The hospital was quiet at night. Schiller gently closed the ward door and stepped into the hallway. He waved to the night nurse peeking out from the nurses' station, then stood alone by the corridor window and unlocked his phone.
The state of the public-opinion battlefield was still far from optimistic. The comment sections beneath many news stories related to Roxxon Corporation had become utter chaos. The accounts behind the comments Schiller had originally browsed had all been banned, presumably through measures taken by Nick.
But this was obviously not a particularly clever method. Those people simply switched platforms, posted screenshots of their banned accounts, and filled the comments below with more conspiracy theories, as though the entire world were persecuting Roxxon Corporation.
Schiller knew Nick had dirt on them. If he chose to release it now, he should have been able to turn things around, but he had not done so. He was probably still waiting to see Roxxon Corporation's response.
A full day and night had passed. Dario Agger should have woken up by now. Faced with the current situation, he would definitely take action. And from the measures he took, they could tell exactly what preparations he had made for his next plan. Nick wanted to wait until he made his move, then pull the rug out from under him.
As Schiller browsed the latest developments on the news platforms, he saw a trending topic rapidly climbing the rankings, jumping more than a dozen spots with every refresh until it reached the top of the hot-search list—"Doctor Schiller enters and leaves Roxxon Energy Industrial Tower."
Schiller's finger paused. He opened the news item and found a video showing him entering Roxxon Energy Industrial Tower.
He thought back to the scene at the time. It should have been