Enforcer Manual
Chapter 125: Investing in the Future_1

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: Investing in the Future_1

Gao Yuan examined the two of them closely after they sat down. He had met many dignitaries in this banquet hall, but Lu Xiang and Song Lan were certainly the most exceptional of them all.

In fact, before the media scandal of the Citywide Conference broke out, he, as regional CEO of Tesla Technologies, could not even imagine he would pay attention to a place like the Law Enforcers Department, because in his perception, they have always been the lowly servants of the Foster Family.

However, as it turns out, the "servants" ultimately kicked the "Master" out of the Seventeenth District.

What Tesla Technologies valued even more was the relationship between the Law Enforcers Department and the "Zealous Citizens."

Unlike the citizens, they tended to analyze the past events’ processes more. After the suburban prison uprising, they realized they should make contact with this "Zealous Citizen".

They thoroughly investigated the background of "Mouse". Even though he, due to the event in the suburban prison, quickly became the Rebel Army’s official in the seventeenth district, a detailed study of "Mouse’s" life trajectory revealed that he never had the opportunity to become part of the Rebel Army.

Even during the Gold Rush period, as a Gold Seeker following the trend, he arrived in the seventeenth district - a frontier city. But he never had the courage to cross the border in the end.

Therefore, someone else severely hurt Pero and then cleverly framed "Mouse," making him the scapegoat.

In the Seventeenth District, the most likely to have done this is the "Zealous Citizen."

In other words, they were facing a psychic who could effortlessly defeat a four-star rescuer, and from the actions of the "Zealous Citizen", he seemed more like a Rebel Army official.

It made them feel that the position of the "Zealous Citizen" was a bit delicate.

Undermining the family’s control over the city, rescuing the Rebel Army officers, even they could not find a trace of information about the other party’s identity by utilizing Shinetech’s intelligence network.

The ultimate goal of the Rebel Army was not at all a secret.

Liberate the regions enslaved by the United Government.

This has always been their slogan in the "outside world."

However, before this, the Rebel Army has never been involved in any city within the United Government territory. The Seventeenth District might be the first.

But everyone knew that given the momentum of the Rebel Army in the "outside world," they would eventually turn their weapons towards the United Government’s borders.

Just the day before yesterday, Tesla Technologies held an all-member council meeting. In addition to discussing the "Zealous Citizen" issue, they also approved a proposal to strengthen the defense force of the border cities. Hence, for whatever reason, it was necessary for them to have contact with the Law Enforcers Department of the Seventeenth District.

"Director Lu, I heard that you had spent an extended period in the Seventh District. I hope that today’s dishes meet your palate."

Gao Yuan was quite confident about this.

Given the scarcity of food in the Seventeenth District, tonight’s banquet was guaranteed to leave a deep impression.

He watched Lu Xiang pick up her fork, put a piece of meat into her mouth.

Her face was as usual, devoid of any emotion. She chewed a couple of times, then silently put down her fork, gingerly wiping her mouth with a napkin. She carefully placed the utensils back on the plate, with no intention of eating any further.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan was completely perplexed. He ventured to ask, "Is the food not to your liking?"

Lu Xiang politely responded, "The food is fine, but I have a weak stomach and am not accustomed to eating."

Weak stomach?

Now it was Song Lan’s turn to be perplexed. Hadn’t she eaten her fill of pilaf just last night without any mention of a weak stomach?

Soon, his confusion was cleared. When he put a piece of beef in his mouth, an unimaginably strong taste of black pepper climbed all over his taste buds. Following that, was an overpowering saltiness that made him want to down three big cups of water on the spot. For a moment, he wasn’t sure if he was eating beef or black pepper and salt.

Although Song Lan tried his best to control his reaction, in the end, he had to wear a pained expression.

After chugging down a cup of lemon water, he barely managed to recover.

Truth be told, if it weren’t for the fact that Gao Yuan was eating the same dish and seemed to be enjoying it, Song Lan would have suspected someone was trying to assassinate them with an excess amount of salt.

"Actually, my stomach isn’t too good either."

At the same time, he had to admire Lu Xiang’s calmness in the face of a lethal amount of salt. She swallowed that piece of beef without changing her expression or even touching her water.

"What a pity indeed."

Gao Yuan seemed genuinely to believe that the beef was delicious, as he added another piece to his plate.

"Regarding the cooperation..."

Lu Xiang cut to the chase.

"This is a list of equipment we can provide you."

Gao Yuan glimpsed at the service android of the banquet, who immediately understood and brought a brochure identical to the promotional ones:

"Military Armored Floating Car — Five Units"

"Killer Bee Type III Drone — Three Units"

"Fortress Type I Exoskeleton Armor — Twelve Units"

"Arc Pulse Rifles and Pulse Grenades — numerous"

Each page detailed the military equipment provided by Tesla Technology.

Song Lan once again marveled at the extravagance of Tesla Technology.

Although the chef they hired might have been an assassin turned halfway, the military supplies provided were indeed luxurious. Considering these military supplies, Song Lan forgave the ignoble conduct of Tesla Technology trying to assassinate them with salt.

The list showcased top-tier military-grade equipment, creating a noticeable tier-gap compared to the weapons currently equipped by the Law Enforcers Department.

With these pieces of equipment, any ordinary criminal in District Seventeen would be hopelessly outmatched. Not only that, those five military armored floating cars would revolutionize their support power and speed in responding to crime scenes.

Looking at the descriptive texts, even someone like Song Lan who usually did not pay much attention to such things, could not help but swallow.

"You wouldn’t be providing all these equipment to us for nothing."

Lu Xiang was not perplexed by the contents of the list. She was aware that the more luxurious the armament offered by Tesla Technology, the more stringent their demands would be.

"Director Lu, let’s consider a situation. Suppose the Rebel Army attacked this city one day, how long could the current border inspection forces and the Law Enforcers withstand their assault?"

Gao Yuan began, "Judging from the information Tesla Technology has obtained from the ’outside world,’ the Rebel Army usually takes an average of three days to seize a city – meaning, they typically can gain control of a city within three days. So in a way, providing you with these armaments is an investment in our company’s future."