Enforcer Manual
Chapter 202: You Are the One We’re Looking For_1

Chapter 202: Chapter 202: You Are the One We’re Looking For_1

Lu Xiang was persuaded by Song Lan once again.

If the Horn Bugs could possess intelligence and be further equipped with technology, they would indeed make excellent biological weapons. In some ways, their function would be similar to that of military drones, but they have the advantage in numbers and cost. Furthermore, they could carry out small-scale operations autonomously without their need for direction, completing reconnaissance tasks on their own.

Upon further reflection, she realized that the current use for the Horn Bug army was essentially like having drones capable of independent action in every block of District Seventeen for surveillance.

The integration of technology, genetics, and Spiritual Energy was certainly a direction to consider. To her knowledge, the United Government had long since started experiments on integration. The conceptual armament implanted in Lieyang was a prime example. However, the development in the genetic field was slow.

Apart from technical issues, there was also pressure from public opinion and competitors.

It’s known that even the Spiritual Energy stimulation experiments, which faced severe public criticism in earlier years, risked only mental illness. However, once genetic research encounters problems, CTEA-32 is the best example. If exploited and attacked by competitors, it would put the company in an extremely disadvantageous position.

In such an environment, some large enterprises thought of other solutions.

They set up research facilities in the "outside world" beyond the jurisdiction of the United Government’s laws and disguised their subsidiaries under different names.

In this way, even if there were problems in the experiments, the United Government’s internal image wouldn’t be affected.

In fact, the "Abnormal Case Investigation Bureau" she once aspired to be part of frequently undertook missions to the "outside world" to clean up messes left by bio-pharmaceutical companies.

"Here, take this and check it out for yourself."

Lu Xiang pulled a list out of a drawer and handed it to Song Lan.

It was a list of wanted criminals in District Seventeen and the surrounding areas. Beyond perpetrators like Scarecrow and Chai Ke, there were a special class of fugitives.

The criminals listed didn’t have strong combat capabilities but were wanted because they had participated in certain secret projects and knew some secrets of the United Government. Often, they were of higher interest to the United Government’s manhunt.

These included former government officials, hackers, military technology, and bio-pharmaceutical researchers.

On the 43rd day after Mr. Chai Ke’s death, Song Lan finally received one of the two directories available to the entire Law Enforcers department.

Unfortunately, before he could find a good brother to take the fall for him from the directory, his identity as a "concerned citizen" was already exposed.

However...

This didn’t seem too bad after all.

The exposure of his identity facilitated communication between him and Lu Xiang, taking their relationship a step further.

Like right now, he could brazenly lie on the sofa in the manager’s office and flip through the directory of criminals without worrying about arousing Lu Xiang’s suspicions.

He quickly locked onto a woman named Medea from the list.

With a bounty of 210,000 watts on her head, she was once the head of Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical’s external partnership department. She caused an accident while privately researching a certain genetic serum, leading to the deaths of all personnel within the experimental facility. The United Government’s initial bounty on her was a hefty 210,000 watts.

The last time she was seen was two years ago in District Seventeen, and she had been untraceable since then.

Aside from her experience in biological pharmaceutical work, what drew Song Lan’s attention to her was the special note that she was an "expert in mutant organism research."

The United Government believed that Medea herself did not have combat abilities but suspected her of possessing a large number of illegal gene serums, thus listing her as a high-risk individual.

Beyond that, to his surprise, he also saw a person named Ge Fu.

"What’s the deal with this Ge Fu?"

In this directory that lists many fierce characters from District 17 and its surroundings, only the bounty on this middle-aged man stood out as incongruous.

Bounty: 500 watts.

The only reason for his wanted status was one, destruction of company property.

"Oh, this guy, he used to work in the design department of a military industrial enterprise and was a very talented weapons design expert. After a conflict with his boss, he single-handedly turned the enterprise’s products into Water Guns overnight."

When she first heard about Ge Fu’s deeds, she was shocked by his actions, "The key point is that he sold these goods to a local crime group who, during a gang clash, all pulled out Water Guns, resulting in all 32 members, including the leader, being killed by a rival gang."

On this point, she felt Ge Fu and Song Lan were somewhat similar, both possessing the soul of a comedian.

Who would think of converting a company’s munitions into Water Guns?

"Later, when the local Law Enforcers investigated the case, they quickly traced it back to the military enterprise because of the Water Guns, and found out they had always been secretly providing arms to local criminals. The person in charge of the enterprise was jailed on the spot, and the family backing them, outraged, set a bounty of ten thousand watts on Ge Fu for destruction of company property. Taking into account his assistance in solving the case, the local Law Enforcers reduced the bounty to 500 watts."

Having offended both a large corporation and a powerful family, Ge Fu naturally couldn’t stay in the area any longer. So, after several escapes, he ended up settling in District 17.

"This guy now lives in the North District and has opened his own mechanical repair shop with his spare money, claiming he can fix anything from bicycles to exoskeleton armor."

This incident happened not long before she was transferred to District 17.

If it hadn’t been for Ge Fu’s good luck in timing his escape with a major internal reshuffle of the Law Enforcers, he probably would have been captured and sent back to his original city to be dealt with by the powerful family.

An enterprise employee who offended a big family and fled? He was the first.

"His name was included by the powerful family that wants him killed. Normally, with his bounty and level of threat, he wouldn’t have made it onto this list."

This also indirectly shows just how much the family he offended hates him.

But that’s hardly surprising.

Since that incident, their military industrial enterprise had been stuck with the label "Water Gun Manufacturer" in the industry, losing a large number of clients, and at one point becoming the laughing stock of the industry.

"He’s the one we’re looking for!"

Song Lan did a kip-up, slapping his hand on the armrest of the sofa.

Unfortunately, the sofa wasn’t a swivel chair from a talent show and didn’t have the ability to rotate, so he had to turn his body around himself, "Is there any way to approach him to serve as our technical consultant?"

"Are you sure?"

Lu Xiang gave Song Lan a sidelong glance, "Don’t get your hopes up too high, he’s just worked in the design department of a military enterprise, he’s not a top researcher."

"Of course, I know, but I have my reasons for doing this."

"What reasons?"

"To be honest, it’s because of poverty."

Song Lan folded his hands under his chin and spoke seriously, "Do you think with our financial state we can afford to hire top scientists?"

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