Chapter 222: Shift in Political Position

In the evening, Jaden and Scarlet went back to the Johnson residence. The moment that they got back, Clifford immediately called for the two of them.

Jaden was quite curious about the reason for the call, considering that this was the first time that the two of them had been summoned at the same time.

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The moment that the two of them got inside Clifford's study room, they found him sitting behind his desk. There was a pile of documents on top, and he was currently engrossed, reading a certain document that Jaden did not know the contents, as he did not pay much attention to it.

When Clifford noticed that the two of them had come in, he finally raised his head from the document. He looked at the two of them and smiled, before asking, "So, how was your day today?"

"It has been quite boring for me." Scarlet responded. To her, recently, life had been boring. After all, before the Williams suddenly decided to target the Johnson family, she had been quite carefree.

At that time, she was not restricted at home at all. She was allowed to go out with her friends, get involved in several activities, and it was not that rare for her to participate in the gangster hunt.

But all that changed after that incident, where the Williams began attacking the Johnsons actively. She had been in danger quite a few times, and so, she had been vigilant recently.

It was a good thing that the battle between the Johnsons and the William was no longer going on, at least for the time being. And for that reason, she had been quite safe for the past few days.

But nonetheless, a life without entertainment was nothing that she yearned for. She liked the thrill involved in adventure and so on. But all of that was impossible, considering that she had a bodyguard following around her every time, which somehow made her feel a little restricted.

"It was okay." Jaden also responded. To him, he did not find anything special on this day. As for the matter involving Ben, Jaden had already forgotten about it.

To Jaden, that was not an event that he could pay much attention to. In any case, he did not think that there was going to be any future interaction between him and Ben. So, there was no need for him to think much about it.

Clifford nodded. He completely ignored Scarlet's statement of being bored. He understood her definition of entertainment, which was something that he did not support at all.

"That's good. Today, I wanted the two of you to come here, because there is a piece of information that has been spreading around recently." Clifford stated with a serious expression on his face.

Both Jaden and Scarlet immediately paid attention. Just by looking at Clifford's expression at this moment, they could tell that whatever it was that he wanted to talk to them about was definitely something of great importance.

"As the two of you understand, criminal activities within the city have been quite rampant for the past few years. The criminal activities had gotten even worse during this year, with several murders happening left and right one after the other.

This is something that has attracted the attention of the government. Of course, I'm not talking about the ones in charge of this city, but instead, the ones in charge of the province.

The current head of the province just entered office during the previous month, after the other one retired. Now, he wants to make a statement, and has decided on our city as the target.

The first thing that he has decided to do is to make sure that the criminal activities within the city are neutralized. And for that reason, for the past few days, police officers have been coming to this city, including members of the special forces.

Of course, members of the special forces only make the minority of them. There should be about 20 of them at most. And other than them, the other police officers have been transferred into our city from the nearest cities.

This is all just to make sure that the crackdown goes on successfully. And I can inform you that they have restocked the armory of the police. So, in the next few days, you will definitely be hearing the sound of gunshots in the air.

This is the exact reason why I called you here. The two of you have to be careful. Scarlet, you are not allowed to start running around like an idiot. Jaden will always follow you, considering that he is your bodyguard.

But, I do care about the safety of the two of you. I do understand that Jaden has capabilities of protecting you, but in this situation, it is better to be safe than sorry. So, you have to make sure that you avoid the hot spots of the gangster activities, which is the Eastern part of the city.

Even if you are not targeted by the gangsters as a hostage, you might end up being killed by a stray bullet. It is expected that several exchanges will happen between the gangsters and the police department." Clifford stated all this while having a serious expression on his face.

Both Jaden and Scarlet were surprised upon hearing that. It was true, that the past few days, they had noticed that the number of police officers moving around the city had increased. At that point, Jaden had thought that perhaps the police department had recruited more people to join the police force.

But now, he finally understood. It turned out that these police officers were coming from other cities. This was just enough to tell anyone that this crackdown activity was definitely going to be intense.

As for the matter of another leader taking over the position of the head of the province, Jaden was not surprised. Since he was in the internet, occasionally looking for information of where he could get money, or invest, he had come across this piece of news ever since the previous month, when he was investigating about companies with net worth of $500 million.

The nation that Jaden was in had 5 provinces, North, East, West, South, and Central provinces, in short NEWSC. The province that Faru city was located in was the Southern province.

The Southern province had 14 cities, with three of them being 1st tier cities. As for the rest 11, they were all considered as 2nd tier cities. Still, within the second tier cities, there was categorization as well.

There were low, mid, and high level 2nd tier cities. Faru city was a mid level 2nd tier city. And, it was amongst the top within the mid level.

The leadership of this nation was in such a way that it involved voting. It could be said that it was a democratic nation. It was just that the ones that voted for those at the very top were not the citizens themselves.

Citizens would only vote for the representatives of the city that they were within. Then, the leaders of those cities would then elect the leader of the province, and the leaders of the province would then elect the leader of the nation.

This form of ruler ship had existed for many years, and nobody had ever tried changing it. Despite the complaints that existed, it had not reached to the extent that people would want to personally vote for the leader of the province, or the leader of the nation.

In most cases, people were quite satisfied with just selecting the leader of the city that they were based in, through voting. As for the rest, most of the time, people did not concern themselves with that matter, considering that in case there was a problem within the city, they would definitely go and look for the city's leader.

Jaden did not pay that much attention to such events. In any case, the election for the leader of the city always took place after 10 years. And the last time that it had taken place was when he was 14 years old.

So, he himself had never participated in the election, and neither is he pay much attention to the politicians. To him, that was something that was quite troublesome.

"I hope that we have come to an agreement. The two of you have to act carefully. In case there is something that you need to handle, I would advise you to handle it as soon as possible, before the crackdown begins, or after the crackdown.

But within the crackdown, it is suggested that none of you should have any much activities involving you moving around frequently. Additionally, it is even better if you can avoid the Eastern part of the city as much as possible." Clifford stated.

When Clifford talked about avoiding the Eastern part of the city, Scarlet could not help but look at Jaden. She understood that the old man that they had seen previously, was living within the Eastern part of the city.

The last time that she had seen that old man, was when he was in the hospital. But after that, she had never seen him again. Additionally, Jaden did not seem to be talking much about the old man, and so, she had almost forgotten about him.

But when Clifford talked about the Eastern part of the city, and about avoiding it, that was when she remembered about Jaden coming from the Eastern part of the city. So, she could not help but be worried for him.

After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Jaden, how about your grandfather? Do you want to bring him here? He can stay within the servants quarter, he can be given a good room there."