Chapter 109: Director of Investigations

The director of investigations, Simon Finn, sat at his desk, his brow furrowed in concentration as he pored over the files before him. The morning had brought a direct order from his superiors – an order that carried the weight of the highest authority in the land. He was to investigate the politicians implicated in the explosive recording that had been leaked to the public, and he was to do so swiftly and decisively. In Simon's line of work, the phrase "investigate quickly and end quickly" held a particular significance—it was a thinly veiled directive to find a suitable scapegoat, someone to take the fall and absolve the true culprits of their misdeeds. As Simon's gaze drifted over the names and faces in the dossiers before him, one name stood out like a beacon in the darkness: the White family. Simon had long been aware of the immense power and influence wielded by the White dynasty, but he couldn't help but see them as the perfect sacrificial lambs in this high-stakes game of