Chapter 500: The End
As night approaches, the Night City returns to its dazzling lights, and the blurry lights resemble jewels reflected in the eyes of beautiful women, both beautiful and greedy.
Today's news information has begun to be broadcast on the TV sets of every household, in addition to some interview variety shows and gossip programs.
These programs are often an important way for Night City residents to learn about the city's various urban areas.
Some poor families who cannot afford to pay for TV services, or those who want to save an extra amount of money, have to watch such information service programs compulsorily.
Of course, these shows are certainly not free.
The reason why it is mandatory is also because the fees for these programs have been included in the residents' "rent" and "public service fees", and they are mandatory to pay to major media companies.
Unless you have no permanent home and can only wander the streets, even if you don't have a TV in your home, you can still see TV screens everywhere
ββIn the elevator hall, on the stand of the vendor's stall, on the wall of the stairway...
These television screens, installed in various public places, are usually thoughtfully broadcast various information service programs to prevent the residents of Night City from being unaware of the various events taking place in the city.
It is this kind of compulsory fee-based service that many poor families hate, but many residents choose to watch it with great interest tonight.
Because the news information broadcast today is no longer the extremely boring news such as "a certain company has developed a new product" and "how many people have died in a crime in which place", but a major event that makes many people worry, worry and be interested
- "Is Hansen, the leader of Dogtown, the murderer of the president?" β
After these days of news broadcasts, and the crash that shocked the whole city and shocked the world, almost all the residents of Night City have learned that the new President Myers "crashed" in Dogtown.
Although there are many ordinary residents who bluntly say, "This is not something that those of us who earn less than 3K a month have to consider".
But such a major event still attracts the attention of many people.
After all, if Colonel Hansen's charge of "attacking the president" is confirmed, Xinmei will have every reason to send an armed force to retaliate against Dogtown.
If it is not done well, this may turn into a war that affects ordinary people, and it is impossible for them to ignore it.
And most importantly, the daytime noon news has already reported another "missile attack" in the Dog Town area, which is said to be inseparable from the missile that hit the president's plane a few days ago.
Tonight is Colonel Hansen, the leader of Dog Town, giving a public speech on this incident.
It's been so many days, and the people are all too familiar with this Colonel Hansen.
Even if some people didn't know who this guy was before, now after hearing and witnessing the news for several days, most people have some understanding of this colonel.
Moreover, in order to prove his innocence, this colonel also asked various media to track and shoot and broadcast almost all of his daily itinerary, how could he not let people know about his deeds?
If it weren't for a muscular and iron-blooded dictator like Hansen, it would be difficult for people to empathize with and follow, and so many days of news broadcasting and uninterrupted footage might make him a star with a lot of traffic.
So, under the expectation of many residents, today's news program finally began.
......
"Welcome to wNS News, I'm host Arif Iqbal, and I'm bringing you the spotlight today on the missile attack in Dogtown."
"Yes, you heard it right, an abandoned building in the area of Dog Town in Midnight City was hit by an unknown group today, and according to the temporarily undisclosed eyewitnesses, the missile was large enough to destroy the main structure of an entire building."
"As you can see, this is the scene taken by our reporters stationed in Dog Town, the building was burned for almost four hours after the missile strike, but fortunately the building was uninhabited and there were no innocent casualties."
However, although the missile did not hurt innocent people, more than 20 bodies were found at the scene, and after the reporter's investigation, it was found that before the missile hit, two groups of unknown militants had engaged in a fierce gun battle in the building...... At present, it is suspected that after one of the gangs was completely wiped out, they chose to launch missiles and die with the enemy. β
"Dogtown leader Colonel Hansen has announced that he will hold a press conference tonight to show you the full story of the whole incident."
"Next up is our advertising time, so please wait a moment as we show you what the show will look like."
The polite presenter briefly summed up the day's newscast, and after he bowed slightly, the TV program suddenly changed into an advertising screen.
......
"It seems that the that a few of us have done hasn't been poked out by Xinmei's people yet."
In the missionary waterfront studio building in Santo Domingo, the members of Team Mann on vacation sat in the lounge area, watching the news on the television as if nothing had happened.
With a small wine in his hand, Mann leaned back on the sofa with a look of enjoyment, his eyes were a little drunk, and he asked himself:
"But it's normal that they didn't react, the missile was launched by them, and at this time, they suddenly jumped out in a hurry, isn't it just to make it clear that they are the real culprits who launched the missile?"
His legs were resting on the other side of the couch, where a burly blonde woman also sit.
Dorio laughed and rubbed Mann's legs, and the other echoed, "Why did your brain suddenly turn bright, and you can still think of this." β
"What's up, Dolio, are you trying to say I used to be stupid?" Mann scolded, taking another sip of wine.
He glanced at the people in the hall and laughed drunkenly:
"Hehe, now that our squad has grown to this scale, we have done big things and seen more big people, of course Lao Tzu will grow a little..."
"Yes, yes, yes." Dorio said accommodatingly.
Mann looked at David, who was watching the news intently on the other couch, and said with a smile:
"If you think about it, it seems that in the past, I only cared about running forward, constantly running, and when I couldn't run, I went to implant a better prosthesis, and I couldn't see the end in the distance... But now, I can see the end in the distance beckoning to me..."
He raised his hand, his eyes suddenly became a little blurred, and the vision in front of him seemed to appear as if there was an endless desert wasteland.
The wasteland was covered with yellow sand, and the whole world seemed to be divided into blue and yellow, that is, the clear blue sky and the dry dull yellow sand.
The whole world is so monotonous, but in the distance of the wasteland, there is a little more color, and a red line representing the end seems to be looming.
"The end?" Dorio muttered to herself, and asked curiously, "What is the end you expect?" β
"Who knows, won't you know if you run over?" Mann replied casually, tilted his head, and fell asleep.
"This guy looks like a pig." Dorio scolded with a smile, then looked curiously at the various teammates in the hall and asked:
"What do you guys think? About this endpoint. β
"The end? Isn't that just washing your hands? The professional veteran driver in the team, Falco, smiled gently: "When you earn enough money, you will naturally retire." β
"Reconsideration." Hacker Qiwei raised her hand, succinct.
"Me? Buy a seaside villa and go there to enjoy the rest of your life. t-bUG, who has been working behind the scenes and has never shown his face, providing remote hacker assistance to the squad, laughs.
"Back to... Institute, when, volunteer. The hunk gecko said.
"I don't have an end, because I want to taste the world's Mewmond films, and the world's flexible prosthetics!" Pila leaned back, her hands swaying back and forth.
It seems that everyone's "end" is quite realistic... Dorio smiled and looked at the last man:
"What about you, David, and what is your end?"
David, who was watching the news, raised his eyebrows, and when he turned around, he saw that everyone was looking at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"The end... Well, I should have different answers to this question at different times, but in the past, I just wanted to join Arasaka and become a supervisor or something, but now..."
"Make a name for yourself."