Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 326 What's the situation now?

In normal circumstances, it is not necessarily required that all the top nobles give Max this face. However, once the talks reach the stage of reaching a consensus, the other nobles present will feel that such behavior is detrimental to the face of the noble class of Nanwei City, mainly in terms of etiquette.

This can be simply understood as a kind of collective consciousness in an unconventional sense, or more comprehensively, it should be called a collective interest consciousness.

Because, in general, when the interests of the majority of the Nanwei noble circle and the county councilors are already intertwined, any action by the nobles that might damage this "friendship" will be met with hostility from the members of that group.

Especially when the target of hostility is a family like the York family, whose strength is insufficient to overwhelm everyone.

……

Even the Sherman family wasn't arrogant enough to skip such an event; at the very least, Ms. Castor still sent a representative to participate.

Therefore, the York family's behavior of disappearing without any response is very impolite, especially for nobles who have received traditional higher education.

This not only damages the relationship between the Nanwei aristocratic circle and the future county magistrate, but also, to some extent, lowers the social standing of the entire class.

It is well known that nobles are almost obsessive about etiquette. In the battlefields of the previous era, which were filled with noble sons, even when the guns were almost at each other's throats, the two sides still had to exchange gentlemanly greetings before firing. In fact, the two sides would just stand there staring at each other until the honor guard responsible for the battlefield background music arrived.

When it comes to etiquette, the aristocracy has figured it out over hundreds of years, but they've also made themselves foolish by it.

As a result, after the development of navigation technology and the establishment of a naval force, the Empire's army initially suffered considerable losses when facing those notorious and uncivilized pirates.

...

In short, the absence of the York family made the party somewhat less enjoyable.

So soon someone at the party volunteered to defuse the awkward situation.

“Sir, I believe Mr. York must have encountered some unavoidable emergency. Perhaps I should send someone to his estate to inquire?”

“It’s absolutely necessary. Who knows, Old York might have overturned in some ravine and is just waiting for us to pull him out.”

The atmosphere at the party was quite pleasant, as the first part of the "ticket sales" agenda went relatively smoothly.

"Then I'll trouble you." Max didn't seem to care about the absence of a certain nobleman. In fact, he didn't expect to win all the council votes from the nobles of Nanwei City. Even if he promised them a price that would satisfy them today and they got along well enough, if his competitors offered even more lucrative terms in the future, most of these guys would forget what they said today without hesitation and switch sides. That would be perfectly normal.

……

Then, this scene unfolded.

When the nobles' entourage pushed open the unlocked gates of the York family manor, the hellish scene that greeted them caused him to lose control of his bladder on the spot.

That's so tragic...

The water in the central pond of the small garden directly opposite the gate of the manor had turned blackish-brown, even more turbid than the water in the section of the canal near the industrial area. The stench emanating from it felt like some kind of compressor was frantically bloating everyone's stomachs, as if it wouldn't stop until everyone's stomachs were completely emptied.

In the vast manor, everyone—masters, servants, and even the guard dogs—was soaking in the pool.

Countless flies and mosquitoes gathered above the pool, their buzzing echoing throughout the front yard of the entire manor.

The corpses submerged in the pool were already rotting and stinking, their swollen abdominal cavities floating on the surface, looking as if they might burst at any moment.

This is why members of the York family were absent from the party.

...

Perhaps this is karma. Just last night, it was announced that the Hunter Organization had been completely wiped out, and the very next day, it was discovered that the York family's manor had been annihilated.

……

However, unlike last night, this news did not spread immediately but was blocked.

Clearly, if the downfall of the York family were to make the news, yesterday's drama would have been for nothing, and Nanwei City would be plunged back into an atmosphere of panic. The public might even think that Councilor Johnson was a liar.

So this difficult mess was handed over to the local law enforcement team.

Just as old Theon had described, the cleanup and other miscellaneous tasks would have to be handled by the enforcement team, while the people sent by the county government were simply acting like lords.

……

Soon after.

Law enforcement headquarters conference room.

Even a successful person like Max was starting to lose his composure.

He pressed his hands on the conference table and questioned the group of senior executives in front of him:

"Wasn't it said that the increased patrols and security in the city made it impossible for the assassins to make a move? Gentlemen, what's going on now?! County Councillor Charlie York has called me more than a dozen times. How am I supposed to relay this to him?!"

What followed was quite interesting around the conference table:
The court representative turned to look at the army lieutenant colonel, who in turn looked at the prosecutor, who then naturally turned to look at the three local law enforcement inspectors sitting opposite him.

Compared to the distraught County Councillor Max, the other members of the inspection team appeared much calmer.

In contrast to the terrible atmosphere of the entire inspection team, the higher-ups in Nanwei City's local law enforcement system seemed much more indifferent.

Because this time, it was nobles who died, those who know, know.

“Ahem…” Nero coughed twice, answering the Max County councilor’s question:
“Sir, we have indeed increased the number of patrols in the city as you instructed, but the nobles’ manors are outside the city.”

There's not even a need to add anything further.

Nero dismissed the mess that had been thrown his way with a casual remark.

...

The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became very strange.

What we're saying is that if the York family had just stayed rotten on the manor, it wouldn't have been a big deal. But the people who discovered this were the squires of other nobles, meaning that the nobles now know about the York family's massacre.

What does this mean? It means that if Max cannot appease these fearful nobles, his campaign will become even more difficult.

In his original plan, he only needed to ensure that the local law enforcement forces in Nanwei City strictly followed the regulations to carry out patrol and guard duties, so as to ensure that the Hunter Organization would not have any opportunity to take action before the election date. After the election, he could do whatever they wanted.

But now, instead of commoners, it's nobles who are dying.

The difficulty of handling the incident suddenly increased several levels.

(End of this chapter)