"Mr. Kamishima, did Watari ask you to come back and work overtime again?"
The guard watching the power plant's gate seemed not at all surprised that "Taro Kamishima" had returned, which made things all the easier for Zhang Hongxing.
After entering the power plant, Zhang Hongxing headed straight for the extra-high-voltage transformer.
Although the Shiraki Nuclear Power Plant could generate as much as 2,200 kilowatt-hours per second at maximum output, it could not keep operating at that level all the time.
Every power plant's output roughly matched the electricity consumption of the households connected to it.
In other words, the plant generated as much electricity as people used.
That was simply because electricity was not easy to store.
When Zhang Hongxing arrived at the extra-high-voltage transformer, only one worker was making his routine rounds there. Seeing Zhang Hongxing, he nodded and smiled.
"Mr. Kamishima, what brings you here?"
Zhang Hongxing deliberately said nothing, merely pointing upward. Sure enough, the man understood at once.
"Oh, Mr. Watari asked you to work overtime, right? In that case, I'll leave the rest of the work here to you."
The worker stepped forward and patted Zhang Hongxing on the shoulder before heading outside.
Once the man had left, Zhang Hongxing found the wire connected to the extra-high-voltage transformer and reached out to it.
A faint crackle sounded.
Zhang Hongxing began his electricity-stealing spree.
The moment he started absorbing electricity, every facility and household supplied by the nuclear power plant lost power.
Apart from outages caused by natural disasters, this was the first unannounced blackout since the Shiraki Nuclear Power Plant had restarted.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on? The design I just finished is ruined!"
"Who ordered the power cut? What the hell are they doing at the nuclear power plant?"
"Bastards!