When Henry returned to the police station, Peter and three other officers had already arrived.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mayor William and the other six members of the committee also arrived.
William praised, "Henry, you look very handsome today. This is how you should always look."
Henry replied with a smile, "Thank you."
"Where is Ronald? It's already 9 o'clock, and he's still not at the police station?" William continued to ask.
Henry immediately replied, "I don't know. I haven't seen him this morning. Peter, what about you all?"
Peter and the others also said they hadn't seen him.
William said, "Peter, go to Ronald's house and urge him to hurry up."
Peter nodded, took the order, and left.
About ten minutes later, Peter returned to report that he hadn't found Ronald. He had also checked James's and the other two's houses, but they weren't there either, and those three were also nowhere to be found.
William quietly discussed with the six committee members and decided to immediately hold Henry's inauguration ceremony. After he took office, he could investigate Ronald's whereabouts himself.
Thus, with Mayor William presiding and the committee members witnessing, Henry began to take his oath.
"As a police officer, my most basic duty is to serve the citizens. I will ensure my private life is clean and upright. I will never let personal feelings, prejudices, hatred, or friendship influence my enforcement of the law. I will never compromise with violence and crime. I will enforce the law civilly, without any evil intentions, fear, or favoritism. I will never abuse force, and I will never accept bribes. Before God, I will dedicate everything I have to the cause I revere."
Finally, Mayor William, on behalf of the town government, announced Henry as the town's Sheriff and pinned the hexagonal star badge on the left chest of Henry's black vest.
Everyone else applauded enthusiastically at the same time.
William said to Henry, "This afternoon at 3:30, we will hold a burial and farewell ceremony for the fallen officers at the cemetery. Pastor Philip has already made the arrangements."
Henry replied, "Okay, we will be there on time."
After William quietly gave a few more instructions, he left the police station with the committee members.
Now, there were only Henry and the four Peters in the police station, along with a female clerk responsible for managing files and an officer managing the warehouse, totaling only seven officers.
There were also some coachmen and stable managers.
Henry arranged for Peter to go to Dwyer Manor to inquire about and inform them of Ronald's situation, and then arranged for the female clerk to post a notice to recruit 20 officers.
Then, Henry walked into the Sheriff's office, closed the door, and sat down in the chair behind the desk, silently thinking: "Keep four gray beads, use all other release beads, and upgrade Constitution."
Instantly, Henry was once again enveloped by a warm sensation. A large amount of super vision experience appeared out of thin air in his mind. He was naturally able to see farther than others, able to clearly see targets 2 miles away horizontally, and his dynamic vision was more than double that of ordinary people.
Next came a large amount of breeding techniques and experience. He was naturally more than twice as good as ordinary people in all aspects.
Then came a large amount of experience and techniques in theft, machine gun shooting, detective work, court dances polka and waltz, daggers, and Swift Sword.
After a long while, Henry regained consciousness, finding that ten minutes had passed. The increase in his physical Constitution must have added an extra two minutes.
He felt no change in his body shape, but when he clenched his fists and exerted force, his muscles quickly tensed, and a powerful strength was contained within his body.
Although there was no professional testing equipment at the moment, he could feel that he was at least 50% stronger than when he first transmigrated.
Six new skills were added to the panel.
"[Skills: Theft LV3, Machine Gun Shooting LV3, Detective LV3, Court Dance LV4, Dagger LV3, Swift Sword LV4]"
Court Dance was actually LV4!
This meant that a handsome young man who had once dominated aristocratic gatherings had fallen in the desolate Western wilderness.
The detective experience was likely brought by Deputy Sheriff Ronald.
In addition, Henry also gained two new talents, a great harvest.
There were only four gray beads below the progress bar.
There were also 175 empty gray bead shells, 58 empty white bead shells, and 5 empty green bead shells.
Since transmigrating, Henry, finally able to catch his breath, carefully reviewed all the events of the past two days.
It was clear that the gang was targeting Sheriff Brian and the officers loyal to him, and the source was with Sean at Dwyer Manor, or even higher up in the McKinley Family.
After all, Sean had been here for nearly ten years and had always been at peace with the town.
Moreover, Sean and their attacks on Brian, Henry, and the Farm were all likely aimed at weakening Mayor William and the Sinclair Family behind him.
So there must be some new struggle for wealth or power.
It was just that William was not yet aware, or he was unwilling to tell Henry.
Among William's three sons, the eldest son was involved in banking and finance in New York, the second son was in politics in Washington D.C., and the youngest son was in charge of mining operations in Denver. The eldest daughter and son-in-law were in politics in California, and the youngest daughter and son-in-law were in manufacturing in Chicago.
So, it was possible that new conflicts in various areas led to this attack.
If expanded to the entire Sinclair Family, there would be even more possible events that could cause this level of conflict.
Henry himself was now deeply involved, and it was impossible to extricate himself, but to what extent he needed to go depended on the situation.
No matter how good his relationship was with Mayor William's family, Henry couldn't work for free.
But actively eliminating all deadly dangers was a must.
If Henry hadn't taken the initiative this time and had really been surrounded by over 200 cavalrymen, it would have been very dangerous.
For anyone else, it would have been certain death.
Henry began to think about his subsequent actions, and when he felt satisfied, he went to inventory the warehouse.
Everything in this police station had to be under his control.
Old White, who managed the warehouse, was Mayor William's man. He would use him for now, and once he had reliable personnel, he would find a suitable opportunity to replace him.
It took nearly half an hour for Henry to inventory the warehouse. He found no surprises, only over a ton of black powder and more than twenty detonators were somewhat interesting.
Henry explained a few things to the duty officer Luke and then walked back to his house.
As soon as he stepped out of the police station gate, Henry immediately noticed his difference.
His field of vision had greatly increased, and the physical characteristics and behaviors of sixteen people within a hundred-meter radius were clearly reflected in his mind.
It felt like the "mind as a mirror," "moon in water," and "knife in well" concepts from the wuxia novels he had once read.
Henry stood on the main road, looking far down the town's main thoroughfare, and could almost clearly see things nearly 2 miles away at the end.
This should be due to his new talent.
Another reason might be that his premonition talent also strengthened after his Constitution improved.
Henry felt that the speed at which he drew his Colt Revolver and fired had also greatly increased, definitely no longer just half a blink of an eye.
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