Enforcer Manual
Chapter 707 - 705: Dinner Plate_1

Chapter 707: Chapter 705: Dinner Plate_1

Lucy hoped to make Jock realize Mr. Hog’s transformation, but to Jock, it sounded like she was telling a story full of magical elements.

However, she concealed the specific details about the Standin ability.

Firstly, Hog had courteously agreed to meet her at a cafe and even arrived early to wait for her.

Then he gladly accepted her invitation to visit the hospital together.

Even more preposterous was that, faced with an armed criminal, he disregarded his personal safety and saved her life.

Do you think I’ve only known Hog Foster since yesterday?

Jock felt his intelligence was being insulted. From the first day he knew Hog, the man had never been someone who would consider the lives of the "Common People" important. If he really encountered an armed criminal, the only thing he would do is pull the nearby Lucy over to act as a human shield.

Using the lives of "Common People" to ensure he wasn’t grazed by a bullet was quite a profitable deal for Hog.

He thought Lucy must be ignorant of the true value of the Conservative Faction to concoct so many events that couldn’t possibly happen in reality. Not to mention, Richard Gervis was Hog’s best friend; those two were cut from the same cloth.

After much thought, Jock felt that everything Lucy described fitted perfectly with her own theory—these were all delusions from a person with a mental illness. She probably mistook Hog’s action of taking a bullet for her as him saving her.

He thought Lucy might need a psychologist.

Regrettably, in The First Region, it was impossible to find a better psychologist than her, and this harsh reality filled Jock with despair.

"Lucy, you haven’t come back to your senses yet. Wait until you get a good night’s sleep tonight, and when you wake up tomorrow morning, you’ll realize how absurd the things you’ve just said are."

The call was disconnected, which was not the outcome Jock wished to hear.

Elsewhere.

Having witnessed the entire strange dating process of Hog, Lu Xiang basically confirmed the hypothesis that Song Lan’s Spiritual Energy of interference could affect people, "Even the Worms would think he was parasitized if they saw Hog now."

This might be the terrifying aspect of Dumb Bird’s spread of energy—subtly turning all affected individuals into lazy and mild-mannered people. But if one thinks positively, if everyone was under this influence, the world’s crime rate might reach an all-time low, even potentially achieving the concept of world peace in some sense.

She once heard during her time at Morning Star that most of the world’s killing and strife stemmed from the desires of people’s hearts.

And the salted fish that doesn’t fight with the world wouldn’t launch an attack on another salted fish.

However, it was this outdoor observation expedition that let her witness the occurrence of a case.

While aiming and shooting at the two individuals, Orman had yelled, "They are pushing me."

This made Lu Xiang think of a Knight named Cain from The Second Region who had become a puppet controlled by "Dominate", and during a highly-attended martial combat event, he committed an irreparable act. He ultimately could not escape the fate of death. When Jasmine went to inspect his wounds, "Dominate" turned him into a Spiritual Energy bomb that exploded inwardly scattering him all over the Iris Consortium’s hospital.

As a Law Enforcer, her intuition told her that these two incidents were closely connected—and the attack on the Chairperson of the Council proved that "Dominate" had followed them out of The Second Region and come here.

After letting Dr. Bai Zhu investigate, they found out that similar incidents were already giving the local Law Enforcement department a headache.

Apart from Orman, there had been seven other incidents of murder due to workplace disputes recently, without exception, and all the criminals were shot dead on site by the anti-terrorist tactical team.

In The First Region, workplace disputes and job reassignments were not uncommon, but in the past, such conflicts rarely escalated into murder cases.

"Among the many strategies designated by the company, there is a data point called the compliance index."

Lu Xiang mentioned another piece of knowledge that Song Lan was unaware of, "In day-to-day work, especially when new employees just start their jobs, they would purposefully undergo compliance training, and the researcher who proposed this data provided a detailed scoring system, believing that a final score above 70 means a qualified company employee."

"Qualified in what sense?"

"It means even if one day that employee has to leave the company due to unfair treatment, they wouldn’t resort to some extreme methods."

The company was aware that being under continuous pressure could change a person’s mindset, making them anxious, irritable, and even leading to mental illness. For this reason, they hired a group of experts whose job content was to research anti-anxiety medication and how to minimize their liabilities to the company when these illnesses erupted.

And thus, the compliance index was born.

Lu Xiang had heard that individuals with extremely high compliance indices would even complete handing over their responsibilities to colleagues before deciding to commit suicide, ensuring it wouldn’t affect the subsequent work progress. As a result, some people would be dead for a long time before their colleagues realized it; they just assumed the deceased had been transferred to work in another city.

