Chapter 213: Chapter 211: Police Strike?
Translator: 549690339
As the directorâs voice fell, the screen immediately switched.
First, there was an aerial view of the Metropolis, with its densely packed buildings and the huge Central Park shaded by green trees. The park was surrounded by a small lake with a shimmering reflection on its surface, making it incredibly beautiful.
The voiceover came on again:
âIn the past week, Metropolis has experienced a real estate boom, with millions of new residents buying properties in the city. According to statistics, 80% of these properties are within one kilometer of Central Park, with extremely high prices!â
âAnother 15% chose to settle in luxury apartments along Riverside, and the remaining 5% are scattered throughout Metropolis.â
âAccording to reliable information, there are still more than twice as many new residents planning to buy properties, but they are struggling to raise funds. If all goes well, this real estate boom will continue into next week.â
The screen timely showed a group of players robbing a gun shop, madly stuffing rifles and bullets into their backpacks.
Comments lamented, âWow, is this their way of raising funds?â âIf youâre short on money, go to the bank, whatâs the problem?â
âNo problem at all!â
âIâve got my eye on a top-floor luxury duplex, but the money in my Sloane safe is only half enough, and working at the Continental Hotel is too slow. Itâs not that I want to rob a bank, but these unscrupulous real estate developers are pushing me too far!â
âOne more heist tonight, and I can move into my new home! Who wouldâve thought that moving virtual real estate to Metropolis would require buying your own property?
âThere are benefits, though! Isnât it much simpler than having to do it yourself in DIY? In reality, hiring a decorator to help with virtual house will cost a lot! Robbing a bank is much easier! Rob! Just rob it!â
âThrive and prosper!â
âThrive and prosper!â
Soon, the commentsâ rhythm turned into a unified âThrive and prosper!â
Then the screen switched to the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department, where a police director stood in front of a podium, looking serious.
âThe police of Metropolis have always been dissatisfied with their law enforcement weapons, especially in times of high crime rates, their strong desire for heavy firepower has intensified their dissatisfaction.â
A police director faced the camera and said solemnly, âThe dissatisfaction among the police force can no longer be suppressed. In the next week, grassroots police officers will stage a collective protest march. If our demands are still not met, we will launch a strike lasting at least one week.â
âCan you imagine what would happen without police for a week? The next week is the last chance for the upper class to take action!â
âI reiterate for the last time â we need tanks!â
The chaotic comments suddenly became remarkably unified, as countless players blurted out a single word â âFuck! â âAre helicopters not enough for you?!â
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Unfortunately, the playersâ anger could not be conveyed to the screen, and the voiceover continued whispering,
âWithout police, what will happen? Where will Metropolis go?â
âWill it be chaos and disorder? OrâŠ
âThrive and prosper?â
The film ended with the voiceoverâs whisper, and the screen finally returned to the studio.
It looked like it had been through a battle: a chunk was missing from the edge of the table, and the huge screen behind it was full of cracks, probably from a chair being thrown at it.
Both hosts were no longer presentable.
Aside from their messy and wrinkled clothes, the female host Jenny had a noticeable black eye, and the male host Johnny had three bloody scratch marks on his neck, occasionally gritting his teeth in pain. It seemed that his club had been no match for the chair, and he had suffered a significant loss.
The players couldnât help but comment on the scene:
âSeriously? You lost again?â
âLast time, the female host lost due to a sneak attack, which was fair enough. But how could she lose even with open confrontation? I donât get it!â
âI donât get it either! She had a chair, and you had a chair! Why didnât you just charge and fight?â
âIf you knew you couldnât win, why did you provoke in the first place?â
âPfft! Iâm reminded of a story about a hunter and a bear.â
âHunter and bear? What story?â
âAre you here to hunt or to sell your ass?â
âHahaha, what a nutcase! I was originally planning to send him a gun, now what should I do? Send a gun or send medicine?!â
The two hosts hurriedly gave their closing remarks, declaring the end of the show.
However, as always, the aftermath of News Weekly would continue to spread.
Not to mention the various jokes and data in it, many would inevitably be reprocessed and turned into other news, short videos, predictions, and so on.
Especially the ending story of the Metropolis police demonstration and their plans to go on a âlarge strikeâ if not responded to, this made many people wonder if Cloud Dream was brewing some big conspiracy!
After all, the title of Cloud Dreamâs video directly stated that there would be
âheavy news disclosure.â
Looking at the entire news, itâs clear that itâs this piece of information.
But as for what exactly it is, they once again become mysterious â not giving any definite answers, making players guess for themselves.
The comment section went wild with guessesâShould be DLC, right?â
âNo way! DLC must have a main storyline, what story can a police strike tell?
Thereâs not even a single clue!â
âI bet itâs not the content of the DLC. According to the main storyline of overthrowing the Alliance, itâs easy to guess: the DLC should be about destroying the Continental Hotel!â
âGenius! Itâs logical and flawless!â
âThen what is it? A game event? Temporarily canceling the Metropolis police pursuit mechanism for a limited time so that police will not respond to criminal activities?â
âFor what? To lower the difficulty of us robbing banks?â
âIt seems to make sense!â
âIt makes perfect sense! Look, earlier in the news, they mentioned many people raising funds to buy houses, and then the Metropolis police march and prepare to strike. Isnât it obviously to make it easier for everyone to buy houses?!â
âWow, even in the game, they have to stimulate real estate sales? Thatâs just ridiculous!â
Playersâ guesses gradually took a strange direction, and many even began rubbing their hands, planning to take advantage of this opportunity for a big heist!
Little did they know that after completing the main storyline of the game, the unlocked privileges not only allowed players to embed their virtual house into Metropolis but also granted them the privilege to buy houses.
This purchase privilege had no limits!
In other words, as long as you could get enough money, theoretically, you could even buy the entire Metropolis!
Of course, that would require an astronomical amount of virtual currency. Even if you could successfully rob a bank every day, you could only buy four or five houses a month at most, making buying an entire building out of reach.
However, that didnât deter playersâ motivation to buy houses. Some players had already started buying their third or even fourth houses!
It wasnât for living, they just simply liked buying.
When they had nothing to do, they would open their personal panel and look at the properties under their names, feeling pure happiness!
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