Victoria Housekeeping's accumulated experience over the years far exceeds what most people imagine.
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After the first round of arrests by Fagar, TOPS Financial Alliance requested a reconvening of the meeting.
The brightly lit, enclosed room was filled with people who were frequently wiping their foreheads.
Despite the central air conditioning blowing out cold air, they were still drenched in sweat.
Everyone was arguing, their faces red and necks bulging, passionately defending their beliefs like warriors, yet they all glanced at the table in the middle as they finished speaking.
It's as if it's saying: Look how well I did!
Most of the people at the central table were drowsy, occasionally glancing around at how many people were cheering and giving them approving looks.
But inwardly he was wondering how many bones he would have to throw out to make these good dogs bark loudly at the next meeting.
Finally, an elderly man in a suit and tie, with white hair, knocked on the table.
Upon hearing this, the people sitting at the central round table immediately focused their attention and became slightly more serious.
They knew that this boring meeting was finally getting down to business.
Byrne, the chief scientist of TOPS Financial Alliance, was also at the round table, looking up at the table.
That white-haired old man was no ordinary person; he was the new mayor of Ellie City. Although he was facing a change of government and his age no longer supported his re-election as mayor, his influence remained!
Byrne's expression turned somber; the fact that the old mayor was about to retire made the matter even more complicated.
As expected, the former mayor spoke first:
“The new Elidu has been established for a long time. But the last time we lost face was when the old capital fell (Note 1).
In short, he set the tone. Having been in politics for a long time, the old mayor was already adept at how to occupy the high ground of public opinion.
"At that moment, Void Zero suddenly went out of control, the etheric activity surged, and it suddenly expanded in all directions!"
"At that time, countless families were innocently swept into the void, resulting in broken families and separated loved ones! Countless people never saw the sun rise the next day, and countless more watched helplessly as their hard-earned blood and sweat of twenty or thirty years were burned to ashes in the zero void!"
When the conversation turned to the most emotional parts, the old mayor suddenly became very emotional. Although those sitting here had long since become hard-hearted, they seemed to see the people's heartache at that time and forced themselves to wipe away a couple of tears.
Their leader—the elderly mayor—remained passionate and eloquent:
"You should remember, right outside this door, looking out the window at that tallest tower in New Elidu (Note 2), hundreds and thousands of people lined up to jump off the tower!"
"Later, people heard that the Zero Hollow was going to continue spreading. Factories went on strike, shops closed, students went on strike and marched, and we were stuck in front of the government building, unable to get out. Everyone was in riots, nobody was trying to do anything, and civilization was in imminent danger!"
"It's me, it's me!"
Suddenly, the old mayor slammed his hand on the table. Everyone was bewildered but impressed, suddenly feeling an invisible aura spread out, witnessing firsthand how the old mayor had brought the meeting to its climax:
"It was my final decision to blow up the 14 palisades in the southwest to northeast direction of Elidu (Note 3), creating a large rift valley, and then fairly and justly assigning the blame for the loss of control of the Zero Hole to Carlos Alna (Note 5) and others of the [Helios Organization] (Note 4), thus successfully ensuring the continuation of civilization!"
Is there anything different this time?
"Is there anything wrong with letting the citizens vent their pent-up feelings of justice by trying Fagga?"
Upon hearing this, the room fell silent, as quiet as a library, with only a few people taking meeting minutes clapping away on their keyboards.
But soon, a wave of emotion arose, and all the old mayor's supporters stood up, expressing their views with great enthusiasm. The meeting room immediately became lively, and public opinion was overwhelmingly in favor of the former mayor.
The old mayor sat back in his seat with a smug expression, as if victory was assured.
But soon, the old mayor and his supporters suddenly turned a deep purple with anger.
A quiet, understated statement:
"In other words, you want to arrest Fagga without any evidence, right?"
"They've mistaken us vampires for demons (Note 6)?!"
Everyone looked over, only to see Bourne suddenly stand up, slowly pull down the mask covering his face, and his clothes behind him were instantly opened by his black and blue wings.
Bang!
Suddenly, he took flight, his wings shattering the tabletop.
Amidst the scattered wood chips, the bloodthirsty aura emanating from the countless drops of blood was far more pervasive than the old mayor's imposing presence, a truly awe-inspiring sight.
"To define Fagga as a sinner, vampire clan—I disagree!"
Immediately afterwards, someone else from TOPS Finance stood up.
She was a beautiful woman in a pink evening gown, who bowed politely to everyone, smiling gently and appearing kind and approachable.
"I apologize for putting everyone in a difficult position, but the chief scientist's opinion also reflects TOPS Financial's opinion."
“We do not agree to the idea of harming Victoria’s children.”
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[Note 1, Fall of the Old Capital: The Zero Void went out of control once before the main storyline, causing heavy losses to New Elidu, which lost a large amount of territory. This event was named the Fall of the Old Capital.]
[Note 2, Statue Tower: From the Zero Worldview PV, Neo-Elid relies on Statue Towers to detect and control voids.]
[Note 3, Eridu: The predecessor of New Eridu, modeled after Delhi, a city in a certain strongest Asian country, which was renamed New Delhi after being attacked by the People's Liberation Army. When an old city is rebuilt, sometimes the word "New" is added to its name.]
[Note 4: Helios Agency: An organization founded by the first Professor Archer of Void Hunt, dedicated to the study of voids.]
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[Note 5: Carlos Alna: Fahrenheit's teacher, Ling and Zhe, was declared the instigator of the Zero Void's loss of control and is forever bound to the pillar of shame in New Elidu.]
[Note 6: Oni Clan: The race to which Tsukishiro Willow (PV) Aokaku belongs. They fought a war with Neo-Elido and were defeated and wiped out. The survivors of the Oni Clan integrated into Neo-Elido.]
[From this chapter onwards, the author's personal interpretations will be fully incorporated.]
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