Chapter 929: The Loyal! Honest! Cabinet (please vote for the big chapter)
The air in the dark night was condensed like an airtight concrete wall. The man sandwiched between the two FBI agents arched his body and tensed his muscles like a fish rising from the water.
He put his hands on his chest, trying to pull away the invisible pressure, but all he held was his chest, which was breathing rapidly.
Accompanied by the sound of dripping rain, it seemed as if a switch had been gently flipped, or as if a condescending king had mercifully restrained his gaze.
The terrifying pressure that seemed like death itself finally slowly dissipated.
"Ha-hu-"
Levi's tense muscles suddenly released. He raised his head and gasped for air like a drowning man being fished out of the water. A large amount of sweat seeped out from his cheeks like raindrops, and the sweat soaked his clothes.
He looked up blankly and looked around, with a bit of blankness and joy naturally appearing on his face.
"Now, can we talk?"
A gentle and kind voice sounded in his ears, and his body trembled subconsciously. He lowered his head and looked at the tall and gentle old man in front of him.
The familiar appearance seemed to be no different from what he had seen before, even though it still gave people the same feeling as before, as gentle and kind as a respected old doctor.
Everything was so normal, as if what happened just now had never happened.
He raised his head and glanced at the two FBI agents wearing exoskeleton armor next to him.
The faces of the two detectives were still stable and natural, and they seemed not to have been 'cared' by the terrifying death-like pressure. They just looked at him with some confusion, as if they felt a little weird about his current situation.
Was what just happened really just some kind of hallucination?
Levis raised his head and touched his cheek, his fingers soaked with wet sweat. He looked at the kind and gentle old man in front of him, opened his mouth slightly and raised his voice.
He wanted to question the old man in front of him loudly, asking him what extraordinary power he had used and what strange objects he had used to try to intimidate and threaten him.
He wanted to express his dissatisfaction loudly and show his courage that he was not afraid of the horrific 'oppression'.
But when the words came to his mouth, he stared at the gentle gaze of the gray-haired old man in front of him, and stared at the deep brown-gray pupils. The terrifying sense of oppression that condensed into the essence seemed to appear next to him again.
My heart seemed to have stopped beating at this moment.
His spirituality, his intuition, and his instincts are all telling him.
He will die, he will really die.
That is the instinct of a weak and humble life when faced with overwhelming fear.
Just like a human being falling from a high altitude, the palpitations and terror of approaching death echoed in his heart.
He choked with sobs, lowered his head, lowered his eyes, and muttered to himself as if whispering, "I don't know... I don't know anything..."
He Ao glanced at him, looked at the two FBI agents next to him, and said gently, "I may need to talk to Mr. Levis alone."
"Mr. Mayor,"
The FBI agent on the left said subconsciously, "This prisoner is very dangerous now. If he is alone, he may attack you..."
"fine,"
He Ao shook his head and looked at Levis, "Mr. Levis and I have known each other for a long time. He has always been a man of rules. He will not hurt us. Thank you for your hard work."
"No hard work, no hard work."
The FBI agent was flattered and half stood up and waved his hands. Then he glanced at Levis who was curled up slightly with his head lowered. He hesitated and handed a walkie-talkie with a red button to He Ao.
"If you have any questions, press this button and we'll come right in."
"OK,"
He Ao put away the walkie-talkie, smiled and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The FBI agent nodded, glanced at Levis beside him, and said coldly, "Don't cause trouble."
Then he and another detective slowly stood up, got out of the car, and closed the door.
"Did something happen to Levi?"
As the car door slowly closed, Senna, who was standing outside the car, looked at Vice Captain Tucker beside him.
He had just been paying attention to Levi's situation in the car, and saw with his own eyes the drastic change in expression on Levi's cheek, and was a little confused for a moment.
"Nothing,"
Tucker shook his head and looked away from the closed car door, "I was just scared."
In the process just now, only he relied on his previous experience and instinct of surviving in the wilderness, and he was slightly aware of something strange.
"Scared?"
The expression on Senna's face became increasingly confused.
