Ke Xue: He mastered the steel-cutting divine skill at the start.

Ling Che actually knew quite a bit about the government's dirty deeds, but she was just a pawn in the government's hands. Even if she knew, most of the time she could only pretend not to know.

Hearing Vermouth's account now, I immediately believed her story, or rather, this was the reason she convinced herself.

She knew that Mr. Miyazaki must have done something to her. Her submissiveness and obedience were all for one purpose: to survive.

Serving the government is for survival, and of course, one could also choose to serve this god-like figure in order to survive.

However, switching allegiance always requires a convincing reason, so the girl's beautiful face showed a serious expression, as if she wanted to imprint these words in her mind.

"Although I've always known that none of these bastards in the government are good people, I never imagined they would do so many shameless things!"

The girl initially listened to Vermouth with the intention of fooling herself, but as she listened, she was genuinely shocked.

Because the other party not only spoke clearly, logically, and with evidence, but also presented solid proof, such as the ledger Miyazaki Yu obtained from the castle, the story of Miyazaki Yu rescuing people from the Skeleton Knights headquarters, and also attached a video of Miyazaki Yu breaking into the underground base.

Finally, the video of the conversation between Mr. Karen and Michael was like a heavy blow, landing squarely on Ling Che's heart.

She suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of absurdity.

The government's propaganda is all lies!

In order to cover up their shameless acts and hide their dirty past, they can kill to silence witnesses, distort the truth, and make countless unsuspecting soldiers the victims who pay the price for the government's filth!

Her faith was rapidly crumbling, and she began to hope that all of this was fake, a lie told by the woman in front of her!

So she activated her ability 'Rest'. Rest is a powerful sensory ability that can both block out the opponent's senses and is an extremely excellent sensory ability. It can even make her a highly sophisticated lie detector, sensing whether the opponent has signs of lying.

But no matter how she investigated, she could only discover one thing: that all of this was real!

This fueled her anger, because the government's lies had led to the deaths of her comrades and countless innocent soldiers.

"Madam, I request to join you and serve Mr. Miyazaki, but I have one request: could you please publicize these facts? I cannot allow the people to continue to be deceived; I must expose these evils to the world!"

A barely perceptible smile flickered deep in Vermouth's eyes; it seemed her brainwashing had worked surprisingly well.

"You don't need to ask for this; it's something we've always wanted to do. Welcome to join us. Now, let's see together the ugly expressions of these high-ranking government officials after their ugly faces are exposed to the world."

Chapter 535 Online Discussion (3rd Update!)

In just a few days, the entire United States has been in a state of constant shock and trepidation.

The government's failed strangulation operation and the widespread online circulation of videos have instilled intense fear in the public.

This sense of fear can be compared to the plot of The Boys. If the super soldiers who have mastered superpowers are not absolutely righteous, the fear that ordinary people feel towards them will be a hundred times stronger than that towards terrorists!

Some people have said that if events similar to 9/11 happened a hundred times in the United States, it wouldn't be surprising if America became a Nazi state.

As mentioned before, the foundation of modern society is the contract between the people and the government. The people relinquish a portion of their power to the government, while the government is responsible for protecting the various rights of the people and safeguarding their interests.

Life is of course the most important interest, and the government has a responsibility to rescue any citizen whose life is threatened. Terrorism is born on the basis of this responsibility.

It's conceivable that without this sense of responsibility, if terrorists killed a few people in a subway station, the government could easily launch a direct assault without being threatened. These poorly equipped and poorly trained extremists, driven only by crazy ideas, would have no chance against a regular army.

Because if they can be resisted, they won't be called terrorists, but regular troops.

Therefore, the foundation of modern society is the social contract and the transfer of power, while the foundation of terrorism is the social contract and modern media dissemination.

In theory, the government needs to protect all citizens, but in practice, it can only protect a portion of them. That's the point.

Just like in the original timeline, when Kevin Yoshino used a sniper rifle to kill Hunter's enemies one by one in order to help Hunter take revenge, it caused great panic in Japanese society.

