While in America, the system says Roosevelt was an emperor.

The next morning, Tom got up first to prepare breakfast for the two of them.

Because of an appointment with reporters, Denise was more restrained last night, allowing Tom to go to bed before midnight for the first time.

In the morning, Diane didn't start another fight. Tom sighed as he cooked, and couldn't help but burst into song:

"Happy day, summer day!"

(A Happy Summer Festival)

"Sunshine Girl".

(A sunny and lively girl)

"I like it, Happy day Summer day,"

(I love it, a happy summer festival)

"The sun shines for you!"

(The sun will shine on you)

To the accompaniment of lively and cheerful music, Tom opened the panel to check yesterday's system settlement:

The events of December 12, 1941, have been compiled. The following is the diary entry:

[I accompanied Lord Spire to deliver documents to the core departments of the Empire.]

[The government departments in Terra didn't even bother to review the data; they just entered it directly into the system.]

With such a vile government, why would the three gods be unable to descend to earth?

[Event Impact: Tzeentch's attention level +1]

[Current attention level of Tzeentch: 16]

[At noon, I bumped into two journalists from Terra Magazine.]

They seem to have discovered that I'm using the bottom-nest mice to make money, and they're coming to my nest capital to investigate.

Should we kill them both?

[Impact of the event: None]

[Slaanesh, I, Tom, am here to challenge you again!]

[Applause for Slaanesh]

[Applause for Slaanesh]

[For the sake of Sin...]

Let me rest for a moment, and I will surely return to settle the score with you.

[Event Impact: SAN value +0.2, Slaanesh's attention +2]

Current SAN value: -1.8/4.46

[Current Slaanesh's attention level: 34]

[Diary entry for December 14, 1941: Emperor, your government is nothing but a vile insect!]

From behind Tom came Dani's complaining voice, saying:

"snort."

"Is it really that fun just going out with Anna?"

"They've all started singing."

Tom froze, spatula in his hand, and replied instantly:

No, I was singing for you.

"You are my sunshine girl."

Denise's face lit up with joy, and she then ate with Tom.

After breakfast, the two took the elevator downstairs together.

Tom drove, and the two arrived at the Finance Bureau at 8:30.

Inside the Finance Bureau lobby, a dozen or so young people were gathered, carrying cameras typical of the era, waiting for Tom and Denise with their long lenses and microphones.

Several of the female reporters couldn't take their eyes off Tom, their gazes all fixed on him.

Denise suppressed her murderous intent and had Tom lead the press corps to Brooklyn.

There were thirteen people in total, driving three Studebaker luxury cars.

Tom is tall and big, so he should be sitting in a four-seater car, but for some reason he was assigned to a five-seater car.

There were five people in the car, including Tom and four female reporters.

Under the murderous gazes of the male reporters, Tom reluctantly got into the car with a forced smile (crossed out).

The five-seater car was out of the question; Tom couldn't drive, nor could he sit in the passenger seat, so he was left in the back.

I was already stuck in the back row, but then I was squeezed into the middle, flanked by women on either side.

The two girls' salted pork knuckles would occasionally and unintentionally brush against Tom's core muscles.

Tom: Waaah, my innocence! I'm clean!

Along the way, Tom, despite the harassment, introduced Anna to the Corleone family as "Tom's vision".

In Tom's words, the Corleone family was just a bootlegging business; although it was illegal, it wasn't a big deal.

Anna nodded repeatedly as she listened, pondering to herself:

If the Corleone family were merely bootleggers, they certainly wouldn't be considered ruthless villains.

Anna was born before Prohibition, and her childhood was during Prohibition.

In Anna's memory, her parents and family members all drank alcohol during Prohibition.

Anna believes that Prohibition was a mistake by the federal government, and that alcohol is a necessity for people.

Bootleggers cannot be considered truly bad people.

Tom's words were seven parts truth and three parts falsehood, merely "glorifying" the bloody and violent elements.

Anna couldn't hear the flaws at all, and even if she did hear some of them, she would subconsciously try to cover them up for Tom.

Do handsome people lie?

Guided by Tom, the three cars arrived at the Corleone family's hideout.

As soon as Tom got out of the car, he saw Mike.

Mike was on the lawn, tidying up the garden.

In 1941, apart from a few spy cameras, ordinary civilian cameras were all ridiculously large.

As soon as Anna, Carl, and the others got out of the car, the cameras in their hands gave away their identities.

Many of the Corleone family's overt and covert sentries were on alert.

But upon seeing Tom, they all remembered Vito's instructions and put down their guns.

But Mike was different. He anxiously walked to the convoy and tried to persuade the reporters to leave.

Following Tom's advice, Godfather Vito did not deliberately consult with Michael.

He simply asked the child's mother to have Mike tidy up the clutter on the garden lawn.

Mike walked up to Tom and his group and said:

"How dare you reporters come here?"

"Why aren't you leaving? Do you want to be killed by the Corleone family?"

As soon as Mike finished speaking, many reporters' hands trembled. However, a female reporter who had been taking advantage of Tom stepped forward and firmly refuted him, saying:

"Sir, you have no right to speak without investigation."

"According to Tom, the Corleone family are bootlegging dealers, how could they commit murder?"

Mike was stunned when he heard that.

No, do you know more about the Corleone family than I, Michael Corleone, do?

Mike looked at Tom, thinking, "It's one thing to lie to his own sister, but to lie to such a beautiful female reporter as well."

Mike said to Tom:

"Tom!"

"Don't you know how many people the Corleone family has killed?"

"You brought so many reporters here, are you trying to kill them?"

Before Tom could speak, another female reporter who had been taking advantage of him stepped forward and questioned him:

"Sir, please don't slander Mr. Tom out of thin air."

"Mr. Tom actively and proactively assisted our investigation. How can you say that Tom wanted to harm us?"

Mike became even more agitated, his face turning red and his neck thickening as he said:

"It's true, I am a member of the Corleone family."

"My father was Vito the Godfather, and he killed many people!"

Upon hearing this, Anna asked, puzzled:

"Sir, if you are truly a member of the Corleone family, why are you smearing your own family's reputation?"

"If you're truly out of kindness and worried about something happening to us, then..."

"Do you have any evidence?"

"If the Corleone family really killed a lot of people, as a core member, you couldn't possibly be without evidence."

Mike was at a loss for words and unable to defend himself.

Michael was Vito's choice to whitewash Black people and had never been in contact with Black people.

I've only heard rumors; there's no real evidence.

Tom stepped forward to "rescue" Mike, saying:

"Ladies and gentlemen, his name is Michael Corleone, and he is indeed a member of the Corleone family."

"His sister, Penny, has liked me since she was little."

"He's afraid I'll take his sister away, so he often targets me."

"Please rest assured, everyone, the Corleone family is not the Mafia."

"It's just a family, a logging family."

The way people around Mike looked at him grew increasingly disdainful, their eyes seeming to say:

He's such a siscon, he won't even let his sister date freely.

Mike panicked!

They're really in a hurry!