Tucker shook his head and did not answer the question directly. Instead, he patted Senna's shoulder lightly and looked up at the dark sky in the rain.
"Mr. Linn's wisdom, strength, and real experience may far exceed our previous understanding. In the past, he may have hoped to make some changes through some gentle means, but last night's assassination may have made him change his mind."
"Then, is this a good thing?"
Senna was a little confused, he didn't quite understand Tucker's words.
"That's a good thing,"
Tucker stared at the deep and dark sky, "This is a great thing for this city,"
The flowing wind blows the heavy rain, passing between the buildings in the city. At the end of the distant sky, there seems to be a faint glow of dawn gradually emerging.
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The lights in the car were dimly lit, illuminating the faces of the two people sitting on the two sofas facing each other.
The sound insulation of this car is very good. In this confined space, everything around seems to be completely silent.
"Don't ask, I don't know anything. It's just a simple tax question. No matter how you ask, I don't know anything else."
Levis raised his head and glanced at He Ao, then immediately lowered his head.
He moved his body back a little until his back was pressed against the back of the sofa and he could no longer move back.
He Ao glanced at Levi's, activated Super Memory, and placed a mark on Levi's body.
For He Ao, sometimes interrogation does not require the person being interrogated to actually open his mouth to answer his questions.
And the moment he placed the mark, some of the messy thoughts swirling in Levi's mind followed the mark and entered his mind.
Part of these thoughts are fear, and the other part are some messy memories and recollections. To sum up, Levis has signed some kind of 'extraordinary agreement' with special effects with those who have 'dealt' with him.
The content of the agreement is very simple. Without the consent of the other party, neither party to the agreement can disclose the contents of the agreement or the name of the other party to a third party.
This agreement seems to have some kind of coercive effect. Even if Levi wants to betray those 'collaborators', he cannot say so.
However, Levis did not need to say the answer that He Ao needed now. He spoke slowly and asked directly, "Who among the seven main departments of the cabinet are cooperating with you?"
"What did you say?"
Levis shook his head and looked up at He Ao, "What are you asking? I have no cooperation with the cabinet. Isn't that your order? The cabinet is not allowed to cooperate with me."
Justice, Home Affairs, Commerce and Enterprise.
While he was speaking, three nouns naturally appeared in He Ao's mind.
These are the three ministers who have confirmed their cooperation, and these three ministers are all close confidants of Lynn's own party.
Of the seven main departments of the cabinet, two were given to allies. One city defense minister was served by North City Commander Scott. Linn actually arranged for "his own people" to be ministers of only four departments.
Three of these four ministers have cooperated with Levi's, and only the minister of the Ministry of Finance sternly rejected Levi's "invitation to cooperate."
Of course, these three ministers are not the only ones who work with Levis, because the ministers of the industry and mining, housing and urban construction departments controlled by Lynn's allies have long been in contact with Levis. Once there is a problem with Lynn, they will defect at any time.
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Of the seven major department ministers, in fact, the only one who is absolutely loyal to Lynn is the finance minister.
While He Ao was sorting out the information in his mind, some invisible pollution also spread out of his mind along with the 'information', trying to affect his thoughts.
If ‘Mind Reading’ obtains the content agreed upon in the ‘Extraordinary Agreement’, will it also be contaminated?
He Ao collected his thoughts. Although the level of these pollution seemed to be very high, the amount was very small, and it had almost no impact on him.
He lowered his head and continued to ask, "What is the content of your cooperation?"
"We are not cooperating."
Levis shook his head.
The Minister of Justice does not cooperate deeply and is only willing to provide some "judicial assistance" that is not obviously biased towards the consortium.
The Minister of Commerce and Enterprise stated that he could turn a blind eye to some of the consortium's "irregularities" and passively sabotage some of the policies promulgated by Lynn.
The Minister of the Interior has gone the furthest along the road of cooperation. The main responsibility of the Interior Ministry of Ilan City is to manage public facilities built by the government and public properties owned by the municipal government.
In order to falsify the appraisal, he is willing to sell part of the property to the consortium at a "suitable" price at the right time, or lease part of the assets to the consortium for operation at a low price.
