Chapter 7: Gangsters

After explaining his first policy as a Authority to Pansy Jane, Xia Xiu began to have a conversation about it for more than an hour.

Over the next hour or so, the exchange between Xia Xiu and his chief intelligence officer entered an in-depth and detailed stage, and they jointly discussed the optimization of the internal structure of the bureau and the future strategic planning, while making a series of important decisions.

Most of these decisions were made by Xia Xiu, who is the director of the bureau.

Pansy Jane, as the chief of intelligence, thought that he had figured out the other party's political style and philosophy after more than an hour of communication with the fourth sword-wielder in the heavenly kingdom and the newly appointed director of the management bureau.

This is her summary of the ruling philosophy of the blonde youth in front of her.

After discussing the policy, they decided to reorganize the scattered departments within the Authority and merge them into a new body, the Municipal Affairs Bureau.

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will assume important responsibilities such as overall planning, decision-making and external representation within the Authority, and currently nine departments of the Authority have been incorporated into the Municipal Affairs Bureau, and the next clean-up policy will be jointly promoted by these nine departments.

In this major reform, Xia Xiu chose Pansy Jane as the top administrative head of the Municipal Affairs Bureau, that is, the Director of the Municipal Affairs Bureau.

Pansy Jane will lead IAM, develop policies, ensure effective implementation of decisions, and communicate with the outside world on behalf of the Authority as necessary.

In order to strengthen the Municipal Bureau's executive and emergency response capabilities, Xia Xiu also specially approved the establishment of a special mobile unit of the imitation burial squad.

The task force is led by Tours, and its internal members are also hand-selected by Tours to ensure the team's combat effectiveness and loyalty.

The task force is to be directly accountable to the Director, and will only be under the direct command of the Director.

They will be an important force for the Authority to respond to emergencies.

It is important to note that although Pansy Jane, as the Director of the Municipal Bureau, has some command over the task force, she needs to obtain explicit authorization from the Director General to mobilize the team.

After Xia Xiu explained all the relevant details, Pansy Jane, the chief of intelligence, saluted the director.

Then, without wasting any time, she left the office and began to organize the rest of the organization.

Smack-

After Pansy Jane left the office in a hurry, the fox-eared boy who had been sitting in the waiting area, looking a little bored and yawning, finally stood up. With his hands in his pockets, he walked slowly to the blonde youth's desk in a relaxed manner, his steps light, his fox-like tail gently swaying with his steps.

He looked at the five documents on Xia Xiu's desk, and then said playfully: "I didn't expect you to be quite familiar with these boring government jobs." ”

"Organizational work is boring." Xia Xiu looked away from the file on the desk and looked at Tours, "You should have heard the conversation between me and Pansy Jane just now. ”

Tours' fox ears cocked up slightly, capturing subtle changes in the air. The face that was originally smiling with a teasing smile instantly became extremely serious when his gaze met the deep golden eyes of the blond-haired young man Xia Xiu.

"You're going to make a Mobile Task Force like a burial squad......"

Turce pondered his tone for a moment, and asked tentatively, "This team is a copy of the burial agency, but it belongs to the Authority?" Or is he essentially subordinate to the burial apparatus? ”

Turce visibly weighed his tone before asking the question. His brow furrowed slightly, and the fox ears moved slightly, obviously weighing the weight of each word.

As such, his tone was cautiously tentative, expressing his curiosity and concern, while trying to avoid touching directly on possible sensitive points.

Affiliated with the Authority?

Or is it subordinate to a burial agency?

This is a very delicate issue, the former being the private local armed forces, and the latter being the direct institutions of the Heavenly Kingdom.

Everyone knew that each member of the Resolution Assembly would have their own burial team in the burial office.

And now the Fourth Sword Bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven, who is the reservist decision-maker, has proposed to build a mobile task force, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is preparing for the future.

"He belongs to the Authority now, but what about ...... future" Xia Xiu's eyebrows raised slightly, and his eyes were smiling.

