Enforcer Manual
Chapter 82: Simple Arithmetic Operations_1

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Simple Arithmetic Operations_1

"Thank you all for attending this meeting. The morning session will now conclude."

With those closing words from the chairman, the morning meeting drew to an end.

The content of the meeting was not much different from previous ones, with managers from each department first giving reports on the work of the past quarter, before the Mayor of Lyon City delivered his summarizing speech.

In summary, while there had been significant progress in crime-fighting, employment rates and livelihood issues remained in a state of general bleakness, with continuous protests resulting from unemployment.

"Director Lu, may I have a word?"

As the key figures began to leave the conference room, Lyon Seabot approached Lu Xiang.

Before the meeting began, he had received a work report from the Law Enforcers’ department handed over by Lu Xiang. On the surface, it would appear to be just a regular work handover, but one page of content had caught Lyon’s attention.

May 12th night, "Gold Seeker" bar, Ophir.

This was a sticky note sandwiched between the pages of the work report. At first glance, it seemed simply like an accidental mix up by Lu Xiang in the process of organizing the files. However, when Lyon instinctively recalled the events of the night of May 12th based on the content of the note, he was astonished to find he couldn’t remember what he had done at all.

This discovery sent a shiver down his spine.

This was definitely not resulting from stress and lack of sleep. He clearly remembered the events of the morning and afternoon on May 12th and early morning of May 13th, even remembering every detail of his work. But the details of those few hours in the evening seemed to have been completely removed from his memory.

Lu Xiang nodded, leading the way to a small conference room prepared in advance.

As she couldn’t ascertain the current mental state of the Mayor of Lyon, she didn’t include too explicit statements in the document. She chose the time for the meeting, believing that the interference Ability User would unlikely have him take Mescaline IV at that point.

Mescaline IV has hallucinogenic properties. During its duration, the taker’s brain would operate at a high speed, while their perception of reality would be greatly decreased, making incoherent speech a common symptom.

The Mayor was supposed to give a summarizing speech during the morning meeting. Taking Mescaline IV at that moment would be admitting he was having mental issues in front of all the attendees.

Two minutes later, the two walked into the small conference room one after another. The documents prepared by Lu Xiang had already been placed on the table.

"Before that, I want to ask you a question."

"Hmm?"

"What is 85 multiplied by 85?"

Lyon was stumped by this sudden question for quite a while and ultimately had to resort to his mobile phone’s calculator to provide the answer, "7225".

Seeing this, Lu Xiang finally relaxed and handed the organized documents on the table to Lyon, "These should contain the parts of your memory that are missing."

In the past week, Lu Xiang had carefully studied the content of Lyon’s messages, and even annotated each line with a timestamp. From his sporadic notes, it was evident that he had been taking Mescaline IV since quite a long time ago.

With the increase in dosage and the influence of the interference Ability User, his memories became more and more chaotic.

"What was the purpose of your question just now?" Lyon asked before reading the documents.

He was certain there was some deeper meaning behind the question, and that Lu Xiang’s purpose in calling him here was not to discuss trivia.

"It pertains to the properties of Mescaline IV," Lu Xiang replied. "While inducing hallucinations, it forces the brain into high-speed thinking, most evident in its impact on one’s calculation abilities. After taking Mescaline IV, an ordinary person would be able to calculate the answer to the problem you struggled with instantly."

The fact that Mayor Lyon awkwardly resorted to a mobile phone calculator confirmed that his current mental state was largely normal.

"So someone has been drugging me?" Lyon quickly grasped Lu Xiang’s implications. Although he had not heard of Mescaline IV before, it was likely the cause of his memory loss. "So, the note was to hint to me that I had been at the ’Gold Seeker Bar’ and met Ophir on the night of the 12th of May."

He instantly recognized the severity of the situation.

During his tenure, he had tried his best to distance himself from the Gold Seekers led by Ophir. To date, no one knew about his past relationships with Ophir.

Only when a major issue would arise would he risk going to the "Gold Seeker bar" to seek Ophir’shelp.

Lyon finished reading the content of the documents in silence, his expression growing darker and darker.

If it were anyone else, they would have likely erupted into anger, demanding an immediate investigation into their secretary and the person who had drugged them at once.

That would be anyone’s initial reaction.

However, the fact that he was here now and had forgotten everything that had happened at home meant that he had very likely already attempted this and failed.

Thereupon, Lyon didn’t react hastily; he patiently awaited Lu Xiang’s suggestions.

"Mescaline IV is highly addictive - given your current condition, it’ll be difficult to refuse it purely based on willpower. The normal treatment period is a month. So, to return to normal, you must make sure that, for a month, you have no further contact with this drug. During the treatment process, your emotional state will be extremely unstable, and small incidents could provoke intense anger. Those around you will certainly notice your changes."

One month - this was where the adversaries were clever.

Even if it was discovered that the Mayor had been taking Mescaline IV for a long time, they wouldn’t have time to put remedial measures into action.

"If I agree to the treatment, I will miss the elections."

Lyon Seabot also grasped the crux of the issue - people would never select a temperamental individual as the next Mayor.

Taking a deep breath, he asked, "What if I delay the treatment until after a month?"

"The memories you lose will only continue to grow, until you only remember what the other party wants you to remember."

Mescaline IV was developed for individuals with Spiritual Energy,and its harmful effects were far more severe for regular people. "Even if we arrest the person who drugged you and eliminate all outside interferences, if you continue to take this drug, you’ll find it increasingly difficult to distinguish between hallucinations and reality."

In the final stages, the drug-taker would seem not far removed from a person suffering from mental illness.

They might perform inconceivable actions at any given place due to hallucinations.

"I need some time to thoroughly consider this."

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