Chapter 89
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Chapter 89: A Sudden Warning
At first, it wasn’t a bad thing. Its original purpose was to spread out medical costs among participants and redistribute them fairly. This could effectively reduce the burden on patients while ensuring that poor people got the care they needed.
The problem arose from how closely these two systems fit together. It’s easy for greed to lead one into a spiral where one keep adding more and more, until things get completely out of control.
If he let it go that far, his part-time ‘angel’ would probably see it as pure evil.
However, Chaoyang wasn’t too worried about things getting out of hand. Since the pursuit of profit is natural for investors, but his pursuit lies in wish power. Of course, without the greed for money, there would naturally be no original sin associated with it.
In addition, the health care companies would probably be run by players. The economic benefits of this place can’t be used on Earth anyway, and he can always kick players out if he needs to. So it’s like a triple layer of protection.
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After escorting Jeanne back to the cathedral, Chaoyang planned to return to Jade Street. Just then, he heard a loud commotion coming from the street.
He lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside. He saw seven or eight people being escorted by the city guard to an intersection where a row of dark gallows stood.
On either side of the gallows, a large crowd of onlookers had gathered, their faces filled with joy and excitement as they cheered the City Guard.
Straining his ears, he could barely make out what these people were shouting.
“…Hang those heretics!”
“Shorten the ropes… don’t let them die too soon!”
“What’s going on here? Are those people criminals?” Luo Di asked slightly puzzled by such reaction from people.
“No, they’re heretics,” Dunn replied. “The newspapers have been talking about this lately. The City Guard and the Company’s security forces have been conducting a large scale operation against hidden cult organizations outside the city walls. They’ve captured about two to three hundred individuals so far.”
“That many?” Chaoyang was a bit surprised. No wonder, he had witnessed several public executions recently. “Didn’t anyone notice their presence before?”
“Uh…” Dunn instinctively glanced at Luo Di, who was also known as “Miss Demon.”
“Don’t worry, she has nothing to do with this cult,” Chaoyang quickly interjected. ” She’s involved in a different kind of evil. You are free to speak frankly.”
Luo Di turned her head away, showing her disinterest in engaging further conversation.
“Although I haven’t visited Jeddy Brothers lately, I still have some friends who are willing to share information with me. According to them, only a small fraction were actual heretics—possibly only two or three individuals. Most of those arrested were taken from the mines… specifically, the Gray Hill Mines, which are controlled by the Gaotian Corporation.”
This was news to Chaoyang. “Why would they be executing miners?”
And once again, it involved the Gaotian Mining Corporation.
Recalling how the former chief of North City Police Station had also set up a black prison to cruelly detain and kill miners, he thought, “are they really targeting miners now?”
Regardless of whether these people were hired workers or purchased slaves, they should still be considered company property. There seemed to be no logical reason for such ruthless waste.
“Well… The company claims that there was a rebellion led by escaped miners, and these people probably got caught up in it.”
Chaoyang suddenly sensed that something wasn’t quite right. “How did the rebellion happen ?”
“They hijacked a train.”
Cough!
He couldn’t help but choke on his words. “What?”
“The newspaper blamed the hijacking on heretics, and those involved were indeed connected to a secret organization formed by escaped miners,” Dunn explained honestly. “On that day, you were continuously traveling through the fog, and since we took the sea route, you may not have noticed. That night, there was an unusual tidal shift in the fog. The ringing of the bells was a warning of the approaching fog zone.”
Chaoyang thought back for a moment and remembered something like that had happened.
However, after receiving the looted money, he had immediately travelled to Earth. It wasn’t until two days later that he returned to this world. After that, he was busy with tasks such as recasting gold coins, summoning Asahara Naruko and others game related tasks. in the midst of all this, he had completely forgotten about the bell-ringing incident.
“So those people suffered because of us…” A hint of sadness flashed in Luo Di’s eyes.
“Not exactly,” Dunn quickly corrected himself. “They were planning do something against the Gaotian Mining Corporation. Not only did they hide large amounts of explosives in the abandoned mining area, but they also secretly manufactured a lot of firearms. I’ve heard that there were heavy casualties among the company’s security forces during the operation. If the City Guard had not intervened, things could have been much worse for them.”
