Night Watchmen Headquarters.
Conference room.
"It has been three days since the attack on the Golden Coast... The current public opinion situation is extremely unfavorable." Zhong Xianzhi, head of the Public Relations Department, spoke gravely. "The disappearance of several thousand people is a disaster of a scale that cannot be suppressed. The relatives of the missing have all reported it to the police, and it has already caused quite a stir.
"Although we claimed to the public that it was a tsunami, the rest of the waters in that area were calm that day. Only a two- or three-kilometer stretch of coastline was hit by a tsunami, yet it swept away so many people at once. It simply doesn't make sense.
"Public opinion is now leaning toward conspiracy theories. Although we have kept deleting and controlling comments online, the victims' families have gathered on their own and staged marches and protests, demanding that the authorities immediately organize teams to head out to sea and give them an explanation."
"The local Night Watchmen teams also reported that quite a few civilian organizations crossed the Golden Coast blockade and began their own investigations, though none of them found anything," Chen Han said with a nod.
Yue Jiulin, head of the Logistics Department, immediately added, "We dealt with all traces related to Poseidon long ago. They definitely won't find anything."
"What I mean is, they're taking this matter very seriously..."
Destiny Monk sat at the center of the conference table, his gaze lowered slightly as he calmly listened to the other seven senior officials speak.
Only after everyone else had finished did Destiny Monk slowly open his mouth:
"Continue suppressing this incident's social impact."
Destiny Monk was sparing with words. After saying that, he showed no intention of speaking again. The senior officials