There was no trace of living things in the quiet bank hall. Plando put on a heavy helmet, held up a shield with an observation port, and stuck out his head. There were no bullets greeting the shield in his hand, and there were no shouts or curses. There were 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. This made him breath a huge sigh of relief. Of course, he didn't blindly take off his helmet, throw away his shield and take off his body armor, but instead moved inside step by step. The lack of sound of crossfire made the young police officers behind him a little embarrassed, and they couldn't help but speed up, guarding Prondeau in the middle.
Even if they are doing well now, they cannot restore their status in Prondo's mind. There is no need for a group of police officers who have no courage and dare to openly disobey their own orders to continue to struggle in this industry. Sending them out early is the most correct choice.
After walking about ten meters, no one came to stop them. Pronto immediately dropped his shield and pushed the young police officer in front of him away, walked to the body of the guard closest to him and squatted down. This unlucky guy had a small hole in his forehead and the back of his head was broken into several pieces. Prondo frowned and turned his body over, then walked towards the other three corpses with a serious face. He took a breath of cold air. Now the difficulty and danger of chasing the robbers may have increased several steps.
The rifles of these guards are all missing, which means that this group of robbers have updated their weapons and have rifles with more powerful firepower. Once a firefight occurs, the police's equipment will not be as good as that of the robbers. This makes Plando I have a headache. The revolutionary army and some extreme civilian armed forces have made the empire strictly control firearms... Well, this is bullshit. The gun ban was as useless as shit in the developed areas of the empire, but it was still very effective in a small place like Tenel. The rate of fire, feed capacity, range and penetration of rifles are much higher than that of pistols.
Even if you wear a body armor, you may not be able to withstand rifle fire within a certain range, not to mention that the continuous rate of fire only requires one or two rifles to suppress fire. He stood up with a heavy heart and ordered, "Ask all the idiots outside to get in here, and find the bank manager who is on vacation at home. We are going to the underground vault now." He hesitated and continued: "Inform reporters to come over. We are going to issue a wanted warrant. Also, ask my secretary to invite the mayor and council members to come over..."
After a series of orders were issued, the police who were crowded outside the bank rushed into the bank. They searched the entire bank and found no suspicious people or anything suspicious. The group of robbers seemed to disappear in an instant. Same. Prondo and the veteran crime solvers in the police station were still thinking about the specific circumstances of the case when they heard several loud footsteps. He immediately straightened his body and stepped forward to greet her, bowing slightly and saluting with a serious look on his face.
The mayor and the councilors came together. There was no big change on their faces from usual, but through their eyes, you could vaguely see their violent emotions hidden under the calmness at this time.
There is no way not to be irritable, this is the Central Bank of the Empire, the largest economy in the Empire, a terrifying economy known as the money bag of the Shining Star Empire! It is no exaggeration to say that the Imperial Central Bank has silently affected every aspect of this country. They only need one sentence to promote the passage of a bill. Likewise, if one of them is unhappy, the economy of a region will suffer. A clear decline.
Now there is a problem with the branch of the Imperial Central Bank of Tenel City. With the stubbornness of the big shots at the head office, in addition to internal adjustments and investigations, the stick will also fall on the managers of Tenel City. Peter also plans to try to attack the governor during the election. If this matter cannot be solved perfectly, the originally low success rate may become even less.
He cast a sidelong glance at Prondo and immediately frowned, "Now that the robbers have left, why don't you chase them? Or do you think that the robbery has no direct relationship with you, so you can just sit back and watch the robbers escape and watch others A joke?" Although the councilman standing next to the mayor did not speak, his cloudy eyes made Prondeau feel scared.
He quickly lowered his head and explained, "The robbers had already left when we arrived. How many things they took away, how they left, how many people there were, how much firepower, etc. We don't know the specifics. I have already asked We have to ask the bank manager who is on vacation. After he opens the underground vault, we can get some clues and then we can pursue the robbers more rationally. "
The mayor snorted coldly, and walked to a corner with the councilman to communicate in a low voice. Prondo summoned his secretary, who sometimes had other uses, and asked, "How did they come together?"
