Chapter 321
Nico’s face darkened at George’s words. He hated people who called him a criminal.
Although a few years ago, he had helped his brother and the villagers commit illegal acts and never had any remorse, he paid the price and believed that he should not be labeled as a criminal.
The villagers frowned as well. Since Nico became the village chief, the village thrived and prospered. The villagers started to buy new cars and build new houses.
“What are you people talking about? He’s our village chief,” said one of the villagers.
George and Julius widened their eyes in shock.
Nico became the village chief?!
“What about Hendrick? Why did you guys elect a new village chief all of a sudden?” George asked as his brows furrowed tighter.
The villager grunted and said, “Hendrick is working with people beyond the borders and is always on the run. He might be with the South Regent.”
George and Julius were mortified. The previous village chief, Hendrick, might be related to the South Regent?!
Nico said, “Three years ago, our village fought invaders from beyond the borders and people died. Our village has also done something heroic for our land!
“Hendrick agreed to 7,000 per square meter, which is basically selling the village for a pittance. If we accept it, the sacrifice our village made will be in vain and the hero who died in the battle will be all for naught!”
He had done some research on Celestial City’s heroic incident involving the villages and discovered that George and Stephen had a dispute over it.
Therefore, he made up a story for Stone Village so that he could use it against George.
In fact, Stone Village was not involved in any heroic incidents.
On the contrary, many years ago, they were the ones who brought chaos to Hill City and disrupted the peace. The people who had died were not heroes but atrocious villains.
Julius frowned at Nico’s words. He also experienced that particular period but had never heard of Stone Village being one of the heroic villages. “I clearly remember Ethan Rivers bringing men to surround Stone Village and defeating the villains.”
Nico explained, “There are some traitors among us but most of us are heroes who died in glory! Those who accused us of being atrocious villains are simply false. It’s slander, groundless rumors!”
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George was shaken by Nico’s words.
Slander? Accusation?
He was familiar with those atrocious acts.
Back at Celestial City, he and Stephen almost caused irreversible damage to the city just because they slandered a village with heroic deeds. He did not want to repeat the same mistake again.
George said, “So, you want to increase the price from 7,000 per square meter to 10,000? Fine. I’ll take the offer.”
Julius frowned. “It’s too expensive! It will cost us an extra two hundred million!”
Nico scoffed, “Is the blood we shed not worth two hundred million? Or are you the same as our previous village chief who tried to trick us, Mr. Mayor?”
The words raised suspicion in George, making him doubt the mayor. He said to Julius, “I am the governor, so you must listen to me. Just pay them.”
Julius sighed helplessly and agreed to compensate for the differences.
After Nico got the money, he told the villagers to go back and allowed the construction team to continue.
From that moment onwards, Julius had a feeling that something was not right with Nico. The previous village chief, Hendrick, was one of the South Regent’s men?
It sounded ridiculous.
Nico had committed crimes in the past, but he was made the new village chief. Now, he raised the price because they could not afford to alter the freeway course anymore.
Julius had a feeling that Nico came prepared. He decided to start an investigation to find out whether Hendrick was with the South Regent and whether Stone Village was involved in any heroic acts.
George suspected Julius of being one of the South Regent’s men and the goal was to lure him to make the same mistake, slandering another heroic village.
Nico was against George and Stephen so that he could disrupt the peace of Hill City; Julius suspected Nico and George and Stephen suspected Julius.
It somehow formed a closed loop of suspicion and scheme.
