Chapter 215 Chapter 215 – Taxes
"It is now your time for your matters," the governor said before turning to Aria and Vernon. "Kugelblitz first."
"Thank you, sir," Vernon said with a smile while standing up.
"The number of people paying their contributions via their blood has dropped by 2.4% this year," Vernon said. "While that is a great matter for the health of the city, it makes it more difficult for our Heroes to grow stronger."
"At the same time, according to several studies Kugelblitz has performed, the objective value of a credit has decreased by almost 4% within the last year."
"Therefore, we would like to ask the city to increase the taxes of the outer layer of the Outer City by four to five credits," Vernon said.
Nick's eyes widened, and he almost felt like he had been thrown into an icy cold pool of water.
Vernon had just asked the governor to raise the taxes for the people of the Dregs!
Memories of the countless times Nick had seen people almost killing each other just for a couple of credits for the taxes shot through his head.
The people of the Dregs were already beyond desperate!
But now, Vernon was asking for even more money?!
Was he trying to kill them?!
At that moment, Nick came to a terrifying realization.
Right, the blood from the Dregs was what allowed the Crimson Fungus to produce Zephyx.
If the Dregs stopped producing blood, Kugelblitz would lose a huge chunk of its revenue, power, and growth potential.
Naturally, Nick's goal was to improve the lives of the people in the Dregs.
But if that happened, he would essentially be threatening Kugelblitz's power!
The next words that were spoken didn't register in Nick's head as he kept thinking about what all of this meant.
Earlier, Nick had expected that it wouldn't be thaaat difficult to improve the lives of the people in the Dregs.
He just needed to get some stands with free food, which would allow the people to save up a bit of money while also giving them more energy to earn money.
Naturally, that wouldn't solve the fundamental issue, but it would put a band-aid on it until a more permanent solution could be found.
But after hearing Vernon, Nick realized that this wouldn't work.
Kugelblitz would notice the drop in revenue and would go to the governor for an adjustment in the taxes. n((OvelbIn
Then, everything would return to how it was, and the people would still nearly die each month because of the taxes.
And the worst thing was that this state could only be achieved if Nick kept helping them!
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