Knight Asylum

U paused, "Red?"

"Shouldn't we question it?" Enbei turned his eyes away and smiled bitterly.

"We should have questioned it a long time ago, but you know, nothing will change, no... The only thing that might change is the time and location of this conversation."

Ember didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"But—this is not meaningless."

U slid his hands into his pockets and raised his head.

"At least now, changing is just a difficult thing, not impossible."

Enbei was startled, and a light flashed in his eyes. "That's right!"

Chapter 358: Failed Blitzkrieg

Not long after, Tezuka Umiyuki came back. He looked around and saw that there was no sign of Kitaoka Hideichi, so he couldn't help but complain.

"Has he not come back yet?"

"It seems that the matter in the Supreme Court is more troublesome than he described."

Red grinned.

"How are you doing there?"

"It's been resolved. The mirror beast this time is relatively weak. If only the lawsuit could be resolved so easily," Tezuka Umi pulled out a chair and sat across from Reid. He paused and smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, things have become more complicated."

"How could this be your fault?" Red smiled helplessly.

The medical expenses for those students are not a problem, he can also pay for it. After helping Zhuo Ma Yilang to take the position of president of Zhinao Group and obtaining the technology for resurrection surgery, he will definitely not just treat Akiyama Ren's girlfriend.

He had not originally intended to file this lawsuit. He approached Kitaoka Shuichi in the beginning just to confirm whether Kitaoka Shuichi was the Mirror Knight and whether he had the Gaia Memory.

It was only when Tezuka Umiyuki mentioned the lawsuit that he became aware of this. The experiment was approved by Seimeiin University, so Seimeiin University should bear certain responsibilities and give an explanation.

This should have been something he could do along the way, but it dealt him a heavy blow, and incidentally slapped the dark side of [S·L] in his face.

"Will we lose this lawsuit?" Xiao Xing, who was watering the flowers, asked in a low voice.

"If it's a lawsuit between humans, the possibility of losing is very low," Tezuka Umiyuki hesitated and chose a more compromising statement.

"The bad thing is, losing now is actually the best outcome."

Just then, Hideichi Kitaoka appeared, pulled out a chair and sat down, unbuttoned his collar and pulled it. Seeing this, Xiaoxing immediately turned around and walked back to the store, poured a cup of herbal flower tea and placed it in front of Hideichi Kitaoka.

"Thank you."

Kitaoka Hideichi smiled politely at Xiao Xing and took a sip of the scented tea. The elegant and soothing taste made Kitaoka Hideichi's eyes light up.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean losing is the best outcome?" Reid's mouth twitched slightly.

Given the attitude of the judge and jury, he had given up hope of winning, but now he was told that losing would be the best case scenario.

"I overheard their conversation when I came back. Seimeiin University is planning to sue us for false accusation," Kitaoka Hideichi shook his teacup.

"Huh?!" Red's eyes widened.

This time even Tezuka Umi's eyes changed.

"Wait a minute, there's another idiot coming," Kitaoka Hideichi raised his fingers and tapped the table, "You'll know when he gets here."

Fool?

Reid was stunned and didn't react for a moment, while Kitaoka Hideichi held the scented tea and didn't intend to explain.

A few minutes later, a familiar figure appeared on the other side of the street.

"Everyone! Everyone!!!" Shinji Shiroto rushed out anxiously, waving his hands.

"Okay, here comes the idiot."

Kitaoka Hideichi put down his teacup and straightened his collar.

"Let's wait for the idiot to finish what he said."

As soon as Kitaoka Hideichi finished speaking, Shirodo Shinji ran up to them, holding onto the table, panting.

"Everyone! Something big has happened!"

"Don't be anxious, take your time talking," Reid quickly reached out and patted Shirodo Shinji on the back, and Xiaoxing immediately poured another cup of scented tea and handed it to Shirodo Shinji.

Shiroto Shinji took the scented tea and drank it all in one gulp. Kitaoka Hideichi complained to Xiao Xing with a click of the tongue, "Miss Xiao Xing, you can just give a guy like this a glass of tap water."

Xiao Xing smiled awkwardly.

"Come back to life... oh, that's right! Something big has happened!"

Shinji Shirodo hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket and opened the web page.

