Chapter 549: One Wrong Step, Every Step Wrong (Seeking Subscriptions)

"Damn it!" Enshi, a certain hotel, Hu Hai rubbed his hair with one hand and slammed the tabletop hard with the other.

After slamming the table, Hu Hai still didn't feel relieved, and directly smashed the mobile phone in his hand onto the floor.

The screen hit the ground and instantly cracked; screen dregs shattered into several pieces and flew off, the phone slid into the distance, gathering together with two or three corpses lying in disarray.

"When you guys first met me, I didn't see you acting all that impressive either? One by one your nostrils are pointing to the sky, right?" Hu Hai's fist slammed hard onto the tabletop.

After standing up in one motion, he then kicked the chair over.

Several days had passed, and he still hadn't figured out the way into Enshi Yangyuan!

Right now, his father was still in Han City, but only temporarily hadn't been visited by the Discipline Inspection Commission.

It was just that his and his old man's matters, which weren't particularly serious, had already appeared in his email inbox!

To say Hu Hai had done a great many illegal things since taking office, that wasn't the case; at most it was just taking a bit here and there.

Playing in the romance field emphasizes mutual willingness; everyone is an adult, he didn't knock anyone unconscious, so he wasn't worried.

But just taking a bit here and there, if undiscovered then fine; if discovered, this stuff could be made big or small.

After pacing around the room several times, Hu Hai finally dialed a number: "Brother Hui."

"Got any channels on your end?"

"I've been around Enshi once, didn't even figure out which way the entrance faces, and nearly got taken away as a harasser."

"And now I'm being harassed!" Hu Hai was exceptionally depressed.

Originally, he planned to pester Fang Ziye, but unexpectedly, ever since returning from the sanatorium, he got entangled first!

No need to think, this was definitely the sanatorium's backdoor working against him.

And who exactly opened this backdoor, who presided over doing some not-so-aboveboard but not-killing-people things, he knew nothing about.

"Hu Hai, I've also tried my best, sorry ah, Brother really can't help you this time." Brother Hui on the other end of the phone actually spoke like this.

"Actually your appetite is too big!"

"Hah! ~" Hu Hai listened, first stunned, then immediately understood the other's meaning.

Hu Hai didn't truly treat the other as a brother; in the workplace, aside from blood brothers, it's all interests: "Brother Hui, if you put it that way, then don't blame Brother for not being polite."

"If I crash, those chat records, call records, transaction flows, and some photos, none are excluded from possibly surfacing from somewhere." Hu Hai said.

Now you Wang Quanhui want to retreat unscathed, directly push me out as a scapegoat? How is that possible?

The other side fell silent for a good while, then said: "Hu Hai, just knew your kid's thoughts are quite deep, usually one mouthful 'brother', one mouthful 'big brother', turns out you were waiting for me here?"

"Pretty capable." Wang Quanhui took a deep breath.

"I don't care anymore; this stuff, one, I didn't take from the party involved, two, no direct contact or guarantees with anyone; you say I took bribes, you just go say it then?"

"Worst case I get disciplined."

"We're all thousand-year foxes, what Strange Tales are you playing with me?"

"What else can you do?" Wang Quanhui simply gave up and lay flat.

"Brother advised you before, don't be too greedy, don't reach into universities and top-tier general hospitals, you just wouldn't listen. That system is relatively independent, you know dog shit."

Hearing this, Hu Hai fell silent; after ten-odd seconds, he immediately fawned: "Brother Hui, I was wrong, just now was just a joke!"

"Between us brothers, close as limbs, I've run into trouble, you must help, how could I possibly keep such obvious records?"

Hu Hai admitted cowardice first.

This Wang Quanhui was indeed a fringe figure in the circle; the other's background wasn't small, no need to rely on these ghost tricks.

Just that, give him some things and he'll take them; but to say real participation, Wang Quanhui didn't plan to hang around in Hubei's circle anymore, he hadn't entered the core operational level.

"I said, Hu Hai, I've already tried my best."

"This time ah, that place Doctor Fang Ziye went to, the entrance is a bit deep."

"I advise you still don't think of crooked ways; otherwise, if you really piss off the people there, an eighty- or ninety-year-old covered in medals, half a foot in the grave, will run over to expose and kill people."

"This isn't a joke."

Hearing this, Hu Hai's eyebrows immediately twitched rapidly: "Brother Hui, is Enshi Yangyuan really that special? Absolutely no chance to force our way in?"

"Those who offended people in the Capital, finally withdrew safely, to Enshi to enjoy their old age in peace."

"Right now they just don't want to mess with you; if you want to take crooked paths, then those affected will probably not be just you and your father."

"The people coming for you now, at most can only implicate you and your father; but if Enshi Yangyuan's people want to mess with you, even your distant relatives might be affected."

"Give yourself some dignity, go honestly seek help, or turn yourself in."

