Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 735: One Person Mediates

Since the joint press conference between Enlightenment and the Science Ethics Committee, the social atmosphere of the corporate alliance has suddenly become much more tense.

The gathering and movement of those famous legions such as Ye'nan, the Fampsta Empire, and the Pan-Eastern Continent Federation that are far away in the sky are ultimately too illusory, just like the clouds above one's head, which will never suddenly hit one's head.

But unlike companies, enlighteners are all around us.

The stock market fluctuated violently, prices soared, and the number of frequent flyers and active people in society increased sharply. Even the most insensitive people could smell something bad. Some people were overjoyed, thinking that the doomsday bases they had worked so hard to build and the survival supplies they had stockpiled were finally put to good use.

Among these people, there is also a very small number who took advantage of the situation and soared to a great extent. They took advantage of the opportunity to earn a lot of traffic, sold survival courses online, and forced their savings to catch up with or even exceed the rate of inflation.

But that's all.

You have to keep going to work and keep making money. You can live countless lives, but you can only work for a lifetime. For most people, they watch their living environment get worse and worse, then they say "oh" and continue to work and punch in.

There is one exception.

Corporate alliance.

The city where the General Security Administration is located, [Wu Ke Di].

At first glance, this place looks exactly the same as before. The shadow of war seems to have had no impact on this place. Vehicles are moving in an orderly manner, and the order on the streets is still stable. There are no people holding up anti-corporation banners and storming into supermarkets to buy for free, as in other places.

But if you observe carefully, you can find that there are more changes in the crust land today than in the past.

The density of security personnel patrolling the streets has increased a lot, and they are all fully armed. Armed helicopters and transport shuttles are hovering in the sky for round-the-clock patrols. No matter where an emergency occurs, they can arrive at the scene within three minutes.

There were significantly fewer citizens staying outdoors, and although there were occasional pedestrians, most of them were in a hurry.

The Security Bureau has issued an early warning, advising citizens to reduce going out, stay at home as much as possible, and if there are work needs, try to switch to online work as much as possible - this is impossible.

Apart from the market, the company will not stop for anything. Even if an employee really dies, the company will continue to operate day and night and will not pay any attention to it, not to mention that the war has not really broken out yet and is only a "possible threat."

So the General Security Bureau went to each of them for interviews.

So the company, at least the companies and branches within the shell land agreed one by one.

Even the local prices, which had just shown a sharp upward trend, were also intervened by the General Security Bureau, which issued a long ban covering many commodities, requiring all businesses not to charge excessive premiums. Violators would be dealt with at the speed of light and sentenced according to the law.

Many people say that the biggest function of the Security Bureau is to maintain the security of the enterprise.

Its only function is to act as a lapdog led by the company, barking and guarding the door for the latter.

But at least in the Shell Land and surrounding urban agglomerations, under the sight of the current director general "Paddy Morse", the Security Directorate still maintains absolute authority, and even companies have to lower their expensive heads in front of it.

The Enlightened Ones, the Science Ethics Committee, hacker organizations such as "Theater" and "Iron Curtain of Doom", and mercenary groups such as "Scarlet Fang" and "Iron Glory", no one can get a hand here.

"——Director."

There was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

A young man wearing the standard uniform of the Security Bureau and looking less than thirty years old, pushed open the door, then closed it and respectfully greeted the man across the table.

"As you requested, the wartime plan has been activated. Currently, the work of maintaining order and stability is progressing smoothly, and the situation is still under our control."

He lowered his head and maintained this posture for a long time, but still did not hear the usual "hmm" of affirmation.

He couldn't help but raise his head slightly and found the director holding a cigarette and staring at the other side quietly. He followed his gaze and saw an oil painting hanging on the wall.

Portrait of the second director of the Security Service, Clyde Baldwin.

The first director general was an unlucky guy who was put in this position. Faced with the external pressure of the Seven Lands War and the complicated situation within the coalition government at the time, he was exhausted and finally resigned hastily.

The one who took over his position was Clyde Baldwin, the fifth ring [Transcendence] known as the "Bronze Beast". He fought against invaders externally and balanced the forces of all parties internally. Under his leadership, the Security Bureau entered its most glorious peak state, with a tough stance that no one could match.

Unfortunately, after he fought a fatal battle with a Grand Duke of the Vampsta Empire, both sides died, and the Security Bureau lost its only fifth ring. It fell into decline all of a sudden, even if his successor finally broke through the fifth ring and was able to support the Security Bureau again.

But times have changed and the situation is different.

Due to the continuous decentralization of the coalition government during the Seven Lands War, major companies have long been unable to get rid of their tails and have become giant enterprises. They have even divided up the coalition government in turn and formed a de facto "corporate alliance". Even if the "Bronze Beast" Clyde Baldwin is resurrected, he still has to face many restrictions when facing the giant enterprises that have become the dominant force.

".Director?" he reminded in a low voice.

"I awakened my psychic powers at the age of sixteen, but joined the Security Bureau at the age of thirteen."

Paddy Morse finally spoke.

He held the cigarette in his hand, still staring at the painting, and his speech was not very fast.

"Thirteen years old?" The other party was stunned: "I remember that the minimum age for recruitment is also an adult."

"Except for the psychological assessment, which deducted three points, I scored full marks in all other subjects. The Security Bureau made an exception and accepted me, sending me directly to the General Administration for further studies."

"I was so full of energy at that time, as if no difficulty could stop me. My peers might be able to compete with me in a few subjects, but after comprehensive evaluation, I was still the undisputed number one. I firmly believed that I would become the next Clyde Baldwin, making the Security Agency stronger than when he was there, and returning the Corporate Alliance to its proper position."

The other party stood there, not knowing what to say.

"Unfortunately, I was right about many things and won many things, but on this point, I lost without a doubt. I became the new director general, but not to mention being stronger, I couldn't even get the Security Agency back to the way it was when Clyde Baldwin was there."

"Director, you're exaggerating." The other party couldn't help but interrupt, "You've made great achievements in the past few years. If it weren't for you, not only would the company not give in, but even our headquarters would still be infiltrated and controlled by the company!"

"But is this enough?" Paddy asked back, "Gao Anmin, you have been my secretary for some years. Do you think this is enough?"

Gao Anmin was stunned. He wanted to say, this is not a question of whether it is enough or not, but a question of whether it can be done or not.

But he didn't say it after all.

"Director, what is our position between Enlightened One and Emerald Pharmacy?" He chose to continue the previous topic.

"Send all your men out, and don't interfere in the war between the two sides. Your duty is to maintain social stability. Once the war really breaks out, the corporate alliance will be in chaos all of a sudden, and you must do your best to suppress it."

"Yes." Gao Anmin nodded, and then he suddenly realized something: "You guys?"

For the first time, Paddy's eyes turned away from the portrait and looked at the young man in front of him.

"The Second Seven Lands War could break out at any time, and the Corporate Alliance cannot afford the cost of a civil war."

"Director, you?!" Gao Anmin was shocked and couldn't help but raise his voice: "This is too fantastic and unrealistic! Even if it's you, you can't stop-"

"If you think it's impossible and don't do it, I won't be sitting here, and you won't be my secretary. You have to give it a try. I have always thought too much over the years. Now I think that this may not be a good thing."

Paddy Morse bit his cigarette calmly.

"I need to mediate the corporate alliance alone."

(End of this chapter)