Chapter 180: Surrender [Third Update]
There was not a hint of life in the quiet hall of the bank, and Plando, with a heavy helmet and a shield with an observation port, poked his head out. There were no bullets greeting the shield in his hand, no shouting or cursing, only a few corpses lying on the ground. He breathed a sigh of relief, his guess was correct, the group of robbers should have left, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, he didn't blindly take off his helmet, his shield, and his body armor, but moved inside step by step. The lack of a firefight made the young officers behind him a little embarrassed, and they couldn't help but speed up and protect Plando in the middle.
Even if they do it beautifully, they can't regain their place in Plando's mind. A group of police officers who don't even have the courage and dare to openly disobey their orders have no need to continue to struggle in this industry, and sending them out early is the most correct choice.
After walking for about ten meters and no one came to stop them, Plando immediately threw away his shield and pushed the young officer in front of him, walked over to the corpse of the nearest guard and crouched down. The unfortunate creature had a small hole in the door of his head, and the back of his head was shattered into several pieces. Plando frowned and flipped his body over, then walked over to the other three corpses with a serious face, and he gasped, the difficulty and danger of chasing down the robbers were probably several steps higher.
The rifles of these guards are gone, which means that the robbers have updated their weapons and have more powerful rifles, and in the event of a firefight, the equipment on the police's side will be inferior to that of the robbers, which is a headache for Plando. The Revolutionary Army, as well as some civilian extremist armed forces, kept the Empire under tight control over firearms...... Well, that's. A gun ban is as useless as shit in a developed area of the empire, but it can still be very effective in a small place like Turnier. The rifle's rate of fire, feeder capacity, range and penetration are much higher than those of a pistol.
Even if you wear body armor, you may not be able to withstand the rifle's fire at a certain range, not to mention that the continuous rate of fire only requires one or two rifles to form a fire suppression. He stood up with a heavy heart, and ordered, "Let all the fools outside get me in, and get the bank manager who is on duty at home, and we will go down to the underground vault now." He hesitated for a moment and continued: "Inform the reporter to come, we are going to issue a wanted warrant, and also ask my secretary to ask the mayor and councillors to come ......"
After a series of orders were issued, the police officers who were crowded outside the bank flooded into the bank, and they searched the entire bank, and found no suspicious person or anything suspicious, and the group of robbers seemed to disappear in an instant. Plando and the veteran case-solvers in the police station were still pondering the specifics of the case when they heard several loud footsteps. He immediately straightened up and greeted him, bowing slightly with a serious face.
The mayor and the councillor came together, and there was no big change on their faces, but through their eyes, you could vaguely see their irritable emotions hidden under the calm at this time.
There is no way not to be irritable, this is the Central Bank of the Empire, the largest economy of the Empire, and the terrifying economy known as the money bag of the Shining Star Empire! It is no exaggeration to say that the Central Bank of the Empire has silently affected all aspects of this country, and they only need one sentence to facilitate the passage of a bill, and if they are not happy, the economy of a region will have a significant recession.
Now that there is a problem with the branch of the Imperial Central Bank in Turnaire City, with the urine of those bigwigs in the head office, in addition to internal adjustments and inspections, the stick will also fall on the managers of Turnier City. Peter also plans to try to challenge the governor at the time of the change, and if this matter cannot be solved perfectly, the already low success rate may become even less.
He glanced at Plando, and immediately frowned, "Since the robbers have already left, why don't you go after them?, or do you think that the robbery has nothing to do with you directly, and you can sit back and watch the robbers flee to see other people's jokes?", although the councillor standing next to the mayor did not speak, but the cloudy eyes made Plando's heart furious.
He hurriedly lowered his head and explained, "When we arrived, the robbers had already left, and we didn't know anything about how many things they had taken with them, how they left, how many people, how much firepower, and so on. I've had someone call in the bank manager for a rotational break, and we'll be able to pursue the robbers more reasonably only after he has opened the underground vault and we've got a little bit of a clue. ”
The mayor snorted coldly, and went to the corner with the councillor to exchange words in a low voice. Plando summoned his secretary, who was sometimes of other use, and asked, "How did they come together?"
