Chapter Nine
September 15, 2228, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Police Enforcement Zone 122 Station, Office of Detectives Jia Lin and Erik Blackwell
Erik let out a quiet grunt of irritation as he skimmed yet another detailed crime statistics report. He understood the importance of intelligence but sitting there reading documents all day wasn’t his idea of fighting crime.
The amusement value of the department’s previous hypocrisy wasn’t enough to ease his pain.
The reports made it clear there was crime all over Neo SoCal, both for the groundlings and the Uptowners, but they had been acting like it was all but eradicated. A lie was easy when everyone had a vested interest in feigning belief in it. Even though crime had worsened in recent weeks, there had been a decent amount before.
