The thick snow that had been there two days ago melted away overnight, and the dry old trees sprouted tender green shoots.
Ivo adjusted his formal clothes. The clothes didn't fit him. They were clothes he rented from a formal clothing store.
He doesn't like this feeling of being restrained, but today is indeed his happiest day since the evil god's arrival incident in more than a week.
The breeze blew across the old iron sheet.
squeak——
"Witt, you are free."
The iron door full of age was slowly pushed open by the prison guard.
A man wearing round glasses, a shaved head, and a white shirt walked out from behind the iron door.
The man looked to be in his late twenties, his every move had an unhurried rhythm, and he looked gentle and elegant.
The first time he went out, he saw Ivo standing in the breeze.
"elder brother."
Ivo opened his arms and smiled for the first time in seven days.
"You brat, you've grown so strong!"
Witt was stunned for a moment, then walked quickly to Ivo and gave Ivo a bear hug, "You kid has disappeared for so many years, why have you been there?"
Then he glanced around, "By the way, where's Nell? Has he gone to college? Has the second sister recovered? Is the eldest brother married? Where is the fifth child? Has the girl gone home? By the way, how is mother's health?
Sample?
"That boy Nell came to see me the year before last, but he stopped coming later. The brat has grown up and his wings have hardened.
"Don't they know the warden helped me reverse the case? Why didn't they come??? Why didn't you say anything?"
Ivo slowly hugged his brother.
Witte seemed to realize something and gradually fell silent.
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Friday, April 8
After a week of debate,
The FBI announced the preliminary investigation and handling results of the FBI's Special Investigation Team on the incident of the coming of evil spirits.
The former director, deputy director, and department heads of the Rock City FBI were removed from their posts and investigated, and officials were seconded from the headquarters.
The Special Investigation Team also announced that it would launch an investigation into more than 90 FBI employees in Rock City.
In the afternoon, the mayor's office held a press conference.
The former deputy mayor of Rock City and various cabinet ministers resigned.
On the same day, the city council held a vote to succeed the mayor in accordance with Article 2, Section 3 of the Rock City Constitution.
[The City Council may, as provided by law, elect an official to act as mayor in the event that the mayor and deputy mayor are removed from office, die, resign, or become incapacitated.
Such officer shall act as Mayor until the Mayor is restored to office or until a new Mayor is elected.]
The resolution was passed with a two-thirds majority vote, and Wright, the highest-ranking official in the current government, former commander of the 108th Division of the City Defense Army, deputy chief of staff of the City Defense Army, and deputy minister of the Department of Urban Security, acted as mayor.
In the afternoon of that day, the share price of Rock City Mining Group plummeted again after plummeting in the previous few days, with its market value shrinking by more than 70%.
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Saturday, April 9
Mayor Wright was sworn in and became the 78th mayor of Rock City.
Mayor Wright delivered a speech on the day of his inauguration, in which he planned to thoroughly investigate the evil spirits incident, crack down on gangs in Rock City, revise the minimum wage standards, thoroughly investigate the backlog of criminal cases in Rock City over the years, and redress unjust and false cases.
There was thunderous applause.
After the speech, the mayor's office issued an announcement that Jester, the warden of West Prison, who was known for his unselfishness, was transferred to Rock City Police Chief.
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Sunday, April 10
The demolition plan of the original mining consortium building has officially started, and some of the buildings contaminated by the evil god will be packed up and sent to the wilderness for storage in the snowy mountains.
The new board of directors of the mining consortium announced that the mine was occupied by wilderness wanderers. The miners went on strike and were forced to suspend production, hoping to obtain assistance from the Rock City Urban Defense Force.
A spokesman for the City Defense Force said:
The behavior of the Wilderness Wanderers in the wilderness is not governed by the laws of Rock City. The miners' strike is a civil act that is not illegal. The city defense army was seriously injured in the Evil God's Advent incident and has no right or ability to attack the Wilderness Wanderers. The mining consortium can do so on its own
Think of ways to.
On that day, a large number of new executives and some new directors of the mining consortium were arrested on charges of being involved in the Evil God Arrival case.
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Monday, April 11
The mining consortium announced that due to the shutdown of the mine, cash flow was damaged and it was unable to repay part of its debt.
The share price of the mining consortium continued to plummet that day.
