Bu Peien City Television Station was the first television station in Bu Peien and the first television station in the Federation.
Many people called it "Federal Television," but in reality, it was not. It was a privately owned television station jointly owned by its shareholders.
However, its political stance had always leaned toward whoever was in power.
You could call it a turncoat, but no president who took office ever considered it particularly disgraceful. Whoever came to power, it spoke for them. Combined with its usually impartial attitude, this made it difficult for those in power to find anything they could attack it over.
If anything, they rather liked it—
Someone willing to speak for you without requiring you to spend money or resources was a rare bargain in the Federation.
Not to mention that Bu Peien City Television Station had consistently maintained the astonishing rating of being among the Federation's top three, and its influence was staggering.
It was only six in the morning, yet the Station Director, the Chairman of the Board, and several other important people had already arrived at the television station.
Half an hour earlier, at around 5:35, someone had knocked on the Station Director's door, left behind a file bag, and quickly departed.
The Station Director lived in an upscale residential complex. He had no idea how that person had gotten in, and the Community Service Company had already sent people to investigate.
Inside the file bag was a recording.
The recording's contents were somewhat horrifying.
"...You must transfer one hundred million Federal Sol to the... bank located in..., account number... For every five minutes past the deadline, we will kill one person until they are all dead!"
Everyone in the conference room wore exceptionally grave expressions. The man on the recording claimed to