"Under the framework of the compliance index, it is impossible for so many violent incidents to happen in a month; there must be someone behind the scenes instigating them."

"It’s ’Dominate’."

From the shadows, Zero finally found her own opportunity to enter the scene; she had been on standby not far from the two people, waiting for this moment to arrive, "This is its ability."

She felt she must backstab "Dominate" at least once.

In fact, from the moment she arrived in The First Region, she discovered that for them, it was a goldmine full of countless potential clients. Just by entering any building, she could find people deep inside who desired to implement revenge and rebellion. She should have been able to broker several big deals under such circumstances, ensuring key figures of the United Government died of bizarre accidents.

But with the Devil watching her, she had no opportunity to go out and conduct business deals.

And what infuriates her more is that "Dominate" operates without any limitations at all, treating the city like its own personal playground.

So δ fell ill.

It contracted conjunctivitis, and true to its spirit of not letting anyone else succeed in business if it couldn’t, it had been following the Devil since the afternoon and finally found the right opportunity.

"What is its purpose? Can it gain power by doing this?"

Song Lan asked.

"It might have been the case in the past, but now it’s probably just a professional habit."

δ could empathize—it was like having a red button at arm’s reach. Every time you glanced at it, you had to fight the urge to press it.

It felt like it was about to suffer from a psychological disorder due to its prolonged endurance. Once this was all over, it definitely had to convince Jasmine that they must avoid activities with this Devil whenever possible.

"You might be able to trace it through this lead. It’s probably somewhere in the city right now, conducting business with some company."

"What about you? Can you hold back?"

"I’ll try my best."

The shadow of δ wavered uncertainly. It tried its best not to pay attention to the skyscrapers around it, which to it were like high-end restaurants constantly emitting a tempting aroma, their signs hanging with slogans like "Free" and "Customers, please come inside."

What’s worse, from the Morger Family and the Iris Consortium to now The First Region, it had been around the Devil for too long and was ravenous.

It felt like a person who had been hungry for over half a month walking down a street full of gourmet food.

"I hope you understand that the real problem isn’t with us."

Before leaving, δ added, "If this were a city without hatred, where people could live and work in peace, there would be no attraction for us."

Fortunately, the Devil was different in this respect.

He wasn’t the type to solve a person who raised an issue if he couldn’t solve the problem itself—this was why δ was willing to keep following him.

Based on its long-term observations, the Devil... was actually reasonable, principled, and even often showed a human touch.

That was far better than the councilors in the Review Meeting.

δ had just overheard the conversation between Song Lan and Lu Xiang, and its subordination index refreshed its perception of the experts from the United Government—since they couldn’t handle the work pressure and overtime, they targeted the problematic individuals.

And now, it was time to return to Jasmine’s side quickly.

If it stayed on the "gourmet street" too long, it feared it wouldn’t be able to resist sneaking in a meal for itself.

While the two were pondering the new information brought by δ, Song Lan’s phone exploded with distinctly recognizable text messages—Hog had sent him seven messages in the space of a minute.

The guy was like a primary school student who had just bought a cellphone, who after making a new friend, would chatter non-stop.

Hog reported his encounter with Lucy earlier in the day, claiming that he had made improvements in controlling his Standin.

Next, he was about to undertake a significant task—investigating the person or group that incited Orman.

As Hog hesitated over whether to meddle in these trivial matters, Lucy called him, sharing all her suspicions with Hog.

As he was considering whether to get involved in these petty squabbles, Lucy offered him an irresistible reason—the person who incited Orman was very likely another Standin messenger.

A Standin messenger from the evil faction.

With that, Hog felt he couldn’t just stand by and watch anymore.

As Mr. Lucky had told him, Standin messengers attract each other, and the evil ones had begun to emerge...

Looking at the words "evil Standin messenger" in the text message, Song Lan and Lu Xiang fell silent at the same time.

Because traditionally, Hog Foster himself was considered a member of the evil faction, and not just any member but one of the highest-ranked, with the capacity to create more damage through the Review Meeting passing certain laws than direct crimes could ever achieve.

And now, Hog was proposing to investigate the evil Standin messengers. Lu Xiang felt these messages were full of black humor.

"I think, the influence of your Spiritual Energy is much more severe than I imagined."

Lu Xiang turned his face, looking intently at Song Lan’s.

"Comedian" is no longer sufficient to describe the changes in Hog Foster.

Believe it or not.

Starting today, Mr. Hog actually intends to become a concerned citizen.

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