Rewriting Time Through Gaming
Chapter 48

Movie: *Don't Look Up*

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Meanwhile.

The district east of 1st Avenue in Detroit.

The White Hound, Fern, spotted the stingy drinker, Gore, from the 'Environmentalist' organization entering the door.

As well as a somewhat unfamiliar, handsome young man.

At this moment.

The neon lights hanging on the building arrays not far from the Freezing Point Bar's windows began to flicker.

The sleepless night belonging to the city of chaos had arrived.

The next day.

Su Wen woke up.

He opened his phone and saw the trending searches on major video websites and news platforms.

The most popular article came from The Wall Street Journal.

It published the news that financial giant Leis Angton Group's Detroit branch had filed for bankruptcy due to a commercial scandal.

This report caused a huge reaction online.

The Michigan state government apologized for it.

At the same time.

In the face of various evidences anonymously released by Miss Caroline, the hacker.

Leis Angton headquarters also held an emergency press conference, urgently disclaiming responsibility, stating that it was due to its lax supervision of the branch that caused the scandal.

Of course.

For the white left in America, who already distrust oligarchical enterprises and the federal government.

They had already fantasized Leis Angton into a Umbrella Corporation preparing to release the T-virus and create a biohazard crisis.

At the same time.

The Wall Street financial turmoil and stock market collapse also clearly explained everything.

Under pressure.

The California state government stated that it had launched an investigation into Leis Angton headquarters.

There is currently no progress.

At the same time.

This also declared that Detroit, which already met the relevant provisions of Chapter 9 of the Federal Bankruptcy Law and was eligible to apply for bankruptcy protection.

After becoming the largest bankrupt municipal government in American history in 2013.

It has also become the benchmark case for the first anarchist resistance movement.

The Civilization Chronicle faithfully recorded all of this.

And the name 'Rhine'.

Has become a name that cannot be ignored by history.

Or the Wall Street Journal's official website and major video websites.

Of course.

Su Wen's appearances in the videos were not many.

Regarding the appearance of the hero and the disappearance without a trace.

Coupled with his handsome and dashing back.

Ninety-nine percent of the comments and barrages were very excited:

"Did you see the figure standing on the burning building in the video?"

"So handsome!"

"Rhine is my husband."

"This name is consistent with the one mentioned in the Equal Rights Act news."

"Could it be that this name is actually a top-secret code name in the Night Watch? Maybe many people are called Rhine?"

"The Night Watch hasn't come out to clarify."

"Very credible."

"Putting everything else aside, if I were there, I would probably respond to his call. Rhine's personality is really too strong."

Looking at these comments.

Su Wen, who has always 'had a correct self-awareness', nodded and said:

"These comments are quite objective."

He just explained the cause and effect clearly to the Night Watch.

But since no one has come forward to clarify, that's fine too.

Meanwhile, a movie released under a familiar name simultaneously premiered on major video platforms.

[Looking Up]

[Publisher: Azure]

The movie tells the story of a young black boy.

He lives in Detroit, a city that's pretty much on the fringes of civilized order.

In his childhood, a fire broke out due to poor housing quality, and his parents suffered severe burns before they could escape. For the wealthy, it might have been possible to save their lives.

But for a poor family living in the slums, such high medical expenses were simply unaffordable.

After his parents passed away, the boy was taken in by an old man, at a dilapidated auto repair shop with a small orphanage in the back.

In Detroit, kindness is a luxury.

And luxuries are usually reserved for the enjoyment of a select few. Five years later, the old man eventually succumbed to illness and died.

The black boy gradually grew up.

To repay his debts, he came into contact with the thrill of the racing circuit during a chance car repair opportunity.

Then he became a race car driver.

Became the former defending champion.

His label finally shifted from 'Big Guy', 'Idiot', 'Rare Good Person', back to Grace-Arnold.

Even so, after all the evidence of the orphanage children's disappearance pointed to the Leis Angton Group, he was angry, but helpless.

A racing champion couldn't do anything.

Until this black strongman met the Night Watch.

Saw what belonged to Detroit's cry.

Also understood that there were many people like him here, who either ended up assimilated into the perpetually restless and noisy environment, becoming degenerates, or died unnoticed on the streets one day, there was a third option.

Midway through the movie, Driver #25 drives his black race car with a blue glow across the finish line.

The climax of the plot also follows.

Once the fire is lit, it is difficult to extinguish.

Until the landmark building, the 'Leis Angton Skyscraper', collapsed overnight.

At the end of the movie, Miss Caroline's words at the Freezing Point Bar served as the closing:

"I don't know when, but when we look up, the stars that once reflected overhead have long been obscured by the noisy heavy metal music and the ever-burning neon light posts."

"Now, after he appeared, the neon lights have not gone out.

But the starlight also cannot be concealed.

To Detroit.

Cheers."

The movie screen fades to black.

The vast majority of comments are likes and recommendations:

[Is this movie a supplement to the Wall Street Journal's report?]

[The emotion is really on point]

[I don't know why, Azure's stories all have happy endings, but they always leave such a deep impression]

[Rhine is really too handsome]

[The Night Watch is truly great]

[In the late eighteenth century, Detroit built a large number of buildings and was therefore called "The Paris of America," which was then called the 'Gilded Age'.

And now, after this movie is released, it can probably also be called the 'Looking Up' or 'Burning Fire' Age.]

After browsing the movie, Su Wen took out the cocktail he had made from cheap ingredients he had bought these past few days from the refrigerator.

Then he gently tapped the windowsill, as if toasting someone.

Afterward, he smiled calmly and said:

"Cheers."

Just then.

The azure hyacinth swayed by the window, bringing the sea breeze from as far away as the North Atlantic into the room.

Su Wen took a sip of the cocktail, which resembled blue tonic water.

He savored it.

The taste was indeed excellent.

At the same time.

He also received a message from Jiang Menghan:

"Even with Father's guarantee, you've only gained the qualification to obtain the transcendent advancement materials; you still need to enter the relic site personally.

Have you decided on your travel date and destination?"

"The Samoan Islands in the Polynesian region of the Pacific—Storm Cliff-Natural Relic; that's my destination."

Su Wen replied gently:

"Don't worry; because of the Night Watch organization's recommendation and the Mental Review Bureau's certification, the visa will be processed quickly.

The plane ticket is for sometime after the fifteenth."

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