Supremacy Games

1464 Being Pressured To Drop The Case.

Sometime ago...

Captain Charleson felt a mix of emotions as he approached the double door leading to High Inspector Nolvar's office.

He was called a short moment after he sent his squad to start their investigation, which raised his curiosity. He rarely gets called to his superior office since he almost never makes mistakes.

He gave a single knock and a voice, a bit scuffed and irritating to the ear, beckoned, "Enter."

Inside, the spacious room was bathed in a soft, ambient glow. Dominating one side was a massive desk made of dark, aged wood, carved with symbols that represented the spirit realm's justice codes.

Behind the desk sat High Inspector Nolvar, a tall figure draped in robes of deep green and gold, with discerning silver eyes that always seemed to be thinking several steps ahead.

"Captain Charleson," Inspector Nolvar began without preamble. "Please, sit."

Captain Charleson, used to the Inspector's direct manner, took the chair opposite him. "You asked to see me, Inspector?"

Inspector Nolvar leaned back, steepling his fingers. "I've been notified that you have accepted a new case."

"Yes, it's related to memo..."

Before he could finish his report, Inspector Nolvar waved his hand and requested, "You must halt your investigation on this case immediately."

"..." Captain Charleson remained silent for a few moments before asking him in a composed manner, "May I know why? You never intervened in my cases before."

"Your work is, as always, commendable. However, this case is related to a much bigger one and we already have a special task force to close it. Delving further might compromise its integrity and potentially put many more spirits at risk." Inspector Nolvak shared, "Unfortunately, I can't tell you the details as they are classified."

Captain Charleson's eyebrows drew together, his sense of justice flaring up. He felt like there was something fishy going on as he had never heard of special task forces being assigned classified cases.

In the law enforcement department, all cases were open and shared with everyone to further facilitate their closures through indirect help.

"With all due respect, Inspector, I have already accepted the case and met with the victim. My consciousness won't be clear if I just dropped him without giving him justice." Captain Charleson shook his head, "I don't know about the other case, but as long as I don't get its details and understand the situation fully, Arion's case will remain under my jurisdiction."

Inspector Nolvar sighed, a rare show of emotion. "Charleson, we both know that I can't force you to drop the case. So, if you want to continue with it, go ahead. Just know that this order didn't come from me but from the higher-ups."

somewhat taken aback by

The higher-ups above

duties were to keep the squads and their captains in check by inspecting their cases, their success rates, their failure rates, and their problems, assigning emergency cases, approving resources,

High Inspector had more than ten squads under their supervision and Inspector Nolvak was responsible

was

Grand Arbiter above Inspectors were much feared and respected even though they were rarely involved in

to-day matters.

any decision made by lower-ranked officials and

came to authority, they were only lower to the Law Enforcement Supreme Chief, who was also

it's best to

not doing anything wrong and as long as I follow the rules, my conscious will stay clear." Captain Charleson asked calmly. "Is that all? My

on his solemn face, Inspector Nolvak could only

office, Inspector Nolvak's

him an actual order from the

office, deep in his thoughts on a method to resolve this issue peacefully

the slow pace of our operation, he can't

Nolvar was one of the many duke's loyal servants who were raised for the sole purpose of entering the

on the clock

protocol to conclude such cases was introduced and

it, if only that bastard rookie didn't accept the mission right away.' Inspector

his own underlings making sure not a single case related

of them were faster than Felix when the

too late as his subordinates believed

a rookie thirsting for points, it shouldn't

other plans in

I need to alert all of our operation handlers

staff lay low for a while. In the meantime, he would start his attack on Captain Charleson's squad by relocating new tough cases

force any squad to take or drop a

when you keep losing great

...

front of Captain Charleson. Hazel and

response silently after Felix presented all

them, Captain Charleson could smell foul play all over those cases the