Enforcer Manual
Chapter 53: Greed is Contagious_1

Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Greed is Contagious_1

This afternoon, Lu Xiang noticed some peculiar changes at the Law Enforcement Manor.

As she ascended the stairs, she came across about ten people wandering around the hallways, all munching on burgers. Usually, at this time, unless there was a case, most people would stay in their respective departments waiting to clock out. They certainly wouldn’t be loitering around the corridors.

The law enforcers’ constant movement around the building meant it was flooded with the smell of meat. Unbeknownst to many, one might mistake this for the opening of a restaurant.

A complete circus!

Lu Xiang, who had her appetite whetted by the aroma, huffed and quickened her steps. The moment she got to her office, she immediately shut the door to prevent the omnipresent delectable smell from polluting her workspace.

What’s so grand about it? Every day she gets to eat food far more delicious a couple of times over.

Knowing that a large quantity of food was suddenly whipped up like this, she had no doubt that Song Lan was the culprit.

With this thought, Lu Xiang silently made a decision—she’d demand that Song Lan cook three dishes and a soup for her that night, as punishment for corrupting the atmosphere of the Law Enforcement Manor.

It wasn’t long before someone knocked on her office door.

"Come in."

The entrants were Captain Doug from the Special Action Group and Head Snick from Crime Analysis. She had previously summoned them both for a meeting that afternoon to discuss the decisive strike against the lingering criminal forces in District 17.

After Chai Ke’s death, it signalled the downfall of the largest crime syndicate in District 17. It was their golden opportunity to crush the lingering forces from Chai Ke, as well as to ascertain the wannabe successors who were itching for a fight.

This was the strategic policy Lu Xiang set from the time she was transferred to District 17. Her ultimate goal was to drive out all the criminal gangs from District 17, leading the city towards a safe and peaceful new life. The most critical and strenuous step has already been completed with Chai Ke’s death. The remaining gang leaders were merely paper tigers.

If it wasn’t for Phine’s unexpected arrival, the moves against the remaining criminal gangs would have already been initiated sooner.

However, now, Lu Xiang had to reassess her plans.

She suddenly discovered the law enforcers from District 17 resembled paper tigers as well—Doug and Snick rushed to the meeting with their burgers in hand. She had just managed to block the smell outside her office when these two entered, leading to an immediate invasion of the aroma in her office.

This pair—they were like biological viruses!

Sensing Lu Xiang’s prickly gaze, Doug and Snick exchanged glances. What on earth had they done to offend Director Lu today?

Thoughts aside, the burgers had to be eaten while they were still hot—Song Lan had specially reminded them that it wouldn’t be tasty once the sauce cooled down.

In order to get these burgers, they had queued for nearly half an hour and spent 103 Valerian. They nearly missed the scheduled meeting time.

"Reporting to Director Lu, today... Huh? So this is what it tastes like, no wonder everyone rushed to queue."

Even Captain Doug, known for his stability, couldn’t help but marvel. Initially, he didn’t plan on visiting the Counseling Department today. But when he returned in the afternoon, he found that more than half of his subordinates were missing. Upon investigation, he found that they had all flocked to the Counseling Department.

With a principle to understand his subordinates’ thoughts, Doug made a spontaneous visit to the Counseling Department and ran into a like-minded Snick halfway.

"Eat quickly."

Lu Xiang’s eyebrows-edged upwards, "We’ll start the meeting after you finish."

............

The meeting targeting the eradication of the remnants of District 17’s crime lasted for an hour. During this time, Doug and Snick presented their unique perspectives, expressing their views on the current situation in District 17, and pinpointed four criminals who proclaimed they’d take over Chai Ke’s territories after his death.

The main task for the law enforcers in the following months will be to crush these four criminals one by one.

After an hour, Lu Xiang’s office had been thoroughly polluted.

Even though Doug and Snick had left nearly ten minutes ago, she could still smell the rich aroma lingering in her office.

This room was simply unbearable!

However, the scent in the corridors lingered as well, even though the windows had been opened, it didn’t make much of a difference.

Lu Xiang gritted her teeth and made a beeline for the Counseling Department.

If she couldn’t escape the aroma wherever she went, she might as well use the same poison against itself and see exactly what Song Lan was conjuring up.

By the time he reached the entrance of the psychological counseling department, Valerian was already orderly guiding the queued colleagues out as it was nearing closing time. One of their department’s principles is never to work overtime.

Lu Xiang walked through the crowd and went to Song Lan’s desk.

"Attracting people with food isn’t a bad idea."

She thought Song Lan had brought all his kitchen utensils from home to the office, but upon looking around, she only discovered a machine that looked just like an automatic drink vending machine.

"Yes, this is the strategy I implemented."

Seeing Lu Xiang approach, Song Lan quickly took off his headphones and paused his nearly finished movie.

Just as he said, the smaller the department, the more each person needs to fulfill their respective roles.

Valerian was responsible for maintaining order at the scene, Roger took care of the counselors’ psychological problems, Elmon provided the meals, and as the department head, his job was naturally to support others spiritually from behind the scenes.

"Your strategy is to sit here and watch movies?"

Lu Xiang admitted that the hamburger sales plan was indeed successful, but she didn’t expect Song Lan to be able to find time to slack off during such a busy time.

"This approach is not as simple as you might think, the choice of food supply is very important."

Song Lan began to explain his plan energetically, "The reason for choosing hamburgers is that this type of food is not only simple to cook but can also be eaten on the go."

To encourage people who bought burgers to leave immediately, Song Lan set up no extra seats in his office, "Also, I temporarily improved the burger sauce, using a specially made sauce with a stronger flavor to guarantee that they keep the entire corridor smelling like hamburgers as they eat while walking."

Normally, the Law Enforcers would not be this obsessed with food.

But, cravings are contagious.

Especially when the whole office is filled with fragrant smells, and seeing colleagues enjoy their food is as easy as lifting your head. Purchasing a burger doesn’t require much effort, just queuing in their department for a while.

In this era of food scarcity, a person wandering around with food becomes just like a virus in the T-virus.

It won’t be long before they spread the "craving" virus to every department.

The first to spread this viral craving was none other than Comrade Zhuang Chi from the Statistics Department.

"No wonder."

Lu Xiang finally realized, the aroma filling the whole corridor was the "poison" that Song Lan had intentionally released. "You can offer hamburgers, but change the sauce back to its original formula tomorrow, otherwise it will interfere with regular work."

She didn’t want the special action team members to show up to apprehend a criminal while everyone was holding a burger.

"Also, take this."

"What is this...?"

Song Lan took a glance at the small note handed to him by Lu Xiang.

There were three dishes and a soup written on the note. He looked up, puzzled, meeting Lu Xiang’s eyes.

"Place an order."

Lu Xiang said without changing her facial expression, "There’s something I’ve read in a book."

"Hmm?"

"Don’t let the water flow to someone else’s field."

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