Today a moderately known Parisian lawyer by the name of Gibby was brutally murdered. Though the police have yet to identify any suspects and no person has come forward to claim the action as there own, much ado has spawned of this controversy. Allow this reporter to take you to the beginning. It all started on a brisk morning, and all that is know of the eye witness account is that Gibby had taken his Dog for a walk. He and Borden crossed paths and this is where things took a turn for the worse. All that is known is that somewhere in the next 5 minutes Borden was savagely attacked by Gibby's pup. What is not known however is whether Gibby ordered this to happen, or Borden was allowing the puppy to play with him and things got out of hand. Both parties disagree on the matter, however Gibby was found dead in an alleyway shortly after Borden was released from the hospital. After this it is said that much talk and speculation was going on over this encounter and a young, very wealthy, friend of Gibby's overheard much of the conversation and selected a few to blame for the rumors now spreading like wildfire. Within hours the criminal underground was flooded with contracts ranging through all walks of life, the most lucrative of which is on a not very well known Doctor by the name of Rednav. It is rumored that Rednav himself bid on the contract for his own life just to find out who placed it and in doing so issued a challenge to the man. This challenge, although still on the table, seems to have been disregarded by the yet-unknown friend of Gibby as a taunting of sorts. Though none of these supposed calls for death of Gibby's nay-sayer's has reportedly been fulfilled, one question has yet to be answered. What is to happen when the people catch wind of this young man? This reporter only shudders to think about how the general populace could feel about such audaciously misguided attempts on people's lives, but waits with bated breath to see the outcome. Your Reporter on the Street ~Lordian~

A conflict last week on january 28th left multiple people dead and turned around a city. How the ancient tale of revenge led to SaintSinner leading London:

It started when Kurogane, a Paris enforcer and by many known under the nickname Skukz took out New York citizen SexRex in Paris, who appeared to be inactive. Normally not a problem, but had Kurogane, at the time under the influence of marihuana, looked further he could have discovered that SexRex was merely on vacation: he left a holiday note in his quote.
Still, the situation could have been minor, were it not that SexRex was a close friend of Wyse, Don and New York city leader. Soon enough, Wyse contacted Kurogane to get some answers about the killing. The content of the message was unclear for a while. NTO spoke of "a few words to skukz", while Kurogane said: "He threatened me, in a message, and I don't just take that shit."

Wyse let us know the following about the message: "Well I was pretty angry when I found out that SexRex was murdered. Immediatly I set out to find who did it. The evidence led back to Skukz, and I sent a very angry message to him. I called him a few names which probably made him angry. I owed Skukz a favor, and me not whacking him was the favor returned. I made it very clear in more than one message, I wasnt going to fight him over it."

Kurogane however was ready to fight and decided to move to New York, torch Wyse's apartment, and attempt to take his life. The favor was quickly returned by Wyse: "I left for NY again to resume my daily business, and all of a sudden Skukz comes at me with his hands. I had to retaliate, I pulled out my tommy and blasted him. An hour later, I hear a bullet wizz past my ear, and there is Narco looking through a scope at me."

Narco was a London Don, de facto city leader there, out to avenge Kurogane.
NTO took action: "Narco wanted revenge for Skukz, and went to whack Wyse. He (Wyse) had done nothin wrong but defend himself, so I put an end to Narco. He should have known better, being a member of the Round Table."

London

All this violence did have some positive results though. After Narco was whacked the city of London was left behind with a power vacuum. As mentioned before, Narco was de facto city leader there, but daily affairs like auth and incentives were not being taken care of. The power vacuum was an ideal situation for change. NTO recognized this situation and sent over SaintSinner to lead London and help run it. SaintSinner: "After NTO killed Narco there wasnt anyone to take over. I didnt get the why of Narco being shot... but the other day NTO just simply asked if I would take over London and help run it."

