American Tax Officer

"181 households?"

David was somewhat surprised, as that was fewer than he had expected.

"Yes, and coincidentally, a few days ago a team conducted a detailed investigation of this residential area for a case, so we kind of picked up a bargain."

David nodded and, after a moment of thought, said, "In that case, go find the person in charge of this residential area and tell them to have these 181 households assemble in the square below at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning for a routine check!"

"Won't this... scare the snake by hitting the grass?"

In Nisen's mind, if the hacker was indeed hiding in the residential area, their actions would surely alert the guy.

If that happened, there was a good chance the guy might skip town overnight, which would become a bit troublesome.

"That's why you'll have to work hard tonight, and by the way, I see you can't handle it alone, so get help from Bucky and the others!"

Nisen understood David's intention and nodded, "Alright, tonight I'll lead people to watch over this residential area. If this guy dares to run, that might even save us some trouble!"

At this point, he seemed to remember something else and asked hurriedly, "Right, our tax revenue has been deposited, hasn't it?"

"Mary took away the tax revenue just over ten minutes ago."

"Then our data should be updated!"

Nisen couldn't wait to take out his phone, logged onto the National Tax Bureau's intranet, and quickly found their names. Finally, he exclaimed with joy, "Haha, we've risen to rank 203!"

Because they hadn't accounted for tax achievements in two days, their ranking had dropped to 501.

But now with the entry of over 700,000 in tax revenue, their ranking suddenly climbed to 203. Now they were just a bit over 100 ranks away from the top 100.

The thought of once again entering the top 100 in the national wrestling of 140,000 inspectors filled him with uncontrollable excitement.

"Alright, let's wrap up this case first!"

The more than 1.6 million in taxes from Lynch constantly lingered in David's mind, and all he wanted now was to quickly finish this case and dive into the pursuit of that huge amount of tax revenue.

Their account had just received over 700,000 US dollars, skyrocketing their ranking to 203, and this news quickly spread among the inspectors of the Lake District.

They were not only amazed but also fiercely motivated once again.

All inspectors started hunting down the lawbreakers in the Lake District with renewed zeal, as if injected with an adrenaline shot.

...

National Tax Bureau Avenue Sub-bureau Branch.

In Keanu's office, Brunan barged in once more, his expression grave as he said, "That David from the Lake District has recorded over 700,000 again, now their rank has climbed to 203 nationwide!"

"What!"

Keanu's face was full of astonishment, clearly stunned by the news.

It took him a full minute to recover. Then, pulling a long face, he asked, "So, with that, the total tax achievement for their Lake District must be over 1.8 million, right?"

"Yes..."

"This can't go on!"

A few days ago, the total tax achievement of their Avenue Sub-bureau Branch was only 20,000 less than the Lake District's. Now their branch's total was just over 1.3 million, while the Lake District had reached over 1.8 million.

This meant that they were trailing the Lake District by over 500,000 in total tax achievements.

With nine days left in the review period, if things continued like this, the gap wouldn't just be 500,000; it could very well be possible for it to reach 2 or 3 million.

That would be a huge loss of face for their Avenue Sub-bureau Branch!

Brunan of course realized this couldn't continue, but what could be done if their own inspectors weren't performing well? What else could he do?

After a moment of contemplation, Keanu said, "The problem still lies with this David. You spoke to him last time; do you think there is anything more to discuss?"

"Right, there's something I need to tell you."

"According to the information I have, Chief Tax Officer Liu Yi from the Lake District will soon be transferred to Detroit."

"And based on the intentions of the upper echelons at the Lake District, they are considering letting David take over the position, so I think that's the reason he rejected our Avenue Sub-bureau Branch's invitation!"

"If we want to poach him, we have to offer the same conditions!"

Hearing Brunan's words, Keanu instantly understood, but his expression became even graver.

The reason the Lake District Sub-Bureau Branch could promote David was that Liu Yi just happened to be transferred, and David had indeed made significant contributions to the tax achievements of the Lake District Sub-Bureau Branch.

And since David hadn't contributed to their Avenue Sub-bureau Branch, and their Chief Tax Officer position was already filled, how could they possibly offer him the job?

'Dudu dudu…'

Just as Keanu was deep in thought, the phone on his desk rang. He glanced at the caller ID, and his face turned even uglier.

"You can step out now!"

After Brunan left, Keanu picked up the phone with trembling hands: "Chief…"

Ten minutes later.

Keanu, having been scolded, arrived at the third-floor inspectors' office space, channeling his anger from the chief onto these inspectors.

The inspectors, on the receiving end of this outburst, channeled their grievances onto David.

The reason was simple.

All because your team, David, is so outstanding, you make us all look like trash. That is insufferable!

But cursing aside, the inspectors of the Avenue Sub-bureau Branch still had a sense of honor. They refused to accept that a central district like theirs was losing in tax achievements to one person like David.

Immediately, almost everyone mobilized, beginning a crackdown on all the criminals in the Avenue area.

…

The night, a bright moon hung high.

Outside the Constance Residential Area, Nisen and seven others were inside a spacious surveillance van.

"Bucky, your team will take the east gate tonight; tough it out a bit."

"Shevich, your team will take the north gate; tough it out a bit."

"Meirer, the west side is up to you."

"All of you, sharpen up. Don't give that scumbag any chances to slip away!"

Nisen gave instructions to each team one by one.

Hearing this, no one expressed any dissatisfaction; they all got out of the van according to instructions.

Technically, by rank, Nisen had no authority to command them.

However, Liu Yi had already instructed them to be at David's team's disposal at any time, so of course, they couldn't refuse.

Moreover, as long as David could lead them again to the number one spot in the city for the Lake District Sub-Bureau Branch, they would again gain a substantial amount of public funds.

Therefore, both emotionally and logically, they all had the responsibility to cooperate in completing this case.

While Nisen's team was getting ready.

Inside the residential area, at the entrance of apartment 501, building 5, floor 3,

A residential area staff member pressed the doorbell. About a minute later, a somewhat gaunt man with glasses opened the door and asked, "What can I do for you?"