The Frenzied Itō Hidetaka: All I Want Are Results

Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, more than a day had passed.

Less than five hours remained before the mission deadline.

Yet the per capita GDP figure was stuck at 60,000 yuan, neither rising nor falling.

After Itō Hidetaka implemented his heavy-handed suppression policy, the economic indicators had all risen significantly. But once the figure reached 60,000, it had stalled.

Things had stayed that way for half a day, and Itō Hidetaka was extremely anxious.

He immediately summoned Shancheng Kojirō.

"Shancheng, what's going on?"

"Why are these numbers as motionless as if they were dead? We really don't have much time left."

Shancheng Kojirō let out a long sigh and said, sounding somewhat aggrieved:

"Mr. Itō, none of our challengers have shut their eyes for forty-eight hours. We've been monitoring the situation on Eastern Ocean Island every moment."

"We've been issuing them all kinds of orders nonstop. There really hasn't been a single person slacking off."

"But economic development seems to have reached a threshold... It feels difficult to break through."

Itō Hidetaka's face darkened the moment he heard Shancheng Kojirō's answer.

"What kind of talk is that?"

"I don't care what you know or don't know. We've already come this far. Are we supposed to give up now?"

Itō Hidetaka snorted coldly.

Itō Hidetaka had no idea what a threshold was, nor did he have any desire to know.

All he wanted now were results!

There was half a day left. If they couldn't surpass Eagle Sauce Country, all their previous efforts would come to nothing.

"Shancheng, if we fail the mission this time, a lot of challengers will be erased on the spot!"

"You should know that the challengers this time are all our compatriots."

"I imagine quite a few of them are your students, aren't they, Shancheng?"

"Are you going to stand by and watch them die?"

Itō Hidetaka's roar made Shancheng Kojirō shudder with fright.

"That bastard Lin Ye has toyed with us time and again, tormenting us in every way imaginable in the instance. Are you going to let him off just like that?"

"Victory is within arm's reach, Shancheng! If we just push a little harder and raise the economic indicators another notch, we can get Lin Ye's aircraft carrier technology and erase Lin Ye outright!"

Itō Hidetaka hadn't always been like this. As a genius of the Great He Clan, he was usually quite refined in his dealings with others.

But Raging Waves had tormented him again and again, causing a drastic change in his emotions.

Before he knew it, he had become exceptionally irritable.

"Mr. Itō, this isn't what I wanted to see either... But there really is nothing we can do now."

"Right now, all the people on Eastern Ocean Island have been forced to work around the clock, twenty-four hours a day. At this point, everyone is so tired they're in a daze."

"There's no way to increase either their work efficiency or their working hours. We really have reached the limit of the limit."

"And... the people are already up in arms over the high-pressure policies. From what I've seen, they're on the verge of slipping out of our control."

Bang!

Itō Hidetaka slammed his hand down hard on the table in front of him.

"Shancheng, I don't want to hear you say things like that."

"If there's no way, then find one. I'll tell you what to do!"

"Didn't we give a lot of funds to those security agencies earlier? Make them cough it all up now."

"At the same time, tell the people that all of this was those security agencies running wild, and that every police officer will be convicted."

"That way, we're sure to win the people's support!"

"After that, tell the people that Eastern Ocean Island has reached a moment of life or death, and we hope everyone will push a little harder."

Shancheng Kojirō's face immediately darkened upon hearing Itō Hidetaka's words.

The decision could only be described as insidious to the extreme.

Wasn't this killing the donkey once it had finished turning the millstone?!

This was basically treating the people of Eastern Ocean Island like monkeys. One wrong move could spark an even bigger riot; the risk was enormous.

Even setting aside whether the plan could succeed, there was only half a day left. Even if it could work, there wasn't enough time.

"What are you still waiting for, Shancheng?!"

"Go make the arrangements, now!"

Shancheng Kojirō didn't dare disobey. He bowed and hurried out of the main command room.

In truth, none of it mattered to him.

The Emperor's written instructions were for him to follow all of Itō Hidetaka's orders. If anything went wrong, Itō Hidetaka would take the blame; all he had to do was carry them out.

So Shancheng Kojirō went straight to the main control console and issued an order to Eastern Ocean Island: arrest all security agency personnel immediately...

Itō Hidetaka's final move shocked the many spectators watching the livestream.

Even the scrolling comments carried a note of shock.

[WTF, has Itō Hidetaka gone mad? He actually dares to pull something like this?!]

[Is this really the same Great He Clan super genius? Why does he seem like a cold-blooded warmonger?!]

[I could understand his iron-fisted measures before, but now he's turning around and blaming the people he used. I really can't keep defending him.]

[I really can't agree with treating NPCs this way! It may be an instance, but the NPCs in it have human minds. Lin Ye could make a map this enormous, so the NPCs he designed must be infinitely close to real humans too! Isn't he afraid these humans will actually rebel?]

[Hmph! This prince said long ago that Itō Hidetaka was scum. You believe me now, don't you?]

Everyone felt that Itō Hidetaka had gone a little too far. Even his fellow Great He Clan compatriots were finding it hard to speak up for him now.

An instance was still an instance, but some of the things people did inside one were reflections of their own thoughts, and the Firmament would see them.

The current Itō Hidetaka did have some anti-human tendencies, to one degree or another.

So they could only offer a few words in his defense.

[To the person above, it's easy to criticize when you're not the one in the thick of it. What would you do if you brought twenty thousand compatriots into an instance like this?]

[Don't confuse the instance with reality! If you don't get tough with these NPCs, are you supposed to sit around waiting to be erased?]

[If you want to blame anyone for this, blame Lin Ye for designing it wrong!]

The spectators outside the instance could sit back and watch it like a show, but the people inside couldn't sit still.

Time passed second by second, and less than five hours remained of the allotted sixty.

Itō Hidetaka glanced at the real-time data again.

Then he leaped straight off the sofa!

"What's going on?!"

After several hours, the economic indicators had started falling again. Per capita GDP had dropped from 60,000 to 58,000!

"Damn it! Damn it! Where's that bastard Shancheng?"

Itō Hidetaka was about to call Shancheng Kojirō in, but before he could summon him, a loud crash came from the door.

Shancheng Kojirō staggered in, nearly falling to the floor.

"Mr. Itō!"

"Mr. Itō!! Something terrible has happened!"

Sweat streamed down Shancheng Kojirō's forehead, and his clothes were soaked.

His previously neat hairstyle was now a complete mess.

There was even a hint of tears in his voice.