Even though Linn was taking a tight view, he had already leased a limited-term mining right to a mineral property owned by the municipal government to a mining company owned by Copes Mining at a low price.
In return, with the help of Copes Mining and Levi's, he obtained a nearly interest-free ultra-low-interest loan from a bank under Ivis Space Systems and purchased a villa near Eighth Avenue in Chenxi City.
A month ago, the villa was bought by an executive of the Norde Financial Group for five times the purchase price.
Everything in the entire incident was legal in terms of process.
In addition, the Secretary of the Interior and several other cabinet ministers who work with Levis often inform major financial groups in advance of the decrees that Lynn will issue, so that the major financial groups can prepare for them.
Later, with the help of Levi's, they allowed their relatives to obtain a large number of interest-free loans from banks affiliated with the Nord Financial Group and other consortiums, and together they short-sold the stocks of the consortium targeted by the law to make profits.
Of course, on the surface, they were still loyal to Lynn and his reform ideals. Even the Minister of the Interior gave speeches everywhere, showing his fanaticism and loyalty to the entire party.
Then, after getting the news from Levis about Covey's possible coup and the assassination of Lynn, this guy ran away like a fool.
Feeling the information coming from Levi's mind, He Ao slightly clenched his fist, and the veins on the back of his flat hand bulged slightly.
Seeing him like this, Levi's body trembled slightly and said quickly, "Don't ask me anymore, I really don't know anything."
Finally, He Ao took a long breath, looked at Levis, and continued to ask, "Aside from the seven main departments, which other departments in the cabinet have cooperated with you?"
"I have not cooperated with any cabinet officials, so don't ask."
Levis also took a deep breath, looked up at He Ao, and said quickly.
As time passed, he seemed to have recovered from the horrible oppression just now, and regained some "courage", but his voice was still very low and he did not dare to raise it.
And He Ao skipped his answer and searched for the thoughts coming from his mind.
The cabinet has a total of 21 departments. In addition to the seven main departments, the cabinet also includes 14 departments including the Mayor's Secretariat.
Among these 14 departments, Lynn assigned 5 to allies. Among the 5 departments belonging to allies, only the Secretary of Energy has not cooperated with Levi's, and clearly rejected Levi's, and is doing his own work seriously, and this Energy Minister
The minister is deputy mayor rand's man.
Of the remaining nine people from Lynn's own party, five of them have connections with Levi's, and the remaining four have not clearly and resolutely rejected Levi's, and are in a neutral swing in principle.
In other words, among the 21 ministers in the entire cabinet, only the Finance Minister is truly loyal to Lynn.
He Ao opened his mouth, not knowing whether to laugh or sigh.
He raised his head and looked at Levis, "In addition to the cabinet, which other members of the city council have you had deep cooperation with?"
"I've visited every member of the city council. Which one are you specifically referring to?"
Levis took a deep breath again and looked up at He Ao.
And He Ao did not reply to him, but was counting the names that came out of his mind. There were many congressmen who cooperated deeply with Levis. He Ao probably remembered seven or eight of the names that had the most cooperation, and sorted them out in his mind.
A list was made.
Immediately afterwards, He Ao asked some questions about the city government and the district governments. Levis basically ignored him, but he just didn't know. Then he made a list in his mind like crazy.
The consortium certainly has more than just Levi's lobbyist, and Levi's certainly doesn't know everything about the situation, and there must be a lot of missing information.
However, talking with Levis, combined with Lin En's memory, also gave He Ao a clearer and more three-dimensional understanding of the entire social structure of Yilan City and the situation of Yilan City's municipal government.
In fact, many of the situations Levis mentioned were not in Lynn's memory. For example, until he was assassinated, Lynn thought that his Minister of the Interior was very loyal, but a little too fanatical.
After asking some indirect questions, He Ao looked at Levis and said calmly, "You don't want to say anything. Have you established some extraordinary relationship with those collaborators?"
Levis, who was originally a little relaxed, raised his head and looked at He Ao, his pupils suddenly contracted.
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