"Adjutant, show us the recent news about Mr. Eobard Thawne while we eat."
Su Ming, finding it amusing, began eating as well. Although Tenth Metal allowed him to go without food forever, eating was still a necessary ritual of life for the living.
"Understood, Sheriff. I will now display information currently detected on the Earth Network, primarily sourced from Central City News."
Adjutant began playing a recording.
"Good news! Good news! Newly released speeders are on sale! The entire Flash Brand Speeder lineup has been reduced by around 0.5%! Flash, Flash, fast as lightning! For details, please call or visit the official STAR Conglomerate website."
There was an advertisement even before the news. A button appeared in the upper-right corner of the projection, reading: Activate VVIP to skip ads.
Adjutant clearly did not have that membership, because Gin controlled the finances. Adjutant could mobilize the army to cooperate with the Sheriff and allocate supplies for production and research, but she alone could not touch the money.
Money was too closely connected to humans. Adjutant did not understand the various bizarre humans well enough, so there was even a chance she could be scammed out of money.
"Skip it. Whether you buy VIP or hack their servers, skip these ads." Su Ming sighed and authorized Adjutant. "I used to think sixty-second ads were long enough, but what the hell is with six-hundred-second ads just to watch online news here?"
"Actually, Sheriff, this is already the shortest ad segment I could find." Adjutant used money she had created herself to purchase the VIP membership, finally allowing them to watch the news directly. "I thought you might want to watch the ads and learn about this city from the side."
"I know what this era is like. None of these companies running ads