American Tax Officer

Chapter 835: Chapter 418: David’s Charisma_2

This is why Inspector David wanted to have a talk with him after bringing him back.

“Chief Inspector David, what do you mean by that? When did I ever help Stevenson campaign? I don’t even know him!”

Although Director Kang Gua said this on the surface, his mood had plummeted to rock bottom.

He thought to himself, how could the Manhattan Branch have the audacity to take away a city director like him during a press conference that the whole city was watching? Now he finally understood; it was prompted by David!

And now, with David steering the conversation toward Stevenson, it seemed that the tax investigation was merely a pretext, and the real play was the power struggle between the Internal Revenue Service and the Freemasonry Group!

Now it was a battle of the gods, and he, a mere mortal, was caught in the crossfire.

“You know whether you know him or not!”

“I do not, what I do know is that the Tax Bureau has taken a police director without any consideration. If this isn’t explained, it won’t be over!”

Of course, Director Kang Gua couldn’t admit to anything, and knowing that he couldn’t show weakness to a man like David, he had to grit his teeth and put on a forceful tone,

“You want an explanation, right? Fine!”

“On December 7th, 2023, a construction company in the local university district had a murder, and then the person in charge, Marich, approached you and gave you 200,000 US dollars to hush it up.”

“On December 8th, a nightclub on 46th Street needed to make regulatory changes, again they came to you, paying a 10 US Dollars fee to get you to give them the green light.”

“And there’s more…”

As David laid out each of Director Kang Gua’s alleged crimes, his expression shifted from feigned calm to grave.

David, with his arms crossed and leaning slightly back in his chair, continued, “Actually, I could have tolerated all of this. But after the midterm elections started, you took 2 million US dollars from Stevenson to launch a grand anti-crime campaign to stump for him. That’s the reason you’re sitting here now, do you understand?”

After David finished speaking, Director Kang Gua could no longer maintain his composure, beads of sweat the size of beans appearing on his forehead. Upon closer inspection, one could even see his upper and lower lips trembling slightly.

“Now, are you ready to talk?”

David stared directly at him, and when he saw that Director Kang Gua remained silent, he scolded, “We’ve already collected evidence of your bribe-taking and tax evasion. The people who handled the dirty money for you have been controlled as well. Do you still think you can escape the punishment from us at the Internal Revenue Service?”

“If I talk, will you let me off the hook?”

Initially, he thought David didn’t have much on him, but hearing that his dirty laundry had been thoroughly exposed, coupled with knowing how ruthless David could be, he had no choice but to concede.

“Do you still have the privilege to negotiate with me?”

“I… I did this at the behest of the Freemasonry Group, and I was only responsible for helping them fight crime. It really has nothing to do with me. Please, Chief Inspector David, forgive me… I promise to pay my taxes honestly from now on, and I’m even willing to pay extra fines…”

Director Kang Gua had lost his composure.

The thought of the ruin and the risk of imprisonment that lay ahead made him nearly wet himself.

“If you want to get out of this unscathed, you must answer whatever I ask you. Do you hear me?”

“Clear, clear!”

“…”

More than half an hour later, David left the interrogation room and after conferring with Nehem, he finally approached the entrance.

At that moment, a large group of Director Kang Gua’s supporters were still outside holding banners and protesting vociferously. However, upon seeing David emerge, everyone was stunned.

“Is that Chief Inspector David?”

“When did Chief Inspector David come to New York?”

“Wait… Director Kang Gua was taken back to the Manhattan Branch; could it have something to do with Chief Inspector David?”

“…”

Amidst the crowd’s murmuring, David stepped forward and said, “Everyone, listen to me. Director Kang Gua was indeed brought back for a tax investigation, and it was I who issued the order. The matter is still in the evidence-gathering and investigation phase, and the results will be announced to everyone once concluded. Please stop the protests now and let our colleagues at the Internal Revenue Service carry out their work properly.”

If it were Nehem, or even anyone from the Manhattan Branch who said this, the citizens on the scene would surely protest loudly in response.

After all, the crime-fighting operations carried out by Director Kang Gua over this period had truly won the hearts of the citizens, who saw him as the nemesis of evil.

But these words came from the mouth of David, and the protesting crowd looked at one another, no one daring to utter any protests.

They knew, although Director Kang Gua had recently been touted as the nemesis of evil, the true vanquisher of evil was actually David.

Before this, David had punished numerous criminals and sent those involved in tax evasion to prison, even promoting legislation against tax havens to secure greater benefits for the common people. With so many contributions laid out before them, how could the citizens bring themselves to protest against David for the sake of Director Kang Gua?

“Let’s just let it go, let it go. Since this matter is being supervised by Chief Inspector David, let’s go back and wait for the results patiently.”

“Yeah, yeah. Director Kang Gua may look like the nemesis of evil now, but there’s a saying, ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover.’ No one knows what he’s like behind the scenes. Let’s just wait and see what happens next.”

“Let’s go, let’s go…”

Watching the citizens who had just been protesting loudly disperse because of a single sentence from David, Nehem finally grasped David’s personal charm and then turned to him, saying, “We really needed you to step in, Chief Inspector David.”

“All right, get a team ready to go with me.”

Nehem immediately asked, “What are you planning to do?”

“Go to City Hall.”

Nehem was taken aback, then reminded him, “Does City Hall also have Kang Gua’s associates?”

David nodded.

Nehem then wasted no more words and immediately called for an inspection team.

Although the citizens at the Manhattan entrance had dispersed, the appearance of David had greatly excited the media.

When they saw that the Manhattan Branch had actually dispatched an inspection team, led by David himself, they sensed that something big was about to happen.

These media reporters, eager to capture firsthand traffic, also got into their official cars and followed.

But as they followed, they realized something was not right.

This was clearly in the direction of City Hall.

Could it be… that David’s next destination was City Hall?

Was arresting a police chief not enough, and now he wanted to arrest an official from City Hall?

The thought alone gave the multitude of media reporters trailing behind a huge shock.

That was the center of power in New York City, after all. Arresting a police chief had already been shocking enough for New York.

If he were now heading to City Hall to make arrests, considering New York’s status as a global financial center, it would probably be huge international news!

No, no, that can’t be right—it must just be on the way!

That’s it!

The numerous media reporters forcibly comforted themselves.

However, as time pushed on, things went contrary to their wishes.

Soon, David’s convoy arrived at the entrance of City Hall, parking their cars across the entrance as nonchalantly as if it were their own backyard.

“Oh my god, he really came to City Hall!”

“No way, no way. Arresting a police chief is one thing, but now he wants to come after who?”

“No matter who he’s after, this is major news for us!”

After getting out of their cars, the media reporters first expressed their shock and disbelief, but quickly recovered their senses, hurriedly set up their cameras, and began broadcasting live.