Chapter 2378 - 1120: 1/K
At the same time
Academy City Central District, Arena, East Stand VIP Box
"Let’s go."
The captain of the Academy City Law Enforcement Team, Foster Ward, a dark elf man with meticulously combed slicked-back hair and frameless glasses, casually stood up, fastened the Silver Discipline Button at his collar, and smiled at the young man and woman standing with their hands behind their backs on either side of him, "It’s time to work. Don’t expect maintaining order after the match to be as easy as it was in the morning."
"Hmm!"
A human girl named Spence, with long golden twin tails reaching her waist and wearing a silver law enforcement uniform covered in graffiti, pursed her lips with some struggle, reached out her small hand to tug on Foster’s sleeve with lowered eyes, and coquettishly whispered, "Captain~ we already arranged everything beforehand, and it’s just getting exciting now, can’t we watch a little longer?"
Similarly dressed in the law enforcement team’s standard issue coat, the boy named ’An’, whose appearance was largely concealed by his glasses and mushroom haircut, unusually did not contradict Spence but nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, Captain, how about we stay a bit longer? There are still so many people on both sides; it won’t end immediately. Even if we’re a little late meeting up with everyone, it should be fine, right?"
"Hmm, what you both said does make some sense."
Foster nodded slightly, then, while putting on his gloves, started walking toward the door of the box, "Alright, let’s prepare to work."
"Yes!"
With no hesitation, whether it was Spence or An, when Foster smiled and emphasized it the second time, they immediately stood up straight instinctively and responded without thinking.
Foster Ward was the most gentle and humble person they had ever met, because under any circumstances, he never minded his ’subordinates’ voicing their opinions freely, and he never brushed them off but listened and analyzed sincerely. Sometimes, he would even change his mind because of an offhand remark.
Using a description that’s emerged recently, Foster Ward is not only ’approachable’ but also a staunch supporter of ’democracy,’ never acting arbitrarily even once.
However, even though this always composed and gentle dark elf man is so approachable, within the law enforcement team, not a single person dares to challenge his authority, nor has anyone ever tried to sway his decision on the same matter for a second time.
As the head of the largest legitimate violent organization under the sun in Academy City, although Foster Ward never let anyone feel he was a ruthless tough guy, he also didn’t mind using relatively ’iron-fisted’ methods when necessary.
And to attain a cadre position, even though a bit short of the deputy captain and first secretary of the law enforcement team, Spence and An clearly understood their boss’s working style, which is why they immediately complied when Foster gave the second ’time to work’ directive, not daring to utter an extra word.
"The match will soon end, so... uh, thank you."
Smiling at An, who ran up to open the door for him, Foster continued, "So the time left for us is actually not much. You should also be well aware that the reason why our law enforcement team has been standing firm in this city over the years, apart from my nimbleness and everyone’s relentless efforts, most importantly, is because we have almost never made any mistakes. Anyone, even those who hate us to the core and the mischievous students, would give us complete trust when necessary."
"Yes."
Spence and An both nodded, not feeling any displeasure from this sermon-like discourse. On the contrary, the most convincing thing about Foster was that no matter what decision he made, he would straightforwardly share the reasons and intentions, never hiding anything.
The recognized would know why they were right, and the rejected would understand where they went wrong.
As at this moment, the explanation Foster gave to Spence and An was ’the match will soon end.’
The rest didn’t need explaining; it’s not their first day at work, and naturally, they understood what would happen after a once-in-a-several-years grand event, where despite the law enforcement members deployed here being quite experienced, without multiple cadre’s on-site scheduling, they might not necessarily manage to maintain order.
If they couldn’t maintain order, it would lead to trouble, and trouble would tarnish the law enforcement team’s reputation. If that happened, Foster would be unhappy, and if Foster was unhappy, then no one else would be.
So upon learning the news that ’the match will soon end’, even if Foster changed his mind and told them to go back, they wouldn’t spare another glance at the match.
As for why Spence and An were so certain about the truth of this matter, the reason is very simple: because Foster said so himself.
To them, as long as Foster Ward stated that the match would soon end, then even if both sides were currently dozing off at their starting points, the match was destined to end soon.
This is a kind of absolute trust that doesn’t even need explanation.
Of course, although there was no doubt in their minds about their leader, the relatively lively Spence still asked, "So does that mean, Captain, you already know which side will win?"