Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1021 - 407 The Situation is Complicated
Chapter 1021: Chapter 407: The Situation is Complicated
Chapter 1021 -407: The Situation is Complicated
At dusk, Wang Tao was studying spiritual power with Jiang Shixue and took the opportunity to discuss the matter of the killer.
In their team, only Jiang Shixue’s ability belonged to the “Psychic System”; by discussing with her, Wang Tao could gain some insights.
They eventually concluded that the killer’s strength was likely between Level 1 and Level 3, leaning more towards Level 1 or Level 2.
If the killer had been a Fourth-order Awakener, he could have killed Yao Guodong instantly without the need for such trouble.
Of course, there was also the possibility of intentionally hiding one’s skill to create confusion… but Wang Tao still thought that the likelihood of the killer being a Fourth-order Awakener was not high.
Because the “preparation work” seemed excessive—waiting for Yao Guodong to drink, getting him to go to the restroom, and so on, his two wives were likely complicit… The more steps there are, the higher the chance of a mistake, and as long as someone had brains, they could see that Yao Guodong’s death was too suspicious to be an accident.
If it were Wang Tao or Jiang Shixue who attacked Yao Guodong, even if they did not use a psychic blast to kill him outright but staged an accident like the current one, that “accident” would definitely not be detectable as fake—it would not be so “crude”…
Regarding the possibility of the killer being Level 3, Wang Tao also thought it was not highly probable. After all, Yao Guodong was only Level 1 and, although Level 3 had not achieved Awakening, it could still kill Yao Guodong with ease, likewise staging it as an accident, and not as something glaringly suspicious like now.
Therefore, Wang Tao believed that the possibility of the killer being Level 1 or Level 2 was greater.
“Maybe I should find an opportunity to remind Gu Yun…”
Wang Tao mused, stroking his chin.
Narrowing down the killer’s range would naturally increase the chances of finding the killer. However, an ability like spiritual power is so elusive that if the opponent deliberately kept it hidden, it would still be challenging to detect…
“Wang Tao, there’s news!”
At that moment, Han Rui came over with an informational wristwatch in hand.
After Wang Tao came home, he took a bath, changed his clothes, and was not wearing his informational wristwatch.
“The death of Yao Guodong has been announced… they’re saying it was an accident that he froze to death…”
Looking at the news, Wang Tao shook his head.
The announcement of the news was faster than he had anticipated, and regarding the claim that Yao Guodong froze to death, Wang Tao thought many people at City Hall did not believe it. But since they could not find the murderer, they could only say that.
However, as Wang Tao continued reading, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
“Huh? Gu Yun is now the acting mayor?”
Wang Tao was very surprised.
“Yes, Gu Yun has become the acting mayor! Although there’s an ‘acting’ in the title, this essentially means a ‘probationary period,’ and after the term expires, he could be promoted to the real mayor!”
Han Rui’s expression was serious.
“So, after Yao Guodong’s death, the biggest beneficiary is Gu Yun?”
Wang Tao frowned.
He had just said to the others to look out for who benefitted most from Yao Guodong’s death. Whoever benefitted most would certainly become the most likely suspect, because it provided a motive to kill Yao Guodong.
But Wang Tao did not expect that the one who benefitted most would be Gu Yun…
It wasn’t because he had more contact and a good relationship with Gu Yun, so he trusted Gu Yun was not the killer. Rather, it was because the position of acting mayor shouldn’t have been Gu Yun’s turn, right? Weren’t there three deputy mayors?
As far as Wang Tao understood, Gu Yun as the Secretary-General and his secretariat were tasked with helping leaders handle and coordinate matters. He was not in charge of specific affairs and did not possess much actual power; his primary authority came from the leaders. The three deputy mayors, on the other hand, each had significant power over all matters.
Even if we disregard actual power and just consider status, Gu Yun was still half a level below the three deputy mayors… In theory, then, promotions to mayor should be selected from among these three deputy mayors, right?
Wang Tao had already listed these three deputy mayors as suspects, yet it turned out Gu Yun had risen to the position…
“I don’t quite understand either, why Gu Yun was appointed as the acting mayor. Could all this have been Gu Yun’s strategy? Within his calculations? But the appointment as acting mayor was passed by a high vote from the committee. Does he have a big network there too?”
Han Rui was also perplexed.
If one of the deputy mayors had been promoted to mayor and Gu Yun to deputy mayor, Han Rui wouldn’t have been surprised. But this was about becoming the mayor of Changhe City Base!
The position of the Mayor of Changhe City Base was entirely different from that of a mayor before the apocalypse. The current mayor is the highest administrative official of the entire base, the head of City Hall.
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Although there’s a committee above the mayor, the committee only handles broad, direction-setting matters and largely doesn’t concern itself with the rest. With over twenty members, their thoughts could not be entirely uniform, and they had to vote on everything. While voting would indeed be more cautious and reasonable, it also took more time…
To increase efficiency, the committee would become involved in certain important matters of general direction only; otherwise, they didn’t intervene much and directly left most issues to City Hall to solve.
City Hall, led by the mayor, had significant leeway in execution, dependent upon the individual capacity of the mayor.
Even to the extent that if the mayor considered the committee’s policies to be outrageous, he could choose not to carry them out!
As long as he wasn’t afraid of being voted out by the committee.
Regardless, the position of mayor was of utmost importance. Someone like Gu Yun, with not very high status and without much actual power, theoretically speaking, shouldn’t have been in line for the position of mayor…