He hadn't finished his sentence, but he had made it clear to Tours.

"Understood." After hearing Xia Xiu's subtle and meaningful answer, Turs' reaction was immediate and intuitive.

His waist straightened instantly, and his eyes tried to hide his excitement as much as possible.

If there is a team of burial agencies from the secular kingdom of heaven, there is an eclectic descendant who is willing to accept the decision of the unclean.

This is undoubtedly a real blessing for all the aberrant pseudo-human groups in this land.

This is also the motivation for Tours Corbett to fight for it and work for it.

"What about the size of the establishment?" The fox-eared boy immediately entered the working state.

"The largest type of task force, with more than 100 personnel, is used to comprehensively respond to complex emergencies across regions and multiple fields, such as international rescue operations, complex counter-terrorism operations, etc."

As the director of the bureau, Xia Xiu said the draft that he had already thought in his heart, "This team includes many tactical operations teams, a well-established medical team, multiple technical support teams, an intelligence analysis team, and a strong logistics and administrative support team. His supply configuration is all handled by the Authority, so you don't have to worry about resources, you only need to worry about ......"

"Candidates." Tours took the director's words.

"Yes, you will choose the candidate yourself, but you still need to go through my pass."

As he said this, the blonde raised his right hand, and two objects appeared in his hands.

"I've got a lot of big gifts for this team."

"This is ......" Tours' voice stopped abruptly in surprise, his pupils widened, and he stared intently at the two mysterious items in Xia Xiu's hand.

The first object in the blonde youth's hand was a perfect water cube structure, which was suspended silently in the air, and the water inside seemed to be bound by some kind of force, so that the entire cube remained in an incredibly stable state.

The surface of the water is as calm as a mirror, reflecting the light of the room and shimmering softly.

【Solomon's Seventy-Two Keys: Pholas)

The other object was a silver CD, which swirled gently in Xia Xiu's palm, exuding a faint luster. This disc is deceptively simple, but it contains profound technology and information. It depicts a knight riding a bat and holding a spear.

【Solomon's Seventy-Two Keys: Eliger】

The blonde young man's hand slowly closed, and the two [secret keys] that were still quietly suspended in his palms just now disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"The specialty I brought back from Calisto some time ago is just enough to give the Authority a benefit." Xia Xiu smiled at Turles, whose expression was a little frozen.

The two [secret keys] he now are indeed 'native products' that Callisto brought back.

The first [Key] was recovered from the massive aetheric tide with his bare hands after killing Juan Martínez in the form of the Human Apostle in the Blessing Mode; The second is Pedro's own sacrificial soul forged trait [Key Disc], this disc will maintain the form of the disc until he finds a new owner because of Pedro's triple soul sacrifice.

The corner of Turce's eyes twitched, I am afraid that this souvenir of yours is not very friendly when he takes it, he is actually very puzzled how Xia Xiu got so many [secret keys].

Very few people are able to kill [Juggernaut] and then directly plunder the [Juggernaut Key] of the deceased.

When the Juggernaut is dead, their Keys will quickly flow into the Aether and fall into silence, where they will wait for a new wave of emissaries or explorers to dig them out.

The [Key] escapes very quickly, and the authoritative [Key] is difficult to touch.

That's why Turce was so shocked when he saw Xia Xiu take out two [secret keys].

"Your benefit is too good, isn't it?" Turce felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.

Think about the fact that he was trying to attack the [Dominator] and obtain the [Secret Key], but he fought so hard that he even found the [Master of the Gate], and his current [Strange Hoof Disease] and the [Timing Disease] that grew backwards were both infected at that time.

"Don't worry, I'm not much of a philanthropist." The blonde youth smiled brightly at Tours, "It's not that the two [Secret Keys] can be taken from me, they don't have high adaptability, believe me, they won't get the [Key] much easier than other thaumaturgists to get the [Key], and the Authority is not a public good, and I am not a public welfare ambassador." ”

Looking at the familiar smile of the blonde young man, Turce remembered the various operations of the golden retriever during the performance, and the sourness in his heart suddenly decreased a lot.

