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The evacuation of Nagazora City’s population would undoubtedly take considerable time, after all, this was an international metropolis with several million inhabitants.
But under the threat of the impending great earthquake and tsunami, the people of Nagazora City, despite harboring some reluctance about evacuating the city, could only pack their belongings and hurry to leave this city.
At the top of a skyscraper, in an extremely dangerous position that would definitely attract crowds of onlookers under normal circumstances.
A pink-haired girl sat at the edge of the building, her plump, fleshy thighs wrapped in exquisite black nylon stockings stacked together, overlooking Nagazora City which was more bustling than usual.
Her slender index finger pressed against the corner of her mouth, creating a shallow mark. The girl sighed lightly, her words filled with some regret and reflection about her previous announcement.
“Ah, should I not have set the time so urgently?”
In fact, the so-called earthquake and tsunami were naturally just fabrications jointly created by Jiang Qiao and Vill-V.
When exactly it would erupt depended on when the Honkai eruption hidden behind this natural disaster would actually detonate.
In other words, the beginning of the disaster depended on him.
Such a hasty announcement would inevitably cause considerable trouble and conflicts among the citizens eager to leave Nagazora City, and even with the assistance of the police system, this was unavoidable.
“No matter what time frame you give, they would still rush to evacuate just like this.”
Dr. MEI’s voice came through the portable communicator at her ear. “You should understand this too, right? The moment your announcement was made, Nagazora City became a dangerous place where not even a moment could be spared.”
Whether it was days or months, the residents of Nagazora City would definitely leave this city at the fastest speed possible.
After all, official news wasn’t necessarily accurate, and no one could say for certain whether tomorrow or danger would come first.
After learning that Nagazora City would suffer a great disaster, the citizens of Nagazora City would probably sleep in fear and anxiety while in this city.
“Even so, I still hope to avoid unnecessary losses and conflicts as much as possible.”
Gently stroking the fullness covered by fabric, able to feel the beating of Elysia’s heart, 【Elysia】 tone carried some melancholy and helplessness.
Dr. MEI comforted:
“You can’t do everything perfectly all the time. To save something, you inevitably must sacrifice something else. Look on the bright side, at least through your actions, the people of that city have already achieved the best possible outcome they originally couldn’t have gotten.”
“Ah, does Dr. MEI think I’m sad? 【Elysia】 isn’t such a fragile girl~ I’m merely feeling regretful that I couldn’t save more. After all, I’m a very greedy girl.”
The pink-haired girl placed her hand on her plump thigh, her beautiful face showing some amusement.
Jiang Qiao had never thought about saving what he wanted to save without sacrificing anything, after all — someone who cannot lose anything also cannot gain anything.
If one doesn’t recognize this point, the so-called saving the world is merely empty talk hanging on one’s lips, a bubble illusion.
What he wanted was simply to pay the least possible price to obtain what he wanted and achieve his desired goals.
Without feeling regret, one wouldn’t understand satisfaction, and if one doesn’t understand satisfaction, how could one greedily seek more?
“That’s good, but your previous impulsive action might bring us considerable trouble in the future.”
Dr. MEI’s tone carried some helplessness.
Saying something like, because she was very curious about what the experience of being a radio announcer would be like, she chose to personally take the field and guest as a radio announcer.
But this would leave records!
If the Far East region later discovered anomalies and reported them to Fire Moth, once they were found out, having privately done such a thing, forcing a local government and harming numerous politicians by breaking the rules, they would definitely become thorns in the side of Fire Moth’s higher-ups.
“Ehehe~ I was really curious though?”
Although no one was around, the pink-haired girl still made the signature move of hitting her head with her fist while acting cute and sticking out her tongue, but soon her expression returned to its usual smile:
“But even if I hadn’t done that, having secretly done such a big thing, we couldn’t possibly remain unnoticed by those Fire Moth higher-ups, right?”
Although it must be said that Fire Moth’s higher-ups were quite rotten, being rotten was premised on them having sufficient ability to disgust others, and among these abilities, the so-called capability wasn’t merely power and position.
When it came to pure political infighting and harming their own people, Fire Moth’s higher-ups could be said to be masterful.
“Mm, Vill-V will probably inevitably face questioning and interrogation from the higher-ups afterward.”
“On my end, the higher-ups will probably make some moves too. As for you… you should be clear about it yourself.”
Dr. MEI’s tone carried some certainty, along with considerable headache and fatigue.
Damn it, she just wanted to be a researcher!
Yet somehow she had to get involved in complex political struggles. Although as a genius, Dr. MEI indeed had considerable talent in this area, playing politics was really both dark and brain-racking, completely different from pure scientific research.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t easily flip the table for now, because even if they didn’t care about those dragging-them-down old foxes, they still had to consider the feelings of the many nations that formed Fire Moth’s foundation and Fire Moth’s grassroots personnel.
“I seem to hear you talking about me. Are you missing the great magician Vill-V’s magic tricks?”
Vill-V’s voice rang out, interjecting into the two’s casual conversation channel.
And regarding this third party’s insertion, Dr. MEI fully displayed her sense of humor:
“You’re overthinking it. I was just discussing with Elysia what your mood would be like after you enter the interrogation room, and perhaps we should also consider countermeasures in case you betray us.”
“Really, saying such things is too much, isn’t it? I put in a lot of effort in this plan too! But… hehe, if I really betrayed you two, I could completely use the excuse that I was instructed by you two, that I was just an innocent young girl who was deceived, to deal with those people above, right? That’s a good method, I’ll remember it.”
“Alright, stop joking around. Vill-V, how’s the situation on your end?”
“Haha, do you even need to ask?”
The voice of Miss Magician on the other end of the communicator carried some teasing, with only laughter echoing in the channel:
“— This Mr. Mayor on my end is extraordinarily furious!”