Free Web NovelChapter 792: Chapter 701: New Nara City Speedrun Record (3)
"Is this all?" Xu Xiaoyou said. "I know your subordinates are busy destroying the records."
"I’ve warned you all before, these tricks don’t work on me."
Everyone looked at each other, but no one provided an answer.
The effect of the Word Spirit: Who Knows shrouded the conference room; unspeakable deeds needed no response, as answers would appear in each of their minds.
"Damn it, smiling tiger, didn’t you say the Tiger Claw Gang wouldn’t touch Moon Sugar? Turns out it was your people selling it on my turf all along!"
A gang leader immediately stood up and pointed at another leader, yelling angrily.
"Your cleaners are smuggling organs within your turf; how many people are dragged into alleys and have their organs taken right after leaving work by those paint dogs? Can you clear yourself?"
"Damn it, everyone said they wouldn’t touch the smuggling business, and now from what I’ve seen, I’m the only one honestly selling legitimate fitness health products, huh?" A bald muscular man rubbed his smooth head, unable to hold back a curse.
"You call those fitness health products? Your coach is eager for the Nine Dragons to inject members, turning them into sharp-headed muscle monsters, exceeding doses by how many times, have you cared about their survival?" someone righteously retorted.
"They all signed waivers, don’t spit lies!" The muscular man, feeling guilty, diverted his gaze.
"When things are exposed, you press their heads to sign contracts, or else chop off hands and feet; who doesn’t know your methods?"
"Are you that pure and unblemished? The city has the most black debts from your Black Thorn Security, and your guards carry weapons everywhere, and the squad leader even wears Logic Studio combat gear!" The muscular man couldn’t bear it and fought back.
"Encounter any trouble, and you send people to wipe out enemy families, causing chaos in the city, driving many young people to suicide from your collection agents’ pressure; the world has suffered under your Black Thorn Security for long enough!"
"And you, your bathhouse is the largest, with Wind Crane’s black cars parked at the entrance every day; who doesn’t know the shady dealings behind you?"
The gang members all started yelling, and it seemed like a gang fight would break out in the conference room. Xu Xiaoyou rubbed her temples and tapped her fingers on the table forcefully.
Previously loud and red-faced, the gang members quickly quieted down, shrinking their necks and sitting back in their seats.
"Are you still proud of yourselves?" Xu Xiaoyou laughed angrily, "In Tower City, people sacrifice every moment, yet you’re here in paradise."
As Xu Xiaoyou spoke, scenes of countless souls suffering inside the Light Chasing Tower flashed in her mind, people struggling in pain, closing their eyes in numbness, with no one knowing whether hope would come tomorrow, as the future was forever shrouded in hopelessness.
A sharp pain spread over her forehead.
Xu Xiaoyou took a deep breath and, after briefly calming herself, shook her head.
Assigning blame wasn’t her purpose for coming; she would leave the mess to the Wind Crane family to handle.
She reviewed all Moon Sugar-related reports again; these people had not hidden anything from her in this regard. Many gray area issues also showed no suspicious signs.
What, ultimately, had caused the ’family concept’ to spread across the entire city?
At this moment, Chichu Chun entered and whispered a few words into Xu Xiaoyou’s ear.
Xu Xiaoyou was slightly taken aback.
Just now, Wind Crane Sichen... died.
No signs of suicide, surveillance footage showed he seemed to have seen an extremely terrifying image before suddenly transforming into a ’family concept’ like a monster, violently killing the clan member overseeing him.
Currently, the Wind Crane family’s armed members have arrived and killed him, preventing further escalation.
At this time, Xu Xiaoyou noticed the corner of the report had a newly scheduled item.
New Sharp Radio—All Tomorrows FM
New Sharp Radio, this was the second time she’d noticed this station.
The screen above the meeting flickered, broadcasting a citywide cycling marathon. Countless volunteers in red and white New Sharp Radio uniforms cheered from the sidelines, while racers took off at the whistle, rushing forth vigorously from an aerial view.
Xu Xiaoyou noticed all of these racers wore identical racewear, with the ’All Tomorrows’ symbol printed on the front of their professional cycling jerseys.
"What’s this?" Xu Xiaoyou asked.
"Nothing, just a cycling race recently held by the city, with no prize money; both the staff and competitors are volunteers," a business association official laughed and replied.
"It’s organized by the city’s TV tower people, with strong public support; they didn’t expect it to start so quickly. The city hasn’t been this lively in a long time."
"Jealous of these young people, they truly have life energy."
"So nice, I even want to join this collective."
The city was lively with cheers and bursting fireworks, but Xu Xiaoyou sharply captured the underlying message, and suddenly felt a chill running down her spine.
"You just said, join the collective...?"
The person turned his head in confusion and found the blonde girl scrutinizing him coldly.
"What join the collective, did I say that?"
"Oh, maybe subconsciously, being alone all day, you’re bound to say such things sometimes."
Following the clues, Xu Xiaoyou casually continued asking.
"What’s the deal with this All Tomorrows FM channel?"
"Not sure, it seems the city’s young people have been discussing it, it’s a night program, right?"
"I went to clean my daughter’s room before and she was watching it. I glanced at it; nothing much, just about a creator suddenly appearing and changing humanity’s future, turning them into all sorts of monsters, with the remaining people uniting for warmth..."
"Uniting for warmth?"
Detecting something odd, Xu Xiaoyou opened the radio program through the curtain and found the comment section.
"Damn creator, turning us into that, singing people, long-necked musk, subterranean worms, and pimps!"
"Hurry and update, I really want to see the next episode; can we unite and successfully resist the creator?"
"Recent episodes seem to carry an inexplicable poignancy, especially as different galaxies’ beings, despite physical deformities, finally connect through a common frequency after long suppression, bringing a burgeoning sense of hope."
"Though our languages differ, we’ve spiritually communicated across galaxies, expressing perplexed thoughts from millennia past; it feels so warm, like sunbathing..."
"Across the screen, my gaze seems to merge with yours."
"It’s us; we are united; we are facing each other."
Looking at this strangely atmospheric comment section, a sense of unease grew stronger in Xu Xiaoyou’s mind. Upon seeing one particular comment, the unease suddenly exploded.
"We will head towards All Tomorrows."
