Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

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The city hall building is naturally very impressive.

The square shape resembles a chessboard, with obsidian lines crisscrossing the white marble facade like the lines on the chessboard.

But at the intersections of each vertical and horizontal line, there are golden solder joints, making it look like a huge electronic component.

The building occupies approximately 40 square meters, but the interior space is much larger than the land area.

Even so, the building is not large enough to accommodate all the functional departments.

Or rather, many departments are unwilling to stay in this building.

In the eyes of the metropolitans, every department of the city hall is like a hellish abyss.

Once the bureaucratic machine is running at full speed, no "person" or force can withstand its crushing force.

Besides those landmarks that are part of the metropolis, there's also that mysterious club.

But the city hall employees also knew that all the departments combined could not defy the will of that one person.

There can be no two suns in the sky, and the metropolis has only one sun, which is the Supreme Speaker.

Even the director of the Market Supervision Department, or a powerful being like the Primordial Time Dragon who stands at the pinnacle of countless races, must go through the resignation process if he wants to leave the metropolis.

Otherwise, the Speaker of the Supreme Council would indeed transcend multiple time and space to bring him back and hold him accountable.

If the Speaker of the Supreme Council were a kind and benevolent leader, that would be fine, but all the employees who had met the Speaker of the Supreme Council believed that while he was not exactly strict, he was definitely not gentle.

Therefore, working in the same building as such a person is certainly not a comfortable experience.

Whether it's the diligent employees or the high-ranking directors and members of parliament.

Driven by practical needs and popular demand, various departments of the city hall built their own office buildings around the city hall.

Those departments with particularly large numbers of employees and extremely broad functions even built more than one building, surrounding the municipal building like stars around the moon.

As an undeniably powerful department, the Market Supervision Bureau naturally has its own complex of buildings.

In a annex building next to the main building of the Market Supervision Bureau, the Food Business Safety Supervision Division (hereinafter referred to as the Food Management Division) was bustling with activity as always.

As the department in charge of food distribution and catering services, the Food Management Office's jurisdiction covers almost the entire metropolitan area.

After all, food is the most important thing for people. No matter what race or form you are, you have to eat. Even the dead have their own diet.

Ghouls eat corpses, vampires drink blood, and resurrected corpses eat things that are no different from those of the living.

Therefore, whether viewed by ordinary residents or city hall employees, the Food Management Department is a very lucrative department, and in fact, it is.

However, working in such a powerful department also comes with immense pressure.

This pressure increases exponentially, especially when you want to advance further in your career.

To withstand this kind of pressure, you either need an extraordinary background, extraordinary abilities, or extraordinary willpower.

Yin Lang, the acting deputy captain of the second team of the enforcement brigade of the Food Circulation Section of the Food Management Office, is a "person" with superhuman abilities and willpower.

He went from being a gladiator in the underground arena to a temporary worker at the city hall, then from a temporary worker to a full-time employee of the food management department, and finally became the deputy captain, albeit an acting one.

Only it knows what it has gone through and how much it has sacrificed along the way.

Silver Wolf has always held this hard-won achievement in high esteem.

He treated his subordinates with both kindness and severity, was generous to his peers, and fawned over his superiors. He finally managed to gain a foothold in the Food Management Department, and it even seemed that he could sit down and make a lasting impression.

However, all its efforts were futile in the face of its advantages that transcended race.

Silver Wolf has only been working hard for a few decades, while its rival has been working hard for over a hundred years.

Although seniority is only a factor in the promotion of city hall employees due to the special circumstances of the metropolitan area, it is undoubtedly a significant advantage.

Moreover, the opponent's uncle is a leader within the system. Although he is only a deputy section chief, he is enough to interfere with the promotion of deputy captains.

Thinking of this, Silver Wolf couldn't help but clench the folder in his hand.

Fortunately, it reacted in time and didn't tear it. Even so, the plastic folder, along with the thick files inside, was pinched and left with a deep claw mark.

Fortunately, it doesn't affect reading.

Just as Silver Wolf was about to open the document, its confidant, Hyena, who also came from the underground arena, came over.

"Big brother, that guy is coming."

The hyena whispered in its ear.

Chapter 534 Silver Wolf: Your news is too big, I need to wait a bit.

Silver Wolf put down the folder in his hand and looked towards the door.

Accompanied by a silvery laugh, a fair and smooth hand pushed open the office door.

It doesn't even need to see the face; it knows who it is just from that disgusting, affected laughter.

Bai Shanyi, the acting deputy captain of the first law enforcement team, is a member of the Bai ethnic group.

Silver Wolf's azure eyes were fixed on the door, as if trying to pierce through the wooden planks and nail it into the other's face.

The others also sensed the impending storm, and the office, which had just been as noisy as a market, quickly fell silent.

Everyone pretended to be busy, but tried to keep quiet.

Bai Shanyi, who had been dawdling outside, finally pushed open the door and entered, followed by two dog-headed, human-bodied subordinates.

Although they have dog heads and human bodies, they are not dog-headed humans, but members of the Dog-Sealing Clan.

Dog-headed people only resemble humans in appearance, but their bodies still retain many animal characteristics, and they are more like reptiles than dogs.

The heads of the Quanfeng tribe are exactly like those of dogs, but below the neck they are completely human-like.

