Corruption policière à l'Ares Garden

Police corruption at Ares Garden is presented as an operating shield for the venue’s illegal underground fights: Chen uses the bar as cover, treats visiting officers well, and relies on their complicity and silence. The passage makes the arrangement concrete as Jungkook arrives to fight that evening, revealing a criminal enterprise sustained not only by secrecy but by compromised law enforcement.

The Bar as Cover

Ares Garden is a place where illegal fights take place, but Chen has given the establishment a respectable public-facing explanation: it operates as a bar. The cover is described as effective. When Jungkook arrives with his sports bag for that evening’s fight, the venue is already functioning on the dual identities of drinking establishment and underground fight site.

Police Complicity and Silence

Police officers come to the bar to drink, and some of them also watch the fights. Chen treats them well; the passage identifies this relationship as the reason they are corrupt and do not speak out. Their presence does not expose the illegal activity. Instead, their participation and silence help preserve its cover.

Chen’s Power and the Venue’s Protection

The account links the officers’ silence to fear as well as personal accommodation: Chen is described as dangerous, and the officers know it. The scene therefore depicts protection as an informal bargain backed by intimidation, rather than as a formal arrangement. Chen’s greeting to Jungkook when he arrives early, followed by Jungkook’s reply that preparation is essential, places the fight-night routine inside this compromised setting. The corruption is significant because it lets Ares Garden’s illegal activity continue behind an ordinary bar’s appearance.