When saying this, Andrew spoke with absolute confidence and self-righteousness.
Although he had never asked Von Lycaon about his salary, nor had he asked about the income and expenses of Victoria Housekeeping Co. during their usual work.
However, as an organization serving high-end clients, leaving everything else aside, every time Von Lycaon came over, it was to accept a commission from The Mayor. No one would believe that the commission fee for such tasks was small.
After all, the generous manner in which Von Lycaon had provided timely assistance to him in the beginning had left a deep impression on Andrew that lasted to this day.
Coupled with the fact that their conversations during their few meetings made Andrew feel that he was a very rational and reliable person.
So for Ellen, this was indeed a very good place to go.
It was just that when they first met, Andrew actually thought Victoria Housekeeping Co. was a subordinate organization completely belonging to The Mayor personally.
But after actual conversations later, he discovered that the Victoria Housekeeping Co. led by Von Lycaon was more like a like-minded partner to The Mayor.
Because they identified with The Mayor's aspirations, goals, or the future she prepared to realize, they chose to become her assistance.
But this did not mean that Von Lycaon would only blindly obey; he had his own judgment. So if Ellen joined, she wouldn't have to worry about becoming a chess piece sacrificed casually during the maneuvering of certain factions.
"As for the White Heart Gang..."
Recalling the situation just now, Andrew's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:
"Even if they didn't come looking for me, I would have taken the initiative to go find them."
Judging by the posture those people assumed just now, even facing Ellen who had just started junior high school, they actually showed a momentum of intending to use lethal force.
This was no longer an ordinary gang; he had to strike hard with a heavy punch.
Based on the habits they displayed earlier and the things they had done, heaven knows how many children had been harmed by them.
Thinking of this, Andrew, feeling a burst of anger in his heart, couldn't help but clench his fist.
But when he turned his head and noticed the worried look in Ellen's eyes upon hearing that he prepared to trouble those people, Andrew couldn't help but reveal a smile.
He rubbed her head and said comfortingly:
"Rest assured, I don't plan to visit them privately."
"Since we are going to take action, naturally we must pursue a justifiable cause."
Saying that, Andrew took out his mobile phone directly, found Zhu Yuan's contact, and dialed it.
Before doing this kind of thing, naturally, one must contact the police to legitimize the subsequent actions.
Regarding fighting crime, Andrew wasn't fond of the masked vigilante routine. If there are official channels, naturally one must use official channels!
For this kind of gang that clearly endangered public safety, nothing was more reassuring than official channels.
Incidentally, he could also help his friend farm some merits.
Oh, of course.
The prerequisite was that this official police channel belonged to someone in Zhu Yuan's squad. If it were anyone else, Andrew wouldn't be able to rest easy.
Zhu Yuan's integrity and seriousness were obvious to all.
Although his hidden identity as a Proxy always made him feel a little guilty when interacting with Zhu Yuan, as a Five-Star Good Citizen and a friend, she was absolutely reliable when interacting with her.
As the call went out, it was picked up directly by the other side the moment it connected.
Subsequently, Zhu Yuan's voice, gentle yet tinged with curiosity, came from the other end.
"Andrew? Why are you suddenly free to find me again? Did you encounter some criminal again and beat them up?"
Hearing Zhu Yuan's teasing, Andrew was rendered somewhat speechless for a moment.
But panicking was impossible. Andrew decisively chose to ignore reality and immediately pretended to be indignant, saying:
"What are you saying! What kind of words are these! You make it sound like I wouldn't look for you if I didn't encounter criminals! I'm going to sue you for slander!"
Even without reason, he was confident.
After hearing Andrew shamelessly defending himself, Zhu Yuan couldn't help but roll her eyes lightly and retorted:
"Clearly, ever since a certain someone added my contact info until now, all communication messages have been about either this criminal or that criminal. A second situation has never occurred. And you still say I'm slandering?"
Recalling calmly, analyzing carefully.
It seemed that when he actively sought her out, it really had always been that kind of situation?
"Cough."
Realizing this, Andrew gave a light cough and immediately changed his tune:
"Isn't this because Officer Zhu Yuan cares about the masses usually? I really feel embarrassed to disturb you rashly without any serious business."
"Heh."
Facing Andrew's pale and powerless struggle, Zhu Yuan was just about to go in for the kill.
But at this moment, Qingyi's voice suddenly inserted itself into their conversation, taking over the topic to complain ruthlessly:
"Then I think it would be better for the Store Manager to disturb Zhu Yuan more often when you have nothing to do."
