"Dude, what happened to you? I closed up shop last night and was about to go home and have a good rest, but who could have imagined that a bunch of mud monsters would suddenly appear that day and rush straight towards me. Luckily, I've practiced a few moves before, and I used the broom in my hand to knock down a few bastards. Unfortunately, these guys had no martial arts ethics and actually attacked me from behind. Then, I'm old and weak, so I fainted and ended up in the hospital."
Walqu felt that he could get a little information from this passage. It sounded like the group of zombies he saw yesterday appeared in an instant, and they should have been dealt with by now.
"Oh, by the way, the group is going to hold a press conference about this incident. I heard that Chairman Toyokawa will be there in person." The aunt was still chattering.
The noise made Walqu feel uneasy and he wanted to leave here immediately to figure out what had happened to him.
But after looking back at the IV drip in his arm and feeling weak all over, Walqu gave up the idea.
Since you are here, you should make the best of it. At least you should have a good rest first so that you can have the energy to regain the knowledge you have lost.
Turning his head and looking out the window, Walqu could see many drones patrolling in the sky.
"This is new." Walqu murmured. In his vague memory, he had only seen such a clean drone a few times.
The woman next door seemed to have heard Walqu's mumbling, and she started talking even more: "Yeah, that's true. I can't even remember the last time Tokyo was under martial law."
"Martial law?" Walqu asked.
"Yes, those monsters appeared just after nightfall yesterday, and then the group's army immediately blocked the entire old city. After the problem was resolved, the army took direct responsibility for maintaining order." The aunt said it with confidence, but it always gave people a feeling of hearsay.
"Hmm..." There were many words in the other party's words that Walqu couldn't understand. Perhaps he needed to get more information before he could make a judgment on the current situation.
……
When the sun was at the middle of the sky, a nurse suddenly came into the large ward, turned on all the televisions that were still turned off, and tuned them to the same channel.
Walqu looked at the large screen in front of him with great interest. He felt that he had never seen this type of camera before. He was very interested in studying the technical details behind it.
The program started playing, and it was the "press conference" that the fat lady had just mentioned.
The camera first focused on the military commander of the Mujica Group.
The commander was wearing a neat military uniform with medals shining on his body. He stood as straight as a javelin and looked quite handsome.
He just seems a little too handsome. His face makes Walqu look so stylish that he seems to be glowing.
No, it's not glowing, it's reflecting, the reflection of metal.
The shining luster, the exciting electronic music, the behavior and speech that are no different from ordinary humans, isn’t BYD an iron man?
Walqu felt as if ten thousand unknown creatures were running through his heart.
No matter how much he had forgotten, Walqu at least remembered that he should have been a human being before he became a demon, and the iron man seemed to be a taboo set by the cursed one.
"The humans here are really having fun." Walqu muttered quietly in a voice that only he could hear.
The Iron Commander outlined what happened last night and the group's response in a soothing and dignified tone.
Specifically, Tokyo suffered a shameless terrorist attack by an evil force last night. The group responded immediately and successfully resolved the incident a few hours after it occurred. Then Tokyo began to declare martial law.
The commander then reported the specific casualty figures.
39 dead, 2197 injured.
There are more than a hundred seriously injured people, and the rest are basically like Walqu, with minor injuries, and they will probably be discharged from the hospital in a few days.
Compared to the scale of the threat he had witnessed last night, this number was practically nothing, Walqu thought.
But looking at the excited expressions of the people around him, Walqu became more certain of his guess that the humans in this world probably had not experienced any major sacrifices as it understood them.
The commander then announced the results of the handling of the group executives who were responsible for their poor response to the incident.
Next came the final part of the press conference, with President Toyokawa delivering a speech.
Just as Walter was staring at the TV intently, thinking about seeing more information about the world, the patients in the beds next to him started a heated discussion initiated by the fat lady.
"Those scum in the south just can't stand seeing us prosper!"
"It's time to teach them a lesson this time."
"It's hard to say. We've lived for so long, but when have we ever seen companies fighting each other?"
"But I don't think the bigwigs up there will be able to swallow this."
"Hmm—I have to respond to the South, or else it would be too frustrating to suffer this loss in silence."
"It's like this... Hey, look, the president has come out. Look at the president first, look at the president first."
-----------------
Shoko Toyokawa sat in the center of the long table.
Next to her, Hachiman Kailing, Wakaba Mutsu, Yutenji Wakamugi, and Sankaku Hatsuka sat in a row on both sides.
Today, all members of the Mujica Group's board of directors were present in front of the camera.
The directors were dressed in neat and formal suits, with serious and calm expressions, obviously highlighting the importance of the next speech.
This was indeed the first time in Tokyo's history that all five directors had gathered in public.
Everyone saw the seriousness of the matter.
Xiangzi pointed the microphone in front of himself and began his speech.
Dear citizens of Tokyo, last night's Kuroshio Incident was a terrorist attack that should never have happened. It occurred during rush hour in Tokyo's heartland, in the old city district. Thirty-nine young people lost their lives, and 39 citizens were injured. We are deeply saddened, filled with guilt, and deeply remorseful. On behalf of the Group's Board of Directors, Group Administration, and Group Armed Forces, I once again express our deepest condolences for the victims. I extend my deepest apologies to the families of the victims, the injured, and their families, and my profound regret to all the citizens of Tokyo. I also express my condolences and gratitude to the medical personnel, military personnel, grassroots police officers, and citizens who participated in the rescue efforts."
