Empire of Shadows

Chapter 376 Miscellaneous Talks and Arrival [666+1]

Blue Branch Chief sat at his desk, feeling slightly awkward because just a few seconds ago, the handwriting expert had refused his invitation.

"Looks like you weren't successful," Lance said, lighting a cigarette.

His gaze made Blue Branch Chief feel embarrassed, and even a little ashamed!

The so-called police consultant wasn't a particularly important role, just an external staff member.

If this external staff member was someone like Lance, Blue Branch Chief wouldn't dare to lose his temper, but this was just an ordinary external staff member, an ordinary person, a university teacher, with nothing special about him.

He was silent for a moment, "I'll have someone 'invite' him over."

Lance could imagine what kind of process this "invitation" would be, and he raised his hand to signal him not to do that, "What's the income of this university teacher?"

Blue Branch Chief shrugged, "I'm not too sure, probably around a hundred dollars, if he's bold enough."

This professor was originally a language research expert, studying the distribution of some languages in the world, because some experts and scholars believed that the whole world was once a single entity.

Later, under the action of land plate movements, or possibly under the action of external forces, such as meteorite impacts, plate movements occurred.

Eventually, it split into several continents.

Then a question arose: on which continent did humanity originate?

It seems a bit boring, so what if it's found out?

Could it change the current world pattern?

But for some very special elite groups, the upper class, this is particularly important.

Because they believe that their race is superior to other races!

These studies don't generate much profit, so the income isn't as high as other projects.

This handwriting professor studies ancient records and the like, so he has a lot of research on writing and handwriting, and has assisted in the detection of some cases several times, and was specially hired as a consultant.

Lance thought for a while, and might need this professor or his network in the future, so he couldn't make the relationship too stiff, and had to give the other party a little sweetness.

"Ask him if a thousand dollars is enough for him to work overtime temporarily?"

Blue Branch Chief was stunned for a moment, then smiled and picked up the phone again, dialed the number, and this time, he pressed the speakerphone button.

After two beeps, the phone was answered, "Don't tell me it's you again, Chief Blue."

His voice was a little tired, he was tutoring female students, which was quite physically demanding, and he was interrupted halfway through, which made him feel a little disappointed.

He was already in his fifties this year, and rarely had such interest, and being interrupted continuously, he seemed to be unable to bear it anymore.

So his tone was slightly tinged with helplessness and a little anger!

"Professor, listen to me, there's a thousand-dollar job here, I don't know if you're interested."

"A thousand dollars?", the professor, who had originally planned to end the call, was silent for a moment, "Are you at the Imperial Branch?"

"The city is a bit chaotic now, send someone to pick me up, you know my address, right?"

"Yes, I know, someone will come to pick you up soon."

"Okay, see you later."

Blue Branch Chief hung up the phone, looked at Lance with a helpless smile, and shook his head, "I thought he could hold on a little longer!"

Lance said with a smile, "This shows the principle that money is not easy to earn!"

He paused, "Has Charlie made any moves in the past two days?"

Blue Branch Chief can now be said to be completely tied to Lance, and he seemed a little more relaxed, "I have now become a marginal figure, at least Charlie and Hunt don't trust me very much."

"I heard from other people that Charlie said the state government may send an investigation team to investigate the issue of police corruption."

"Charlie is asking everyone to unite as much as possible to resist the investigation, we all know that most police officers can't stand investigation."

"They are very likely to grab a few representative figures, so we must be more united and consistent in our external dealings."

Lance frowned, "Will the consequences be serious?"

Blue Branch Chief looked very relaxed, but Lance still saw a hint of solemnity in his expression, "No one knows to what extent they want to go."

"It's not just us who have these problems now, Lance, to be honest, the entire Federation's police are like this."

"On the one hand, they can't give us too high a salary, and on the other hand, they need us to do dangerous work."

"Some areas' police officers only have thirty-seven or eight dollars in wages, the same as those workers on the docks, but they have to face criminal groups with stronger weapons than them!" Blue Branch Chief also seemed to be full of complaints, "They always think everyone else is a fool, Lance!"