"It would be best to drag her out of the bureau to rest properly when there's nothing going on. Zhu Yuan has already been working overtime at Public Security for seventy-two hours straight this time."
"Senior!"
Speaking of which, amidst Zhu Yuan's cry of surprise, Qingyi feigned wiping away a tear.
Like a parent watching their own child go astray but able only to watch helplessly, she feigned sadness and said:
"Ever since Little Zhu Yuan turned over a new leaf and became a captain, my words as a senior have become increasingly ineffective. Thinking it over, sure enough, we still have to rely on the Store Manager, who is the 'Important Person', to do it."
"Wait, Senior! Why are you saying such misleading things! What 'Important Person' and all that..."
As if her inner thoughts had been poked, Zhu Yuan's face instantly became rosy, and her tone immediately became somewhat stammering.
And regarding Qingyi's teasing, Andrew also tacitly seized the opportunity to counterattack.
He immediately took over the conversation, pretending to be sad as he said:
"What! So I am not important to Zhu Yuan... This is truly too heartbreaking..."
"Wait! Wait a minute! I didn't mean that you aren't important, Andrew!"
Facing the combined siege of the two, Zhu Yuan simply had no way to parry for a moment.
Wasn't she teasing Andrew originally?
How did the target of focused fire become her in just a few words!
For a moment, Zhu Yuan, who could handle all kinds of emergencies perfectly, was tongue-tied, completely losing the eloquent appearance she had when facing citizens.
Stammering for a long time, her own face instead turned completely bright red under the constant teasing of the two.
It had to be said.
Seeing Zhu Yuan, who was usually always very serious, getting shy was truly pleasing to the eye, even making one temporarily forget her identity as a Public Security Officer.
Facing the teasing of the two.
Finally, Zhu Yuan could only abandon the argument in self-despair, shouting loudly with a blushing face:
"I-I-I, I'm not talking anymore! Andrew, if you have nothing else, I'm going to hang up! I still have work matters to deal with next!"
Seeing that Zhu Yuan, who had been teased a bit too much, was really preparing to hang up, Andrew hurriedly stopped her:
"Don't, don't, don't! There is something."
After a light cough, Andrew, who was already satisfied, decisively pulled the topic back to the main subject.
He said:
"I have a large group of gang members here who gathered to attack a first-year junior high student on the street, and it looks like they are habitual offenders. I've already lulled them all to sleep; currently, they are all lying in an alley on Sixth Street."
"What?!"
As his voice fell, Zhu Yuan, who immediately entered work mode and became serious upon hearing the official business, instantly suppressed her shyness from just now.
She nodded seriously and said:
"I understand. Wait a moment, I'll be there very soon."
In public, attacking someone, and the victim was an underage junior high student.
These were no longer ordinary criminals.
After hanging up the phone, the two immediately put down the work in their hands, grabbed their equipment, and rushed towards the car outside.
In just ten short minutes, the two, driving at lightning speed, had already arrived at the scene.
Completely ignoring the highly swollen cheeks of those six people, Zhu Yuan, accustomed to such things, directly handcuffed them all first.
You have to know, injuries of this degree were actually considered light.
According to their current injuries, it was at most a severe concussion plus half the teeth in their mouths shattered all over the ground, leading to them estimating they could only eat liquid food for the next few months.
There was no danger to their lives, so what more did they want?
At least no overly serious permanent damage was left; they could just recuperate in peace in jail when the time came.
The only problem was that after dragging them back, questioning them might be a bit difficult because their faces were severely swollen and they were leaking wind due to missing teeth, causing indistinct speech.
But none of this was a problem.
"Leave the rest to me. After the interrogation is finished, I will synchronize the intelligence to you immediately."
After Zhu Yuan had packed up these ringleaders, based on the intelligence he heard earlier, Andrew spoke up to inquire:
"No problem. However, I heard them say earlier that their gang name is 'White Heart'. Zhu Yuan, have you heard of it before?"
"White Heart?"
Hearing this, after thinking carefully for a moment, Zhu Yuan shook her head.
"No, at least I have never seen this gang in the Public Security archives. The various gangs in New Eridu are too mixed and change extremely fast; specific intelligence in this regard would require asking Jane to figure it out."
That was indeed true.
After all, the gangs in New Eridu were as numerous as stars, and situations where a gang formed in the morning and broke up in the evening because someone ate half a bowl of rice more than others often occurred.