These two dog-headed clan members look exactly alike, from their appearance to their physique; they are clearly twins.

"It's so quiet and the atmosphere is so oppressive, it's not good for work. Come on, let me treat everyone to afternoon tea so you can relax."

Bai Shanyi glanced around the office, her gaze lingering on the silver wolf for a few seconds before she said with a smile.

After saying that, she gave a look to the two dog-sealing clansmen behind her, who then understood and carried the boxes to distribute them one by one.

Everyone is the same, with a cup of coffee and a box of desserts.

"Wow, it's Underpants Coffee. Captain Baishan is really generous."

One of the team members picked up his coffee and sighed.

Underpants Coffee is a chain coffee shop that has become popular in recent years. It is said to have been founded by one of the founders of Unlucky Coffee after he left the company.

It boasts an affordable price, offering everything that Unlucky Coffee has, but at a lower price, and without the stringent purchase conditions.

So even though the taste is a bit worse and the speed of launching new products is slower than that of Unlucky Coffee, it still managed to eat up a lot of the latter's market share.

Even though it's affordable, it's still a genuine mid-range luxury meal. While a city hall employee could certainly afford it with their salary, they wouldn't be willing to spend it on entertaining guests.

"Brothers work so hard every day, how could I be stingy? Money should be spent when it's necessary. As long as I'm still the vice captain, I can't say much, but you guys will definitely have plenty of food and drinks."

Bai Shanyi said with a smile.

This woman, who is nearly two hundred years old, still looks like a young girl, with long, silvery-white hair cascading down her back like a waterfall.

Her features were small and delicate, and she looked like a silver-throated long-tailed tit.

However, Bai Shanyi is very straightforward in her speech and actions, just like a rough old man.

This contrast gave her a unique charm, and coupled with her good looks and family background, she had quite a few suitors within the Market Supervision Bureau.

And the twin dogs were her die-hard fans; she said they would never go west, no matter where they went.

I don't know how Bai Shan Yiyi managed to keep them from fighting even though they each had two husbands serving one woman.

"Captain Baishan is magnanimous."

"Captain Baishan is awesome!"

"Captain Baishan."

People who have been paid to do good deeds are obliged to do so, and since the other party was indeed a leader, the people in the office also knew to flatter him.

Surrounded by a rainbow, Bai Shanyi couldn't help but reveal a smug smile, her beautiful eyes glancing intentionally or unintentionally at the silver wolf.

Silver Wolf merely sneered at her provocation.

Others may not understand her, but doesn't it?

This woman's generosity is just a facade; she's easy to please with small favors, but when real trouble comes, she can't handle it.

Before she became the acting deputy captain, she made a big blunder. In order to avoid being held accountable, she hinted to a temporary worker to help her smooth things over.

When the incident came to light, she shifted all the blame onto the temporary worker, which led to the temporary worker being fired.

If it were just that, it wouldn't be so bad, since making temporary workers take the blame is a common practice.

But Bai Shanyi not only failed to compensate the temporary worker's family afterwards, but also, in order to avoid damaging her image, she killed the entire family, not even sparing the unhatched eggs.

Although she kept it a secret, nothing stays hidden forever, and almost everyone in the enforcement team knew about it.

While it's normal for leaders to be a little harsh and ungrateful, if they go too far, they can't blame their subordinates for not being on their side.

Bai Shanyi herself is not very capable, and without the support of her subordinates, she naturally cannot achieve anything.

So although she took advantage of the original vice-captain's injury to become the acting vice-captain, there's no hope of her becoming the official vice-captain.

The former deputy captain was much more popular than her and had a stronger backing, so it would be impossible for her to secretly harm him.

That's why Bai Shanyi set her sights on the position of deputy captain of the second law enforcement team.

"Sixth brother, go get one too."

Silver Wolf said to Hyena.

Hyena's original number in the arena was six, so Silver Wolf called him Sixth.

"Huh? Brother, you know me, I don't like coffee."

He swallowed hard and said.

It doesn't really like coffee, but it loves desserts.

If it were given to it by someone else, it would definitely accept it without being impolite, and might even ask for an extra portion, but it definitely cannot accept what Bai Shanyi gave it.

Their greatest advantage as canines is their loyalty.

"Why not eat it if it's free? Let's go."

Silver Wolf said calmly.

"okay."

Since the eldest brother had spoken, Liechang happily went.

"Get me one."

It raised its paw and reached towards a dog-like creature.

The dog-sealing clan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Bai Shanyi, who nodded slightly.

It's just afternoon tea; there's no need to argue over such a small thing and ruin the atmosphere.

Seeing that Bai Shanyiyi had agreed, the Quanfeng tribe gave a portion to Liechang.

"One serving isn't enough. Here you go."

Taking advantage of its inattention, the hyena also took a portion for itself.

"What are you doing, you little brat?!"

The dog-sealing clan was about to erupt at the slightest glare.

"What's wrong with taking an extra portion? I have a big appetite, what's wrong with taking one more? With such a narrow mind, no wonder you can only be a dog for women."

He scoffed.

"You son of a bitch, who are you calling a 'slut'?"

Both members of the dog-sealing clan started shouting together.

"Yeah, I'm a son of a bitch. I'm a dog too, so what if I call you dogs? The two of you don't even look like humans or dogs, calling you dogs is an understatement."

"I speak with a straight face," said Liechang.