Investigation into the Incident

As for the reason for this Special Crackdown Operation, it is naturally directly related to Victor's trip under a concealed identity.

Victor was furious when Victor heard in a tavern that a retired soldier had been maimed by loan shark gangsters.

The retired soldiers of the Two Rivers County were a social class he had specifically created, and Victor had high hopes for them.

In particular, most of the veterans not only received combat training in the military, but Victor also provided them with cultural courses.

Although the vast majority of veterans do not have a high level of education, possessing only some writing and reading skills and basic arithmetic abilities, they are still considered educated among civilians.

These demobilized soldiers, with their basic literacy, were perfectly capable of serving as low-level officials after returning to society. Victor wanted to use them to stabilize the region and ensure that all tasks in the territory could be carried out effectively.

To ensure their treatment and status, Victor even established a special Veterans Affairs Bureau to manage veterans.

After all, many veterans still participate in training normally, and they can be temporarily recalled to the army if needed.

As a result, this person encountered loan sharks and even had his leg broken by gangsters, which made Victor wonder about the true state of affairs for veterans on a large scale.

Although Victor didn't know the details of what happened, the veteran's property had been damaged and he had been seriously injured, so the matter had to be handled properly.

After that day, Victor immediately sent people to investigate the details of the matter. To ensure that it was not covered up, Victor assigned the matter to the Internal Security Bureau, and the matter was resolved quickly.

The man named Old Ryan was indeed a retired soldier from the territory, and even a veteran who had participated in two battles against the Barbarians. He had accumulated merits and become Company Commander, but was later discharged because his right thumb was cut off, rendering him unable to fight.

His treatment after retiring from the military was indeed quite good. He could have been assigned to be the village head or militia captain in Immigrant Village, but he refused and went home to farm.

His family lived in a suburban village under the Woodfort City. They owned more than 40 mu of land and made a living by growing fruits and vegetables. They supplied fresh vegetables and fruits to Woodfort City and lived a good life.

Later, because Old Ryan was no longer able to do the heavy farm work, he simply rented out the land and moved to the city with his family, where he ran a grocery store in the southern part of Woodfort City.

Everything was normal here. Old Ryan was a comfortable man, and because of his disability, he didn't have to participate in training, so he lived a very comfortable life.

However, after living in the city for a while, he was lured into gambling and often gambled in small gambling dens in the slums.

Because he runs a grocery store and also earns income from renting out farmland, even if he gambles, as long as he doesn't gamble recklessly, it won't affect his life.

But he was targeted by Scarface's henchmen, who gradually set traps to lure him into gambling, causing him to gamble more and more. In one game, he lost several gold coins, which was no small sum for Old Ryan.

In his desperation to recoup his losses, Old Ryan borrowed money at exorbitant interest rates on the spot, mortgaged his grocery store to Scarface's henchman, and ultimately lost the bet.

Later, Scarface's henchmen led a group to take over the grocery store, but Old Ryan had no intention of handing it over, and a conflict broke out between the two sides during the argument.

Old Ryan was a veteran, and a few ordinary people couldn't subdue him. In their attempt to control Old Ryan, the gang of Old Ryan accidentally broke his leg.

After the incident, Scarface realized the gravity of the situation and immediately tried to cover it up. He contacted the head of the South City Branch Bureau and also paid Old Ryan a sum of money.

But the grocery store had to be taken away, otherwise Scarface and his gang would lose their deterrent effect on gamblers.

After being injured and losing his grocery store, Old Ryan felt ashamed and embarrassed to go to the Veterans Affairs Bureau about it, so he simply moved back to his home in the countryside with his family.

If Victor hadn't overheard the Dockworkers chatting, this incident might have been completely covered up.

The reason those Dockworkers knew about this was because Scarface's henchman used it as an example to intimidate others.