Overturned Tower

With the help of Delphinium, Russell finally fulfilled his promise.

Not long after, a reporter from Tian'en Daily came by helicopter to help Russell complete the interview.

It is similar but different from the scene when Xiao Liuli appeared.

At least this time the helicopter doesn't have so many decorations on it. Only one helicopter was dispatched.

However, highly prosthetic bodyguards still accompany reporters.

It's just that their clothes are different from the men in black before, and they seem to be people from another security company.

This time, the security personnel wore an extremely conspicuous yellow riot vest on top of their black combat uniforms. There is a trademark belonging to Shenzhi Heavy Industries clearly printed on it.

Obviously, the sponsor of their equipment comes from another giant.

However, Russell was completely afraid of these people.

He always felt that these bodyguards might also be members of an underground gang, and they might take out live ammunition and start shooting at other people at any time.

The colleague who inherited Xiao Liuli's position and came to interview Xiao Liuli's death was a short girl with white wavy short curly hair and a sweet-looking smile.

Her codename is "Snow White". The spiritual relative should be a poodle, after all, the iconic dog ears are easy to identify.

The beige tutu skirt only covered her thighs a little lower, and she paired it with short boots to reveal her two fair and slender legs. This kind of outfit makes her, who is only 1.45 meters, not that short... which also makes Russell standing next to her seem taller.

It can be said to be high emotional intelligence in another sense.

"...Innocent people had to be harmed, and I'm sorry for that. But my sense of mission told me...for the sake of more innocent people, I had to deal with it like this at that time. I had to stand up, even if I need to take responsibility for it. .”

Russell in the camera seems to be a little haggard.

There were blood stains on the corners of his clothes and the clothes around his neck. This was obviously not the victim's blood, but the injury he himself had suffered.

On the side, Bai Xue quickly comforted Russell, and at the same time spoke to the audience watching the live broadcast outside the camera: "This is indeed something that can't be helped, and we are all very sad about it. But the one who really needs to bear the responsibility - we all know, Of course the person at fault is not you, let alone Senior Xiao Liuli. It is the extremely vicious gangster who committed this crime of kidnapping and put the lives of hundreds of people on the balance with Xiao Liuli!"

"This is already the third major crime committed by the Veil of Ignorance organization, and this time it has touched our bottom line even more."

Standing next to Russell, Delphinium with a serious face also said: "We will take action in the near future to severely crack down on crime in the lower city. We will strive to arrest and exile thugs who endanger public safety..."

"...No matter how many times I watch it, I still find it ironic."

Looking at the picture reflected in his mind, the bad guy sitting in the office sneered: "You lied about killing someone just to protect the reputation of others."

It was now the morning of the second day after the incident occurred.

They were in the office reading that day's Tian'en Daily. This is the most noteworthy part of yesterday’s news.

"I did kill someone."

Russell sighed and huddled on the sofa with hot milk in his hands: "Tovatus doesn't want to be photographed by the camera anyway, so it's good that he is willing to cooperate."

"Ah."

Walking behind Russell, the Inferior gently placed the empty mug of coffee on Russell's head.

"Devils cannot be counted as humans, don't be too naive."

He warned: "Although I don't know what the devil said to you...but don't take the devil lightly.

"Demons feed on people. If you can have mercy on the devil, then I advise you to leave your job as soon as possible."

"I know."

Russell sighed while holding the cup: "I'm not that holy mother either. What I pity is not the devil, but Xiao Liuli...or Blue Songbird. I can tell the difference very clearly."

"That's pretty much it."

The inferior snorted and took the empty cup away from Russell's head.

He walked to the minister's desk and took away the finished cup that was placed in front of Delphinium.

While rinsing in the sink in the room, he said softly without looking back: "Your acting skills... scared me a little bit."

"What?"

Russell looked up with some doubts.

"So skilled...I mean, the way you handle reporters."

As the automatic sensor faucet stopped discharging water, the bad guy shook off the cleaned empty cup and placed it on the water bar table.

He turned back and took a deep look at Russell: "Although it may be a bit rude to say this. But I want to say... your smile at that time was so hypocritical that it made me want to vomit."

