Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don’t Call Me a Demon! - Chapter 94

Chapter 94: Chapter 10: Clearing Pests (50,000 words, please subscribe)

“Mayor Ma, I heard that Jieke Company is planning to construct a new road from Mande City to Qingguo City. Can you pull some strings at Jieke Company? My company wants to take on the construction.”

Seeing Mayor Ma accept the gift, a smile spread across Pasha’s face, and he found the right moment to make his request.

“After all, Jieke Company is just a company; it’s our government that controls the land. You did the right thing coming to me for this matter.”

With a feigned casual tone, Mayor Ma explained that he was in charge of the land planning bureau and was acquainted with some people inside Jieke. As long as the bribes were in place, there was a good chance it could work out. He was just worried Liu Yingying would block it, as Pasha’s newly established construction company had no credentials whatsoever. Calling the roads they built substandard would be an overstatement.

“With Mayor Ma in Mande City, there’s nothing that can’t be done.”

“Mr. Pa, you’ve just returned from abroad and might not know, but our Mayor Ma in Mande City, he’s absolutely omnipotent.”

A group of businessmen echoed in agreement, expressing their respect for Mayor Ma.

In the midst of this laughter and chatter, several glaring beams of light suddenly shot through the glass windows, dazzling many of the guests.

“What’s going on? Who’s messing around with the searchlights?”

Mayor Ma was a bit annoyed, then saw his own driver, along with a group of security guards, tumble and scramble into the room.

“What happened? Why are you all running?”

Mayor Ma’s face darkened. He felt it was inauspicious for this pleasant banquet party to be thrown into such chaos.

“Ma… Mayor, a lot of military vehicles have arrived outside… it’s Jieke Security.”

The mayor’s driver was panic-stricken. As soon as these words came out, the entire villa fell silent.

Mayor Ma shuddered, a hint of fear in his eyes, and hurriedly rushed to the villa’s window to look down.

The roar of engines filled the air as an armored vehicle led a convoy of military vehicles painted in camouflage. Soldiers, branded with the words ‘Jieke Security,’ wearing bulletproof vests and helmets, and armed with guns, jumped down and quickly surrounded the villa.

“Jieke Security conducting an operation to arrest criminals. Everyone, put your hands on your head and squat down. Do it now!”

A fierce group of Jieke Security personnel kicked open the doors of the villa, their gleaming gun barrels pointed at everyone.

“What are you trying to do, what are you trying to do? I am Mande City’s Deputy Mayor Ma Manarin; you’re barging into a private residence without any propriety.”

Mayor Ma tried to maintain his dignity, attempting to use his official position to intimidate them.

With a list in his hand, Miao Lun looked at the photos, then up at Mayor Ma, and sneered, “Mayor Ma Manarin, right? You’re the number one target. Take him down.”

Two Jieke Security operatives, fierce as wolves, charged forward and pinned Mayor Ma to the ground.

“On what grounds are you arresting me? What evidence do you have to arrest me? I am the Deputy Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, do you understand? I’ll file a complaint against you to Jieke Company.”

Mayor Ma’s face turned red with anger, and he spat out a frenzied protest at Miao Lun, attempting to resist arrest.

“We’re not the police; we don’t need evidence to arrest someone, just a list. Unfortunately for you, your name is right on it.”

Miao Lun struck Mayor Ma in the stomach with the butt of his gun, instantly silencing his defiance.

“Proceed with the arrests according to the list. Those who resist, are authorized to be shot on sight.”

Miao Lun’s icy gaze swept over the others present, his sharp look making them feel the threat at their backs. One by one, they crouched down with their heads in their hands, like quails, watching as officials and businessmen were dragged away. They just prayed that they wouldn’t be next, and no one dared say another word.

Soon, a dozen officials and businessmen had been dragged out of the villa.

Outside the villa, Su Jie leaned against an armored vehicle, as An Sangshen, the Mayor of Mande City, shamefacedly lowered his head, looking like a schoolboy who had done something wrong.

“Mr. Su, I failed to manage things well and let you down,” An Sangshen said hoarsely. He had always been cautious since being promoted to mayor by Su Jie, but he couldn’t withstand the corruption flourishing among his subordinates.

His lack of authority as the newly appointed mayor meant that the corruption below him grew even more rampant.

“You definitely made a mistake, in not being decisive enough. If you had taken action sooner, I wouldn’t have had to deploy Jieke Security.”

Su Jie watched as one official after another was arrested, and he spoke without any courtesy.

“Mr. Su, you’re right, perhaps I’m not suited to sit in high positions,”

With a bitter face, An Sangshen admitted his shortcomings. Although he was just a puppet, the police did listen to him, but he lacked the decisiveness to cut off the rot clinging to the great tree of Mande City.

“If it weren’t for the fact that you didn’t collude with them this time, do you think you would still be standing here talking to me?”

Su Jie glanced over, scaring An Sangshen into breaking out in a cold sweat on the spot.

“I’ll give you one more chance. You know what to do if something like this happens again, don’t you? I won’t need to teach you again.”

Su Jie withdrew his gaze, ultimately deciding not to strip An Sangshen of his official title.

From among the short, he was a tall man, and though lacking in decisive decision-making, as a puppet, he was still competent. Su Jie couldn’t find a better replacement.

An Sangshen breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He had felt his soul almost leap out in fright, thinking that in a moment of anger, Su Jie would have him taken down as well.

“Sir, all the targets have been apprehended.”

Miao Lun stood before Su Jie with a salute, behind him a line of officials and businessmen being dragged in.

“Hmm, thank you for your efforts.”

Su Jie patted Miao Lun on the shoulder.

“It’s no trouble at all to serve you, sir,”

Miao Lun’s face showed a simple smile, his family’s circumstances had changed dramatically thanks to Su Jie. Gone were the days of not knowing if they would make it to tomorrow. Compared to their current comfortable life, with his mother recovering from a serious illness, his sister able to study and learn culture, and meat in every meal at home.

These dramatic improvements in life made him feel that even laying down his life for the man before him would be worth it.

While some of the arrested businessmen did not recognize Su Jie — more familiar with Liu Yingying, the beautiful CEO of Jieke Company —

it was different for the official Manarin. At the sight of Su Jie, his legs turned to jelly.

He had personally experienced the previous regime change, well aware of Su Jie’s iron-fisted methods.

This man single-handedly instigated the people of the Mande Region to eradicate the Mande United Army and executed Lu Wenbo; afterwards, he conducted a major purge of Mande City’s officials — Manarin himself had ascended to high rank riding on the coattails of that purge.

In the Mande Region, neither An Sangshen nor Liu Yingying had a word that was worth more than this man’s.

“Mr. Su, I’ll give back all the money I embezzled, every last bit to you, just spare me this once,”

Manarin, no longer caring for the mayor’s decorum, pleaded in terror.

“Just because you tampered with my possessions, do you think a simple apology will turn the page? You’re thinking too highly of yourself,”

Su Jie, not bothering with further words, gestured for Jieke Security to load everyone onto the military trucks.

“Mayor An, Mayor An, please beg for mercy on my behalf!”

Manarin frantically turned to An Sangshen, like a drowning man desperately clutching at anything within reach.

“Had you known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place,”

An Sangshen sighed, turned his head away, and no longer looked at his former colleague.

One after another, the officials and businessmen were loaded onto military trucks. Such scenes were not only happening here; Jieke Security was in action all over Mande City.

Officials, businessmen, senior executives within Jieke Company, and anyone else on the list was subject to house arrest by Jieke Security.

Tonight, many people were destined to have a sleepless night.