American homeless people, surviving in the city

Chapter 165 Taking a Detour Abroad

From this point on, everything was heading in the worst possible direction.

Despite receiving benefits from the Lopez family and promises from the Razor Shields, Lynch realized that things were essentially making no progress on the issue of cults.

The Lopez family's actions were thwarted due to a lack of legal grounds; the Razor Shields were implicated by their backers and rival gangs; Chen Kelei was embroiled in unknown troubles; and even Lin Qi's planned media offensive, intended as a safety net, mysteriously failed because the video could not pass censorship on any mainstream American website.

All of this made Lin Qi realize that the Rainbow Body Society's backers were far more powerful than he had imagined.

One piece of bad news after another, and Lin Qi didn't know what to say for a moment. Lucas also silently held his head and leaned back in his chair, and the ward fell into a brief silence.

However, despite his silence, Lynch did not give up thinking. Although he hesitated about whether to continue living in Seattle, the more rampant the cult's influence became, the more uncontrollable his anger grew.

Even if he hesitated and wanted to escape, he wanted to try to bite off a piece of flesh from them before he fled!

After pondering for several minutes, Lin Qi finally spoke: "First of all, the impact of this matter may indeed have exceeded our expectations. In that case, I must warn you in advance that if you continue to fight against the forces behind the Rainbow Body Society, you may also be in danger in reality."

"Therefore, I think you might consider withdrawing for now and not participating in this for the time being. That way, you might be safer..."

"No! I don't want to!" Before Lynch could finish speaking, Lucas interrupted him sharply.

His tone was exceptionally firm: "Although I initially came to you just to get news and clicks, you know I'm from Seattle, and I've always been following what's happening in this city. I know it sounds strange, but I love this city, and I don't want it to become more and more chaotic and degenerate."

"Even if it's just for my friends, family, and viewers in Seattle, I absolutely cannot stand idly by and do nothing about these parasites in society!"

Faced with Lucas's impassioned speech, Lynch calmly nodded and continued, "In that case, I do have some ideas. Which websites forbid you from posting these kinds of videos?"

"I've tried all the major websites." When this topic came up, Lucas once again showed a pained expression. "YouTube, Twitter... I've even tried PageUp, but I can't post anywhere."

...Do you post this kind of thing on PowerBuilder?

Lin Qi felt a little sweaty as he listened, but he cleared his throat and continued, following his own train of thought, "...Um, I understand."

"In that case, perhaps the only option is to relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao, and try to find a solution through other channels."

"Besiege Wei... what the heck?" Lucas didn't understand the Dongda idiom Lynch was using.

Lynch patiently explained, "What I mean is, perhaps the forces behind cults are so influential in America that they can..."

This prevents you from posting any videos on major American video websites. However, we don't need to confront them head-on within their sphere of influence.

"Now that things have come to this, why not try posting on other websites that primarily target users from other countries and are difficult for American influence to reach?"

"Niconico in Japan, TikTok in Tokyo, Rutubu in Russia, and many other video websites that I may not be familiar with, but which have a large audience all over the world. There's more to the world than just YouTube. If you post videos on these websites, the forces behind cults might not be able to control you."

"Moreover, the more bloody and violent the news, the more likely it is to attract people's attention, even if the incident occurs in America, which is extremely far away from them, they will definitely be interested in it."

"If this can attract attention around the world, the mainstream media in the US will naturally follow suit. And as long as there's still one media outlet in the US not controlled by a cult, this news will definitely one day be shown to the American people!"

"Huh?" Lucas was greatly shocked by Lynch's idea. "This...is it really feasible?"

"Even if it's not feasible, we have no other choice, right?" Lin Qi shook his head helplessly. "I'm not sure about any of this either, but we won't lose anything by trying one more time."

"Is that so...? I understand."

Upon hearing this, Lucas's expression also turned serious. He nodded steadily, "Indeed, you're right. Since things have come to this, we can only try every possible method!"

He jumped up from his chair and strode towards the door, saying, "I'll go prepare right away!"

With hurried steps, he quickly walked away and disappeared from Lin Qi's sight.

After Lucas nodded and left, the ward fell silent again.

After receiving three visitors in a row, even though Lin Qi had recovered quite a bit, he still felt quite tired from his illness.

He closed his eyes, trying to rest for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep. The wound on his shoulder throbbed, but what tormented him even more was the restlessness in his heart, which he couldn't calm down.

Unable to muster any energy and unable to sleep, Lin Qi leaned against the hospital bed, half-asleep and half-awake for several hours.

And so, time flew by and evening arrived.

In Seattle, where the sky was overcast, the warm red of the setting sun once again graced the horizon.

This time of day is when Dr. Su Leiya makes her routine ward rounds.

After being Dr. Su Leiya's personal patient for a few days, Lin Qi also got to know this tall, androgynous female doctor quite well.

When they first met, Dr. Su Leiya was wearing a neat doctor's uniform, making it impossible for Lin Qi to see what she looked like.

However, during rounds in the past few days, as Lin Qi's injuries gradually improved, the ward no longer required such strict sterility. As a result, the doctor changed to a lighter sky-blue coat. It was then that Lin Qi saw for the first time that Dr. Su Leiya had brown hair, blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and a face with distinctive Eastern European features.

At the same time today, she pushed open the door to the ward as usual. She was wearing her sky-blue lab coat, her hair was neatly pinned up, and her expression was as professional and gentle as ever.

After Lin Qi finished checking all her indicators, he asked, "Doctor, how long will it take before I can be discharged?"

Ever since he realized the situation was deteriorating, this thought had been lingering in his mind. Although staying in this hospital room was comfortable, it couldn't stop the cult from continuing their conspiracy, nor could it help him continue to receive the system's daily missions to strengthen himself. He couldn't even sell his possessions and escape Seattle as soon as possible.

Lin Qi thought about it all afternoon and concluded that staying in the ward all the time was taking too long to get things done.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Su Leiya merely frowned slightly, then, while flipping through the medical records and notes in her hand, she said very quickly, "Mr. Lin, according to recent examinations, your broken ribs have not fully healed, and some inflammatory markers are also elevated."

"Your recovery speed is already quite fast, but it will take at least three to five days for the bones to fully heal, or even just to the point where they won't easily deform again."