American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 58 Decree No. 51

When Arthur went to the police station to go through the bail procedures according to the procedure, he received an unexpected news.

"What did you say? Why aren't you allowing me to post bail? This is clearly following the normal bail process!"

A bearded sheriff smiled helplessly.

"These are orders from above, orders directly from the federal government. Mr. Black can only be released after the commissioner's investigation is completed."

Arthur frowned.

"Which law stipulates this?"

The bearded sheriff scratched his head, picked up a document and began to look through it.

"Let me see, I remember it said something like... I found it. According to Executive Order No. 51 signed by the President, cases involving special forces will be handled by the Federal Emergency Agency..."

The bearded sheriff read out a bunch of difficult-to-understand decrees and regulations as if they were reading a heavenly book. Jennifer felt dizzy from listening to them, but Arthur and Needy listened very carefully.

After listening to the whole thing, Arthur continued to question the bearded sheriff.

“Why haven’t I heard about this presidential order?”

As a lawyer, Arthur was very sensitive to current affairs news. It was impossible for him not to know about the new policies, not to mention that he had never heard of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"Maybe it's a secret decree. Anyway, it's on the fax sent from above. I can't do anything about it."

The bearded sheriff shrugged, he just wanted to get by as a pay rat and not have any problems.

Arthur's expression was a little ugly, mainly because he felt embarrassed in front of his daughter, but he had no other choice but to say something harsh.

"Just wait, I'll find out if this decree is true! If it's fake, I'll definitely sue you! Needy, Jennifer, let's go!"

"Dad, I want to say a few more words to Roy."

"Go."

Needy and Jennifer immediately returned to the cell and explained the situation to Roy.

"Denied bail?"

After listening to Nidi's story, Roy felt a little strange.

Generally speaking, unless it involves treason or espionage, as long as you can afford the money, you can be released on bail, and the bail amount will be higher at most.

"Roy, don't worry, we all believe in you, and Dad will find a way to get you out!"

"I'm not worried about anything, but I'm a little embarrassed. Tonight is Christmas Eve, and I still have to make you worry about my affairs."

Hearing this, Nidi was a little moved and she held Roy's hand.

"Roy, you helped me before, this time it's my turn to help you!"

At this time, Jennifer also stretched out a hand.

"One more for me!"

The three of them held hands together, feeling the warmth in their hands, and no one wanted to let go.

Until Arthur coughed impatiently.

"Ahem, we should go!"

"Roy, wait for our news!"

"I will."

After leaving the police station, Needy whispered to her father Arthur.

"Dad, Roy's case is very strange. There must be something hidden behind it!"

"I thought so too. I'll call a few old classmates later. They work in government departments and might know about Presidential Order No. 51."

"and then?"

"What then?"

Needy glared at Arthur. She had always been a good girl, but this was a rare instance of her expressing dissatisfaction with her father.

This made Arthur feel a bit chilly, as if his cotton-padded jacket was leaking more and more. "If the decree is confirmed to be true, will we do nothing?"

"My dear, if this decree is true, we can only go to the Supreme Court. By then, Roy would have been released long ago."

Needy was very dissatisfied with Arthur's answer, but she didn't know how to refute it.

When it comes to legal matters, Needy is definitely no match for her father Arthur.

After returning to the rented holiday home, Needy immediately pulled Jennifer back to her room, slammed the door shut, and pulled the curtains.

"Needy, what are you doing?"

Jennifer was a little surprised to see Needy acting like a thief.

"Jennifer, we can't just rely on my dad. I said I would help Roy!"

Jennifer reacted immediately when she saw Needy take out her laptop and plug it into the Internet cable.

"So you decided to use your hacking skills to help Roy?"

"Hmm! It's true that I'm not as good as my father when it comes to legal provisions, but he's not as good as me when it comes to finding confidential information!"

As she spoke, Needy had already started typing on the keyboard so quickly that her slender fingers were almost leaving afterimages.

Jennifer stood behind Needy curiously, looking at the lines of code on the computer screen and felt a little dizzy for a moment.

"So what do you want to check?"

"Dad's going to ask about Executive Order 51. I'm going to check out that so-called Federal Emergency Management Agency! If the government really has such an agency, even if it's a secret agency, there will definitely be some traces! Jennifer, help me keep an eye on the outside. I'll create some hacking software first, and I'll call you when I find something."

"no problem."

After Jennifer helped keep watch for a while, she heard Needy's surprised voice.

"Jennifer, I found it!"

"let me see!"

Jennifer immediately returned to the screen and saw a simple government website with small and dense text.

"Why are the words so small?"

"The font on this website can't be adjusted. Let me read it to you. The Federal Emergency Agency (FEA), established in 1991, reports directly to the President and is responsible for handling certain special cases... It seems to be a very high-level secret agency!"

As we all know, the more vague the rights and responsibilities are, the greater the discretion in between.

FEA is an organization with unclear responsibilities and very high authority.

"There really is such a department! Needy, do you have any more information?"

Needy scrolled down the website and clicked on a few links.

"No, that's all there is on the government's internal website. The detailed information on FEA is probably highly confidential and not shared with the outside world."

If the network is physically disconnected, there is nothing Needy can do no matter how good her hacking skills are.

"Needy, if this is all the information we have, it seems like we can't help Roy!"

"I'll look for it again. As long as this department is really operating, it will definitely leave some traces in society."

Needy opened another browser and logged directly into the dark web to start searching for information.

"Here, someone's house was haunted, and an organization called FEA bought it for a low price. And here, a strange serial murder case was taken over by FEA for investigation... This organization is quite active!"

However, there is no information about FEA in the mainstream media or even on the mainstream Internet.

Needy and Jennifer looked at each other.

“This organization has huge problems!”

As native Americans, both Needy and Jennifer knew that the American government was quite good at being unkind.

After all, it is definitely darkest under the lighthouse, and only those who are high up can enjoy the light.

"Needy, we have to think of a way!"

(End of this chapter)