Invincible Copy System
Chapter Summary
When I first came here, Liu Ning told me all sorts of things, saying that the city was safer and the people's income was higher, at least 50% higher than in my original city. The income in this tourist city was indeed higher, at least 50% higher than in the city where Liu Ning was born. Take the current situation for example, the level of public security here is not high at all, and it is even different from Liu Ning's original city.
When I first came here, Liu Ning told me all sorts of things, saying that the city was safer and the people's income was higher, at least 50% higher than in my original city. So there weren't many crime hotspots. I could just take a look around after arriving. After all, my original city was self-contained. What Liu Ning said was pretty much true. The income in this tourist city was indeed higher, at least 50% higher than in the city where Liu Ning was born. All of that was correct.
However, Liu Ning was completely wrong about the issue of blind spots in public security. Higher economic levels do not necessarily mean higher public security levels. Take the current situation for example, the level of public security here is not high at all, and it is even different from Liu Ning's original city. In that city, the problems were only in the slums, while here they are in entertainment venues. Moreover, the number of fights is not small. The people involved in the fights here are all people with powerful backers, and you can't just take them away directly.
It's not as good as the original city. In the original city, after taking them away, we could just pronounce the sentences according to the laws and regulations. Those who should be sentenced to detention would be sentenced to detention, and those who should be sentenced to death would be sentenced to death. But this city is different. Look at the people who frequently come and go from the patrol station every day. They are basically rich and powerful young masters. If you pronounce sentences on them, it's the same as offending a group of people. Are these people so easy to offend?
So Liu Ning felt utterly helpless in this regard, and could only call Zhao Lele over. The director of the patrol station had already released several batches of people, and these people didn't know what to do. They were all poor people, and Liu Ning couldn't bear to ask them to offend these powerful figures. So he simply brought Zhao Lele over! Otherwise, there was no other way to resolve this matter.
Zhao Lele is a lawless girl who dares to do anything, so in this state, she could only have been tricked into coming here by Liu Ning.
"I've figured it out. Other people who follow their masters get to eat meat, but I'm doing so badly. They keep pushing me to the front lines. You didn't say that before. You praised this city like it was a flower, and said I could go out and relax when I had time. But now, what have I relaxed about?"
Where can I relax? With things like this outside, there's always so much to do. Take those entertainment venues, for example—which one doesn't have powerful backers? Which one isn't a den of iniquity? If we were to strictly follow the laws and regulations, I'd have to raid them all right now, including their operators. Everyone would probably end up in jail. But if I did that…
Your city will probably come to a standstill. I don't know how many people will want to fight you to the death. Now I know. All the troublemaking is left to me. Last night I arrested 13 people. None of these 13 are easy to deal with. In my territory, not one of them thinks he has done anything wrong. They even want to contact outsiders to have their families come and pay bail. Although the amount of jewels and gold is not small, these people's misbehavior is really too serious.
How could I let them leave? So, following my usual approach, I put all of them in jail. This has really blown up. This morning, twelve city councilors, all from their families, came to my little temple and demanded that I release them. So, whose opinion should I listen to?
I wish I could arrest these city councilors too. Since they were able to become city councilors, they must know our city's laws and regulations. What they are doing now is knowingly breaking the law. If I had a choice, I would really like to teach these people a lesson. You, sir, are sitting here very comfortably.
I really don't know how our frontline staff work, or how much pressure they're under. Those people who arrested people last night still don't dare leave the patrol station, afraid of retaliation. Do you think the guards of these powerful families are so easy to mess with? They're all holding back their own grievances too.
Zhao Lele, with her little mouth agape, was about to pour out all her grievances. In the past two days, she had captured dozens of young masters, but these were the most troublesome. If she were to sentence them, not to mention how much the judges wanted to, many of the judges were their family members. What should she do?
Let them leave. The newcomers dared not utter a sound. Even the older folks didn't dare sit down, so why make things difficult for us newcomers? So these people simply asked for leave. Although we are officials of the garrison, you should at least approve our leave when we are allowed to. Are you expecting us to continue working when we are sick? If that's the case, then it's really going too far in the original city.
Zhao Lele was dealing with all sorts of gangs and organizations. In this city, there were indeed no such so-called gangs and organizations anymore, and the lower-class people basically didn't receive any harassment. But then again, the harassment from these rich kids was even more severe. Their backers were all very powerful, and no matter what situation they encountered, their families could eventually smooth things over for them. This was a very dangerous thing. This was even more lawless than the old gangs and organizations, at least those gangs and organizations were somewhat sensible.
Under certain circumstances, they weren't completely lawless in that city; they still had to give the patrol station some face so that both sides could get by. But these rich kids didn't think that way. They didn't care who Zhao Lele was. If we were alone, perhaps we really wouldn't be a match for Zhao Lele, but are we alone now? We are a huge group.
In this group, we can do what we want, and no one else can interfere. It is precisely because of this that when these people say these things, we really don't know how to respond. In the current situation, we can only behave ourselves. As for how things will turn out, that's not something we can worry about.