Chapter 325 ·It’s All Polluted，What Future Is There？

The weather refused to cooperate，just as the appointed time was approaching a light drizzle suddenly began falling from the sky，although the subordinate Secretaries had thoughtfully brought umbrellas，the rain grew heavier and heavier，and the trouser legs of everyone beneath the umbrellas were soon soaked，the whole group huddled together like a bunch of idiots while being battered by the wind and rain，looking rather comical。

Just as the subordinates were urging them to wait inside the Service Area，the convoy carrying Veronica finally arrived late。

The two Police Cars clearing the way in front stopped one after another at the entrance of the Service Area，handing over duties to the local Brenta Police Force，and a group of people gathered eagerly in front of the Business Vehicle waiting for the guards to get out and open the door。

The Secretary had already reminded Veronica beforehand，so she was not surprised by such a scene either，she got out of the vehicle under the protection of the guards，briefly straightened her clothes，then put on a formulaic smile and warmly shook hands with the group。

Langer tightly gripped Veronica’s hand：“Oh Leader，all the people of Brenta City have been longing day and night and have finally managed to welcome you here。”

The smile on Veronica’s face deepened：“That I actually believe~”

The group exchanged pleasantries as they surrounded Veronica and boarded their Official Minibus，introducing Brenta City’s beautiful and clean streets along the way。

They were indeed beautiful and clean，forget garbage，there were not even any pedestrians，the entire street had been cleared for Veronica，and not a single vehicle could be seen along the roadway，leaving their route completely unobstructed。

Until they reached the City Government Seat the group’s mouths never stopped，constantly reporting and boasting about the achievements Brenta had made over these years。

However the harmonious and pleasant atmosphere was broken by a black car parked outside the City Government Seat。

Two young men got out of the vehicle，the Police maintaining public order nearby stepped forward to stop them，the empty-handed young man opened his palm and showed it to the Police Officer blocking him，the latter hurriedly stood at attention and saluted before stepping back to clear a path。

The two walked up to Veronica and saluted：“Reporting！Captain of Squad 3，Detachment 7，Group 3 of the Integrity Inspection Department，Andreyev reporting for duty。”

The expressions of the surrounding Brenta officials immediately changed，and Langer who was following beside Veronica did not look good either，the Integrity Inspection Department existed specifically to deal with people like them，they avoided it whenever possible，and seeing them could only be called rotten luck。

The main reason was that the Integrity Inspection Department itself had always maintained a very low presence，but if one day you actually saw them，that meant some official was about to suffer。

Veronica’s expression did not change as she nodded with a smile：“Let me see what good stuff you’ve brought me。”

Andreyev stepped aside，while the other Integrity Inspection Team Member who had been holding a wooden box crouched down and placed it on the ground，opening it in front of everyone，a dead fish wrapped in Black Water lay quietly inside。

As the box opened a foul stench also spread through the surrounding air，and every official gathered nearby reached out to cover their nose。

“This is a river water sample extracted from one of the town tributaries of the Brenta River。”

Langer’s expression immediately changed drastically upon hearing this：“Nonsense！How could the water of the Brenta River possibly look like this！”

Was this some kind of joke，the Brenta River was Brenta City’s Mother River，70 percent of the residents’ water was drawn from the river，and he was saying this Black Water was Brenta River water，could this stuff even be drunk？

A tributary？Even if it was a tributary that was still unacceptable！The tributary would ultimately flow into the main river channel too。

Veronica looked around at everyone with a faint smile that was not quite a smile：“Since Mayor Langer doesn’t believe it，then I trust Mayor Langer’s judgment，but we might as well go and take a look together。Right，the entire Brenta City Leadership Team is coming along。”

The journey was actually not very far，but during the brief dozen or so minutes on the road quite a few City Leaders inside the Minibus continuously had sweat seeping from their foreheads。

Although Veronica had returned to her own vehicle and was not inside the Minibus，they still felt an enormous sense of crisis looming over their hearts。

Several Bureau Directors frantically made phone calls，cursing furiously into the receivers：

“What the hell are you people doing，you didn’t have the slightest vigilance toward unfamiliar outsiders coming and going？”

“Didn’t I tell you to重点【monitor】those areas，how could a pollution problem still be【exposed】！”

“Do you really have to act like this？If something goes wrong I’m the one who’ll shoulder most of the responsibility anyway，these damned Business Owners really never give anyone peace of mind。”

Mayor Langer actually found their reactions somewhat strange，in his view some damned company had probably secretly discharged pollutants again recently and happened to get caught red-handed，all they had to do was deal with that company and clean up the Pollution Source。

Langer abruptly turned his head toward the cowering Director of the Health Bureau Gedo，his eyes widening as he charged straight at him，only to be grabbed by the surrounding Secretaries and guards。

“You fucking tell me what’s going on！！！”

Gedo was on the verge of tears：‘I，I don’t know Leader。’

“You fucking dare say you don’t know？Isn’t this your responsibility？！What the hell are you doing？Does Brenta belong to your family！！！”

Veronica raised her hand to stop the farce at the scene and said coldly：“Investigate everything clearly before fighting，where are the Sewage Discharge Pipelines？Which companies are involved？Where is the source？”

Langer barely suppressed the anger in his heart，but after his Secretary answered a call his face also turned pale，and he walked up to Langer and said in a trembling voice：

“Mayor，a call from the Alliance Central Supervision Team...they’re also here in our city，they said they discovered a Land Contamination problem at a factory that had ceased operations，and want us to go over there...”

Langer’s vision immediately went dark，even if these matters basically had nothing to do with him，for a Mayor to have things reach this point basically meant his career had already reached its end。

“The shallowest point of your Groundwater is less than two meters below the surface，once the pollution penetrates the soil and flows into the Underground Water System，no one will be able to save Brenta。”

“The Water Resources are polluted，the land is polluted，the people are ruined too，what future do we still have to speak of？”