Darkstone Code

Chapter 1082 - 1080: What Are They Planning?

Regarding Lynch’s guidance, the two brothers could only seriously listen and accept, without the ability to make any changes.

After that, Lynch talked about the reason for this meeting.

"Catherine, you know..." the two nodded, "...by mid-year there’s a high chance she’ll become a city council legislator of Sabin City."

"Sometimes certain things are easy to handle, like when everyone follows the rules. As long as we stay within the rules, we have a way to defeat the opponent."

"But there are also people who use methods outside the rules. These things outside the rules, I’ll leave to you!"

"Any questions?"

Noel seemed a bit nervous, "Mr. Lynch, to what extent should we take action, and in what situation should we intervene?"

Lynch pointed at him, "Good, you’re thinking."

"For example, if someone wants a certain issue resolved, and this issue might be related to Catherine."

"They can legally protest and demonstrate; these are allowed, and you don’t need to interfere."

"But if they send her a dead cat, then I want you to solve the trouble!"

The Green brothers exchanged glances, roughly understanding the scale of the issue.

Lynch valued Catherine very much for a reason, Landon was not an excellent political spokesperson, his foundation was too poor.

He’s not a politician from a political family, nor is he the heir of a large capitalist. The resources he controls are too few, and his early development was too poor, only now managing to become a Representative, and in the future, he can only reach the position of Senator.

And not even an important Senator!

Senators differ; some hold important committee positions in four or five committees, but some Senators won’t even become committee members all year long.

Not even a temporary committee.

Such characters can’t carry much weight; look at who is behind those large consortia, easily dozens of Senators holding important committee positions.

They may not easily create their own legal policies, but they can effortlessly prevent targeted policies from passing.

This is why Lynch wants to support a new political spokesperson; he needs someone he can trust and who can bear the weight.

Catherine seems not to meet these needs, she wasn’t born into a political family, nor is she the heir of a consortium; she is merely a woman from an ordinary family.

But this identity has become her most important chip.

Lynch can fill in many gaps for her, but certain innate traits can’t be solved; fortunately, the gender equality movement is awakening.

In this era, at the height of the gender equality movement, nothing personal, group, or situation fits the needs of the movement better than having a "female President."

Indeed, the capital has hijacked the gender equality movement, but this doesn’t mean that capital can make the movement turn around.

They can only keep the movement moving forward, slightly deviating from the central direction, but not too far.

Maybe the movement’s initiators, upper-middle layers, have other considerations, but the bottom layer, the most crucial "devoted believers," are the true core of the movement.

They have been indoctrinated with thoughts they believe to be correct and can no longer accommodate others, where "women should have higher social status like men" is the core thought.

Equality means equal basic rights and duties between men and women!

The Presidency is part of this rights and duties!

Look, they are striking their own feet with stones, Lynch needs to exploit this!

And only now.

Later, when the wave of the gender equality movement recedes, bringing up the concept of "the Federation’s first female President" will not be as attractive!

The gender equality movement has filled Catherine’s political shortcomings, granting her a political advantage comparable to an heir of a political family—a large group of supporting voters!

So she isn’t without opportunity; on the contrary, her chances are quite large!

If the President is his political spokesperson... then what can stop Lynch?

No, nothing!

This is why he values Catherine’s political debut; she herself is somewhat inferior to others in high-level matters, so she must perform more perfectly and excellently than others!

"Besides this, I need you to help me with another matter..."

Listening to Lynch’s slow narration of his request, the Green brothers kept exchanging glances, seeing in each other’s eyes a chilling terror that made their scalps tingle!

If someone pointed at their noses saying they were demons, they would surely hammer the person down and tell them: "That’s because you haven’t seen Mr. Lynch!"

Until after four in the afternoon, the two finally left.

When preparing to get into the car, Fern gave Noel a look towards the street corner, and Noel turned to glance; there sat a fool at the open-air cafe at the corner, reading a newspaper.

The investigator aura was almost visibly emitting from him, and the ridiculous thing was that it was snowing, who the hell sits on an outdoor café chair reading a newspaper in this weather?

