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They simply abducted him and then hurried nonstop to Beigu City.

The diary slapped onto Jason Morgan's face, as the Demon Hunters waited for the provincial leader to give an explanation.

The matter was handed over to Morgan's sister-in-law, Milia Derong.

If Jason Morgan's response failed to satisfy the Demon Hunters, they might actually use the "Secret Execution Laws" granted by the Alliance to take the senior official back to the capital for review by the Discipline Committee and trial by the Governor.

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At this moment, Jason Morgan, being interrogated, let out a long sigh and gave his response:

"I am aware of the situation at the grassroots level, but I did not anticipate it to be so serious. This is my responsibility, I will write a report and then personally report the specific situation within the province to the Governor.

Even if the Governor accuses me of dereliction of duty and inefficiency, and I become the second high-ranking official to be dismissed in the Alliance, I will bow my head and admit guilt. However..."

"However what?"

"Before that, I have to personally capture all these rats within the province and create a clean environment for the next leader of Beiqing Valley Province."

"Heh, why didn't you do it sooner?"

"Sigh..." Jason Morgan sighed, "I will explain this to the Governor. But first, tell me, where is Zecklin, the one you captured?"

"He has been sent to the Supreme Court in Revival City. This is a case with extremely bad influence. Judge Hodgson is beside himself with rage. He wants to use this person to quell his anger, the Governor's anger, and the entire Alliance's anger. What were you planning?"

"It's a pity..." Morgan sighed, "It seems I won't have the chance to strip his skin off myself."

"There's no need, this guy will definitely be sentenced to death, his skull will be turned into a servo-skull and then thrown somewhere to serve. Oh, now there is also Servant Mech Transformation Technology, the Alliance has special uses for death penalty convicts, they won't just kill them off; that would be too wasteful of resources."

"Oh, so it is... Their vile lives can continue to serve the Governor; they really got off easy."

"Indeed."

"But it doesn't matter, there are many more in Beiqing Valley Province who need to atone in this way and continue to serve the Alliance. I will capture them. I hope you... the Demon Hunter Squad, can assist me in this task."

Milia Derong hesitated, then responded, "We generally do not accept tasks assigned by local officials of the Alliance, and we don't need to cooperate with others. However, since we initiated this matter, let the Disciplinary Council of Beiqing Valley Province itself, the police, and government forces, cooperate with our action."

"Fine, whatever it takes, as long as those people are captured."

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Gu Hang, of course, was aware of the anti-corruption campaign in the Beiqing Valley Region.

That included the tragedy of the veteran.

This case indeed made Gu Hang very angry on a personal level.

As the sole dictator of the Alliance regime, setting aside personal emotions, values, and moral concepts, he also found it intolerable from the perspective of reason and interest.

The destructiveness of the matter was obvious.

The exploited public's production capability would be suppressed, which is a direct impact; their consumption capability would also be suppressed, thereby spreading throughout society and creating a negative effect; people's grievances would incite a wave of distrust in the Alliance Government throughout society, which would have a huge negative impact on the implementation and enforcement of all future policies of the Alliance; in extreme cases, it could lead to rebellion in specific regions...

Isolated incidents are limited in impact, but according to the reports sent by the Demon Hunter Squad, during their investigations in the past period, of the 131 farmsteads of Beiqing Valley Province, 40% had varying degrees of managerial corruption.

The situation at Microthermal Farmstead was the worst, the other places hadn't gone as far as to annihilate your family if you disobeyed.

These grassroots managers would embezzle the public's subsidies, benefits; concoct reasons to collect extra taxes; charge for production materials distributed by the Alliance...

The man from Microthermal Farmstead named Zecklin did just that.

There were those who reached out to the Alliance as well. They would secretly alter the production targets set by the province's production bureau, increase the production quotas for the public, but when submitting agricultural products, they would use the normal targets to embezzle the difference for personal gain; they would then repackage it as black-market goods to sell to the public...

These corrupt conditions largely occurred when the Mutual Aid Society was restructured into local administrative organs, with acts committed by the original plantation owners.

For the farmsteads that were split off to cultivate new lands, there was a much lower probability of such incidents. Many of those farmstead owners were elected from the grassroots pioneers, and some were directly appointed by the province's officers. The purity of the team was relatively better.

But among them, other situations arose.

For example, they would deliberately raise the production plan targets, demanding that the farmers under their management increase their labor hours. These grassroots managers wouldn't embezzle but submit everything; what they pursued was to obtain higher scores in the performance evaluations of the Department of Political Affairs, aiming for a quicker promotion in rank and position.