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."

ups?" Captain Charleson was somewhat taken aback by his

ought to feel this way. The higher-ups above inspectors were

to keep the squads and their captains in check by inspecting their cases, their success rates,

their supervision and Inspector Nolvak was responsible for Captain Charleson's squad and

reason he was assigned as the

Inspectors were much feared and respected even though they were rarely

to-day matters.

the power to overrule any decision made by lower-ranked officials and could convene a council of

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

your career, it's best to fold a

am not doing anything wrong and as long as I follow the rules, my conscious will stay clear." Captain Charleson

face, Inspector Nolvak could only shake his

the office, Inspector Nolvak's expression turned cold all of a

Arbiter scared him away. This stubborn stickler to the rules. It will take him an actual order from the chief to drop the case and the chief will never get himself involved

in his thoughts on a method

duke. He is already stressed out with the slow pace of our operation, he can't find

who were raised for the sole purpose

worked on the clock to

fact, even the swift protocol to conclude such cases was introduced and pushed by

accept the mission right away.'

own underlings making sure not a single case related to the fallen specters ever

than

worse, Inspector Nolvar wasn't informed about this until too late as his subordinates believed

it was a simple case and as a rookie thirsting for points, it shouldn't have taken them less than a few hours

had other plans in

need to alert all of our operation handlers and

and other staff lay low for a while. In the meantime, he would start his attack on Captain Charleson's squad by

force any squad to take or drop a

losing great cases that can help

...

Captain Charleson. Hazel and Nidam had also returned as they were called

response silently after Felix presented

all over those