"The report we published about the Qingmingyuan University experimental accident was attacked by many netizens!"

"what?"

This sudden reversal, which was comparable to the special law of a weirdo, made Red a little overwhelmed. He took Shinji Shirodo's phone and glanced at it briefly, only to see darkness.

There was nothing wrong with ORE newspaper's report. There was no excessive speculation and it explained the problem in a realistic manner. However, it was met with extremely vicious curses from netizens. Most of the IDs that started it were in [S·L]. But as the popularity grew, netizens outside [S·L] were also influenced by the emotions of netizens within [S·L] and joined the war of words. They all agreed that ORE newspaper was taking advantage of the situation and wanted to destroy the great mission of humans and monsters to coexist peacefully.

"It seems that you have realized the problem," Kitaoka Hideichi put down his teacup and said dimly, "This time we are not only in a desperate situation in the court, but also in social opinion. We have fallen into a big pit. Social opinion will not stand on our side."

"No, no, no, this is too weird!" Shiroto Shinji raised his hand and slammed it on the table, raising his voice unwillingly, "Because of the experiment approved by Qingmingyuan University, those students all fell into a coma and haven't woken up yet! What does this have to do with destroying the peaceful coexistence of humans and monsters!"

After hesitating for a moment, Tezuka Umiyuki explained to Shirodo Shinji the series of events that happened in the court, and Shirodo Shinji was stunned.

"What is this!" Shinji Shirodo couldn't help but complain loudly.

"This is the problem now—" Kitaoka Hideichi crossed his arms and shrugged, "The [S.L] government... no, the governments of various countries seem to be planning to use Rosette's kidnapping to implement a new policy on freaks, and Seimeiin University is a public university supported by various governments, so it is natural that it will be at the forefront of responding to the policy."

"What does this have to do with Rosette's kidnapping?" Red's eyes jumped.

"The kidnapper is a human being," Kitaoka Hideichi raised his right index finger, no longer having a nonchalant expression as if he had nothing to do with the matter.

"Rosette is not just any ordinary person, but a jewel in the fashion world. She has an incredibly large number of fans, and her fans are extremely pure."

Kitaoka Hideichi didn't say anything else, but everyone present knew what Kitaoka Hideichi meant.

Montana's threatening video was not aimed at [S·L], but at the entire world. Even now, that video is still circulating on the Internet in various ways.

Rosette's fans hate Montana so much that they want to deny everything about Montana. Everything Montana wants to deny is correct. What evil says is evil is justice. Montana says weirdos are evil, so Rosette's fans will be paranoid and think that weirdos are justice.

Although it is bizarre, it is very reasonable.

And governments around the world seem to be prepared to take advantage of this opportunity to implement their new policies.

As for what that new policy is, considering the special law for weirdos, this policy is most likely not a good thing.

"So, unfortunately, our blitzkrieg became the opponent's first shot."

Kitaoka Hideichi concluded with a look of regret.

Chapter 359: Reason is making you bow your head

Red felt terrible.

This series of events is just too coincidental.

But he couldn't think of any other word except coincidence to describe this series of developments.

Is this the trap that Kitaoka Hideichi set for them?

Not to mention that this would destroy Kitaoka Hideichi's 100% winning rate, it was them who sued Kitaoka Hideichi, and the lawsuit happened before the kidnapping case.

"Okay, I have other things to do next, so I'll leave first."

Kitaoka Hideichi stood up and patted his pants, and as soon as he turned around, Shinji Shirodo grabbed his arm.

"Hey - you're not going to just walk away like this, are you?" Shirodo Shinji muttered.

"Are you an idiot? I told you I have other things to do," Kitaoka Shuichi rolled his eyes.

"If you have anything else to say, just tell me," Shinji Shirodo became a little angry when he heard Hideichi Kitaoka calling him an idiot.

"Go apologize to the parents of those students, Dogeza," Kitaoka Hideichi held his forehead and shook his head. "It was me who asked them to appeal again. Now, only Dogeza can express my apology."

"Eh..." Shinji Shirodo subconsciously loosened his hand.

"It won't... get too bad."

Red couldn't help but grumble.

But it turned out that Red was too naive. On that day, the evening news representing the will of the positive government severely criticized the ORE newspaper for deliberately destroying the great mission of peaceful coexistence between humans and monsters for the sake of traffic.

