The Legendary Man

The Legendary Man Chapter 245

You Have Three Days

Jonathan picked his phone up and took the call. “Hello? What is it?”

“Mr. Goldstein? It’s me, Randall,” Randall greeted him, but his voice sounded a bit hoarse. “I have looked into this matter. The man called Derrick took all the compensation meant for the villagers of Greendale Village. He is also the leader of a local gang, and they have caused a lot of trouble for the villagers. Suffice to say, they are a local menace. The total recompense for the village is around a hundred million, and Derrick took it all for himself.”

A hundred million? Jonathan’s face fell the moment he heard how much money was involved in the corruption. A village chief alone took a hundred million that is meant for the villagers. The corruption must be worse in the higher echelons then.

The chief of a small village is already taking this much money, so what about the chief of a bigger one? Are they involved in more severe corruption? If that is true, the mayors must be involved in even more egregious transactions. There is no doubt that the chief is involved as well.

“I want you to get to the bottom of this, no matter what,” Jonathan ordered coldly, “Drag all these parasites into the sunlight. Find everyone who is corrupted. Leave no stone unturned. I do not care even if Zachary himself is involved. Punish all the corrupted officers, and I mean all of them. Severely, if I may add.”

“Yes, sir!”

Even though they were only talking through the phone, Randall could still feel Jonathan’s sheer, unbridled fury in his voice.

How could Jonathan not be furious? By all accounts, he should have gone on a rampage. Even he was shocked to hear that the chief of a small village was involved in a corruption case that involved a hundred million.

“I hope you are not involved in this matter, Randall. For your sake, I hope you are clean,” Jonathan growled calmly. Despite that, Randall was scared out of his wits. He quickly defended himself, “I have nothing to do with this, sir! I swear.”

“You better not, Randall,” Jonathan replied coldly. “Because if you are somehow involved, losing your mayoralty will be the least of your worries. If you do not understand what I am saying, let me put it in plainer terms. You will lose your head.”

I am not even the least bit involved in this matter,” Randall quickly

the sun,” Jonathan commanded, his voice as freezing as the winds of Helheim.

Jadeborough. Who knows how many people in power are involved in this? Who knows how many corruption cases there are in the nation? Ten thousand? A hundred

to the bottom of this in Jadeborough tonight! I promise nothing of the sort will ever happen again under my leadership! If I somehow fail, I shall bow down before you and accept any punishment you deem fit to dole out, sir!” After that, Randall issued an order to look into all the public servants in Jadeborough and see if they were involved in any

his promise, Jonathan said, “You have three days. I want you to clean up this mess, and I do not want to see even

sir!” Randall did not dare to hesitate when it came to this point, for his

I thought. Derrick has taken all of the compensation meant for you and the other villagers. The grand total is a hundred million. Give or take a few dozen

than a

were even more shocked than Jonathan was when they received

much money before in their whole lives, but

Everyone was still dumbfounded as they tried to process what they had just heard. “The staff from the military commander’s residence will transfer your compensation

process the

won’t be released, right?” Scarlett looked at Jonathan, still worried that Derrick would get back at them if he was released. After all,

shook his head. “If nothing goes wrong, they will be spending the rest of their lives locked in

sigh of relief. “They should never be released. Let them rot in prison. We’ll be a whole lot better without those thugs to

a hotel room later. You do not have to stay in the ward tonight.” Jonathan looked

and her eyes were bloodshot. Jonathan knew she must have been

Alice quickly refused the offer. “I’m fine sleeping here. You don’t have to waste your

costly to stay at a hotel. A few hundred for a night, if I remember correctly. He shouldn’t waste that kind of

waste your money. She can stay

night in the hotel room is nothing.” Jonathan smiled. “Besides, it has been days since Alice has had a good