Chapter 602: Chapter 349, Killed, Bring the Head Back
Upon hearing the potentially subversive speech delivered by Hu De at the banquet and after showing his own stance, having left Hu De to talk throughout the night about granting the mayor of Mingyan City more power to oversee the city’s preparations for war, Gu Hang thought that it was very likely this Mr. Mayor would be in danger.
The privileged wouldn’t let him off.
Therefore, as Hu De left, Gu Hang dispatched his own guard to follow him.
It was initially just a precautionary measure, but it indeed proved useful.
Clearly, if the guards from the Tenth Brigade had not arrived in time, the ambushers would have nearly succeeded.
They had deployed a sniper, lying in wait on Hu De ‘s route home, and there was a second measure in place. Should the sniper fail, a large gang of recruited thugs would burst forth to ensure Hu De’s death.
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But unfortunately for them, these tactics failed in the face of the Governor’s guards.
Though there were only eight of the Governor’s guards, they still managed to force the sniper to retreat through remote fire suppression. To avoid being lured away, they did not pursue but stayed put, massacring the local gang until they fled in disarray, crying for their mothers after dropping dozens of bodies within minutes.
The sniper was quite a master; from a great distance, he almost succeeded with a single shot at taking Hu De’s life, which was indeed an unexpected event. However, according to the latest situation, Hu De only suffered a broken leg, and the injuries were overall non-fatal.
This greatly relieved Gu Hang.
But what followed was a towering rage.
I see, just to be cautious, and you dared to make a move, huh?
Soon, officials from the Legal Department and security in Mingyan City appeared at the Governor’s residence.
Busy closely examining the subspace conditions, Gu Hang had no time to personally deal with them. Coming to Korolya, he wasn’t alone. Besides the few hundred in his Governor’s guard, he also had a team of secretaries, roughly one hundred strong.
These secretaries conveyed the Governor’s fury. Among them, a Spiritual Energy user directly intervened in the investigation and found the gang leader that very day.
In between, there were issues like the bureau’s personnel having protective umbrellas, the gang leader refusing to confess the masterminds behind him, and scapegoats being thrown out to appease the Governor’s rage.
But in these matters, the Governor took a firm stance.
I don’t have time to mess around with you, playing games of decryption, searching for evidence.
I only need a list.
Good timing, the first batch of people Gu Hang shook from the Alliance had arrived.
Gu Hang confidently left this matter to Lambert Hodgson to handle.
Gu Hang’s instructions were straightforward: contact a few trustworthy local officials and add officials from the security department to produce this list.
If the officials from the Legal or Security Departments do not cooperate, then put them on the list as well.
Cut the Gordian knot.
What about the wronged?
Among the officials in Korolya, killing every one or every other one might result in some being wronged, but failing to do so would definitely let many slip through the net.
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“Boss, someone has already broken into the house.”
“I know,” Manus nodded, still with some trepidation in his heart.
He was the Director of the Planetary Government’s Logistics Equipment Management Department.
The assassination attempt on Izla Hood was arranged and instigated by him.
He admitted that this act was a bit reckless, but he had already been infuriated when publicly named in front of countless people and the new Governor as prepared to flee Mingyan City during the meeting.
Being accused of something you haven’t done won’t make you very angry; but when you’ve really done it and someone publicly calls you out, that’s utterly infuriating.
There are many pests within the Korolya government, but it’s rare to find pests like him.
The lowly ones tend to laugh at even baser creatures more viciously.
In the face of impending doom, most people still hold one concept: they can’t flee and must fight with all their might.
Otherwise, with two Nest Capitals already destroyed, if Mingyan City goes down too, the cities animated by Plague Sorcery would no longer be able to resist. In the end, when the entire planet is destroyed, where else can one find refuge?
After all, at that stage, the few who are ultimately able to escape the planet will always be in the minority.
And now, a traitor has emerged among us!
Now, Manus found himself in this awkward position.
How could he not hate Hood who brought all this upon him?
So, he took action.
At the same time, he also considered that this would provoke the new Governor’s wrath.
But this Governor had just descended into this world, currently facing a great crisis, and didn’t seem to have a powerful backing like Fatches; it’s said that the new Governor’s two worlds combined had just over five hundred million people, roughly equivalent to the smallest Nest Capital in Korolya.
The new Governor had too many matters to attend to; how would he have the time to focus on Manus?
Investigating upwards from the gang, the first to be found would be the scapegoats he threw out.
By this point, it would be considered having given an explanation.
What he wanted was not entirely to get by.
He never believed that Mr. Gu could solve the problems, intending to secure more time and means to escape Korolya after planning his escape.
It was just about running away sooner.
It’s a pity that the large amount of weapons and equipment he intended to take with him, whether they were the new equipment produced by Mingyan City’s armory or the military aid sent by the Empire, were all under his management.