This guy didn't even dare to lead the team to pierce the Assassin Gong at that time, and now although he is the fourth sword-bearer of the Heavenly Kingdom and the director of the Authority, his nature is still difficult to change, and he needs to pay a corresponding price to reap the benefits of him.

"What are the personnel standards you want for the task force?" Tours continued with the initial conversation and started asking.

"Loyalty." Xia Xiu replied without thinking.

"Take an oath to a utopian program, to be on par with human supremacy, to be loyal to Heaven and to me." Xia Xiu looked at Turce and smiled, "I don't have a high demand for this." ”

“…… Not high. Turce was silent for a moment before speaking.

"How long do you expect it will take for the list of preliminary candidates to reach me?" Xia Xiu continued to Tours.

"Half a month...... No, I'll hand you the main list of the first candidates in a week. Turce replied immediately.

"...... week," the blonde youth stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

His mind was reminded of the other two old fellows from the Piercing Tour, and now that the Authority was seriously short of personnel, he needed to attract more talent to the Authority.

"I remember Vito was near the Eddison Federation, also near New York, how was he doing?"

Vito Antonio, the true name of the 'week' who lost his memory during the Piercing Prince's trip and has to reset his memory every seven days.

After the piercing performance, the past week got his real name - Vito Antonio.

"He seems to be caught up in a gang family fight, and I tried to find him and invite him to join the Authority, but it didn't work out."

A complicated expression suddenly appeared on Tours' face, a look mixed with jealousy and deep thought. The twinkle in his eyes seemed to recall a memory in his mind, and after a moment, he mentally organized the words he wanted to express.

"You should know the transcendent forbidden law of the Sicilian gangsters, which is as famous as [the Code of Hammurabi], the principle of silence.

It requires the members of the organization to maintain absolute silence to the outside world and not to divulge any information or activities about the organization even in the face of judicial trials; Once this kind of regulation is made and regularized, the forbidden law formed cannot be broken even by the [crowned one].

The core features of the prohibition include:

Confidentiality: Members are not allowed to disclose any details about the organization's activities, membership, or internal information to non-members of the organization.

Loyalty: Requires members to remain absolutely loyal to the organization, even if it means sacrificing personal interests or facing legal sanctions.

Non-cooperation: Members must refuse to cooperate in investigations or judicial proceedings by state agencies or even absolute individuals, even if this may result in harsher penalties for themselves.

Revenge for betrayal: For members who betray the organization or break the principles, the gang will usually take extreme retaliatory measures. ”

Turce sighed at Xia Xiu and said:

"I'm sorry to tell you that Vito has fallen into such a quagmire of silent war, and this thing is the fate of the Authority, and it is not pleased."

"How did the Sicilian principle of silence come to the Edisi Federation?" After Xia Xiu listened, he was interested.

"The reason for this, of course, is the emergence of a supernatural gang organization in the Addison Federation that is large enough to distort the laws of the present world—the Hell's Kitchen region has been notorious for its fierce gang fighting and criminal activity since before the fall of the New World.

With the passage of time and the complete sinking of the New World, several of the main gangsters within Hell's Kitchen realize that the ongoing conflict will only lead to internal friction and a heightened police crackdown. In order to work together against external pressures, protect their respective interests, and control the underground market more effectively, these gangsters decided to form a federation.

Several of their families have taken advantage of the socio-economic conditions of a particular neighborhood to establish their own spheres of influence and criminal networks.

In the context of the fact that some areas have managed to shake off the negative image associated with gangster activities and transform themselves through urban renewal and community development programs, the Federation has succeeded in creating the principle of silence that can restrain other extraordinary people who belong exclusively to the gang. ”

(End of chapter)