That night, five C-class mercenary mechas hired by the mining consortium led a mercenary brigade to attack the mine controlled by the Wilderness Wanderers.
A black Hell Apostle mecha came out of the mine, fighting one against five, killing three of them and seriously injuring two.
The video of this battle spread throughout the federation that night and quickly became the number one hot list. At the same time, this battle also brought the mining consortium and Rock City into the public eye of the federation.
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Tuesday, April 12
Chenxi City
"Carrie! Look at this!"
The red-haired girl Anne suddenly raised the tablet in her hand.
Igali, who was cleaning the classroom, raised her head in confusion and looked at her bouncing friend, "What's wrong?"
"Look at this,"
Annie first clicked on a video, which showed a quick clip of a fierce mecha battle.
"It's pretty awesome. Is this a special effect? Or what?"
Yijiali quickly watched the video and asked with some confusion.
"Look at these again,"
Annie opened another folder, "This is what I saw from the group."
Yijiali opened the files in these folders with some confusion.
These materials contain a large amount of video and picture evidence of mining consortiums oppressing miners.
At the same time, these materials also mentioned that the mecha in the battle video came from an organization called the Miners' Mutual Aid Association, which was an organization established by Rock City miners to help each other.
In order to continue to oppress the miners, the mining consortium did not allow such an organization to exist. They found ways to slander the organization as a criminal organization and sent mercenary groups to attack the organization.
asxs/view/145366/"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"And this," Annie picked up Ikari's tablet, searched for it, opened a video, and handed it to Ikari, "This video has also spread very widely."
Yi Jiali looked at this video.
It seemed to be a video taken by someone leaning against the window with a smart bracelet. In the video, it was a dim night, with only some weak lights illuminating the surrounding scenery.
In this dark night, a small truck drove past the camera, and the dim light shone on the small truck, reflecting the mottled blood stains.
There are noisy gunshots in the background of the entire picture, and a bloody figure is sitting on the roof of the truck, staring ahead.
At this moment, the owner of the video seemed to have discovered something. He raised the camera and looked in another direction. The camera shook and zoomed in.
A little boy was lying on the window, trying his best to poke his head out, looking at the scenery below. He poked farther and farther, farther and farther.
Suddenly, the little boy slipped.
Yi Jiali, who was watching the video, suddenly felt her heart tighten.
However, the little boy quickly grabbed the window and avoided the fate of falling.
And at the moment when Ikari hadn't let go of her emotions.
The little boy in the video continued to try to climb out, then tilted his body and fell directly from the tall building.
At this moment, Ikari's heart was already in her throat.
There was a panicked roar in the video, which seemed to come from the video shooter. At the same time, his camera also moved with the little boy.
Just when Ikari thought she was going to see a bloody scene, a pair of hands stretched out from outside the camera and caught the little boy.
It was a figure covered in blood. He was carrying a somewhat damaged flying machine on his back. He carefully picked up the boy and put him back in the window.
"Wow!!!!!"
This is the cheer from the person who shot the video.
The video ends abruptly here.
Yijiali flipped through the video introduction below.
The poster of this video seems to be the photographer. He briefly explained what happened that day, that is, the bloody young man was being chased at night, but he still rescued the little boy.
Following the comments below,
[He is so handsome!!!]
[He is from the Miners Mutual Aid Association!? He is a good man! The evil mining consortium!]
[It is said that he was the one who prevented the evil god from coming.]
[Really or not? He is a hero!!!]
[We must boycott the mining consortium! Boycott such evil enterprises!]
??????
Annie looked at Ikari who was scrolling through the comments and said softly, "Carrie, is there any way we can help this miners' mutual aid association? This mining consortium is too much???"
"Are you trying to meddle in other people's business again?"
Ijiali looked up at her, rolled her eyes, and then looked at the figure in the video. This figure reminded her of an old friend, an old friend.
She thought for a moment, "Mr. Christos has been very busy lately??? I met some friends who organized parades at the last charity gathering. They may be willing to help. The last big parade to boycott Avis Electric Energy Group was
They organized it.”
"Great!"
Annie waved her hands excitedly.
Ikari glanced at her with a smile and looked out the window. The sun had already set.
Bright lights slowly lit up in the dark night.