The news media rushed to report on it, with some believing it was a revenge killing and others saying it was a random killing, causing widespread panic throughout Tokyo.

In the end, Kevin Yoshino is just one person with one gun. Even if everyone stood there and let him kill, how many people could he kill?

However, precisely because of the enormous uncertainty, everyone knows that the probability of this happening to them is extremely low. But because of this high degree of uncertainty, no one is willing to take any risk, because once it happens to them, it is 100%.

But how can that little bit of threat be compared to the threat posed by Miyazaki Hayao?

On one hand, there was the government, which shirked responsibility and heavily criticized Miyazaki Hayao, portraying him as an extremely dangerous criminal, an unprecedentedly terrifying terrorist with blood on his hands, and more than a thousand innocent soldiers who had died at his hands. He was practically described as a demon and a monster.

Just like the saying goes, it's not that our army is too incompetent, but that the enemy is too ruthless.

Meanwhile, the media, like flies swarming to the smell of blood, began to thoroughly analyze and dissect these events and Miyazaki Hayao himself.

These media personalities are masters of grabbing attention; they can immediately grasp everyone's curiosity and begin to analyze Miyazaki Yu's ability stats.

Once these figures were released, they caused an even greater shock.

After all, when people watch the video, seeing Miyazaki Yu take down one enemy after another as easily as playing a video game, casually and effortlessly killing and brutally defeating the high-ranking American combat personnel, it gives people the vague impression that these guys aren't particularly strong.

But once these figures came out, everyone gasped in shock.

"This is terrifying! This is inhuman! Even in movies, this would be an invincible character!"

"That monster can easily kill those superhumans. This Miyazaki Yu is no longer human, he is a god! He is definitely the reincarnation of a god. Only this reason can make him so powerful!"

The streets in reality were desolate, but the online world was bustling with activity, with all sorts of discussions flooding in.

Various speculations about Miyazaki Yu have been rampant, and any post related to Miyazaki Yu has an incredibly high level of popularity.

Moreover, the number of people who worship him is increasing day by day; not only is the number increasing rapidly, but the degree of worship is also deepening day by day.

Regardless of whether Miyazaki Yu was kind or evil, they worshipped a powerful figure who existed in their imagination, a figure as strong as a god.

Many people even hope that Miyazaki Hayao is powerful and evil, just like the villains in movies. He is powerful and evil, and does whatever he wants, doing whatever he pleases. This unrestrained and arrogant image often attracts a lot of people to worship him.

Just like Hitler, even decades later, there are still people who worship him madly, and they are even reluctant to use his name online, and still call him the Führer.

This shows that a powerful and evil image has a strong appeal to many people.

On the internet, Miyazaki Yu is rapidly being regarded as a powerful figure, and people are creating various artistic interpretations of his image according to their own imaginations.

Even more remarkably, some niche religions have begun to venerate Miyazaki Yu as a deity, associating him with deities found in their religious texts.

In the blink of an eye, someone vividly described a magical story: he was a divine being born with extraordinary signs. His birth was accompanied by celestial phenomena. In the holy land of the sect, fish in the water leaped out of the water, and beasts on land knelt in worship to the east. The sky was filled with colorful lights.

These unusual phenomena were exactly the same as those observed at the birth of a certain guardian deity or chief god in their religion.

In conclusion, everyone should understand that gods exist in this world and are already demonstrating their divine power, as everyone has seen. With this, everyone's faith in our religion will be even more devout, right?

Indeed, that is the case. A famous person is a cultural symbol, and a cultural symbol is an object that can be exploited.

After seeing this information, Miyazaki Yu couldn't help but marvel at the boundless creativity of the people; just a few videos of his actions circulating online were enough to cause such a change.

Vermouth smiled and teased, "I must congratulate you, Lord Miyazaki. It's truly enviable that you've already been deified."

Seeing Miyazaki Yu's slightly embarrassed report, her charming smile deepened.

Miyazaki Yu extended his finger and gently tapped the beauty's smooth forehead.

