Uncle, I am not an ordinary office worker.

The infected people who have nowhere to go and no one to take them in, who can't find a job or buy a house in the land-scarce environment of the Great Knight Territory, either can't stand the discrimination and exploitation of ordinary people, or don't want to hurt the people they care about, or have simply given up on themselves, so they flocked to Block Zero from all over, forming one infected society after another and building one infected settlement after another. In the nearly 100 years since the Great Knight Territory built the mobile city, this has become a fact that everyone knows but is tacitly acknowledged.

Why did Roy and the Blood Knight Dikaiopolis promote the infected knight policy? It was nothing more than to seek a possible way of survival and development for the infected in Casimir's current social system. Infected knights were subject to various restrictions, participated in knight competitions that were much more difficult and dangerous, and endured the contempt of other knights, but no matter what, this was still a way to survive. A way to show the good side of the infected to the general public.

Its ultimate goal is to cultivate more infected knights like the Blood Knights who can be accepted and admired by the people, and then use the leadership of these infected knights to radiate the entire infected group and achieve a final reconciliation between the infected and ordinary people.

But the Chamber of Commerce plans to demolish Lot Zero.

This is cutting off the source of the trouble!

Without Plot 0, where would the infected people living there go? If they rashly rushed into other areas of the Great Knight's Territory, causing medical accidents and large-scale infections, how would people's opinions of the infected people deteriorate?

Even if we take a step back, will the infected people living there just sit and watch their last homes being demolished and blown up, and then become wanderers in the wilderness, far away from civilization, until the Originium grows all over their bodies and then explodes, turning them into a pile of gravel in the desert?

They will undoubtedly resist, and the result of this resistance will inevitably be the re-intensification of the conflict between the two sides. At that time, the infected knight system that has been implemented with great difficulty will inevitably be criticized and even abolished in the end. Once the door to communication is closed, the previous situation of the upper class propaganda fooling, the lower class blindly following and oppressing, and the infected separated from their wives and children and lonely and helpless will be repeated.

To put it bluntly, this is only the lightest consequence.

Roy even felt that if the Business Federation was even more disgusting, their action of demolishing Plot 0 could be a "screening" to divide the original infected community and provide those infected who obeyed them with a chance to "survive". After such a set of "taking them in as dogs", the remaining infected people would have to thank the Business Federation for their kindness. And the Infected Knight Act?

The infected contestants have become dogs. The existence of that thing is nothing more than to make it easier for them to better manage the knight competitions in the future.

"It's disgusting."

Xinteleya smacked her lips and said,

"I realized it when I heard the news from Monique. Are those people from the Commerce Federation trying to deceive you and the Blood Knights?"

"Have they really forgotten who saved this country from Ursus?"

Roy shook his head helplessly.

People are forgetful. Roy never expected those capitalists to be grateful to him. After the sea crisis and the end of civilization, humans only had one city left. They finally settled down, but the first thing they did was to fight among themselves. It can only be said that the Terrans did not inherit anything else from humans, but they inherited the tradition of internal consumption very well.

But no matter how helpless he is, Roy will not sit idly by and watch this happen.

Demolish Plot Zero? You can, but Roy won't let you do it so easily. At least the lives of so many people in Plot Zero will not be brushed aside with a simple "no such person".

He took out his cell phone, opened the address book, and called Maena first.

From the other end of the line came the tired voice of Mauna who didn't want to say a word:

"Ok?"

"I'm back." Roy said.

A short sentence, more like a declaration.

..........

Columbia, Rhine Life, Originium Technology Application Department, Director Dorothy's Office.

Just after returning from the Finance Department, Dorothy noticed the Liberi girl standing at the door.

The girl had short brown hair and wore a pair of round-framed glasses on her nose. Her face still retained the immaturity of her student days and she looked like she had just graduated. She stood alone in front of the door of the Source Stone Technology Application Department, looking a little hesitant, so much so that her hand, which was raised to knock on the door, did not fall for a long time and she was about to retract her fist.

Dorothy asked curiously:

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

“Ah!” The Liberi girl was obviously startled. She immediately lowered her head and apologized in a low voice without caring who asked the question. “Sorry, I have something I want to talk to Director Dorothy of the Originium Technology Application Department about! Yeah, I’m a researcher in the Structural Department, my name is Olivia Hemer.”

Seeing Homer's panic, Dorothy smiled, bent down, stretched out her hand, and took Homer into her arms, and comforted him softly: "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, I am."

“Eh….Um….Ah!”

Homer, who had obviously never experienced Dorothy's kind of comfort, was a little at a loss for a moment.

In her eyes, all the directors were either kind and gentle teachers like Parvez but with a scary expression from time to time, or big sisters like Saria who were firm and restrained and always gave people a sense of security. There was no one like Dorothy who would hug her and comfort her when they had a disagreement, like a mother.

She smells nice though.

"Um, Director Dorothy?"

After taking several deep breaths, he managed to slow down his rapidly beating heart. Hemer whispered,

"Can you please let me go?"