The secretary rolled her eyes and explained in a vague way that the first place she went to was the city hall. Unexpectedly, the mayor happened to be with the congressman at that time. Plando frowned and waved away the secretary, his mind becoming confused again.
He didn't know that something went wrong just yesterday morning.
The case of Xiu En, who was personally taken away for interrogation by someone sent by the governor, was almost convicted. However, the appearance of a person directly overturned all the evidence and testimony, allowing Xiu En to be acquitted. This person is none other than Ernst, who was expelled by the mayor through less than clever means. He thought that Ernst had left Tener or even the state of Kansas. After all, Karul would never let this person who had a grudge against him continue to move around the area where he lived. However, the mayor did not expect that Karul would Ruhr actually stopped in the end, gave up pursuing Ernst, and began to enjoy the fruits of his victory.
Ernst turned himself in. He admitted that he had smuggled liquor and smuggled and sold narcotics while in Turnel City. There was also a very important piece of information in his statement. He said that he had a secret. He helped him smuggle, carry and even sell narcotics, and that downline happened to be the family that was shot to death by Xiu En. Is this a coincidence? This is certainly no coincidence!
Ernst was forced into desperation by the mayor and Karul. He was so desperate that he began to think about ending his life. But when he heard that Xiu En was arrested for dereliction of duty and shooting innocent citizens, he immediately realized that he was actually useful. He may not be able to take revenge and do something to the mayor and Karul, but Xiuen can. He also knew very well that Xiu En's experience was definitely framed, so he believed that Xiu En must hate the mayor and Karul as much as he did.
If he freed Xiu En from prison at this time, with Xiu En's current power and ability, would he take revenge? This is a matter of course. Xiuen will bite the mayor and Karul like a vicious dog and won't let go. Even if Ernst has to pay the price of going to jail for this, Ernst feels it is very cost-effective. . This was tantamount to him indirectly avenging himself, so he rushed to the State Contraband Investigation Bureau a few days ago to surrender and gave a long confession, which helped Xiuen get rid of the crime.
He actually wanted to drag the mayor and other senior officials in with his words and testimony, but he knew very well that he did not have any direct evidence that the managers of Turnel City were involved in his case. His sister is just the mayor's mistress. In a world where morality cannot determine an official's future, this is nothing more than tidbits. He had no evidence of direct transactions with the mayor, nor any substantive evidence to accuse him, so he could only do this.
Ernst was convicted according to law for smuggling, harboring, and selling contraband. What awaited him was fifteen years in prison, but Xiuen came out.
The mayor and the councilors discussed this matter together. They almost succeeded in putting Xiuen to death as a criminal. However, Ernst's surrender failed, which even made Xiuen feel stronger. revenge mentality and motivation. Al Ordo received the news that in three days at most, that is, tomorrow, he will return to Turnel to continue serving as his director. How to deal with this more mature and careful Xiu En is what the mayor and councilors are now doing. The most troublesome thing.
Of course, there is another headache to add, which is the great robbery of the Imperial Central Bank.
Soon the off-duty bank manager appeared. Witnessed by the mayor, councilors and Plando, he first signed a dozen documents, then opened the safe in the manager's office and took out another Take the key and open the elevator. When Prondo led the police officers into the underground vault, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although these robbers were very hateful and vicious, at least they did not cause a massacre. It was only when he noticed the pale faces of the two managers that he realized that he might have missed something.
"The gold bricks... are all gone!"
Prondeau's scalp felt numb when he heard the word BRIC. Of course he knew about the BRIC, and he also knew that the Kadima Party, which was recently associated with the BRIC and was founded by the Revolutionary Army, was frantically carrying out political movements in the next state. The purpose of this batch of gold is to prevent this group of former lunatics from causing chaos, such as promoting the independence of the next state or starting a war. It's just that Prondo didn't know that this batch of gold was placed under his nose, in the vault of the Imperial Central Bank in Tenel City!
"Why? Why didn't you tell me that the gold bricks are in this damn place?" Prondo immediately became angry. If he knew that half a ton of gold bricks were stored here, he would definitely send people to guard these gold bricks continuously. Instead of like now, you only know that half a ton of gold bricks once existed here after you lost the thing!
(End of chapter)