(To be revised later)
In a highly advanced technological society, any news could spread extremely quickly. In just a few hours, the Mechanical Parade had grown two or three times larger, forcing the District 011 Government to step in and maintain order. Besides the usual maintenance units and the black and White Shoulder Badge forces, some military forces were also deployed.
Fortunately, the government reacted quickly and came up with countermeasures overnight.
First, compensation would be given to those who had died or been injured, as well as those who had been frightened. The compensation plan had not been announced.
Next came fines and a suspension of operations for the Club. The Club's owner would also face prosecution and might even go to prison.
But anyone who could run this kind of business had a background that was far from clean. The Nobles would naturally find someone to negotiate a settlement, and they could simply push some scapegoat forward to face prosecution. The real owner wouldn't need to show his face at all.
Whether it was fueled by anger or pushed along by someone behind the scenes, information about the Club's real owner was posted online. A hacker had broken into the government system, dug up the owner's Network of Relationships, and even pointed netizens in the right direction.
As it happened, the matter had some connection to Rongxin Group. One of its shareholders was a partner in the Club, and the Players who had been smuggled in had been brought over through Rongxin Group's connections.
It was all too easy for a major corporation to bury scandalous information. Before morning, someone had filed a report under their real name accusing Rongxin Group of killing former Player employees—the very two people who had been used as sacrifices in the full-dive