"Following verification by the Alt Conglomerate, last night's incident at the Joint Forces building was caused by a ventilation duct explosion resulting from a Central Control System malfunction, not a terrorist attack as rumored..."
"Citizens, please rest assured. As long as the Alt Conglomerate and the District 25 Alliance remain, your lives and property will be protected..."
"There are countless roads to take, but safety always comes first."
Early the next morning, the morning news reported on the incident from the previous evening.
Once the report aired, ordinary citizens following the spectacle felt both relieved and disappointed.
They were relieved, naturally, that there was no terrorist organization in District 25 brazen enough to attack the Peacekeeping Forces building. Their disappointment, of course, came from their dissatisfaction with this dramatic version of the "facts."
So it was just a system malfunction and a ventilation duct explosion. I thought a nuclear bomb had gone off.
Then why the hell did you Peacekeeping Forces scare everyone shitless? You had us all panicking, thinking something huge was about to happen.
For a time, curses flew everywhere. The Peacekeeping Forces became the target of criticism across every forum, and angry residents even swarmed their official website until it crashed.
Yet all they received in return was silence. The Peacekeeping Forces' response only convinced them further of the nature of the incident, so the abuse grew fiercer still. The Peacekeeping Forces became universally reviled, with everyone clamoring to take a swing at them.
The Peacekeeping Forces could only suffer in silence. They were clearly the victims, the ones who had sustained the heaviest losses, yet they still had to endure all this abuse.
Meanwhile, the culprit behind all that destruction was enjoying a pleasant morning in a café.
The light of dawn gradually spilled across