Chapter 1468: Newspaper

Newspaper

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers!!"

"Lord of Tianshu uses his body as a shield, knocking the Red Star flying!!"

"Lord of Hanging Jade exiles the Cessation Calamity, his posture still upright when he died in battle!!"

"Lord of Spirit Void makes a shocking move, sealing the Calamity of Delusion outside the domain! Lord of the Red Dust repels the Calamity of Corruption single-handedly!"

"World-Ending Calamity Chen Ling hunts for a thousand miles, ultimately slaying the Thought Calamity in the ruins of Aurora!"

"The Human World-Ending War draws to a close, a comprehensive summary of detailed information, an early look at on-site photos! All in the 《Tianshu Newspaper》!!"

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers..."

On the busy street, a boy wearing a worn-out coat carrying a large bag of newspapers ran past while shouting.

"Child, how much is one copy of this newspaper?"

The boy glanced at these men wearing dirty work clothes, shook his head, and directly pulled out a few newspapers and stuffed them into their hands,

"It's free."

"Ah?"

"The government said that any worker carrying out post-disaster reconstruction work can get them distributed for free."

Without waiting for the men to say anything, the boy waved his hand, carried his bag, and continued running hurriedly towards the street ahead. His expression was serious and resolute, like a vibrant snow-white messenger pigeon shuttling over the ruins.

Seeing him leave, the men gathered together to flip through the newspapers, pointing at the headlines and on-site photos on them, seemingly incredibly surprised.

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers..."

"Give me a copy." Just as the boy shouted halfway, a red curly-haired girl with a black dog waved at him from the side of the street.

The boy swept a glance at the neatly dressed girl, "One Copper Coin per copy."

The red-haired girl didn't hesitate at all. She directly flicked a Copper Coin with her fingertip, and with her other hand, she took the newspaper.

As the red-haired girl flipped through the newspaper, she shuttled through the messy street. Her gaze landed on the page about "Chen Ling Slaying the Thought Calamity". She read it repeatedly several times and couldn't help smacking her lips.

"Have these domain media discovered their conscience? To actually expose this matter truthfully..."

"Woof——" The black dog beside her barked.

"True, the death of the Thought Calamity is a major event that shocked all Human Domains. Even if they wanted to cover it up, they wouldn't be able to... However, this article is much more objective than I imagined. They actually didn't throw dirty water on him in passing?" The red-haired girl rubbed her chin,

"Say, does this count as some kind of signal? Is our Dusk Society really going to be whitewashed?"

"Woof, woof——"

While the person and dog communicated, the red-haired girl had already arrived at the entrance of a dilapidated bar. After looking around to ensure no one was there, she pushed the door and entered.

Ding dong——

The rusty bell at the door made a sound.

At this moment in the bar, there were no customers at all. Only a figure who looked like the boss was wiping the countertop. The red-haired girl directly sat down at the bar:

"I want to buy a ray of hope."

The boss seemed very familiar with this girl. After the two briefly matched passwords according to the process, he spoke somewhat helplessly:

"In this past half month, you've already run to my place ten times... This is a secret stronghold, not a real bar. Besides, you can actually stomach those crappy drinks I mix?"

"Who said I came to drink alcohol? I'm not that drunkard Jack of Diamonds." The red-haired girl shrugged.

"...Oh, I'm talking to Spades."

The boss's gaze looked at the big black dog beside Red Heart 10. The latter was already drooling from the corner of its mouth. It nudged the wine glass aside, looking extremely impatient:

"——Woof!!"

"He came to drink, I didn't." The red-haired girl leaned her hands on the bar expectantly, "How is it? Does that new Red King have any instructions? With a new official taking office, shouldn't he take everyone for Team Building? Even holding a meeting would do!"

"...What? Are you that curious about this new Red King?" The boss spoke leisurely while mixing drinks.

"It's not just me, everyone is like this!" The red-haired girl said seriously,

"Say, this new Red King too. He has been in office for over half a month, yet there's no news at all... Not issuing missions, not meeting with everyone, nor passing us any information..."

"Except for tripling everyone's salary, it seems he hasn't done anything!"

"Tell me, where can you find such a Red King?"

Faced with the red-haired girl's continuous questions, the boss didn't think much of it:

"Isn't it very normal for the Red King's whereabouts to be mysterious? Do you really treat the Dusk Society as an ordinary company where a new official takes office and does Team Building? He definitely has more important things to do."

"Then at least he should show his face... In the Grey King's message, his identity wasn't revealed at all. Now everyone doesn't even know who their immediate superior actually is... Some people guess that someone outside the Dusk Society took over as the Red King, some guess that the Grey King is now the Red King, and some guess that a certain member within us was promoted to Red King... A mess of news is flying everywhere!"

The boss glanced at her and asked with interest:

"What about you? Who do you think... he is?"

Red Heart 10 smiled mysteriously and tossed the newspaper in her hand onto the bar, precisely the page about Chen Ling slaying the Thought Calamity.

"Oh? You guess it's him?"

"Not me, it's those senior JQ members." The red-haired girl's eyes lit up, "Tell me, besides this monster who can solo a World-Ending Calamity, who else has the strength to take over the Red King's position? Moreover, he is the disciple of the original Red King, a proper connection!"

"Of course, the most important basis..."

"Tripling everyone's salary, absolutely only our God of Wealth could do such a thing!!"

"..." The boss fell silent.

He silently put down the mixed drink and waved to the big black dog. The latter didn't seem interested in the new Red King at all, but instead was drooling over the wine glass in front of the boss. Without a second word, it rushed forward and drank heartily with its teeth holding the rim of the glass.

"If the Red King really is Chen Ling, what then?" The boss asked Red Heart 10 back.

The red-haired girl thought for a moment, "I did see him before when I was in the Wuji Domain, but there were too many people then, I didn't even have a chance to talk... No, he might not have even noticed me..."

"But I feel he is quite interesting. Moreover, a boss as generous as him couldn't be found even with a lantern, right?"

"Your pursuits are not very high." The boss couldn't help smiling,

"But don't forget, he is a World-Ending Calamity."

"What's wrong with being a World-Ending Calamity?" The red-haired girl didn't care. Her gaze glanced at Spade 10 who was clinking away drinking alcohol aside. "It's not like our Dusk Society doesn't have Calamities, and he was originally our companion...

Besides, even if he is a World-Ending Calamity, he is more human than some humans."