[The Great Purity] Transcending the Dao! (Part 1) (Why does this title sound so much like a xianxia novel?)

Fitzgerald's death not only shocked the Rabbits, but also caught the international community completely off guard and even sent them into a panic.

The news was like a slap landing on a fat man's belly, making the whole world tremble like a wobbling mass of flesh.

That afternoon.

NBC, the official television network Across the sea, released a video:

Inside a shabby little house, Fitzgerald's deputy, Johnson, stood solemnly in the center of a crowd and swore an oath to take over the deceased man's post before his widow, Jacqueline, whose clothes were still stained with blood.

At the same time, Johnson announced on the spot that Across the sea was entering a state of emergency and establishing a high-level investigative task force to thoroughly investigate the truth behind the assassination.

Of course.

Whether it was the image quality or something else, when Johnson announced that he was taking office, the right corner of his mouth seemed to twitch into a faint, barely suppressed smile.

Many, many years later, people looking for a laugh dug up that strange smile and made it one of the "pieces of evidence" that Johnson was the murderer.

In the time that followed.

Across the sea did indeed put on the appearance of entering a state of emergency. Large numbers of troops took to the streets to stand guard, and a few less stable regions even imposed curfews.

But that was only what could be seen on the surface.

Behind the scenes, beyond the public eye.

Across the sea's fleet quietly shortened its blockade of Cane Country from 500 miles to 300 miles, while Johnson personally wrote a letter to the Bear with a tone that was not particularly harsh.

At the same time.

The Bear showed remarkable restraint and did not provoke Across the