"Like if they asked us to take a self-defense revolver to arrest you, I would now throw my gun and badge on their faces and tell them I quit!"

"We also have to consider the problem of supporting our families, consider many problems, injuries, extra expenses due to work, and some unexpected expenses, if we don't take something."

"Don't even talk about maintaining law and order, we ourselves can't survive!"

Listening to his complaints, Lance nodded constantly, "Yes, I always think that the more dangerous the job, the better the treatment should be, at least you can't let people take the lowest salary and take the greatest risk."

Blue Branch Chief chuckled twice, "The Dangerous Goods Administration has very high salaries, and various bonuses."

This is obvious dissatisfaction, but there's no way, one is the basic law enforcer, and the other is the "Emperor's Sword" used by Congress and the ruling class to maintain their authority, and there can certainly be no equality between the two.

As Blue Branch Chief spoke, he mentioned the matter that Lance had told him last time, "Last time you talked about re-establishing some rules…"

Lance thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, now our city's management system is too chaotic, some people take more money, some people take less money, and some people hide money, which creates risks and contradictions."

"Everyone does the same work, and in theory, it should be distributed equally, but there is no standard."

"How the Empire District is divided, how the Port District is divided, how the Starlight District is divided, there has never been a clear rule."

"This has caused a certain degree of chaos, and I want to change these things."

"But now is not the time, we still lack some key forces!"

Lance rubbed the ruby ring on his index finger with his thumb, "But I believe it will come soon."

Not long after, the professor arrived at the police station in a police car, and he was stunned when he saw Lance in the office, but then he realized that this was today's benefactor.

"My name is Peter, Peter Scott.", Professor Scott didn't have any problems with socializing, and without waiting for Blue Branch Chief to introduce him, he took the initiative to introduce himself.

Lance shook his hand and said, "Lance White, you can call me Lance, or Mr. White, either is fine."

This is actually a bit strange, because most of the time "Mr." should be used to address the surname, but since Lance had such a request, Peter would not refuse.

After all, how he is addressed is Lance's own business.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. White."

"What can I do for you?"

The atmosphere and environment in academia are relatively simple, and he vaguely seemed to have heard this name, but he didn't know if it was Lance.

Randomly bringing it in is a very unfavorable behavior, so he didn't think much about it for the time being.

Lance took out several strips of paper and the things handwritten by Jifen Lucar and handed them to him, "I want to know if the handwriting on these strips of paper and the handwriting on these papers come from the same person."

"This is exactly what I am best at, Mr. White, I need about three to a week."

Lance frowned, "Such a long time?"

Peter explained, "I need to ensure the accuracy of the results, if you are not so… strict about accuracy, I can issue a report as soon as possible."

He lowered his voice slightly, "If these handwriting identifications are used for judicial procedures, my suggestion is to give me a longer time…"

He thought Lance wanted these things for lawsuits, and only in this way could it be more "accurate", for the sake of a thousand dollars!

Lance shook his head, "This has nothing to do with litigation, I just want to know if they were written by the same person, but it must be accurate and as soon as possible."

"After this is over, there is another job waiting for you."

Professor Scott was very satisfied with this job, earning a thousand dollars in a week without breaking the law, and he wished he had such a job waiting for him every day.

After sending Professor Scott away, Lance also left.

Now he just needs to wait quietly for the follow-up news.

On the first day of August, the city seemed to become much quieter and safer. In the morning, some people got up and were able to see many state troopers appearing on the streets, and even saw them arresting some criminals. The public security instantly became very good.

Today is the day when the congress commissioners arrive in King's Harbor City, and the state troopers have begun to actively maintain order and security.

A little after ten o'clock, the train from the Special District arrived at King's Harbor City Railway Station. As the steam dissipated all at once, the doors of the train also opened.

King's Harbor City has received senators many times in these years, and every time the pomp has been great, and this time is no exception.

Anyone familiar with the state of Licar could recognize the deputy governor standing at the very front.

As a pair of gleaming leather shoes touched the ground, the smiles on the faces of the welcoming party became even more animated!

At this moment, this Senator was the focal point of these people, the very heart of this city!