"of course can."

Dorothy loosened her arms around Hemer's head, her expression still smiling.

"What can I do for you, Miss Homer?"

She asked curiously. This was the first researcher who came to her since she started working. Was he applying to be her assistant?

Hemer's words denied Dorothy's guess. She bit her lip, as if she had finally made up her mind, and said with difficulty:

"Director Dorothy, I want to ask you something."

"Suppose your friend is being hurt, and the group of people who hurt her are doing it for her own good, and their leader is someone you cannot refute academically. If you want to help your friend, what should you do?"

Dorothy was startled, looked up and down at Homer, was silent for a while, and shook her head:

"I do not know."

"But if it were me, I would definitely be prepared to pay any price."

"Then...can you please help me, Director Dorothy?" Hemer asked pleadingly.

Dorothy, who had just joined Rhine Life, might be the only one who knew nothing about Ifrit and the Balrog Project.

Volume 1: Chapter 241 This store is owned by our family!

"You are finally back."

Mainna hurried to Roy's residence and threw the briefcase she was carrying to Roy, looking like she was finally relieved.

Roy took the bag, opened it and asked:

"What's in here?"

"The income and expenditure account of the foundation established with your prize money, the fundraising situation of the Knights' Competition Association in Victoria, and various trademark registration and authorization documents."

Mauna explained everything in detail.

Roy looked at Maenna in surprise: "Are you really helping me run the business?"

"I didn't do anything." Maenna turned her head away and deliberately denied it. "To be a little exaggerated, I got all the money myself. You can think about it yourself. There must be people in Casimir who don't know who the Grand Knight is, but there is definitely no one who doesn't know the Pegasus Knight and the Eternal Knight."

"Anyway, I've handed the stuff over to you. I won't be responsible for the rest."

"Maena." Roy suddenly spoke, interrupting Maena's words, "Thank you." He said solemnly.

Maena was slightly stunned and nodded slightly.

Roy knew that Manna was pretending, and this uncle was the kind of person who couldn't lose face at all, so he naturally couldn't complain about his hard work in front of Roy. So Roy had to thank him even more. If he hadn't stayed in Casimir, perhaps when Roy came back from Leithania, his meager family property would have been inexplicably confiscated.

"I'll treat you to dinner some other day. But today I have something more important to ask you." Roy said.

Ma Enna looked at Roy deeply and sighed with mixed feelings: "I respect Margaret's own wishes."

Roy: “?”

No, uncle, what are you thinking about? We have been on the field together, fought together, and overturned the Ursus Empire together. How come you don't understand me?

After you said this, shouldn’t the next sentence be respect, blessing, and wishing you well?

And Margaret is here! Even if you want to say this, you have to tell me in private, right?

Roy glanced at Margaret, who had already turned her head away, pretending not to hear anything, and was performing a stand-up comedy with the silent Skadi. But her red and burning ears were enough to prove to Roy that she had heard it very clearly.

Giving Maenna a speechless look, Roy said, "Let's talk about this later. I want to ask you about another official matter!"

Roy deliberately emphasized the word "official business". With Maenna's wisdom, he immediately understood and said:

"Are you talking about the Lot Zero demolition case?"

"That's right." Roy nodded. "I'm glad you're paying attention to this matter. Is there any solution?"

Unexpectedly, Mauna shook her head and said, "No. The Business Federation was very smart in this matter. Their investigation of Plot Zero was approved by the Supervisory Commission and stamped by the National Council. It is completely legal and compliant. You are also aware of the situation in Plot Zero. Infected people and illegal groups are equated most of the time. And conducting background checks on every unregistered person living there is really unrealistic. In general, it is almost impossible to deny the legitimacy of the investigation report through normal channels."

This is a very realistic problem. No matter which country, there is often a saying that "poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people". It is not that people change the environment, but the environment shapes people. Most of the infected people who have lived in the slums of Block Zero for a long time and lived a precarious life are not of high quality, let alone have absolutely innocent hands.

Even the Red Pine Knights, whom Roy knew about but didn't know if they were established yet, were infected people making a living in Block Zero before they were inspired by the Blood Knights. The chivalry they advocated might not necessarily conform to the current laws of Casimir.

As for whether Casimir's current laws are in line with justice and human nature, it is difficult to judge.

Roy understood the difficulties that Mainna mentioned and agreed with the conclusions he reached, but he also read different meanings into Mainna's words.

The investigation of Plot Zero is impeccable, and the National Council will not overturn its own conclusions and slap itself in the face. However, the fact that there are no problems with the investigation does not mean that there are no problems with the plan.

"Can we make some progress on the plan of dismantling and blasting Block 0?"

Roy asked, half asking, half thinking. Mainna's mouth corners slightly raised, and she nodded like a teachable child.

He is an old worker and knows very well the conditions for cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and the Supervisory Commission.