Many media experts and bloggers pounced on the situation like wild dogs smelling blood and frantically attacked the ORE newspaper and the families of the unconscious students.

Seeing Red sitting on the sofa, staring at the expert who was talking on TV, Ming Hai stood up, picked up the remote control and turned the volume to the lowest level. Only then did Red come back to his senses.

"Uncle, what do you think about this matter?"

"You should have an answer, but you just don't want to accept it. This is a good thing, because it means you are still holding on to your answer, but it also means that your rationality is making you bow to the powerful."

"So don't seek answers from me or anyone else. Seeking comfort from others' answers is equivalent to giving in to this reality."

Ming Hai took off his round-brimmed hat and placed it on Red's head.

"I just want to refer to the answer in your mind, uncle," Red held up his hat and stuck out his tongue.

"Is this the answer in my heart?" Ming Hai returned to his desk, sat down and turned his chair around, leaving Reid with a tough back.

"I don't understand either—"

Red stumbled and nearly hit his head on the table.

"Then I don't understand either," Reid leaned back and slumped into the sofa, looking sideways at the screen. Even if the sound was muted, he could guess what the other person was saying by looking at his expression.

"That's enough."

"Your body will tell you what to do."

Early the next morning, before Red even left the house, Shinji Shirodo called him with another piece of extremely bad news: the ORE newspaper had been shut down.

Of course, it wasn't destroyed in the physical sense.

Because various governments directly named and pointed out the issue, the location of ORE newspaper and the personal information of its members were all exposed by Rosette's fans. ORE newspaper, which was already in a rent crisis, lost its headquarters on the spot.

As soon as Okubo Daisuke and Taii Reiko were named, they packed up all the important things in the ORE newspaper and shipped them out. In fact, their vigilance was correct.

"Hey, hey, hey--what's going on?"

Red stopped the car and took off his helmet, looking in the direction of the building where the ORE newspaper was located with a very serious expression. There was black smoke everywhere and a series of explosions from time to time. A group of young people at the bottom of the building were holding Molotov cocktails and shouting slogans that he couldn't understand. There was also a bird-shaped monster above the young people's head, spitting fireballs in the direction of the building.

Every fireball explosion would cause excited cheers from the young people, and the Molotov cocktails in their hands would fly out as they cheered. They had no idea that the ORE newspaper office only had one floor, and most of their attacks landed on other floors.

No, they were aware of it and even enjoyed it, the bird-shaped monster even deliberately flew high and randomly fired shotgun shells in the direction of the building.

"Hey - what are you doing!?"

Without thinking, Red immediately stepped forward to stop the young people's behavior.

"Ah? Isn't this obvious? We are taking down a bad newspaper that is trying to sabotage the great mission of humans and weirdos living in harmony."

The young man with earrings tossed the Molotov cocktail in his hand and grinned. He turned around provocatively and wanted to throw the Molotov cocktail away but was grabbed by Red. The young man with earrings' eyes instantly turned cold. The other people around him also clenched the bottles in their hands. Even the bird-shaped monster hovering in the sky fell down.

Reid glanced coldly at the people around him.

The shrill sound of sirens broke the gradually solemn atmosphere, and a group of policemen waving electric batons walked towards Reid and others.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?!"

Red was relieved to see the police show up.

But what Red didn't expect was that this group of young people carrying Molotov cocktails not only did not run away, but even ran to the police. The men made indignant accusations, and the women cried and sobbed. Their expressions changed so quickly that Red didn't know what to say for a moment.

What Red didn't expect was that after listening to the young people's complaints, the police came over cursing.

"You are under arrest for provoking a disturbance!"

"Ok?"

Red's eyes widened, and he turned his head to look at the building behind him that was still covered in smoke. He couldn't help but ask tentatively, "How did I cause trouble?"

"If I say you are looking for trouble, then you are looking for trouble. Now there is one more charge for arrest."

The middle-aged policeman impatiently stretched out his hand to push Red down, while the young men whistled one after another. One of them even shook the Molotov cocktail in his hand provocatively at Red and turned around to throw it away.

Red raised his eyes. The policemen in front of him kept looking at the bird-shaped man.

His reason told him that he should not resist.