The secretary pushed her eyes and explained not very clearly, the first place she went to was the city hall, but she didn't expect the mayor to be with the councillors at that time. Plando frowned, waved the secretary away, and his mind was messed up again.
Little did he know that just yesterday morning, something had gone wrong.
The case of Xiuen, who was personally taken away by the governor for interrogation, was almost convicted, but the appearance of one person directly overturned all the evidence and testimony, and acquitted Xiuen. This man was none other than Ernst, who had been expelled by the mayor by not very clever means. He thought that Ernst had left Turnair and even left the state of Canreth, after all, Karol would never let go of this person who had a grudge against him to continue to operate around the area where he lived, but the mayor did not expect that Karul would actually stop in the end, give up continuing to hunt down Ernst, and began to enjoy the fruits of his victory.
Ernst appears in the form of a voluntary surrender, confessing to the fact that he was smuggling bootlegging and smuggling narcotics during his time in Turnaire, and there is also a very important piece of information in his statement, saying that he has an underline that helps him smuggle and carry and sell narcotics, and that downline happens to be the family that was killed by Seun. Is this a coincidence? This is certainly not a coincidence!
Ernst was cornered by the Mayor's alliance with Karul, and he was so desperate that he began to think about ending his life. But when he heard that Xiun had been arrested for dereliction of duty and the shooting of innocent citizens, he immediately realized that he was actually useful. He probably couldn't get revenge and do something to the mayor and Karul, but he could. He also knew that what happened to Seun was definitely framed by design, so he believed that Seun must have hated the mayor and Karul as much as he did.
If he frees Xiun from prison at this time, with Xiuen's current strength and ability, will he take revenge? This is a matter of course, Xiun will definitely bite the mayor and Karul like a vicious dog, even if Ernst needs to pay the price of imprisonment, Ernst thinks it is very cost-effective. This is tantamount to indirectly avenging himself, so he rushed to the State Contraband Investigation Bureau a few days ago to turn himself in, and gave a long confession to help Shuen get rid of the charge.
He was tempted to drag the mayor and the other high-ranking officials in his mouth and testimony, but he knew very well that he had no direct evidence that the managers of Turnier City were involved in his case. His sister was nothing more than the mayor's mistress, and in a world where morality could not determine the future of an official, it was nothing more than tidbits news. He had no evidence of a direct deal with the mayor, and he didn't have any evidence of a crime that could be incriminated, so he had to do that.
Ernst was convicted of smuggling, harboring, and selling contraband, and he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, but Hun came out.
The mayor and the councillors discussed this together, and they almost succeeded in putting Xiun to death in his position as a criminal, but because Ernst's surrender fell short, it even made Xiun have a stronger revenge mentality and motivation. Oordo came with the news that Xiun would return to Turner tomorrow in three days at most, and how to deal with this more mature and careful Xiun was the biggest headache for the mayor and councillors right now.
Of course, there is one more headache, which is the Great Robbery of the Imperial Central Bank.
Soon the bank manager, who was on rotation, appeared, and in the presence of the mayor, the councillors, and Plando, he signed a dozen documents himself, then opened the safe in the manager's office, took another key from it, and opened the elevator. When Plando led the police into the underground vault, he was somewhat relieved. These robbers were hateful and vicious, but at least they didn't commit a massacre. It was only when he noticed the pale faces of the two managers that he realized that he might have missed something.
"BRICS...... It's all gone!"
When he heard the word BRICS, Plando's scalp tingled, of course he knew about BRICS, and he also knew that the Advance Party, which had recently been associated with BRICS, was carrying out a frenzied political campaign in the next state. The use of this gold was to prevent this group of former lunatics from messing around, such as pushing for the independence of the next state or starting a war. It's just that Plando didn't know that this batch of gold was placed under his nose, in the vault of the Imperial Central Bank in Turnaire City!
"Why? Why didn't you tell me that the gold bricks were in this damn place?", Plando was immediately furious, if he knew that there was half a ton of gold bricks stored here, he would definitely send someone to guard these gold bricks without stopping, instead of waiting until the thing was lost to know that there was once half a ton of gold bricks here!