Idiot!

"It should be those people," Noel casually remarked when getting into the car.

By "those people," Noel meant the folks from the Anti-Organized Crime Investigation Bureau.

The Federation Anti-Organized Crime Investigation Bureau was recently keeping an eye on them, and it didn’t make sense because their small-time... small organization in this kind of place shouldn’t have attracted the attention of such a high-level investigative agency.

The Federation Anti-Organized Crime Investigation Bureau doesn’t fall under the FBI, it’s an independent department and operates at the federal government level—

City government level, state government level, and federal government level, showcasing the uniqueness of this department.

Its predecessor was the Anti-Crime Investigation Bureau, which saw its authority expanded while their operational duties became more defined, hence the name change to the "Anti-Organized Crime Investigation Bureau."

They usually target those massive organized crime syndicates, not some small-time gang in a third-rate small city that doesn’t do much harm.

Noel got some news from the FBI in Sabin City, saying that the reason they were being watched had nothing to do with them directly, but with their connection to Lynch, as someone was keeping an eye on Lynch and thus on them too.

This had been going on for a while, and they were aware of it. They had mentioned it to Lynch, who told them not to mind these people, so that’s what they did.

"Looks like we can find something for them to do soon..." Fern licked his lips, seemingly somewhat delighted.

After all, being watched by these people every day wasn’t entertaining, and if not for the significant backing of the other party, they might have actually done something.

After staying in Sabin City for a few days, Lynch went to the capital, and subsequently, a labor company suddenly appeared in Sabin City, providing some job positions to the city.

Honestly, this was quite appealing; in times like this, offering jobs was quite a remarkable thing.

However, this company also had some minor issues. Firstly, the job positions weren’t local, making some with families hesitant, as they weren’t keen to leave Sabin City to work elsewhere.

Secondly, the company had a strict screening process, and many who seemed like decent labor resources in the public eye didn’t even get selected, which left people wondering what they were really after.

Some workers lodged complaints with the Workers’ Union, arguing that the company was discriminatory and violated workers’ labor rights, but even after the union negotiated with the company for a while, no effective results were achieved.

Gradually, although people still sought jobs at this company, most shifted their focus away from it.

Except... the Federation Anti-Organized Crime Investigation Bureau.

"What the hell are they up to?" The head of the investigation team in charge of the Green brothers’ case was frowning, staring at the two photos at the top of his board in frustration.

They were pictures of the Green brothers. As soon as his team got here, he knew these people definitely had issues and conducted many investigations around them.

But it must be said that these people were very meticulous in their methods, hiding most of the actual crimes.

Some minor offenses were indeed uncovered, but things like "harboring individuals selling brief happiness" weren’t enough to warrant detention; a fine would suffice.

Overall, this was their first time feeling a bit troubled over a criminal organization.

Maybe because they were still too small, leaving almost no gaps to exploit.

Just a few days ago, the Green brothers suddenly had someone establish a labor company. The team leader suspected they might be planning some criminal activities and kept watching them since.

They even dispatched some investigators undercover, aiming to probe closely and find out what was truly happening.

Previous attempts to deploy undercover agents had failed, as these people were unexpectedly vigilant.

So now, what exactly were they planning?

Could it have something to do with Lynch?

Or is it related to Catherine?

He didn’t know, but he hoped he could find out.

By evening, several undercover agents returned, and the team leader gathered them together.

"Who among you succeeded?"

Sitting in the corner, a man wearing a shabby deer leather hat, appearing like a homeless person, slowly raised his hand, while the others... were all looking at him.

"You all failed?" The undercover posing as a homeless man was quite incredulous.

The team leader raised his hand to stop him, "Check the recruitment list and look into the identities, occupations, and whether these people have families locally. Maybe we can find something!"

The undercover agents sent out included a driver, an experienced factory line worker, and a technician skilled with circuitry, but they all failed—only the homeless person succeeded.

Perhaps this was their screening method; they were collecting homeless people!

What exactly did the Green brothers plan to do?

Could they be engaged in human trafficking?

The team leader felt that he might have touched on the truth!