.

Nei nodded and was about to say something when the phone on the desk rang. It was an internal call.

When he picked up, he heard Hunter's voice, "Come to my office."

Hunter woke up.

He rubbed his face after putting down the receiver, his eyes were bloodshot.

These people were too damn disobedient, he had to find another way to pry them open. Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and he said, "Come in."

Then Nate came into the room and Hunter told him to close the door.

"You'll be a little tired these past two days. I'll give you a day off once things are done."

Nate nodded without expressing his opinion, and Hunter didn't care either. They have worked together for a long time, so it was enough for them to just say it casually.

"I remember you had a case last time and we seized a batch of maple kites?"

Maple kite grass is a herbaceous plant that is native to the local area, but it is not common.

In the past, indigenous people used it more frequently because it has a strong hallucinogenic effect and is quite harmful to humans. If the dosage is too high, it may turn people into a vegetable or even cause death.

In 922, the federal government enacted law to classify maple kite as a high-risk plant, making its planting, transportation, storage, possession, sale, and use illegal.

A nationwide campaign to eradicate maple kite was launched, and now it is almost extinct, with only some laboratories and other places still having its seeds.

But it is impossible for this kind of thing to be completely eradicated from the market. They have previously uncovered a case of transportation and trafficking and obtained more than a dozen seeds.

Logically speaking, these things should have been destroyed immediately, but Charlie didn't do that at the time. He asked Hunter to remind Nate to forget about it. Who knows, they might need them someday in the future.

So this small bag of contraband was placed in a corner of the evidence room.

Maple kite grass is also under the management of the Hazardous Materials Administration, but the side effects of this thing are so great that few people use it because there are other alternatives.

Although it is highly toxic, it is said that maple kite is a component of truth serum.

When Nate heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly. If something happened, he would definitely be responsible, and no one could take on this problem.

He suddenly understood the decision Chief Blue had made and what he had said.

Hunter has gone a little crazy under tremendous pressure.

Nate nodded and said, "That's true, but Hunter, even if we use the maple kite to make them talk, will these testimonies really be useful?"

“Will they actually work in court?”

"We all know that they are Lance's people. What we need now is for them to stand up and point out Lance, rather than letting the judge know that they are Lance's people."

Although what he said was a bit confusing, Hunter understood it. He was also a little annoyed, "But no one is willing to stand up!"

He had no choice. Now that Lance had captured so many people, he could already imagine that Lance was planning to take his life.

He must race against time to find someone to accuse Lance of running those bars, to prove that he is the family boss, and to remotely control these gang members to commit numerous crimes.

Then they can get the legal documents to arrest Lance directly and throw him in jail, where he will never get out!
The more important the character, the more complete and rigorous the evidence is needed, because such cases cannot be solved locally at all.

Lance will definitely take the case to the Court of Appeal, or even the Federal Supreme Court, so the evidence must be clear and effective.

This is also the reason why Hunter is so impatient now. The longer it drags on, the more preparations Lance can make!

Expect the Kodak family to defeat them?

Go to hell!

He noticed last night that the Kodak family suffered far more casualties than Lance and his family. They were no match for the Lance family at all!

He can only do it himself!

Hunter's mania and madness made Nate, who was still hesitating, make a decision. He has his own family, a wife, children, and a future. There is no need for him to gamble everything he has with Hunter.

The winning bet was Hunter and Charlie's carnival, and had nothing to do with him.

He lost everything but he had to at least accompany Hunter to hell. Why did he gamble?
"I think these people were only arrested yesterday at midnight, and they still have hope. Once we wear down their patience a little and let them know that not only can they not leave, but they may also spend the rest of their lives in prison, they will panic."

"By then, some of them will surely be willing to come forward and testify against Lance, and help us achieve our goal. You have to be patient."

Hunter wanted to sabotage something, but he also knew that Nate was right, so he could only take a deep breath and said, "Yes, I should have listened to you on this matter."

"Go and deal with it. See if you can get them to talk. You can agree to some conditions with them. As long as they sign a confession and are willing to help us incriminate Lance and the Lance family, I can promise that their sentence will not exceed three years..."

This is obviously also an illegal act of inducing confessions, but the federal government will not deal with it because after the Ministry of Justice set a "wrong example" in the past few years in order to quickly resolve some cases, various places have begun to use the method of confession and commutation of sentences in order to speed up the trial process of cases.

To put it bluntly, it is a deal between justice and evil.

Nate stood up and said, "You take a good rest. I'll keep an eye on it in the morning..."

(End of this chapter)