BXBX NOVEL Chapter 237: A Team
Chapter 237: A Team
Adam had thought that with such concrete evidence supporting his case, the judgment process was going to be very quick and simple, but he was wrong.
Even with so much public support and assistance from the northern congress, the process was still very slow.
At this point, the law had developed to the point that it had become extremely complicated. Whenever a loophole was found, a new clause had to be made to remedy the loophole, and over the course of several centuries, the law had already become something that was completely unintelligible to the average person.
This was something that people in positions of privilege were happy to see.
Normal people were unable to use such a complex weapon, and those who were in power were more than happy to see the law becoming more and more convoluted. Even if they knew that the case was bound to be ruled against their favor, they could rely on the complexity of the law and the expertise of their lawyers to drag the case for years or even decades.
After several days of toil, Adam was becoming increasingly more frustrated, but thankfully, a meaningful development was right around the corner.
"The southern congress has agreed to assist in speeding up the process."
It was Shi Feng who had brought this piece of news to Adam, and he also supplied the bail required for Adam to be released. At this point, Adam was already eligible for bail.
On the way out of the police station, Adam asked Shi Feng why the southern congress had decided to cooperate.
"This is a very negative incident, so the longer it drags on, the more damaged their reputation will become. Public opinion has already turned completely against their favor, and they also want to put an end to this as soon as possible. In fact, they've already reached some type of agreement with the second-in-command."
"I'm assuming the agreement has something to do with the selection process for the adapter enforcers, right?"
Adam knew that the proposal had essentially already been passed, so any deal that was struck between the two parties had to have something to do with the people chosen to fill the role of enforcer.
At the moment, the people that were selected to become enforcers were a more important matter than whether the proposal itself was passed or not.
Adam didn't care what the congresses were going to do, he only cared about his own objectives.
"I want a quota for a team."
"What?"
"I want a quota for a team," Adam repeated.
"You want to become an enforcer?" Shi Feng was quite taken aback to hear this. "Also, are you want a quota for an entire team, not just yourself?"
"That's right."
Adam currently had a whole team of powerful allies on his side in the form of Diana and the three psychic mutants. They were all top-tier adapters who had managed to survive the battle royale.
If they could all officially become enforcers, then it would become far easier for Adam to investigate shady organizations like the Compassion Company and the Ark Learning Children's Fund.
"That's probably going to be a little difficult."
Shi Feng was unable to make such an important decision on his own.
"Don't forget that you were only able to turn the tables thanks to the information that I brought back." Adam knew that in the political sphere, benefits and intimidation were the only effective bargaining chips. "If you help me, I'll continue to help you. If you don't help me, I'll have to turn to someone else. Also, during the trial period, the proposal will only be implemented in a single state, while the other states will gradually adopt the changes over time. I only want a quota for a single team that will only be active in Sandrise City. Surely that's not too much to ask."
Adam was looking directly at Shi Feng as he spoke. He was no longer the same Adam that he had once been.
Shi Feng looked into Adam's eyes, and he couldn't help but gulp nervously at the recollection of Adam's deranged display in the battle royale.
"Alright, I'll relay your request and everything you said to my higher-ups."
"I knew you were a good friend!"
Adam patted Shi Feng on the shoulder with a pleased expression.
It only took three days for Adam to receive an affirmative response.
Wax Figure was a decisive person. He knew which people he should be keeping around and which people he should be cutting off.
He had been extremely decisive in cutting off Adam, and now, he was just as eager to make amends.
Not long after Adam received that response, public recruitment for the first batch of special psychic police officially commenced.
The first batch of recruitment contained a quota of four teams, and the number of people on each team was undecided. However, there were going to be no more than 10 adapters, while the majority of the teams consisted of civilian personnel.
It was proclaimed that this was a public recruitment process, but both congresses and all of the police stations across Sandrise City had already recommended some candidates. Adam and his group were naturally among these candidates.
Due to the fact that this was a legal procedure, the process was very complicated. A written examination, a proficiency examination, and an interview had to be undertaken to decide who the best candidates were.
Adam had recommended a total of six people, including himself, and five of them had failed to pass the written examination.
Aside from Shae, who had only just barely scraped a passing mark, Adam and everyone else had failed spectacularly.
"These results are terrible!"
Shi Feng was the one who had brought the written examination results to Adam and the others. At this moment, they were in a veterinarian hospital, and the three psychic mutants were also present.
The reason why they were at this hospital was very simple. The psychic mutant trio had been growing extremely agitated during their time in this city, and Adam was worried that something would push them over the edge and send them on a massive killing spree.
Hence, he decided that it was necessary to provide them with some type of mental solace.
The three of them loved animals, so they were naturally very happy to be in a veterinarian hospital.
Just as Adam anticipated, the pent-up pressure that had been building up inside them the past few days instantly evaporated as soon as they caught sight of the animals in the hospital, and they were thoroughly enjoying watching the veterinarians treating the animals for various ailments.
"You know what? Not all humans are bad people."
"I agree! Adam and these doctors are all good people!"
"Adam really brought us to a great place!"
"I felt like I was about to explode these past few days! Finally, we can be somewhere that doesn't make me want to bang my head against a wall!" Rabbit crouched down to play with a golden retriever that was passing by her. "I like this place."
"Why don't you buy this hospital so we can live here?"
Adam had no plans to return to the academy, and this veterinarian hospital wasn't a bad place for everyone to live.
"Did you hear what I said? Almost all of you failed the written examination! Those three didn't even manage to get 20 points each! If it wasn't for the multiple-choice questions, they would've probably all scored zero!" Shi Feng said in an agitated voice.
"It's fine. There are two other examinations left, aren't there? All of the questions were related to laws or emotional assessment, there was no way that could've gotten a good score there. We should be able to get selected as long as we get full marks for the other two examinations, right?"
Convincing the three psychic mutants to take the written examination in the first place was already the limit of what Adam was capable of, and they had almost erupted into a fit during the examination.
Adam never had any plans of passing the written examination.
The interview could be cheated, and as for the proficiency examination, that was just an examination to assess an adapter's combat capabilities in the psychic world, and Adam had absolute confidence in that department.
Not only was he confident in himself, he also had absolute confidence in everyone else with the exception of Shae.
"You have to make sure that you get very close to full marks for the proficiency examination. Otherwise, even if we give you full marks for the interview, your overall result will still not be that great."
"Got it." Adam nodded in response before dialing up Kim Hee-cho's number on his communicator. "What's up, Old Kim? It's me... Ha, don't flatter me, I'm not a celebrity! Listen, I have something I need your help with. You have experience working as a real estate representative, right? I want to purchase a large veterinarian hospital..."