"That's outrageous!" George snorted. "Dare to cause trouble in the East District, even if you have SHADOW backing you up, I will still bring you to justice today and let you know what it means to be outmatched!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of men behind him aimed their weapons at Billy and his companion.
"George, you bastard! If you want to die so badly, go jump off a building yourself. Why drag others down with you?" Just then, an extremely angry voice came from the entrance of the house.
Immediately after that came the sound of hurried footsteps. Hundreds of fully armed soldiers rushed in and surrounded George's men.
"Governor Chasey, what brings you here?" Seeing the middle-aged man leading them, George trembled all over and quickly went up to greet him. He couldn't help but panic. The person who had come was Roderick Chasey, second-in-command of the East District Military Department.
And since the injury of the Eastern King, Roderick had been in charge of running things in East District. Rumor had it that he might soon take over officially.
When Billy saw him, though there was a glint of suspicion in his eyes. Before this, he had no interaction with Roderick, only occasionally heard people mention him and his overall evaluation was acceptable.
George had just walked up when Roderick raised his hand and slapped him. Then, there was blood oozing out of the corner of George's mouth.
"Who gave you the right to bring people here and show off arrogantly?" Roderick snapped at him angrily. After that, he slapped across his face again twice to vent his anger.
George stood still and dared not move, with a strong look of panic in his eyes. He vaguely felt that he might have gotten into trouble today, otherwise Roderick wouldn't have been so angry.
The Watkins family who were standing aside had a shocked expression on their faces, especially Coman, who knew Roderick was a powerful and intimidating man well. And thus he grew a sense of unease.
"Speak up, are you mute? Who let you come here?" Roderick continued to shout at George.
"No one gave me instructions. It was my own decision. I... I heard that someone in Ozin is committing crimes, killing innocent people indiscriminately, so..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Roderick kicked him out.
"You damn well have some nerve to think someone in Ozin is killing innocent people!" Roderick looked furious. "Just wait, I'll deal with you later!"
After speaking, he walked quickly towards Billy and bowed deeply.
"Commander, one of my subordinates has caused trouble and I ask for punishment."
His attitude was sincere and respectful without any hint of pretense, his eyes showing a hint of awe. Although he was second in command in the East District, even if the Eastern King were here, no one would dare speak loudly to Billy.
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