―――
Friday, April 15
As the video spread, an anti-'mining consortium' demonstration swept the entire federation.
Other operating activities of the mining consortium have also been hampered, and a large number of debt defaults have occurred.
The company lacks management personnel and is difficult to operate.
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Thursday, April 21st
"Third brother, the miners can't hold on any longer. People need to eat, and many people have overdue loans."
Ivo stood on the high wall of the mine and looked at Witte beside him.
"Hold on for a few more days,"
Witte stared at the flag of the mining consortium standing on the high platform in the distance. Although the flag was already tattered, it still stood there. "If we surrender now, Nell's hard work will be in vain. Just wait a few more days."
, wait a few days, victory belongs to us."
"Ah? What's Nell's hard work?"
Ivo was stunned.
Witte was stunned for a moment. He glanced at his brother, smiled helplessly, took out a piece of chocolate, and slowly opened the package.
"Do you think those materials and videos appeared out of thin air?"
Witt put the peeled chocolate into his mouth, bit off a piece, and chewed it gently.
"The mining consortium is now looking for mergers and acquisitions. In those years of crazy expansion, they borrowed a lot of money. In the past, the cash flow was good and they were not in a hurry to repay it. But now the cash flow is not good. Even if the loan is not due, the creditors will chase them.
return.
Everyone can see that the mining consortium is about to be unable to survive. The mining consortium only has so much money and can only pay back some creditors.
Whoever asks for the account first will get part of the money back. If you are lucky, you can even get all of it back. Those who are behind in the queue will get nothing.
Therefore, all creditors must come to ask for money at the same time, and the wall is always pushed by everyone.
Now the mining consortium is definitely looking for mergers and acquisitions or financing to sell itself at a good price.
After all, these mines are high-quality assets anyway."
"If the mining consortium sells these minerals, then we are not???"
Ivo was stunned.
"Don't worry," Witte smiled,
"As long as we are here, even if those consortiums buy the mine, they will not be able to operate it. The five C-class mechas invited by the mining consortium are gone.
There are still only a few consortiums that can produce five C-class mechas at the same time.
Moreover, although the city defense army seemed to be indifferent, it actually supported us. For Nell's sake, Mayor Wright actually supported us.
Therefore, these consortiums have to consider Rock City's attitude after taking over these mines. If they cannot operate the mines and create profits, they will be left with wounds that will continue to bleed.
There are so many conditions here, and only a handful of top conglomerates can ignore these conditions. They may not necessarily value these mines, and the gains outweigh the losses."
"What if a big consortium takes a fancy to our mines?"
Ivos asked softly after asking for a while.
Witt took a bite of the chocolate and looked up at the magnificent fortress city in the distance, "Nel must have thought of this problem too."
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Saturday, April 23rd
The Nord Financial Group held a press conference and stated that it had reached a merger invitation with the Rock City Mining Group and would further discuss mergers and acquisitions.
That afternoon, the Chenxi City Police Department and the FBI entered the Nolde Consortium building and arrested a large number of working Nolde Consortium executives.
At the same time, Chenxi Mayor Christos held a press conference at the Palace of Glory, stating that a joint investigation team led by multiple departments has been established, led by the Ministry of Justice.
The investigation team will conduct in-depth investigations into cases such as election bribery, hiring of murderers, market manipulation, and bribery by the Nord Consortium.
At the same time, Christos signed a mayoral order that will restrict the business practices of the Nord Financial Group during the investigation.
That afternoon, the stock price of Nord Financial Group fell sharply.
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Sunday, April 24
The Norde Foundation stated that the Norde Foundation has always complied with the laws and regulations of the fortress cities and the federation, and will cooperate with the Chenxi City Government’s investigation.
It also stated that it will no longer conduct large-scale commercial activities in the near future, and uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com will no longer consider the acquisition of the Rock City Mining Group.
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Tuesday, April 26
The Rock City Mining Consortium has declared bankruptcy and will auction its valuable properties.
??????
"Okay," Witte looked at the frustrated look of the mining consortium's spokesperson on TV and stood up, "Then it's time for us to buy back the mine that belongs to us."
"But where do we get the money?"
Ivo looked at him blankly.
"There will be money."
Witt peeled off a piece of chocolate and bit it in his mouth.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
One more update, it will be daytime tomorrow, Kavin.