“Is that so?” Luo Di closed her eyes, clasping her hands together over her chest. “They were truly brave souls.”
The journalist gazed at Chaoyang with an expression of immense admiration that made him feel slightly uneasy.
From Dunn’s perspective, the fact that a Demon prayed for miners she hadn’t met was clearly a divine act, something only the Lord of Paradise could orchestrate.
As for Chaoyang, he naturally understood what the angel was thinking.
Luo Di harbored strong animosity and rejection toward the company. The Skull Hand she had formed was also inherently an underground organization that was not fit to see the light of day. It wouldn’t be surprising if one day they were caught en masse by the French police. Witnessing the execution of miners who dared to oppose the Gaotian Corporation probably resonated deeply with her own experiences.
In fact, it showed considerable restraint that she didn’t immediately jump out of the carriage to save them.
“Are you saying that I should have jumped out to rescue them?” Luo Di glanced sideways at Chaoyang and asked telepathically.
“You figured that out too? Well then… why didn’t you?”
“Because everything I’ve heard about this situation is from others, I haven’t seen it with my own eyes. Of course… if I had the power to eliminate the Gaotian Mining Company, I would gladly do so. I’ve already seen how evil they are.”
“Oh—” Chaoyang deliberately dragged out his words. “That’s not what you said when we first met. You obviously hadn’t seen any demons before, but you were convinced that all demons were evil.”
Luo Di remained silent for a long time. Just when Chaoyang thought she wasn’t going to continue on this topic, she suddenly said, “Yes, I did lear that from you.”
Chaoyang raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised by her reply. Is this… her way of admitting her mistake?
“You have really changed my views on demons,” she continued. “After all, based on the knowledge I’ve acquired, those awakened with the deceptive power of demons are ultimately all…”
Before she could finish, the carriage shook violently! The sound of horses’ whinnying came from up ahead.
Luo Di immediately moved closer to Chaoyang, shielding him with one arm while a whirlwind began forming faintly in her other hand.
“What happened?” Dunn shouted towards the front.
“A horse ran into us!” the coachman replied irritably. “Some idiot was driving drunk!”
“Aren’t you afraid you’ll fall off and kill yourself?” The coachman could be heard shouting outside.
While they were talking, the curtain of the carriage was quietly lifted, and a note floated inside.
Chaoyang and Luo Di exchanged glances, then simultaneously opened the window curtains to look outside. However, all they could see were numerous pedestrians who walking along both sides of the street, but there were no suspicious figures were present around the carriage.
Realizing that searching further wouldn’t yield any results, Chaoyang bent down to pick up the note, unfolding it for inspection.
There was only one sentence written on it:
“They’re searching for Zhu Di; tell her to run quickly.”
Chaoyang’s expression changed involuntarily.
“What’s wrong?” Dunn noticed the change in the Divine Messenger’s expression.
He handed the note to the reporter, “Where is Zhu Di now?”
After reading it, the reporter also turned paled with shock, “L..let me think—she planned to stop by the Jeddy Brothers briefly, but she didn’t want to go upstairs. She’d just leave her writings to the newsboy. After that, she should have returned to my residence… 375 Oak Street!”
“Who do they mean by ‘they’?” Luo Di asked.
“Only the ghosts knows, but this isn’t the time to worry about that. We must hurry to Oak Street and warn Zhu Di—” Chaoyang stopped abruptly in mid-sentence.
What if this was also a trap?
He was currently active in his true body, and although he had an angel as his bodyguard, if someone targeted him specifically, even she might not be able to protect him.
“Lord Chao, let me go!” Dunn immediately realized the potential problem, “You just need to drop me off at the next neighboring street!”
But whether it was Dunn or Zhu Di, Chaoyang didn’t want either of them to get hurt. Their Wish Power was now closely connected to his own, and they were also the people he’d become closest to since arriving in this new world.
Wait… interconnected through Wish Power?
As soon as this thought crossed to his mind, Chaoyang immediately activated his vision and stared at the thin white line above Dunn’s head, which was as delicate as a spider’s thread. An idea suddenly formed in his mind.
Although there was no longer a contract between them, they weren’t completely disconnected.
Could he use this wish connection line to send a message to Zhu Di?