Chapter 916 - 195: European Union’s Self-Examination?

"Since the poison gas attack of the millennium, nothing like this has happened in Berlin."

"You can see that there are no so-called ’street drifters’ in the New Berlin District. Before that incident, you could even see cultists using biotechnology to impersonate vampires, as well as ’Temple Knights’ welding steel plates onto themselves."

"For the sake of stability and safety, after the reconstruction of Berlin, a high-intensity crackdown on crime was carried out, completely eradicating these illegal elements, leaving only the builders and managers who contribute to society."

"Because it was the Soviet Union that liberated Germany, striking down the former aristocracy and freeing the people’s land, the numerous collectivist families in the Old East Germany area have always been highly respected..."

"The impact of this incident is extremely negative."

Instructor Graham was instructing Elliot and Sevens, condemning the criminals responsible for the terrorist attack.

"The deceased is Damiano de Visconti, a young child, only 24 years old, just graduated from university, unemployed..."

Graham paused: "A noble."

[Johnny: All I can say is good riddance—though I had no grudge against him, I just enjoy seeing these nobles get wiped out.]

[Johnny: Can you really call someone 24 years old a child? And this claim about Old East Germany families being respected is an internally unified narrative of the European Union?]

[Johnny: In liberated East Germany, parents worry about work, while the kids dressed flamboyantly roam the streets, hoping one day the children of the previously overthrown nobility will take them home to be playthings.]

[Johnny: Is there anything worse than this?]

The video recordings before the explosion were very clear, basically depicting events that happen daily in the Old East Germany region.

The New Berlin District is a pure ecological city with a very low population density, while most of the skyscrapers and apartment buildings in the Old East Germany area are old houses from the last century. Almost all the city’s engineers and workers are gathered here.

Traveling by floating car requires reporting and is expensive, just to show off wealth and experience being looked up to doesn’t really need a floating car.

A sports car on the ground is the most suitable choice.

I must say, seeing the video, Johnny suddenly felt like he was back in Night City:

However, in Night City, driving a luxury car on the street might very well be a rented car, actually being used by human traffickers cooperating with Scavengers or other gangs...

[Johnny: This place might not have fraud, but other places are about the same.]

[Lille: Not necessarily, only frauds without backing might get caught.]

"This incident has a very severely negative impact—extremely negative." Graham emphasized again, "The Visconti family comes from Italy and has contributed a lot of excellent talent to the medical and health sectors, not only having executives in companies but also in the European Union, holding some seats in the parliament."

Sevens raised his hand first: "We need motive analysis; did the deceased have any recent conflicts with anyone?"

Elliot then said: "Does this have anything to do with us? I mean, we are handling cyber psychosis, shouldn’t the death of someone as significant as Damiano de Visconti be handled by Interpol?"

[Johnny: Fatso, you’re right, it has nothing to do with us, I’m not interested in being a private detective for rich kids.]

Johnny gave a thumbs up to Elliot.

Graham remained expressionless; Elliot’s performance most of the time was not satisfactory, but acceptable, otherwise, he wouldn’t need to be the instructor.

Clearly, Graham’s tolerance in many matters is quite strong.

"...For half a century, nothing like this has happened in Berlin, and just three days after that threatening message appeared, this happened—

You need to have political sensitivity, there’s a good chance this incident is related to that message, and it should be followed up.

Secondly, here’s what was found at the scene."

Graham took out a small bag, containing a homemade detonator. He put on gloves and connected the device to a separate reading device.

"...There are software driver read traces with Harlin Eck’s signature inside, along with a phrase."

The screen flickered, showing blood-red text:

[This world doesn’t belong to you, thieves!]

Seeing this sentence, Graham’s eyes narrowed slightly, clearly angry.

The blood-red text disappeared, and Graham put the item back into the evidence bag.

"This is a provocation to the European Union."

Sevens raised an eyebrow, immediately spotting the problem: "Wait... Harlin Eck? The person we were looking for today? He’s already not in Berlin, the message from Network Supervision was outdated, and here his name appears again?

This is too coincidental, something is wrong, why is it Harlin Eck?

Has Interpol controlled him? We can ask him a lot..."

"Good question, why Harlin Eck." Graham sighed, "And also, why Damiano de Visconti.

What I’m about to say is somewhat core, and I shouldn’t really be telling you this, as it is an Interpol internal secret...

But considering we are now jointly investigating this matter, let me tell you the possible motives of the criminals.

In fact, within the European Union, corruption does exist, and it is often very difficult to investigate..."

Hearing this opening, Sevens and Graham were both stunned.

Just the beginning, there was a feeling like ’a Heavenly God is now beginning to confess to the ants.’

This was their first time hearing such words from a senior official of the European Union, a person of immense power...

Did they hear wrong? Graham, as an instructor sent by the European Union, is actually discussing things not usually allowed on social networks?

You must know that the European Union publishes news weekly criticizing the lawless corruption of officials in "liberal" cities like Night City, Mexico, and Africa, with Night City previously being the most severe, almost having weekly scandals.

"Inside the European Union, there is almost no corruption, with representatives elected by all citizens, and the elected representative MPs establish laws, while civil servants are selected extensively through examinations, a fair selection and appointment system..."

"In contrast, in Night City, the buying and selling of civil service positions is common, and the funds exchanged between businesses and the government cannot be controlled and disclosed through the European Barrier like in the European Union."

"In these cities, the authorities cannot control businesses, officials are just dogs companies put forward, pawns of capital..." –

These are the internal themes of the European Union.

So hearing Graham talk about European Union corruption, it’s as inconceivable as listening to a patriarch confessing mistakes in front of the younger generation.

"Damiano de Visconti was suspected of embezzling the public medical funds of the European Union, luring enrollees under a semi-public project, and illegally setting up a sex trade venue in the Old East Germany region.

Interpol had planned to arrest him, but unexpectedly, he was first blown up by criminals."

The office fell silent.