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Detective Emilian and his partner Daniel walked into the front hall of the Ministry of Public Security, showed their IDs to the guards who came up, and told them: "Detective Emilian and Daniel were ordered to report to work."

The guard looked at their IDs, looked at their faces, and said, "Wait here for a while." He took their IDs and left.

Emily and Daniel waited there. They saw the guard passing by, talked to several other guards, walked to a counter, and talked to a civil servant sitting behind the counter. . The clerk stood up and took out a large folder from the filing cabinet behind him.

The clerk searched inside, checked the certificate, nodded to the guard, said something, and returned the certificate to the guard.

The guard walked up to the two of them, returned the documents to them, and then pointed to a table next to him and said, "Did you carry a weapon? If you did, please put him here."

Emily nodded and walked over first. He took out a revolver from his coat and put it on the table. Daniel also followed, took out two ordinary pistols from his waist and put them on the table, and took out a butterfly jackknife from the pockets on both sides of his jacket, and then opened his coat—inside his coat, there were densely packed They are small pockets, each of which contains a knife of different shapes and sizes.

But the custodian sitting behind the desk seemed to appreciate the situation. He just took out a piece of paper, handed it to the two of them and said, "Please write the names and quantities of these items in this column..."

Emily finished filling it out quickly, then stood aside and waited for Daniel.

"I've said it earlier, you don't need to bring so many things when you come to the Ministry of Public Security." Seeing that Daniel was still lying there writing, Emily couldn't help complaining.

It took a while before Daniel finished registering his pile of things, and a guard checked him again before letting the two of them pass to the back office area.

Accompanied by two guards, the two people passed through the front hall, passed through another door, and then passed through a garden to the office area of ​​senior officials behind.

The guard sent them to the door of a small building, and then two other guards checked their documents, and then led them into the small building and went up to an office on the second floor.

A guard knocked gently on the door: "Mr. Minister, Detective Emily and they are here."

"Please come in." The minister's voice came from inside.

So the guard opened the door, and Emily and Daniel walked in.

"Please sit down, both of you." Fouche raised his head from the document, glanced at them, motioned for them to sit down, and said, "I noticed your report, and you found..."

"According to our newspaper, around ten o'clock this morning, there was an assassination incident in Paris targeting Congressman Mr. Lucien Bonaparte. He fled before the police arrived. The attack caused dozens of innocent civilian casualties. It is reported that Congressman Lucien was not in the carriage that day..."

Lucien put down the newspaper and said to Fouche: "Mr. Fouche, can you close the net now?"

"Not yet." Fouche said, "If we don't put everyone in danger, there will still be a lot of obstacles for us to expand our power."

"However, don't you worry about others accusing you of ineffectiveness?"

"Hehe..." Fouché laughed, "If it was normal, everyone would stare at the chair under my buttocks, that would be a problem. But now, the chair under my buttocks is very hot. Naturally, they still want to scold me, but nowadays, who among them is willing to sit on such a chair? Besides, even if someone doesn’t know how much he weighs and wants to sit in my seat, everyone really dares to let me sit. Is he in this position at a time like this?"

A week later, near the residence of the Governor-General Jean-François Lebel, a fierce battle broke out. A group of unknown armed men tried to attack the residence of the Governor-General Jean-François Lebel. They exchanged fire with the Paris police who arrived quickly after receiving the information.

"Our police arrived in time to protect the safety of Governor Lebel's family and killed at least three thugs." At the hearing of the National Assembly, Fouche was introducing what happened yesterday.

"Minister Fouche, according to what you said just now, these gangsters have actually attracted the attention of the police department before they acted. Why didn't you arrest these people before the incident happened? Instead, let them attack?" asked a MP.

"If you allow us to arrest and interrogate suspects on the premise of only suspicion but no evidence, just like the previous Public Security Committee, then of course I can arrest them all in advance. Is this what you need?" Fouche asked rhetorically road.

"Of course I don't mean that... but... I mean, as the Minister of Public Security, can't you improve the efficiency of the police department, find evidence, and catch them all?"

