After everyone's repeated pleas, Luke said, "Originally, I only wanted to provide a source of goods. I didn't want to get too involved in this. However, the fact that all of you are willing to listen to my summons and come here at this time proves that all of you are loyal companions.
"I can rest assured that the goods are in your hands! If you want me to be the leader, I can do it too!
"I will be your boss in the future. I only have one request for you, and it is very simple.
"You have to listen to my orders. Can you do it?
"Don't be in a hurry to answer. This concerns your lives. You must think carefully."
The meeting room became quiet and oppressive.
This request was indeed very simple, but it was not so simple when they thought about it.
The inexplicable pressure made all the sponsors sweat uncontrollably.
They were all unruly people, but they did not dare to look directly at the inspector of the Secret Intelligence Bureau who was sitting at the head of the table as if their lives were in his hands.
Even if they left this place, their life and death were still in his hands.
After a while, someone stood up and bowed to Luke. "Inspector, I'm willing to listen to all your orders!"
The others also stood up and bowed to Luke. "Inspector, I'm willing to listen to all your orders!"
...
"Good, very good. This is what a smuggling group should look like. Sit down, let's talk about supporting the Wild Axe Party first..." After the new underlings sat down, Luke thought for a moment and said, "We should give our smuggling group a name first. We should call it Scorching Sun. What do you think?"
The new underlings looked at each other.
They were smugglers belonging to the black industry. Wouldn't it be unlucky to have such a bright name?
However, this was the name given by Inspector Meteor, so nobody dared to say it was bad.
"Inspector, you're really knowledgeable!"
After confirming the name, the Scorching Sun Smuggling Ring was officially established in the meeting room of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in the Cape District of Wild Waves City, Golden Shield Empire.
The next step was to discuss how to support the Wild Axe Party.
The Wild Axe Party must be saved!
This was a battle to establish the authority of the Scorching Sun Smuggling Ring, and they could not give up on the benefits of the port.
The core members of the Scorching Sun Smuggling Ring reported the number of people they could provide assistance to. Both the quality and quantity were much higher than yesterday.
The 2,000-man reinforcement was easily dealt with.
Luke also contributed. He was going to send 500 bottles of strong Berserk Potion to the Wild Axe Party's headquarters before curfew.
There were still 500 bottles tomorrow!
500 and 500 again. The inspector was going to send such a large amount of potion to the headquarters of the Wild Axe Party, which meant that he definitely had a large number of stocks in his hands.
After this battle, they'll all become rich with the inspector!
The morale of the Scorching Sun Smuggling Ring's backbones was high. Some of them who thought they were strong even decided to personally lead a team to support the Wild Axe Party. They wanted to put on a good show in front of Boss Meteor.
Just as the atmosphere in the conference room was rising, Pisco pushed open the door and walked in.
He placed the safe on the table.
"Inspector, the person has been caught and is currently locked in the interrogation room. This is the safe box you asked for. It's at the place you mentioned, under the tenth wooden plank on the left of the Lucky Princess's captain's cabin."
"You and Black Mamba will interrogate those two people later," Luke said. "Ask them about Hansenton's involvement in the assassination of the former inspector."
"Don't worry, Inspector," Black Mamba replied confidently.
Shelly and Pisco, the two "golden partners", would definitely be able to get a confession out of them.
As for the rest...
The safe was about the size of a suitcase. It was green in color, and due to the humidity of the sea, it was corroded and rusted.
The lively meeting quieted down as everyone looked at the safe and Inspector Meteor.
Luke stood up and walked to the safe. Instead of opening it, he placed his hand on it and patted it gently.
"Inside is the evidence of Hansenton's murder of the former inspector... Do you all want to take a look?"
...
The new underlings began to sweat again.
Was it important whether Hansenton had murdered the former inspector or not?
It was not important!
Would they need to see the evidence?
Was this something they could look at?
No matter what was inside, if Inspector Meteor said that Hansenton killed the former inspector, then it meant that Hansenton killed the former inspector.
If they wanted to see... It meant that they had their suspicions!
"Inspector, the evidence of Hansenton killing the former inspector is conclusive. You solved this unsolved case on the second day of your appointment. Your ability to solve cases was eye-opening.
We believe that with you around, Cape District will soon be stable and prosperous."
As expected, they were all big shots in Cape District. They had good judgment and were very sensible.
Luke did not open the safe.
"Good! Very good! It's getting late, and you still have to go back and prepare to support the Wild Axe Party. I won't keep you for dinner.
"From today onwards, I and all of you will fight our way to the top of Wild Waves City!"
Luke threw the Berserk Potion on the ground.
"We will fight our way out of this Wild Waves City with Inspector Meteor!"
More than a dozen empty bottles were thrown down at the same time. Everyone left the Secret Intelligence Bureau and rushed to their respective bases to gather manpower to support the headquarters of the Wild Axe Party.
In the empty meeting room, Shelly looked at the broken glass on the floor and the inspector who was sitting there thinking about something.
She couldn't help but ask, "Inspector... We are the empire's secret agents. According to our duty, we should suppress and eliminate them. You participated in smuggling as a high-ranking official of the empire and even formed a gang.
"Isn't this inappropriate?"
Luke took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth. He raised his right hand, and the dragon snake stretched out its head and spat out dragon breath to light the cigarette. Then, it imprinted it on his skin and turned back into a tattoo.
He took a deep breath.
The spicy smoke entered his chest, warming and stimulating him. It also quickly stabilized his rapidly beating heart.
"Other than being a high-ranking official of the empire, I have another identity. Shelly, don't doubt me and the Eldest Princess. Just do your job well." Luke stood up and looked at Shelly. He said to her in an unquestionable tone, "Prepare the evidence of Hansenton's murder of the former inspector... Case closed!"
"Yes, Inspector." Shelly stood at attention. "Pisco and I will prepare all the evidence before work tomorrow."
Luke patted Shelly's shoulder and encouraged her. "Work hard!"
After leaving the meeting room, Luke returned to his office.
As soon as he sat down, Karina pushed the door open and walked in.
"Inspector, the city administration office just sent you an urgent letter. Last night, a female elf named Clear Sky had purchased an item that was suspected to activate the Heart of Red Dragon Nilcro at the Secret Whisperer's Mysterious House in the central urban area.
"The Administrative Office has requested our Cape District's Secret Intelligence Bureau to immediately capture the elf Clear Sky and retrieve the Heart of Red Dragon Nilcro before she causes any major damage.
"Otherwise..."
Hearing Karina pause, Luke asked, "Otherwise what?"
"Otherwise, you will bear all the consequences."