death of hope

Chapter 1010 "Psionic Storm" (84) Who to vote for?

In just a few months, Li Ang's acting skills had become superb.

Both his demeanor and tone were spot-on, perfectly capturing the mannerisms of Tetsuya Yamagami, a yakuza playboy.

Yuna Jinguji, completely unaware, was caught in a despicable deception.

She has undergone multiple craniotomies for psychic research, resulting in severe damage to her brain tissue and memory; she can't even remember what her beloved looks like.

After school that day, the two went shopping in Akihabara.

From afar, the crowds were immense. It was Black Friday, a shopping festival where merchants were having clearance sales. The crowds were already large, and now, with the governor's election also taking place, things were even more chaotic.

The new Sapporo Metropolitan Police Department canceled its shift system and deployed almost all its personnel, with patrol teams and surveillance posts everywhere, making the already congested shopping streets even more difficult to navigate.

"Damn it!" Li Ang cursed under his breath, "Uniformed officers, plainclothes officers, cops everywhere... They're not satisfied with just causing trouble, they're just adding to the chaos."

“Tiaozi…” Yuna covered her mouth and laughed, “How can you call Uncle Hat that?”

"Just like a viper hates an eagle, because I'm a gangster!"

"No, Tetsuya-kun is different from those people,"

Looking towards the street corner, Yu Nai saw several gangsters covered in tattoos, wearing patterned shirts and thick gold chains, brutally beating a prostitute who was late in paying her protection money.
"Tetsuya-kun isn't a gangster; he's a gentle and kind man. He never bullies others at the academy, and he doesn't look down on me because of my sickly nature. He even goes to great lengths to help me get treatment."

"Uh...actually...I..."

Li Ang lowered his head in shame, completely unable to look directly into the other person's pure and clear eyes;

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go shopping first..."

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The atmosphere in Akihabara is completely different from before.
Anyone with eyes can see that this election is exceptionally fierce.
The green belts on both sides of the sidewalk were filled with campaign banners, and the large screen advertising spaces on high-rise buildings and the holographic projections projected by hot air balloons were all contracted out by the campaign team.
Temporary workers in fluorescent yellow vests weaved through the crowd, handing out thick stacks of coated paper flyers to everyone they met. Li Ang was quickly shoved with a promotional poster.
Upon picking it up, I saw a large headshot of candidate number 12, Kai Yuichiro, with a bald, greasy face and the words "Vote Me!" next to it.

Yuna was also given a leaflet. Her mind was entirely focused on her studies, and she paid little attention to federal politics. She was completely unfamiliar with the faces and factions of these politicians. Even so, she could tell that the election was fierce.
"These elders, the uncles and aunties, are all very hardworking and all want to sit in the position of governor."

“That’s right, if you get elected, you can make a fortune,” Li Ang said, paying close attention to current affairs and thinking more deeply about the matter; (Electing a colonial governor is turning into an election for members of parliament, with the polarization between the red and green parties running high and no willingness to cooperate whatsoever, it’s about to break off relations...)
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"Who are you planning to vote for, Tetsuya-kun?" Yuna asked with a smile.

"me…"

Looking at the bloated figures of the Z-type customers on the colorful promotional flyers, their faces etched with fake smiles, Li Ang said disdainfully:

"Neither I nor my colleagues want to go to the polling station. A bunch of scoundrels are a complete waste of time. We'd rather have a couple of drinks."

"As expected of Tetsuya-kun, he's so funny~" Yuna tapped her chin with her fingertip, seemingly lost in thought.
“I am an undocumented immigrant and I don’t have the right to vote. If I did, I would vote for Aunt Chongxin’s house.”

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"Shigenobu House?"

Li Ang looked at the list of candidates for governor on the big screen, but couldn't find the name.
"Wait, I remember this person. I've seen videos of her on the website."
Shigenobu Fusako ranked among the top three in the polls many years ago and almost won the election, but was disqualified from running because he sympathized with the commune organization.
Why do I want to vote for her?

Yuna shrugged: "Me? I know absolutely nothing about ZZ. I only learned about it from the uncles and aunties at the Smile Cafeteria during cooking class."
Back then, the faculty and staff union led protests and demonstrations at Chongxin Housing, demanding higher salaries and benefits.

The older folks at the cafeteria said that Shigenobu Fusako was the only Federal Z-customer who dared to stand up and speak for the underprivileged in Shin-Sapporo.

Caught between major corporations and both the "red" and "green" parties, she was labeled a sympathizer of the commune organization and a terrorist, and was quickly expelled from the Federal Z forum. Her husband and children also abandoned her, and she died young from depression.
On the day of Shigenobu's burial, the poor people of Shin-Sapporo's Shimotsu district spontaneously organized themselves and filled the streets, holding candles to bid her farewell, before being dispersed by riot police armed with sticks.

The cafeteria staff said they only voted for Shigenori Fusako, and after her death, they never went to the polls to exercise their Terra citizenship rights.

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After hearing this, Li Ang looked at the two people with the highest approval ratings in the polls on the big screen.

Imam Dihad, representing the Green D, and Koizumi Donjiro, representing the Red D, couldn't help but fall into deep thought:
(One is a former internet celebrity food vlogger who rose to fame as an illiterate person with a huge appetite by virtue of her minority ethnicity.)

Another one is Old Deng, a conservative feudal lord with a history of philandering. How can someone like that run for governor? Are there any other humans on this list?

Which side will the Count of Vilnius (Leon's uncle, the lord of his hometown Vilnius) take? Red D or Green D?

In any case, my uncle will not side with Shigenobu's family, nor with the poor and struggling people of their hometown of Vilnius...

If a light illuminates the depths of Vilnius's hive, that light is guilty...
This isn't the first time Leon Vilnius has had such rebellious thoughts.