After hearing this, Fouche laughed out loud, as if he had heard the funniest joke: "Mr. Besson, do you know how much the police system in Paris consumes today? Only the budget consumed by the Committee of Public Security back then Two-thirds! Do you know how many front-line detectives are in the police system in Paris today? Only one-half of the public security committee! Under such conditions, we still have to abide by various constraints, and we cannot act like police officers. The committee makes arrests on suspicion like that. Seriously, I'm pretty satisfied that my team was able to notice the suspects of these thugs in advance.

Of course, if Mr. Besson is dissatisfied and willing to take my position, I can also let Xian. "

Besson naturally knew that the gang of thugs hadn't been caught, and they might even launch new attacks. And from the perspective of decisiveness and sophistication, it seems that they are not comparable to those scumbags of the royal party in the past. What's more terrible is that those guys seem to have no intention of stopping at all. At this moment, if they sit in Fouché's position, aren't they waiting to take the blame?

"Minister Fouché, I didn't mean that." Besson hurriedly said, "I just hope that the police department can find a way to improve the safety level. Of course, you are an expert..."

Seeing that Besson was intimidated, another congressman stood up and asked: "Minister Fouche, you mentioned earlier that the police department was dispatched urgently after receiving the information, fought with the mob, and protected Governor Lebel. My family, why did the gangsters storm into Governor Lebel's mansion in the end and cause a lot of damage? And I heard that the police lost a lot, even bigger than the mobs, is that true? ?”

"That's true." Fouche replied, "During the battle last night, after we noticed the possible actions of the mob, we immediately transferred all the police forces that could be transferred there. But because of the lack of police force in Paris, The number of people who can be transferred is not much more than that of the thugs. And the training and equipment of the thugs are far superior to ours. Among our police, because of insufficient budget, only the sergeants and above can be equipped with revolvers that can shoot in bursts. Police officers can only be equipped with ordinary single-shot pistols, batons and knives. But those mobs who attacked yesterday were almost all equipped with two imitation British revolvers, and they also carried British imitation 'waves' with them. Naba Melon'. I went to see the bodies of the three gangsters who were killed yesterday, and they all have a common feature—Mr. Bresson, do you know what this common feature is?"

"I...how do I know."

"There is a thick callus on the second joint of their right index finger." Fouche said, "You can touch your finger to see if there is any callus at this position. Some people please raise your hand and let everyone See what all these calloused people in this position have in common."

Everyone couldn't help touching it, and then Kano took the lead and raised his hand.

Apart from Kano, several other people also raised their hands, and everyone could clearly see that these people were all from military backgrounds.

"Only people who shoot often will have calluses in this position. Gentlemen, those thugs are not the gangsters you imagined, holding a knife to stop a little girl from robbing in a dark alley, but a group of organizations Tight, well-trained soldiers!

Yesterday, our police officers used their own blood and lives to stop them and cover the transfer of the Governor's family. If it wasn't for the fear that the nearby National Guards would rush over, they could have killed all the police officers we drove past last night!

Yesterday's firefight lasted less than ten minutes, and before the firefight, we surrounded them first. But in just a few minutes, we sacrificed more than 20 young men-gentlemen, what we are facing now is not a gangster, but an army that has sneaked into Paris! "

There was a commotion in the entire parliament hall, everyone was whispering to each other, everyone was yelling, some were yelling at Fouché, some were yelling at the person next to him, and some were yelling at everyone.

Congressman Odom, who presided over the meeting, tapped the table vigorously with his gavel: "Everyone be quiet, be quiet! If you have any questions to Minister Fouché, please ask them in order! Keep quiet!"

But it didn't help much, and none of the MPs took this reminder seriously. After a long time, Odom's arms were sore, and these guys barely recovered their silence.

"Okay," Odom said, "now it's the turn of the gentlemen sitting in the 3rd district to ask questions. Well, Congressman Griezmann, do you have any questions?"

Griezmann stood up: "Minister Fouché, I want to know now, what kind of support do you need to catch these guys or eliminate them?"