After saying this, the five directors stood up together and bowed deeply to the camera and all the citizens of Tokyo.
……
Chuhua and the others maintained the same posture, while glancing at Xiangzi out of the corner of their eyes.
"He can speak such a long paragraph with intonation without a script, that's amazing..." Chu Hua recalled the "Tokyo officials" he knew. These people could only speak hesitantly even with a script.
However, this deep bow reminded Chu Hua of some bad memories.
She remembered that after the Fukushima earthquake, those people seemed to bow in the same way, and the spider that bit her was also irradiated.
Sitting back in the chair, Chu Hua continued to sit upright, trying hard to maintain his demeanor according to the content of the previous rehearsal.
In fact, what she had to do was quite simple. She just had to sit there seriously and bow when the time came.
But Chu Hua always felt under a lot of pressure. Although he had had cameras pointed at his face when performing on stage before, he had never felt this oppressive.
His soul felt heavy as if it was bound by something, and Chu Hua knew what was dragging him down - the weight of the 39 dead souls.
It is obvious that Spider-Woman did not do enough last night. She did send hundreds of people to safety, but why did she miss 39 people?
If she had acted faster, even faster, could she have saved those people?
Or if I had thought of adding a few hands to the suit earlier, could I have saved time to search for people who were in danger?
The past can no longer be undone. Chu Hua knows that all he can do is prevent such things from happening again in the future.
She never wanted to see any life lost because of her inaction.
……
"We will demand an explanation from the Goblin Company to the south, but we must also remember that this incident is a bloody lesson for Tokyo. It is crucial to reflect on and learn from it with the right attitude and perspective. We manage such a rich and beautiful city, and we must do our utmost, using all our energy, to protect the lives and property of its citizens and maintain the safety of the entire city."
Xiangzi's speech is over.
The patients in the ward felt their blood boiling and they wanted to rush to that ** big board right now and hang up the green mushroom with a strange name and roast it to eat.
There is only one exception.
"why why why……"
After seeing Toyokawa Shoko for the first time, Walqu felt a chill from the soul, and great fear lingered in his weak body, as if it would take his life at any time.
The name of that fear is "death".
Walqu was very sure that he had never seen this blue-haired woman, but for some reason, just seeing her face made his eyes hurt, as if they were going blind.
But after rubbing it, it seemed like nothing was wrong.
The moment the other party bowed to him, Walqu felt his whole body go limp. If he had not been lying on the bed, he would have probably knocked his head against the marble floor uncontrollably, making several loud noises.
"I can't bear it... I can't bear this..."
Walqu could only cover his eyes with a quilt to prevent himself from seeing the other person's cursed face.
But the other party's voice still penetrated all barriers and entered Walqu's ears, making it feel very uncomfortable and could only roll over and over in bed.
Fortunately, the other patients were talking enthusiastically about current political affairs and did not notice Walqu's abnormality.
Toyokawa Shoko's speech of several minutes sounded like several hundred years to Walqu. After finally making it to the end of the speech, Walqu felt exhausted all over.
"Hey, buddy, are you okay?" The fat lady seemed to have finally noticed that something was wrong with Walqu, and asked with concern. Several other patients also cast caring glances at him.
Their concern is not groundless. Seeing such a miserable and mutated poor person, any person with a conscience would not be able to help but show a little more sympathy.
Walqu could only stretch out his wings from the quilt and wave them to show that he was fine.
"He's still shivering..." Seeing that Walqu was in great pain, the old lady told the nurse who came in, "He might be cold. Why don't you give him some extra blankets?"
……
"it's time to go."
Late at night, after seeing that everyone around him was fast asleep, Walqu quietly got out of bed and prepared to leave this place of trouble.
It looked back at its fellow patients and had to admit that these people were all so-called "good people", so they were definitely not on the same side as itself.
Walqu opened the window and jumped out. He didn't know where to go now, and just wanted to get as far away from that person as possible.
(ps: After many days, yesterday's new subscriptions finally broke 200 again (T▽T) Is this the power of recommendation φ(ω*) By the way, here's a picture of Xiangzi in a suit (the author's name on station B is Red Tea and Black Coffee))
Volume 62: Book of Fears: . Vulture
It's not that Walqu has never experienced flying, but he only remembers that he used to soar in the blue sky by just saying "Ula Ula" and reciting a few spells, without having to flap his wings with great effort like he does now.
However, after carefully experiencing the feeling of bathing in the strong wind for a few minutes, Walqu had to admit that it was quite exciting.
"Perhaps besides the result, the form is equally important." It thought.
The philosophical and logical discussion did not last long, because Walt discovered that he was now being followed by a group of drones that were beeping alarms.
"Heh, you guys think you can catch up with me now?" Walqu flapped his wings vigorously, and the speed of his body immediately increased to a higher level.
However, it seemed that these drones had not yet reached their maximum speed. Seeing that Walqu was constantly accelerating, their pursuit also became faster.
However, the current Hewoqu is no longer the same as it used to be. Under the cover of night, it enjoys the embrace of the wind, constantly changing its direction, and displaying those maneuvering skills that dazzle the world's top pilots.
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