Enforcer Manual
Chapter 312: This Must Be a Problem with the Gacha Pool_1

Chapter 312: Chapter 312: This Must Be a Problem with the Gacha Pool_1

In any era, a meeting between the heads of two Rebel Armies was enough to alert the United Government, especially when one of them was currently the most heavily rewarded felon.

The downfall of Wild Bone had propelled the reputation of the Esinvig Army to its peak.

What was even more unacceptable to them was that they had specifically dispatched a Six-Star Rescuer, the most restraining force against the Esinvig Army, in an operation that was supposed to be foolproof.

Add to that the escalating conflict between the Conservative Faction and the Innovator Faction, the United Government truly faced a period of instability.

In this era, Song Lan sat in his office, perusing a brief on Aljom.

Among the many Rebel Army leaders, Aljom, although not outstanding in terms of bounty, was definitely the most mysterious one. Unlike the Rebel Army that made headlines in the United Government media now and then with a big news story, there had been almost no news about the Aljom Army for years.

The last time he had appeared in the public eye was when he overthrew a Neutral Covenant Nation through armed force.

Song Lan increasingly believed that Aljom was a tough character, no wonder the United Government was so anxious about their meeting.

"Chief, have you suddenly taken an interest in the Rebel Army?"

Zhuang Chi, passing by, spotted the photo on the briefing and recognized the man in the military cap at a glance.

"What, you know him?"

"Of course, Aljom, the instigator of the subversion of the Fourth Neutral Country, is also the most difficult character to collect in the card game."

"Card collecting?"

"Eh, Chief, haven’t you heard of it?"

Zhuang Chi seemed surprised, "A few years ago, there was a very popular Rebel Army card collecting activity. When you bought a beverage, you would find a redemption code under the bottle cap, which could be used on the corresponding website to draw characters."

Since the Rebel Army was sweeping through at that time, combined with the fact that the people of the United Government didn’t understand much about "external" affairs, this Rebel Army card collecting activity sparked a craze.

"All Rebel Army members with a bounty of over 5 million watts were made into cards, which were categorized into different rarity levels based on the bounty amount. Rebel Army leaders were classified as very rare SSR Cards, most officers were at SR Level, and those with bounties under 10 million watts were categorized as R Cards. The back of each card included information about these individuals, though most of it was made up... Aljom was universally acknowledged as the rarest card to collect, with only two or three in a whole city."

Zhuang Chi sighed deeply, "I had collected all the cards except for Aljom at that time."

"You collected these things?"

"Of course, it was a terrific business opportunity!"

Zhuang Chi always surprised Song Lan, "If you put together a complete set of cards and sold it to collectors of those big companies, you could sell it for several hundred thousand watts!"

She had always dreamed of striking it rich.

She was so close to achieving financial independence at a young age, after which she could just lie back at home and not have to come to work at the Law Enforcers Department.

To collect the complete set of cards, she had bought out the drinks from several supermarkets in District Seventeen.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans, and before she could collect Aljom’s card, the beverage company was shut down for promoting reactionary ideas, and the website and collectibles were also seized.

This had dealt a great blow to Zhuang Chi’s young heart at the time, turning her from a not-yet-twenty-year-old on the brink of financial freedom into what was likely the first person in the history of District Seventeen to end up tens of thousands of watts in debt because of buying beverages.

"However, this became the opportunity that led me to become a Law Enforcer."

Zhuang Chi reminisced about the past.

"For the sake of repaying debts?"

The girl’s reason for becoming a Law Enforcer was indeed simple and unadorned.

"It’s one of the reasons," Zhuang Chi said. "But the main reason was that I had debts at the time, and the enforcers wanted to take my arm as payment, or force me to work at Pink Elf."

Just as her tragic life was about to take a direction destined for ruin, a hero-like figure appeared before her.

"It was Captain Kate from the enforcement department who busted that violent debt collection gang and introduced me to work in the Law Enforcers’ department."

Captain Kate?

Song Lan always felt she had heard that name somewhere, and she was certain that the current captain of the enforcement department wasn’t Kate.

"It’s normal not to remember. She has been missing for years now due to an investigation into a case."

In fact, Captain Kate had always been investigating, in secret, the reason behind the high disappearance rate in District Seventeen, and that violent debt collection gang was one of her suspects.

"Director Lu hadn’t been transferred here at the time, and I had long advised her not to continue the investigation."

In a place like District Seventeen, the only difference between a long disappearance and death was that the body hadn’t been found. Zhuang Chi steadied herself and said, "Let’s not talk about that now. I still remember the content on the back of the Aljom card."

Unable to collect Aljom character cards herself, she could only drool over the posts that others shared online. "It said that the reason why Aljom is so mysterious is that they have always lived underground. The people there are very xenophobic; they do not welcome outsiders, and very few people have ever had the chance to see them."

Seeing that Song Lan seemed to half understand, Zhuang Chi, who had long become a mature commentator, began to explain on her own. "That was all before the war. The country that the Fourth Neutral Country was part of built many shelters underground to prepare for the impending nuclear war. These shelters were connected by the original subway lines in a complex web. After the third war, many mutated creatures appeared in the lines, and even if outsiders did wander in there, they’d quickly die under the attack of the mutated creatures."

Although much of the description on the back of the card was fabricated, Zhuang Chi felt that it was a reasonable explanation.

"After overthrowing the Fourth Neutral Country, Aljom and his subordinates completely occupied all the underground shelters, and the United Government found it very difficult to get information about them... Ah, if the underground kingdom really does exist, I’d really like to go there once in my lifetime."

"I didn’t expect you to know so much."

"Of course, life hasn’t eroded my daring spirit of exploration!"

Upon hearing this, the "radar" on top of Zhuang Chi’s head proudly swayed non-stop. "It’s not hardship that holds me back; it’s poverty."

As a working-class individual, she simply didn’t have the means to drop everything and embark on a spontaneous journey.

Then, Zhuang Chi changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of poverty, Chief, when will our department get a raise? Even if we don’t get a raise, at least fix the automatic burger vending machine. It’s been two months and three days since I last had a burger."

"Don’t I often treat you all to food?"

Clearly, the automatic burger vending machine had gone to Newster School for an overhaul, and it wouldn’t be fixed any time soon.

To reward the members of her department, Song Lan would bring some snacks for the three of them every now and then.

"It’s not the same."

Zhuang Chi shook her head. "I prefer to eat what’s in my bowl while eyeing what’s in the pot."

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