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"Not everyone is qualified to govern and control a small town. Only one person can do this, and that is the mayor of this town. Do you understand what this means?"

These words were spoken without any hesitation or ambiguity, as if they were delivered commandingly to the man standing before her.

Everything was awaiting the man's response.

The guard captain believed she had made the most appropriate choice.

Beyond that, doing anything else might be seen as a mistake.

But things weren't that easily and simply resolved.

Hearing this man speak such words with such seriousness, the thug tilted his head in slight surprise.

At first, he wondered if he had misheard something.

But seeing the man's serious demeanor and extreme responsibility, it was clear that truth was being spoken. There was no error in what had been said.

Under these circumstances, he realized that things didn't seem as simple as he'd assumed, and that the man wasn't joking around with him.