Chapter 50 (2/2)

It wasn’t that the other businessmen did not want to do so, but rather, they felt that those interests were not worth offending a Statesman.

As the daughter of Mr. Strat, Bersha took on the position of the owner of the Strat Hotel, which had to do with the fact that Hans had a civil position. Hence, Bersha was the only possible candidate to take over the Strat Hotel.

Surprisingly, the entire Strat Hotel wasn’t in chaos because of that major incident. Everything regarding the handover was still carried out in an orderly manner and the operations were still running smoothly, as per usual.

That was actually because of Hans. Although Bersha had legally taken over the Strat Hotel, everyone knew that Bersha was a pampered heiress who was beautiful and would have no problem living comfortably in luxury. However, it would be a tall order for her to take over the management of her family’s hotel.

Hence, Hans was the only person who could truly manage the hotel.

All the employees of the hotel were thrilled to have a Statesman as the owner of the hotel. It was true that Hans usually did not have much work to do. He had to manage the Strat Hotel together with his wife, while also looking to recruit more professional managers.

Of course, the reason that Hans intervened in the company’s affairs did not involve any interests at all. He just wanted to find clues that would lead to the mastermind.

However, he did not expect David to have already erased all the clues. The entirety of the Strat Hotel was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

Hans had been concerned about the fact that Mr. Strat’s death might have something to do with David. However, after hearing the military’s statement, the fear and worry within him disappeared.

“Due to the negligence of Staff Sergeant Harold of the military, the long-range sniper cannon defending the city malfunctioned and caused the death of a citizen. The military is deeply sorry for this and will sanction Staff Sergeant Harold in a fair and just manner!”

The military did not explain the specific course of events in the statement at all, let alone propose a specific verdict. The entire statement was vague and perfunctory.

Naturally, that was also related to Hans’ attitude. The military had asked for Hans’ opinion earlier and Hans asked for a low-profile settlement of the matter, thinking that it might have something to do with David.

That was exactly what the military wanted. They, too, did not want to make a big deal out of this matter. Thus, Lieutenant Eden accepted a favor from Hans.

Hence, this time, even Mr. Strat, a man of such a high status, became a citizen who was mentioned in the statement.

In just one day, the buzz about Mr. Strat’s death had mostly died down, something that Mr. Strat probably hadn’t expected.

In the evening, David received a message from Hans and Maron each. They were both about the outcome of Mr. Strat’s death.

On the one hand, the City Defense Brigade submitted an application to the higher-ups and requested experts to come and inspect the city defense system. The entire process could take up to three days.

However, it was stated in the report that the City Defense Brigade had a greater suspicion that Staff Sergeant Harold’s failure to terminate all access and failure to close the doors had allowed some small insects to fly into the room and touch the controls, which triggered the long-range sniper cannon.

They could only say that the bullet struck Mr. Strat from accurately at 4.6 kilometers away because he was down on luck.

It was especially so since the surveillance equipment set up outside the control room did not detect anyone entering the control room at all. Besides, Staff Sergeant Harold had dug a grave for himself by switching off the surveillance equipment inside the control room.

Of course, he wasn’t the only one who shut down the internal surveillance equipment. There were many control rooms throughout the premises of the City Defense Brigade that had their internal surveillance equipment shut down as well.

However, it was the absence of the surveillance equipment in the first place that caused most of the blame to be put on Staff Sergeant Harold’s shoulders.

At the same time, the City Defense Brigade underwent an extensive reform, where all military personnel were put through a reeducation program. The most standard military standards began to be reinforced at every segment as well.

The military police even increased their patrol frequency, the entirety of the City Defense Brigade going into a phase of severe enforcement on military discipline.

The resulting benefit was that the City Defense Brigade’s military combat strength improved greatly. Thus, no one would dare to break the rules again, at least for the time being.

Hans did not mention his suspicions. Instead, Maron was the one who stated in his message to David that the military did not mention anything in their report about the presence of the two of them when the incident had occurred.

Lieutenant Eden had specially contacted Mayor Bernard because of the matter and explained everything to him. He did so partly because of Mayor Bernard’s account and also because he owed Hans a favor.