The following morning, inside the firm.
Carlo, Li Jiehao, Fenri all went to the Joint Investigation Bureau, while Isaac was alone at the moment.
After all, his current persona is that of a "defector" from the Joint Investigation Bureau. If he were still going to work normally, it wouldn't be something that could be explained away by simply being dedicated to his job.
Before leaving, Carlo told Isaac to find something to do and even allowed him to use the desk and chair set in the living room, which was quite generous—according to Carlo himself.
Isaac ate his breakfast while flipping through the Vista Daily.
Today's front page of the newspaper is about the "House of Lords deliberating on repealing the Corn Laws," with the subheading "Passes with a clear majority, repeal of the Corn Laws imminent."
The main text devotes considerable space to describing the debate and voting process that day, and specifically notes that the repeal of the Corn Laws was "a decision made by the members of parliament out of a high degree of concern for the daily prices of the citizens of Vista."
Isaac thought to himself that if the bill didn't pass, it would probably be because of "deep considerations for food security in Vista." There are always two sides to everything, and it's not difficult to only report the good side.
He had learned a bit about Vista's parliamentary process over the past few days, and it was quite complicated compared to the direct voting system of city councils like Palmer's.
The council of Vista is divided into two houses, the upper and lower houses. Seats in the upper house are tied to nobles, and each noble has their own seat.
The person may not attend every time, but there will be a representative who is always present.
The seats in the House of Commons are elected, and the delineation of constituencies and the electoral thresholds have been debated since the House of Commons was established, which Isaac is not very familiar with.
For any bill, it is first submitted to the House of Commons for an initial vote. If the vote is in favor of the bill, it passes. It is then submitted to the House of Lords for consideration.
If the House of Lords rejects the bill, the bill proposer must amend it and resubmit it until the House of Lords passes it. If the House of Lords rejects it outright, then there is no opportunity to amend it directly, and the bill must go through the process of the House of Commons' first vote again.
However, the passage of the bill in the House of Lords does not mean that the bill is immediately enacted. After all, the bill may have been amended several times, so it will return to the House of Commons for a final vote to confirm its enactment.
The House of Lords also has the power to set higher voting thresholds for bills. Ordinary bills only require a majority vote, but if a bill is classified as a major bill, it must meet stricter conditions such as two-thirds in favor or no more than one-third against.
However, it is said that the Senate rarely directly vetoes a bill. Even if it is dissatisfied with a bill, it will not directly veto it, but will still pretend to pass it.
However, such bills often "regrettably" fail to pass in the final vote in the House of Commons due to a lack of crucial votes.
As a result, the gentlemen of the House of Lords are still considerate of the people's feelings; the bad guys are in the House of Commons, which is elected—how despicable! Who elected them? They're so wicked! They should learn their lesson and elect someone better next time!
The above statements are from Carlo, Isaac assumes no responsibility for them.
After reading the report, Isaac flipped through the other pages, which were mostly municipal announcements and business news.
Then a knock came at the door.
Isaac paused for a moment, realizing he needed to knock; it was clearly neither Carlo nor Li Jiehao who had a key.
Could it be a client? Carlo said that occasionally they get private clients who come to their door, or perhaps...
Isaac suppressed his emotions, walked to the door, and picked up his cane. "Who is it?"
The knocking stopped, and after a few seconds of silence outside, a child's voice came in. "Who are you?"
Isaac was taken aback again. The question was unusual; knocking on the door and then asking who was inside indicated that the person knocking was very familiar with the person who was supposed to open the door.
He opened the door a crack, and a boy stood on the steps. He looked to be in his early teens, with messy, sticking-out hair, wearing an ill-fitting old jacket, and carrying a bulging canvas bag with a large stack of newspapers sticking out of the opening.
The boy also looked up through the crack in the door, saw Isaac, paused for a moment, then realized. "Oh, you're Mr. Schuster's assistant— Asa?"
"You know me?" Isaac opened the door, thinking that to be able to call me that, he obviously knew me directly from Carlo.
"I know, last time someone mentioned in their homework that there was a strange person inquiring about Mr. Schuster, and Mr. Schuster's reply said that was his newly hired assistant."
Strange Man Isaac: "----Oh."
"Hello, Asa, my name is Andy." The boy patted his chest. "I'm the squad leader appointed by Mr. Schuster."
"Squad leader?"
"Ah, I'm usually in charge of collecting and delivering the assignments, since I deliver all the newspapers in this area, it's convenient, and I deliver your firm's newspaper every day too!"
"Oh, thank you." Isaac didn't run into Andy when he got up, since the newspapers were always slipped in through the door dropper, usually quite early, and were already lying at the door when Isaac got up.
"So— Andy, you're here to see Mr. Schuster?"
Andy looked around and lowered his voice, "There's something important. It's a bit slow to hand it over after you've finished your homework, so I think it's better to just tell you directly."
Isaac stepped aside to make way for the doorway. "Come in and talk."
Andy stepped inside without any hesitation, immediately took off his canvas bag and threw it on the ground. He then slipped into the storage room and came out with a box of food, stuffing it into his bag.
Isaac watched Andy perform this routine with practiced ease, unsure whether this was how he always did when visiting Carlo, or...
This time, they took advantage of Carlo's absence to grab some things and leave.
After taking his things, Andy sat down in a chair and gestured with his chin to Asa: " Asa, sit down, don't be shy."
Isaac: "----Okay."
He sat down opposite Andy, Andy took a piece of paper from her bag and handed it to him. "Someone asked me to bring this."
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Isaac took it; the handwriting was crooked and messy, with several words that didn't form a coherent sentence and some spelling errors, but it was still legible.
" Elias Nursing Home - Night - Massacre -"
Isaac's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Andy.
Andy waved his hand. "Someone said there was a horrific murder over there, and the area was surrounded early this morning. Even the newspaper reporters were driven away. I don't know if Mr. Schuster will receive the news soon, but I've been asked to come and inform Schuster."
Isaac understood. Although Carlo must have known about such a heinous case through channels like the Joint Investigation Bureau, and didn't need the children to report it through their homework, the children always liked to take credit, so they rushed over to report it as soon as they saw it.