As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 166 The Important Role of Training Courses
"Sister Xiong, I have some good news for you—"

As soon as get out of class ended, Xu Yan walked briskly to Xiong Ruyue and said with a grin, "Captain Long just called me and said that she has almost finished dealing with things in the wilderness area and will soon be able to return to Dawn City to assess my learning progress. Also, she said that the Security Bureau highly appreciates our spirit of not forgetting ordinary citizens and making selfless contributions even in difficult circumstances. The Security Bureau will definitely give strong support to the next steps of the Crazy Iron Club!"

Xiong Ruyue was stunned.

I thought Xu Yan's good news must be related to tomorrow's match, so why did Long Jianhuan get dragged into this?

The case of Long Jianhuan's great victory over the Swamp Gang has already been reported in the newspapers, and the various thrilling and half-true details of the case are no secret.

Many people know that Long Jianhuan is currently sweeping away the remnants of the Swamp Gang deep in the wilderness.

But what is the connection between Long Jianhuan and the re-employment training class, and what about the Security Bureau?
"Sister Xiong, how can you not understand? More and more people in Dawn City are losing their jobs. Even those who manage to keep their jobs are living hand to mouth. People are filled with anxiety, and the atmosphere in the whole city is very unsettling. Many people are desperate and taking risks. The Security Bureau's work is very difficult!"

Xu Yan said that in the past week alone, he had seen several shocking news stories in the newspapers.

Someone burdened with huge credit card debt is trying to compete with a colleague for a leadership position within the company.

Unexpectedly, the entire department was laid off by the company.

Unable to repay his credit card debt after losing his job, he had no choice but to jump from a high-rise building, suffering a devastating fall.

This is still considered good; aside from causing trouble for the cleaning staff, at least no innocent passersby were injured.

Some people, with the mentality of "either way they're going to die, they might as well take a gamble," transformed from honest and law-abiding citizens into ruthless bandits, seriously affecting the safety and order of Dawn City.

Of course, most beginners commit only trivial offenses.

However, too many minor cases can seriously strain the Security Bureau's resources, leaving them no time to deal with truly major and important cases.

"Dawn City is a heavy industrial city, and our re-employment training program is mainly aimed at manual laborers who have lost their jobs."

Xu Yan patiently explained, "These workers originally engaged in most high-risk jobs such as construction, mining, smelting, and drilling. The civilian black iron cards they used daily were not much different from combat cards, except that they had a slower activation speed, lacked ultimate skills, and had a longer cooldown time."

"Black iron civilian cards like the 'Bullhead Iron Guard' can increase the absolute strength of a burly man by three to five times, allowing him to easily lift hundreds of kilograms of building materials, and naturally also allowing him to swing hundreds of kilograms of steel bars with great force, smashing the victim's skull is easier than cracking an egg."

"Tell me, what would happen if such a strong man lost everything, even owed a mountain of debt, and all he had left was the 'Bullhead Iron Guard' who had been with him for decades—a low-level orc remnant soul from the orc tribe of the Illusion Demon Civilization, known for its volatile temper and inability to bear the sight of blood?"

Xiong Ruyue nodded slowly.

She also vaguely sensed that the atmosphere in Dawn City had been a bit off in the past year or two.

Although more and more members are coming to the Kuangtie Club, the smiles on their faces seem to be getting fewer and fewer.

Many people, when engrossed in training, grit their teeth and slam the barbell down with a loud thud, fiercely venting their inner resentment. "But, what can our re-employment training program really do?"

Xiong Ruyue said, "These uncles and elders can't learn cardless payment so easily, and we can't be so powerful that we can help them all find jobs."

"Of course, but neither training nor job finding is the main point. The main point is that we provide a safe haven, allowing these fellow sufferers to huddle together for warmth, vent their frustrations, and even see a glimmer of hope."

Xu Yan said, "Many times, whether a person goes down a path of no return in a moment of folly depends on whether there is even the slightest hope, isn't that right?"

"Besides, even if we can't stop crime, at least when a tragedy occurs, we can get some information from this small circle, which greatly facilitates the work of the security bureau."

"Besides, this is just the beginning."

"Even when the Kuangtie Club is facing such a major crisis, it hasn't forgotten to help the vast number of middle-aged unemployed people. Once this matter takes off, won't other Lingka Clubs follow suit? But no matter what other clubs do, Kuangtie is the original initiator and actor, and he can't escape the credit!"

"Makes sense!"

Xiong Ruyue wasn't stupid; she quickly realized, "For the Security Bureau, how much of a role we can actually play isn't important. What's important is that we've made our stance clear and provided a very good entry point, drawing the attention of all Lingka Clubs to the manual laborers who have lost their jobs, thus indirectly reducing the Security Bureau's workload."

“Our relationship with the Security Bureau was already quite good. With this attitude, we are more likely to receive more training contracts from them.”

"Also, those thugs haven't seemed to come to the club to cause trouble these past few days. It seems they've heard the news and don't dare to run into trouble!"

"Of course, after all, there's always a group of unemployed, angry manual laborers gathered here!"

Xu Yan smiled slightly, then said seriously, "Sister Xiong, I've been holding back for the past few days from letting you contact your friends in the media to publicize this matter."

"On the one hand, the training courses had just started at that time, and there weren't many people attending, so the scene wasn't lively enough."

"Moreover, at that time, the Shattered Star Club was still burning money and spreading negative news about us everywhere. Even if we could find media outlets that spoke out for justice, the cost would be relatively high, and the effect might not be good."

"But things are different now."

"The Shattered Star Club made a bad move. The continuous bombardment for half a month has aroused the rebellious mentality of many citizens. Just by listening to the cheers for the Crazy Iron Team in the arena today, you can tell that their so-called negative news has not achieved the expected effect."

"The outstanding performance of the Kuangtie team has made the media that want to smear us think twice, because they may have just said bad things about us in the morning paper, only to be slapped in the face by the results of the game a few hours later."

"In addition, the Security Bureau also has its own propaganda channels and relationships in the media circle."

"There's no need to discuss such sensitive topics as 'no-card, single-card, and multi-card' mobile networks—which is better or worse. Standing on a relatively fair ground, objectively reporting on 're-employment training courses' should be fine, right?"

(End of this chapter)