"—The inferior."

Hearing this, Delphinium, who was still reading the news carefully, raised his head and read the code name of the bad person in a warning manner.

"I know, Minister. I'm just talking about it."

The inferior argued.

Delphinium's eyes became a little stern.

Russell shook his head and said before Delphinium spoke: "It's okay, it's not just you... I also feel a little disgusted with myself like that.

"But that does work, doesn't it?"

"……really."

The inferior shrugged: "Even if it is the same words, I believe that from me, the final voice will definitely be condemnation and rebuke. But you..."

He said, sharing a screenshot of the brain screen in front of him with Russell.

That was the outpouring of praise for Russell's actions on the Internet.

【This is how it should be done! 】

[This is decisive enough behavior, very correct]

[Little Russell is cute and handsome, with a height of 1.65 meters and an imposing figure of 1.85 meters! 】

[I can’t imagine what will happen if those restrained executives are put in charge of this matter]

[This is a necessary sacrifice, I hope everyone can stop some irrational criticism]

[I know, but, wuwuwu, Xiao Liuli, my little Liuli...]

[The deterrence of company law is too low! Let those thugs know that if they kill someone, they will die! 】

[We must support heroes’ special rights to act, which is for the benefit of the vast majority of the public]

At a glance, among the comments with many likes under Tian'en Daily, I can hardly see many people saying "this is wrong." On the contrary, there are still people who constantly remind others that "this is right" and "this is natural".

Russell raised his eyebrows.

He guessed the truth almost immediately: "The company is controlling the review?"

"oh?"

The inferior looked at Russell with some surprise: "How did you guess that?"

"The more one-sided the comments, the more likely the other side's comments will be highly praised. Because the likes of this side are scattered, while the negative side must be concentrated...not to mention, 'threatened by being kidnapped' "Whether hostages of innocent people should be shot to prevent more innocent people from being killed is essentially a moral dilemma. It is worthy of debate in itself."

Russell analyzed: "An issue that should have been debated is now not quarreling at all. This shows that someone must be criticizing the review."

"You guessed it right."

The bad guy nodded: "The company is indeed helping you control reviews."

"……but why?"

Russell frowned: "What's the point of this? Or, who did this...Director Dodgson?"

"No, it was passed on the board."

Delphinium suddenly spoke.

The bad guy on the side hugged his chest and smiled sarcastically: "How should I put it? Although you did save Xiao Liuli's reputation, saved many people, and eliminated chaos and panic. But the company never loses. of.

"No matter how you choose, how you answer. The company has a solution that can profit from it... This incident is expected to promote the 'Seventh Consensus'. That is, 'Excellent individuals who are particularly trusted by public opinion and the public should respond in an emergency. , under special conditions, a special immunity is temporarily allowed to violate the rest of the consensus', which is commonly known as the 'hero's special right to act' consensus case."

The so-called "consensus".

In fact, it is equivalent to the bill in this world.

The most classic "first consensus" is that no organization or individual may use violent or non-violent means to deprive others of their lives under any circumstances.

But the reason why it is a consensus is that it is flexible, individualized, non-standard and operable.

——For example, Russell has violated the first consensus many times, but people will always ignore it. Because at this point, it no longer becomes a "consensus."

If Russell is suddenly reprimanded by public opinion, then he may be cleared of old scores, found to have violated the first consensus, and imprisoned or even exiled. But it is also possible that when he was first locked up, public opinion immediately reversed and people demanded Russell's release. This is entirely possible, and has even happened countless times.

However, this "Seventh Consensus" is different.

Its significance lies in that if the Seventh Consensus is passed by referendum.

Then as long as the "hero" does something and is not immediately held accountable by the public, he can no longer be blamed for it.

Russell could also guess the significance of this consensus case.

On the surface, this is a consensus case "to allow heroes to act without scruples."

——But in actual execution, it allows the hero to bypass the "consensus" to act.

In a sense...

The idea of ​​​​finding a person to be responsible for last-minute killings and shouldering the crime is essentially the same as that of "Veil of Ignorance".

It's just a loophole.

The other one is supported by "law".