A team of 4 was formed consisting of SaintSinner, LeVan, Brisk, and lorrie, prominent London citizens. So far, it seems the solution can count on broad popular support. Lorrie: "Saintsinner is overall head, while the rest take care of the daily running of auths and things. Theres an incentive thread, new and better rules, auths regularly updated, I think we got the city behind us but it is still early days."

Blood has been shed, but it seems that the game of revenge and murder has left London in a better position. Events can have unpredictable outcomes in the world of InJustice.

Article & research by: JohnnyStar

The stage was set. IJ had its old newspaper back, and it had a dedicated couple of people working on it. Articles trickled in, some of quality, some... not so good. Nevertheless, tales of muggings, interviews with crews and general gossip filled the paper; coming from sources far and wide.

In running, people say there is a point where runners have given their all and they feel like they just have to stop, as if they had run into a brick wall. I am sad to report, that this may indeed be the brick wall for the ijtimes.

Recent articles have come from Sydney, but the quality of these reports is admittedly low, with the editors being forced to publish as there are no other writers who have bothered submitting things to the paper.

The new underground ijvfans site ijplanet.tk ran a thread called 'IJTimes or SydneyTimes?', which was a stab at the flood of sydney reports, and asked if sydney were using the IJTimes to gain a higher population.

I put it to the IJ world, that you should not complain about the city being over reported, if you haven't got the time or the patience or even the skill to write and submit your own.

I put it to the IJ world, that the standards of writing have slipped so dramatically from the predecessors of this paper, that the appeal of writing in the paper has slipped.

Therefore I put it to the IJ world that the only way to raise standards and balance the reporting playing field of the IJTimes is to write the best articles you possibly can and submit them to us. Instead of moaning about the problem, try working towards the solution.

Today, around noon, Paris' police officers found the dead body of Nelson lying on a bench on the Rue de Rivoli, with his head facing backwards in an awkward position. Some research among underworld contacts revealed that this was an execution carried out by Paris city leader Gibbs. Your reporter contacted Gibbs and found out the story behind this killing, and the earlier murdering of Parisian Judge Tsukane.

Nelson was a Roman, quickly rising through the ranks of the Roman crime families, and recently, he managed to be introduced into the highest circles of the underworld, gaining a bold suit, and the commonly accepted family enforced protection from criminal prosecution. But well before being introduced to these circles and acquiring the bold suit, Nelson already demanded protection from prosecution to be honored by judges around the world. Some did, like Tokian judge JohnnyStar, to prevent any difficulties. Others, like Paris judge Tsukane didn't. Gibbs: "Before he was bold, he was getting guiltied by my judge tsukane and he was threatening my judge to NG him or he'll whack him. (...)  And tsukane was one of the more active and friendly ones. He was a good guy."

At first, it didn't become more than threats. However acquiring the bold suit quickly led to  a change in Nelson's attitude: he decided to take action, and grab the plane to Charles de Gaulle airport, so he could shoot Tsukane right outside the courtroom without ever consulting Paris' city leaders. Gibbs: "Well, he got bold and decided to whack tsukane without speaking to me or derail first. Put me on an "egg hunt" all morning trying to find the killer."

The hunt was on. For 4 hours, Gibbs was trying to find out the identity of Tsukane's murderer untill an anonymous tip led to Nelson being the killer. A quick inquiry among Paris citizens revealed that Nelson was still present in Paris. Gibbs: "I messaged my citizens to see if he was in Paris, and sure enough, he was, so i flew right my private jet from Rome to Paris to handle the situation."

Nelson was found to be chilling on a bench on the Rue de Rivoli, not too far from the scene of the earlier killing. He was wearing a disguise, complete with trench coat, shades, and a fake mustache, and was trying hard not to attract attantion from the cops running by rushing their way to the scene of the earlier Tsukane killing. Nelson failed to spot Gibbs though, who walked up to him from behind, grabbed him by the head, and snapped his neck in two, without any of the cops even hesitating to do something against it. In some cities in the world, order is maintained by it's city leaders, and Paris is a great example of that. Gibbs: "As a city leader, I PROTECT my citzens as best as I can."

Article & research by: JohnnyStar