To say one should record them one by one was truly unrealistic.
Those recorded and preserved in the Public Security Bureau were at least gangs of the level that had committed a major crime.
And like the previous Vanishing Wolves, that was to the extent of having a separate file opened.
As for this White Heart before them...
This bunch was just a group of guys who only dared to lay hands on junior high students; even if they committed crimes before, it probably wouldn't reach the level that could attract the attention of Public Security.
But now it was different.
Just now, while waiting for Zhu Yuan to come over, Andrew had already roughly figured out some things from the mouth of Milin, the younger brother of that ringleader who had been shouting continuously before.
That was, not only did this group run into the Hollows privately, but they also wanted to take this bunch of brats who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth in with them.
Especially since there were quite a few among them whose Ether resistance was only barely passing.
If this was really done, it would be simply no different from murder.
After sharing the information he asked about, Zhu Yuan couldn't help but fiercely kick the other, intact half of the faces of this group.
The swollen cheeks made them turn completely into pig heads, and the remaining teeth also bid farewell to their mouths under this kick.
Now, they were completely toothless.
At the same time.
For some reason, the law enforcement recorders of the two also experienced a bit of unknown abnormality, causing the footage just now to flicker, impartially causing a few seconds not to be recorded.
This was truly too coincidental (totally real).
Entrusting these few people to other officers to escort back and prepare for interrogation.
At the same time, Zhu Yuan immediately began to find the parents for this group of bamboozled brats one by one through the Public Security Bureau's archive information.
Following bursts of crying for fathers and mothers, one future gang overlord after another fell under the benevolent belts of fathers and the kind hangers of mothers.
Some even unlocked the advanced hidden edition—mixed doubles from parents.
The crackling sounds made by various weapons colliding with the brats' butts, accompanied by wailing, rose one after another. If nothing else, Andrew watched with great satisfaction.
No wonder there's an old saying: beating a child on a rainy day, might as well do it since you're idle.
Andrew, who handily passed a wooden stick to a parent who had broken their hanger, couldn't help but sigh with emotion; watching bratty kids get beaten was truly physically and mentally soothing.
Then he silently took out a camera and left a perfect high-definition ugly photo for every brat.
As the wailing rose one after another, the weapons in the parents' hands were changed three rounds in a row.
From the wide variety of weapons they brought themselves, they gradually changed to the wooden sticks provided by Andrew, until after those broke again, they simply switched directly to the iron bars provided by Andrew.
Wait until it finally stopped.
The iron bars gripped tightly in their hands indicated that it wasn't because their anger had dissipated, but purely because the iron bars were too heavy, and they were truly too tired and had no strength left.
Looking at the situation before him.
After struggling for a long time, Andrew finally chose to be a decent person and leave a way out, and did not take out the Energy Drink.
In the final analysis, they were just a bunch of brats whose worldviews hadn't matured yet and who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, being bamboozled and used.
I really am too kind.
"You guy, just you wait for me! Wait until I become the boss later, I will definitely find a chance to kill you! Ah! Ah!"
Just as Andrew was sighing with emotion, a discordant note suddenly appeared not far beside him.
Accompanied by full-throated screams, Milin, who was already black and blue, relied on the thick skin and flesh provided by his fat to frantically spout ruthless words while getting whipped.
And behind him was a middle-aged woman who was whipping him fiercely.
It was just that she was currently holding her waist and panting because of physical exhaustion.
Regarding his ruthless words, Andrew didn't haggle, merely sweeping a contemptuous glance at him.
Subsequently, he silently handed a bottle of Vitality Potion and a spiky Ivy branch with fur standing on end to the middle-aged woman behind him.
Snap!
As the woman, who drank the potion skeptically, waved the Ivy branch fiercely towards the sky with a look of revitalization, a crisp sound of air being torn cut through the sky.
Milin, who was just clamoring with full breath, now... fell silent.
Watching the woman holding the Ivy branch walking towards him, a trail of cold sweat slid down his forehead.
"M-M... Mom, I was just saying it for fun just now."
With every step approaching, Milin's voice became increasingly terrified.
"Mom, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, AHHHH!!!!"
Accompanied by a heart-rending scream, the remaining brats who were still holding their heads and enduring the beating without a word now knelt down faster than the last.
As Andrew's gaze swept over, the scene was full of tearful repentance.
It was simply more effective than a pyramid scheme.
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