Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1416 - 1108: The Final Deadline

Chapter 1416: Chapter 1108: The Final Deadline

Minister Yefrogen could not utter a word in the face of the accusations from the several men, because he indeed could not find any excuse.

It wasn’t that he didn’t take this matter seriously—last night he had almost mobilized all the police force in Moscow, going all out to search for the gunman.

But apart from finding the very ordinary Lada car driven by the gunman not far from the crime scene, no other discoveries were made.

According to what Chairman Grezlov, his assistant, and his driver stated, there should have been at least three people in that car when the shooting happened, because, in addition to the two gunmen who opened fire, there should have been a driver.

Naturally, it was these three individuals whom Minister Yefrogen commanded to be searched for.

As for the car abandoned by the gunmen, the police obviously investigated its origin with the utmost speed, hoping to trace the gunmen through this clue.

Unfortunately to their disappointment, this car was just an extremely ordinary Lada, the kind you see everywhere, and the owner of the car was totally unaware of what had happened; the police stormed into his house to arrest him while he was sound asleep.

The result of the rapid interrogation was that the car did indeed belong to him, but he had used it when leaving work in the afternoon, only to park it on the roadside in the evening, and then he had no idea what happened...

Needless to say, those gunmen had just "picked" a car at random from the roadside, which meant this clue was also broken.

Maybe when the police were conducting a citywide search, the gunmen had already switched to another vehicle and left Moscow...

With tens of millions of people in Moscow, and a huge number of transient personnel, to find three people whose faces, ages, or even genders were unknown in one night was as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

Bear in mind, in 2008, the streets and alleys of Moscow were not under real-time surveillance by cameras...

But these couldn’t serve as excuses; sitting in his position, Minister Yefrogen had to shoulder the corresponding responsibility.

Now, facing the criticism of the bigwigs, he was really at a loss for words, only able to flush red and honestly accept the criticism.

His father-in-law just harrumphed, dissatisfied that Yefrogen had spent an entire night without any results.

Medvedev had no choice but to toughen up and defend Yefrogen, making excuses: "Give the Ministry of Internal Affairs some more time. The incident was unexpected, plus those gunmen are obviously not ordinary people and possess quite strong counter-surveillance capabilities."

Chairman Grezlov pressed step by step, his face stern as he demanded: "Then how much more time is needed to uncover the truth of the matter? If you are not competent enough, then don’t occupy this position and leave it to someone more capable!"

"Right, a time limit must be set. We can’t drag this on indefinitely. Moreover, the Duma will convene an emergency meeting this afternoon, where we will initiate accountability procedures against the Ministry of Internal Affairs," Wang Ye said indifferently.

The faces of both the father-in-law and Medvedev changed immediately—they could see the Duma was not willing to let things go.

Once the accountability process was initiated successfully, if the Ministry of Internal Affairs couldn’t produce a satisfactory answer, it was likely that Yefrogen’s situation would be dire!

But there was nothing they could do to stop it, because this was the power granted to the Duma by the Constitution. Not just a Minister of Internal Affairs, but even the Kremlin, according to the Constitution, the Duma had the power to hold accountable and even impeach!

Normally, the Duma wouldn’t readily use this power...

Now that Chairman Grezlov had been attacked, it was clear that the Duma could not swallow this grievance and had begun to wield its "imperial sword," with Yefrogen as the target!

Yefrogen could only grit his teeth and say: "Give us one week! If the truth can’t be discovered by then, I... I will take the responsibility."

At this time, even if he had no confidence in his heart, he still had to make that statement; otherwise, he might not even get that one week’s time.

Wang Ye did not press relentlessly but instead chose to conclude while ahead: "Alright then, I also believe in the professional competence of Minister Yefrogen and the police personnel. We will give you one more week!

I hope that in a week’s time, at the Duma Congress, you can give a satisfactory response to all the Duma Members!"

By saying so, he also gave Medvedev’s side some dignity, postponing the emergency meeting of the Duma scheduled for the afternoon by one week, leaving Yefrogen time to solve the case.

Otherwise, it would mean launching the accountability process that very afternoon, in which case Yefrogen would be doomed!

Sure enough, after hearing what Wang Ye said, Medvedev’s expression looked much better. He looked at Wang Ye gratefully and thought to himself, in critical moments, Mikhail really came through!

Although Chairman Grezlov was somewhat unsatisfied—he had already determined who was behind the shooting case and did not want to waste any more time lest the other side pulled some tricks—Wang Ye’s actions were not wrong either; otherwise, it would seem like the Duma was too hasty and indiscreet in its actions.

So he did not object but just silently nodded his head.

Seeing that both parties had reached a consensus, the father-in-law was overjoyed and hastily declared: "Alright then, let’s settle it this way! Yefrogen, I hope that after you go back, you will quickly capture the gunmen and provide a satisfactory outcome for Chairman Grezlov. Otherwise, once the Duma’s accountability process starts, no one will be able to help you!"