I was acting crazy in North America, and all the crazy people there took it seriously.

Chapter 226 Come on, let's hurt each other!
This harrowing night in Milwaukee is forever etched in the annals of "Prison BA".

This was the first game in the history of "Prison BA" to be forced to stop before even halftime. The cleanup afterwards was an absolute nightmare – vomit contaminated almost every corner of the arena, and the cleaners almost had to apply for workers' compensation.

But for the media, although the outcome was far from the expected carnage, the drama and topicality of the match were amplified in a more impactful way.

They weren't disappointed at all; on the contrary, they were excitedly "sharpening their knives."

The following morning, as newsboys stuffed newspapers, still smelling of fresh ink, into mailboxes across the country, the nation was greeted with a double dose of visual and emotional shock in the dawn.

Without exception, all newspapers published large photos of the scene in the most prominent position on their front page or sports section.

The only difference is that the media, which still retains a shred of humanity, has blurred out the messy, disgusting yellow and white filth.

Many other newspapers went completely inhumane, shoving unfiltered photos of the scene directly at the reader's face, as if only by doing so could they allow readers to "feel the same way" and experience the same harm suffered by their reporters and editors the previous night.

Whether the photos are blurred or not, the accompanying embellished descriptions by journalists exude an endless "fragrant" aura, captivating the viewer...

Screw you, get drunk!
Readers who followed the game last night were awakened to nightmarish memories, while passersby who hadn't followed the game felt as if they'd been suddenly shoved with something indescribable, and they all cursed the newspapers in their hands in unison, "Fuck that damn XX newspaper!"

The hand that had just picked up bread to prepare breakfast froze in mid-air; the freshly brewed coffee emitted an enticing aroma, yet no one wanted to touch it. The readers' angry shouts echoed from the East Coast to the West Coast.

A beautiful day starts with nausea!
Today in America, it's another day of nationwide dieting and digestive issues!

This is destined to be a day of mutual harm.

The media outlets have all stated that we were merely "faithfully" recording and "objectively" reporting; what wrong have we done?
It's all the fault of the real culprit—"Prison BA"!
The readers, driven to rage and impotence, relentlessly hurled insults at "Prison BA"!
The "Prison BA" alliance has faced the fiercest and most one-sided verbal attacks since its inception.

Even the most die-hard fans, the ones most tolerant of "madness," were deeply "hurt" in their hearts and stomachs this time. They felt they would be letting down their still-churning stomachs and severely traumatized mental world if they didn't join in the cursing.

Interestingly, although no player died during the match as predicted beforehand, those individuals and social groups who were already vehemently opposed to the "death feast" launched even more vehement attacks, expressing more grief and indignation than if someone had died!

"This is more tragic than death!" the moral guardians cried out in anguish. "Death at least retains a shred of dignity, but what happened last night has trampled humanity's sense of shame to nothing!"

At this point, they widely agreed with Logan's offhand remark during the live stream, "They'd be better off dead!"

It can be said that eating excrement is worse than death! The torment of the mind is far more devastating than physical demise!

As a result, some of the most unscrupulous newspapers, with no bottom line in their pursuit of traffic, have taken to inflicting the most severe "mental torture" on moral guardians.

Following the main body of the report, they solemnly created a small column, seriously discussing groundbreaking questions such as "What does that thing actually taste like?"

They also tried to interview the players in the "dream team" to get "first-hand sensory information".

Their inhuman behavior was so extreme that even the "Prison BA" officials couldn't stand it anymore and blocked their outrageous requests!

Let those poor children go!
Those "dream team" players who, after regaining their senses and realizing what they had done, were vomiting so badly they were practically fainting, even bringing up bile. If they continue to be tormented by such "devilish problems," the league is truly afraid that this second mental breakdown will send them out of the league, which would truly be a "death feast."

The main point is that such a "feast of death" will not bring any benefit to the alliance; dying is pointless.

The "Prison BA" league's response was anything but slow.

The following day at noon, the league released its preliminary investigation results:
The two pharmaceutical companies involved seriously overestimated the drug stability of their products and were completely unaware of the side effects of taking the drugs in high-dose, high-intensity exercise environments!
This ignorance was the direct cause of this tragedy. The alliance has immediately terminated all cooperation with both companies and will pursue further legal action against them.

However, the public, whose hearts were wounded, did not buy it.

You hurt me deeply, and you think that will make me forgive you?

The pharmaceutical companies certainly deserve to die, but does your "Prison BA" alliance have no fault at all?

It's all because of your inadequate supervision and your tolerance of this unscrupulous drug competition that such a horrific tragedy has occurred.
Public opinion continued to surge, and the "Prison BA" alliance felt extremely wronged.

Let's be reasonable! We're just a weak, pitiful, and helpless basketball league operator!

What do we know about medicinal chemistry?
What right do we have to regulate those pharmaceutical companies with complex backgrounds?
Isn't this the responsibility of the federal drug regulatory agency?
Okay, okay, so we're all hurting each other, then let's pin the blame on the person who deserves it!

Just when the league was trying to "reason" things out, Logan stepped in to stop this "mutually harmful" behavior!

Crisis management for the “Prison BA” alliance was primarily handled by The Sun Group.

Blaming the federal drug regulatory agency—the Agricultural Chemicals Bureau (the predecessor of the FDA)—was indeed one of the plans prepared by the editorial staff of The Sun.

In the United States these days, although the Department of Agriculture's Chemical Subsystem for Agriculture has been established, its regulatory power is extremely limited. It mainly focuses on whether drug labels are false, and has almost no mandatory requirements on the safety and efficacy of the drugs themselves. As long as the ingredients listed on the bottle are (roughly) consistent with the actual ingredients, even if the contents are flour mixed with arsenic, it is theoretically not illegal as long as the label is correct.

This is precisely the fundamental reason why those two scoundrel pharmaceutical companies dared to launch so-called "patented drugs" containing large amounts of narcotic ingredients such as morphine and cocaine, and touted them as miraculous under the national spotlight.

Shifting the blame to them is perfectly reasonable and in accordance with the law!

Logan, who was also deeply disgusted by the incident, was magnanimous and said, "When will this cycle of revenge end?"
In times of great upheaval, what is most needed is not to shift blame, but to have responsible people step forward, shoulder the heavy responsibility, and protect the American people's freedom to take drugs—no, it is to protect the American people's safety in taking drugs!
Logan solemnly stated at the league meeting: "'Prison BA' is a big stage. As bold as people are, there's room for... cough cough, I mean, 'Prison BA' can actually also do drug regulation!"

"Let's be even bolder and take a bigger step—since the federal government's drug regulatory agency is useless, let's merge with it!"

Everyone in the meeting turned their heads to look at Logan as if he were the most ruthless and cruel psychopath!
We only wanted to verbally "hurt each other," but you wanted to bury it all with a shovel. How ruthless!

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(End of this chapter)