The Business Federation pursues interests and higher profits, while the Supervisory Commission pursues stability and ensures that the social system does not change and that its power can be consolidated. The essence of the Demolition and Blast Act is to meet these two points - demolition and blasting is a big project that can support a large number of companies, and the project volume is huge, and only the big companies in the Business Federation can afford it. The infected and unidentified people in Block Zero are unstable factors in society, and being able to solve them is in line with the Supervisory Commission's goal of maintaining social stability.

There are two ways to make a fuss about this.

"There are two options, one is better, and the other is worse." Maenna raised two fingers. "For the better option, take the briefcase I just gave you. It contains enough wealth to build an entire mobile city. You can use it as capital to register a company and participate in the demolition of Plot Zero. Compete with the Business Federation to preserve Plot Zero and transform it. As for the residents living there, you can select some of them and recruit them as employees."

"This plan is good for everyone. But those who are good for everyone are usually saints. In addition to burning your money and damaging your reputation as a business person, it will not bring you any benefits in the short or even long term. In my opinion, only a fool would choose this."

Maena glanced at Roy and continued,

"The second is to compete with the worst. Right now in Casimir, your reputation is unmatched. Even the Chamber of Commerce and the Supervisory Council have to respect you. With your financial resources and strength, you can just give a speech or some other way to incite your supporters to openly oppose the demolition. By then, they will undoubtedly have to reconsider everything until they come up with a better plan."

"The disadvantages of this plan are also obvious. You have already made enemies with them. Even with your strength, they can't do anything to you. But just like the Block Zero case, they have plenty of ways to disgust you in other places. It's only a temporary solution, not a permanent one. However, its advantage is that it doesn't cost much money or take much time. You can keep your wealth to the greatest extent, and this event will also become your political capital. Not many people dare to offend a man who can be half Casimir with just a wave of his hand."

"Which one do you choose?"

Roy thought for a moment and replied, "I choose both, but I also choose neither."

Roy waved at Maenna, motioning him to come closer and talk: "Maenna, let me tell you a secret. You know the Originium Cloud, right?"

Mauna frowned slightly and nodded: "I know, a newly emerged giant in the Business Federation, started with hand sanitizer, and in a short period of time has monopolized the daily necessities market, acquired many competing companies, and is now reaching out to the tourism and automobile industries... What's wrong?"

Roy patted his chest and said proudly: "Nothing, I just want to tell you that this company belongs to me!"

Late that night, Xuantie received a text message on his anonymous cell phone, which had not rung for a long time.

The sender, Roy, left only a brief message:

"Boss, let's buy Plot Zero!"

PS: I forced the counselor to hold meetings. The lecture was from 7 to 8, and after the lecture he forced people to stay for another meeting, which lasted from 8 to 10:30. When I got back to the dormitory, it was almost closed. I was really impressed by his generosity.

Tonight's Xianshu Cup can only be watched in silence. Brother Han's show was really effective. Although Shuiyue was not seen, it was already very strong!

Volume 1: Chapter 242 Give Me Some Time

The Flame Demon Project.

When Dorothy first heard this word from Hemer, she did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

According to the information she found in the Rhine Life Database with her own authority, this project was just an ordinary national defense weapons research project. There were six or seven other projects like this one being carried out simultaneously in the Rhine Life Database. Such scientific research projects were generally referred to as projects used to deal with the Ministry of Defense.

Columbia was established too recently. Although it was founded on the basis of defeating the strongest empire on Terra, Victoria, it was not facing most of Victoria at that time, but only a border Grand Duke. Victoria was also participating in the Gallo-Lehtanian War at that time. The war eventually evolved into the Battle of the Four Emperors, which completely destroyed the Gallic Empire and established Victoria's hegemony.

Therefore, even the proud Colombian historians have to admit that Colombia's independence was extremely fortunate and a coincidence.

If Gaul had not provided large-scale assistance to Colombia in order to contain Victoria's power.

If it weren't for the border grand duke who was unwilling to let other dukes get involved in the Colombian pie.

If Victoria had never thought of fighting a colony.

If it weren’t for the current president, the general at that time would have suddenly parachuted in and taken over command.

Colombia would not have the status of an independent country it has today.

Therefore, the military represented by the Colombian Ministry of Defense is narrow-minded, they have a "fear of insufficient firepower", and their obsession with using advanced technology in the arms race is crazy. The external manifestation of this madness is the various bizarre weapons research and development plans led by the Ministry of Defense in Tremon.

The scientific community has different attitudes towards this, but most scientific companies, including Rhine Life, cooperate with the military only to covet the military's generous funding. The research plans they put forward are not unfeasible. Well... they just require a certain amount of coincidence, just like Wang Duoyu's investment in Lu Youqi, which requires the right time, place and people.

Such plans are collectively referred to as plans to deal with the military.

But Homer firmly denied the information Dorothy had found and explained to Dorothy in detail everything he had seen.

Overdosage of one or even two times the amount of drugs, extreme disregard for the patient Ifrit's mental state and personal wishes, and the so-called "rationality" of being high-handed and treating others as consumables and sacrifices.

Dorothy was greatly stimulated and felt "angry" for the first time.