"Alright, is it fun watching me make a scene? Hurry up and upload that video online according to our plan."

Sister Bei gave him a charming glare. This guy, who was clearly just a high school student, acted like he was the younger one. However, the feeling of being pampered made her happy, so she didn't bother to argue with him.

He immediately turned on his computer and, according to the pre-arranged plan, began using hacking tools to simultaneously upload the video to dozens of well-known video platforms, cleverly bypassing video review mechanisms.

This moment was destined to shock America!

Chapter 536 The Public Opinion Storm Rekindles

This day was later dubbed "Storm Day" by the media!

This has also been recognized by later historians as the starting point and beginning of America's true decline!

On that very day, a video was uploaded to the internet, and it was this video that quickly ignited public opinion, plunging the entire United States into a huge media storm.

Miyazaki Yu's choice of when to release the video was also very clever. It was right when the topic of Makoto was at its most intense online, and when the psychological trauma he had caused to Americans was still at a high level and had not diminished in the slightest.

Upon seeing this video on various platforms, everyone's hearts were on a rollercoaster ride.

People didn't pay much attention to this video at first, thinking it was just another attention-grabbing tactic.

However, after actually seeing the video content, they were all utterly shocked.

In the video, Karen, one of the FBI's assistant directors, is acting with such impunity!

First came a string of profanities, a torrent of vulgarities that made some of the Black people listening frown. Such crudeness was rare even in the Black community.

Well, because they prefer to solve problems with their fists.

This outburst has led people to re-evaluate the FBI assistant director, who is often portrayed as very mild-mannered on television.

But this is just the beginning; even more shocking things are yet to come.

After finishing his rant, he started talking to himself, trying to pin the blame on Miyazaki Yu. He even made such a despicable and shameless thing sound perfectly reasonable. The sinister expression on his face could be used directly in some ghost movies. It's not suitable for children to watch, as it would easily scare them.

Everyone who saw this couldn't help but swallow hard. Shameless! Utterly shameless!

They can spout all sorts of shameless things at will. First, they used vulgar and offensive language, and now they can easily frame and slander others.

From this tone, one can immediately deduce that this son of a bitch has definitely done this kind of thing before!

In his eyes, framing and falsely accusing others is as simple as eating and drinking. What is even more chilling is that Karen is just one of the ten assistant directors of the FBI. So, are there many more such hypocritical and despicable people in the entire FBI?

Then, in the video, the real climax is just beginning.

After thinking for a while, the officer made a call. The voice that came through immediately made everyone start to think about the person's identity. However, they didn't need to think about it. Karen's address instantly revealed the person's identity.

"hiss----"

Everyone gasped in shock. The video was incredibly disturbing. First, there was Assistant Chief Karen, and now the person appearing had even more astonished everyone.

"Michael! It's Michael, the governor of Los Angeles!"

"It was him!"

The reason everyone was so shocked was simply because the governor's usual image was so good.

This governor comes from a prominent political family that has been active in American politics for generations, building a solid foundation and a good reputation for the family.

Michael was a rising political star, or rather, a powerful political force. After becoming the governor of New York State, his approachable and optimistic image became deeply ingrained in people's minds.

He has publicly stated that he will run for president in the next election, and in the latest round of polls, this governor, who has an excellent image and political record, has received extremely high approval ratings, with some statistical agencies even predicting that...

His approval rating has reached around 30%, and after a few years of consolidation, his political approval rating is expected to reach around 40%, which would give him more than a 50% chance of becoming president.

And now, this political strongman, who has always been highly respected, has actually become involved with this assistant director who just subverted everyone's worldview.

Then something even more exciting happened. Karen revealed a lot of information during the conversation: the hijacking was orchestrated by the FBI!

Moreover, he was extremely annoyed that his plans had been ruined, and he harbored a deep grudge against Miyazaki Yu. The hostility in his words was practically overflowing from the screen.

Moreover, it's not hard to tell from their words that the sordid things happening in the castle were something the government's top brass had long been aware of, but they simply turned a blind eye to.