Chapter 2288

"In all fairness, judging from the various evidences the police have, the Rat Man is indeed suspected of a crime, but the police's handling method was too rough and made at least two serious mistakes."

"First of all, the police didn't distinguish the race of rat people. Squirrel people are indeed carriers of rot fever, and they can also infect lycanthropy, which is even more terrifying than rot fever."

"Taking a step back, even if they don't infect the disease, these rats don't do good things all day long. It may be unfair to catch them all and kill them. If only half of them are caught, they will definitely slip through the net."

"However, there are not only squirrels in this big family of rat people!"

"There are still a small number of white rat people in the city, that is, Azhi and his family. They are different from the gray rat people who hang out in the gutter all day long. They neither carry rotting fever bacteria nor infect lycanthropy. The orthodox Paelor believers who worship the sun god and earn a living in legitimate industries, it would be too much to arrest them too!"

"The second mistake made by the Port of Leiden police is to spend most of the police force on patrolling the port, Financial Street, University Park, wealthy districts and the neighborhoods where government agencies are located, only to ensure that there are no ratmen roaming around in these places. The police did not conduct in-depth investigations of those slum areas that occupy a larger area, have a worse public security environment, and have a larger population."

"This approach is like digging a hole in a fish pond, intentionally or unintentionally driving the rat people to the slums for refuge, and promoting the outbreak of infectious diseases in the slums."

"Besides, the slum area is the home of the major gangsters in the city. Coupled with the influx of a large group of ratmen, the conflicts that broke out to grab the territory became even more intense."

"According to my observations, in the past two months, the number of homicides in the five major slums in the city has more than tripled compared to the same period last year!"

"If you're an ordinary citizen unfortunate enough to end up in the slums, you're almost as likely to die from rotting fever as you are from gang conflict!"

Xiao Miao sighed and concluded indignantly:

"Perhaps in the eyes of the officials and lords, the illness of the poor is not a disease, the life of the poor is not a fate, and death is a vain death!"

Qiao An knew that Xiao Miao was born in a slum, and she had reason to feel indignant at the police's unfair law enforcement methods.

But Joan also knows that the allocation of police resources in each block of Leiden Port does not depend on the administrative order of a certain bureaucrat, but mainly depends on how much tax can be collected from the block.

Financial Street and the rich district, these are big taxpayers. Taxes paid by local residents are the main source of government revenue, and they have the right to demand better security services.

The city's political and security department mainly comes from taxes in the jurisdiction, and officials don't dare to offend their parents. Of course, they have to send more police to protect these high-end communities.

As for the slums that Xiaomiao accused of being unfairly treated, Qiao An has also been to those places. The environment is dirty and messy, gangsters dominate, the rules of the world are more effective than legal provisions, and the residents are either poor or have criminal records. It is too difficult to collect taxes, and it is not easy to collect a lot of money. It is reasonable that the police have no motivation to strictly enforce the law.

"Azhi was affected by this turmoil, so he didn't dare to show his face for the time being. Teacher Benny took him to the largest slum in the city—Queens District. Firstly, he wanted to avoid the police's arrest, and secondly, he wanted to investigate the truth behind the epidemic. ’” Xiaomiao said.

"Sister Meow, do you have any clues in Queens?" Joan asked.

"Judging from the information we currently have, the most powerful gang of squirrels in the city, that is, the notorious 'Gambino family', is likely to be related to the outbreak of putrid fever, and the Gambino family's Headquartered in Queens."

"The 'Kolobo Family', where Mr. Benny was born, is also a gang that originated in Queens. Its members are mainly kobolds, and their style is not as vicious as the squirrels. 'The relationship with the association is not bad."

"Mr. Benny brought A Zhi back to Queens, and temporarily took shelter of the Kolobo family. Recently, he is investigating the illegal activities of the Gambino family, trying to find clues related to the rotting fever epidemic."

"It's too risky to investigate the case on the territory of the Squirrel Man Gangster." Dr. Kelendiel frowned.

"I am also worried about their safety. In the past two days, I have not received a reply to the letter I sent to Mr. A Zhi and Mr. Benny, which makes me feel very disturbed." Xiao Miao looked worried, "I plan to go there in the afternoon Queens, hope they're okay."

Javier turned to look at the young mage, pleading in his eyes: "Joan, if you can spare some time, can I ask you to accompany Xiao Miao to Queens? She is too frizzy, I am really worried."

"No problem, I will accompany Sister Miao for a walk in the afternoon."

In fact, even if Mr. Havel didn't say anything, Joan had such a plan.

"You are so loyal!" Xiao Miao smiled and patted Qiao An on the shoulder, "Sister Miao, I am also a person of loyalty, so I can't let your hard work be in vain. I will treat guests at noon, and you can order whatever you want!"

"I have an appointment at noon to go to Custis's manor. We plan to have an open-air barbecue party and drink some wine. Sister Meow, do you like grilled fish?"

"Gudong!" Catwoman swallowed a mouthful of saliva, grabbed Joan's hand tightly with her paws, and said viciously, "I'll treat this meal to another day. Take me to White House Manor for grilled fish at noon today!"

"Okay, let's go now." Joan got up and said goodbye to Javier and Galandil, and also left two bottles of "God's Tears" soaked potion, telling them to take it, which can guarantee immunity within seven days at least all diseases.

Walking out of the gate of the business house, the cold wind blowing on the face is mixed with tiny snowflakes. Joan looked up at the sky, the good weather in the morning had been replaced by cloudy clouds, and it was snowing again at some point.

Xiao Miao shrank her neck in the cold wind and stood by the side of the street waiting for a taxi.

Perhaps due to the bad weather, after waiting for more than ten minutes, there was no empty car, and Catwoman was so angry that she jumped on her feet.

Joan didn't want to continue to wait in the wind and snow, so he did it himself and cast a spell to create a phantom carriage.

Xiao Miao cheered, opened the car door and jumped in.

Joan got into the car and telepathically commanded the two phantom horses to go to the White House Manor outside the city.

The carriage was running smoothly and there was nothing to do along the way, so Joan responded to Xiao Miao's strong request and briefly narrated the experience of leaving Leiden City in the past five years.

The carriage left the city gate and drove along the avenue into the vast wilderness. On both sides of the road were snow-covered farmland, and sometimes undulating manors could be seen in the distance.

At this moment, a sparrow landed on the window of the carriage, and Joan, who was in the carriage through the glass window, twittered and screamed non-stop.