Enforcer Manual
Chapter 250: Alive as the Company’s Man, Dead as the Company’s Ghost_1

Chapter 250: Chapter 250: Alive as the Company’s Man, Dead as the Company’s Ghost_1

Anfiya, 15 years old, attended the International Private School in District 17.

This was an "aristocratic" institution that served as a direct talent pipeline for large corporations; most senior executives from the major companies in District 17 sent their children there to study. As long as they passed with good grades, they would be employed by a major company upon graduation and become the envy of all, a "company person."

Her father was a minor leader in the United Technology Department, and her mother was also an employee of the company. From the moment of her birth, Anfiya’s starting point was higher than the endpoints of the vast majority of people in District 17.

She had a happy and complete family and should have had a life envied by countless people.

Until six months ago, when her parents got caught in a gang shootout while on a trip with her, hit by several bullets and tragically killed.

"Six months ago..."

Lu Xiang silently repeated the date mentioned in the dossier.

Six months ago, the Foster Family had not fallen yet, Chai Ke was still alive and kicking, and the conflicting parties in the gang shootout mentioned in the dossier were a small leader under Chai Ke and the "Hyena." The two sides clashed over a shipment of goods from the "outside world," resulting in a gun battle on the streets of the city.

The incident occurred near a weapon shop in the city center.

At that time, this case was classified as an ordinary gang shootout, which was hardly fresh news in District 17.

However, when she pulled up the electronic dossier again, she discovered something amiss.

In that gang shootout, thousands of bullets were fired, but only a few innocent bystanders and the unfortunate parents of Anfiya, who happened to pass by in their car, were killed. The most serious injury on either side was someone who got shot in the arm and abdomen, who was sent to the prosthetic hospital and discharged in less than three days.

What was even more bizarre was that the gang shootout killed executives of United Technology, yet the management simply swallowed this grievance, failing to pursue either side afterwards.

If a company like United Technology really took action, even Chai Ke would have had to hand over those involved in the shootout to the parties concerned.

In the end, the United Government was still controlled by large corporations and influential families. Although Chai Ke was nominally the underground emperor of District 17, in reality, he was just working for the Foster Family, handling some issues that they could not address overtly.

"Not long after the death of Anfiya’s parents, she applied for withdrawal from school and then disappeared."

While talking, she and Song Lan stood in front of a high-end apartment in the city center. This was an asset that belonged to Anfiya’s parents before they died, and United Technology did not freeze the property after their death.

Lu Xiang entered with a spare access card. The house was tidy and organized. The cleaning robot was operational, pillows and quilts were placed on the sofa in the living room, and nutrition injections and prosthetic inhibitors were neatly arranged on the coffee table.

Only those with military-grade prosthetics, which have very obvious side effects, would need inhibitors. These living essentials were enough to indicate the resident’s identity.

Lu Xiang cracked the tablet on the sofa and pulled up its contents.

Almost all of it was information about the "Hyena" and its remnants; they even found a layout of a prison in the suburban outskirts.

"She’s planning to go straight to the prison and take out the ’Hyena’ herself."

These clues were sufficient for the two to deduce Anfiya’s plan. With Chai Ke and his remnants nearly all wiped out, her ultimate target was the "Hyena," still languishing in the remote prison.

Given Anfiya’s degree of prosthetic integration, going to prison to assassinate "Hyena" was not difficult.

If it hadn’t been for the chance encounter today, a shocking event might indeed have erupted in District Seventeen after some time.

Song Lan could only sigh at Hyena’s good luck. He had been caught and sent to the remote prison before Anfiya came looking for him, otherwise he would probably have been the first to get his head blown off.

"So you’re saying that she was seeking revenge, not a cyber lunatic attack incident," Song Lan mused.

To be precise, Anfiya was eliminating the remnants of Hyena’s gang, which was probably also the reason she went to the downtown weapons store. According to the confession of a street thug arrested yesterday, after the gang was disbanded, most of them found their pleasure in venting at the virtual ranges in the city center.

The recent crackdown made them too scared to fight on the streets, so they had to release their pent-up energy at the virtual range instead.

"It’s possible that she was nearby when we went to the range yesterday,"

Lu Xiang said.

This would also explain why Anfiya managed to ambush the street thug and the contact at their meeting place and blow the contact’s head off before he could reveal any clues.

After verifying Anfiya’s identity, she faintly guessed the information the contact had not lived to reveal.

Perhaps, the remnants of Hyena also noticed Anfiya’s identity in the various attacks, remembering the orphan who had survived the gang fight half a year ago.

This situation was much more complicated than they had imagined; beyond the information they had seen, there was a hidden figure who provided Anfiya with military-grade prostheses, weapons, and freeze agents, helping her along the way with her revenge.

What was certain was that this person had the backing of a large corporation and was definitely of high status.

The strange "accident" that killed Anfiya’s parents might very well have been orchestrated by the same person. Anfiya’s reluctance to cooperate suggested that she saw this person as her benefactor. Convincing her to "betray" that individual would be unlikely without definitive evidence.

Fortunately, the current clues pointed them in the right direction: one of the individuals involved in the fight half a year ago was now in the remote prison.

"Somebody is using her determination for revenge,"

Song Lan realized. That seemed to be the fate of "company people"; even in death, they continued to bring value to the corporation. And even if Anfiya one day avenged herself on Hyena, what she would have eliminated would probably just be a pawn exposed in the light.

"The prosthetics implanted in her body are company property. I’ve heard of a scheme they run where employees take loans to get implants, so they can serve the company better. To pay back the loans, they are essentially bound to the company for life,"

Lu Xiang remarked with feeling. Indeed, after being turned down by the "Unusual Cases Investigation Bureau," a large company had once offered her an opportunity and had even "kindly" tailored a complete set of combat prosthetics according to her situation.

To pay off the price of this advanced set of prosthetics, she would conservatively need to work for the company for 130 years.

The company would provide all sorts of envied benefits for senior employees. In exchange, "company people" had no right to leave their positions on their own accord, unless the upper management deemed them no longer valuable to the company.

"Anfiya’s compatibility with her prosthetics is very high, and despite integrating so many military-grade prosthetics, she hasn’t lost her sanity. Combined with her determination for revenge, she is exactly the kind of employee the company loves,"

Lu Xiang rested her forehead in her hand, "God knows how many agreements this girl signed with the company when she got her prosthetics."

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