"At most?"

"At most just locked up a few years."

"If no one specifically investigates, this matter won't blow up. After all the affected circle is very small, also very narrow, they also don't dare make too big a fuss." Wang Quanhui analyzed for Hu Hai.

Han City University, Hu Hai definitely couldn't touch; if it were normal times, wanting to contact some professors or experts, opportunities weren't few.

Everyone has mutual needs, but you want to directly bite a professor to death, unless you grasp very key evidence, otherwise how do you know the professor only has this one connection path of yours?

Besides, Han City University is a ministry-affiliated university; others' personnel appointment and removal powers aren't in your Hubei, just located here.

Zhongnan Hospital, although under the Provincial Health Commission's jurisdiction, but what can you do?

Ultimately what Hu Hai and them do are things that can't see the light!

"Brother Hui, if really locked up a few years, then this life is finished." Hu Hai spoke candidly.

"Brother Hui, you have to help Brother me."

This kind of thing, how could it possibly be just as simple as a few years in prison?

Really shedding the current identity, future days won't be easy.

No money, no connections, plus a layer of "got out" identity, even finding a job is hard.

Previous connections built relied on the position under the butt; after retirement people still leave and tea cools, let alone directly leaving the system.

"I also have no way, you properly discuss with the other few people." Wang Quanhui actively hung up the phone.

Before long, a knock on the door rang out.

After Hu Hai opened the door, the person who came in was the Technical Consultant he had found for the company earlier.

Right now, the other party was also in a complete mess.

The systems in the Hospital are all built through Outsourcing, and they are responsible for operation and maintenance!

Now Zhongnan Hospital wants to replace the system, and this matter seems to have caused quite a stir within the Hubei Province Medical Circle.

Many other Hospitals cooperating with their Company also have to replace their management systems; this is a business volume approaching Tens of Millions or even Hundreds of Millions that is about to vanish.

And the rat droppings came from him.

"Brother Hui, how's it going on your end? Found a way in yet? Have you made a Phone Call?"

"If this matter isn't Handled Well, our Boss is going to do me in — really do me in!" The Company's upper management only cares about performance.

An ordinary code farmer, even if he's an Engineer, once he truly Affects income of Tens of Millions or even Hundreds of Millions, it's not ruled out that someone might go to extremes and make Yuan Pingfang die in an exceptionally suspicious way.

This isn't a simple small mistake!

If it's not Handled Well, even if they just fire him directly, it will be very hard for him to Hang Around in the industry again afterwards!

The moment he saw the visitor was Yuan Pingfang, Hu Hai flew into a rage and cursed with Saliva flying everywhere: "Didn't you tm say it was Impossible to be Discovered?"

"What's going on now?"

"You guaranteed it to me!"

Yuan Pingfang said: "Brother Hui, this really couldn't be Discovered. I checked the Zhongnan Hospital backend Carefully; Teacher Fang never Appeared in the Outpatient Clinic system at all."

"Who knew he'd get some nerve and suddenly want to leave?"

"He doesn't sit Outpatient Clinic, he only does Surgery, right?"

"You look again at the other professors at Zhongnan Hospital — who Discovered it?"

"For example Deng Yong, for example Liu Huanglong, for example Yuan Weihong — everything is business as usual, right?"

Hu Hai said his technique was no good, and Yuan Pingfang got unhappy; his technique has no problem, it's your line of thinking that has a Fault, okay?

If it weren't for you coming to me, I wouldn't bother doing this kind of thing that ruins Professional Ethics and public morals.

Helpless — Hu Hai gave too much.

Just modify a small Quota, five hundred each!

Daily income as high as fifty thousand; these past months, the oil in his Bank Card was fat enough to drip oil……

Besides, in the Company, whether Sales or Procurement, who doesn't take a little Kickback?

The Company has always turned a blind eye; as long as you bring in Contracts and business, taking a bit is fine, but nothing must go wrong.

"Did you call that Brother Hui? He should have a Solution, right?" Yuan Pingfang wasn't here to find Trouble for Hu Hai either.

Right now he just wants to Solve the Problem, preferably only losing the Zhongnan Hospital Contract!

What he swallowed, he can vomit back a large part of.

"Are you Commanding me to Do Things?" Hu Hai had nowhere to vent, so he Threatened like this.

"Brother Hui, it's not like that, I want to Solve the Problem!"

"Our Company has even more Trouble than you right now; heard Fire Safety and Tax are both Investigating!"

"Now, me?" Only then did Yuan Pingfang tell the truth.

He was already in a desperate situation.

If the Company's debts are really Checked Out for something again, then he really can pack up and go home.

No need to wait for other things to become an East Window Incident.

"Still haven't found a Solution for now……" Hu Hai looked at Yuan Pingfang, then calmed down a sentence, and directly shut Yuan Pingfang outside the door.

Yuan Pingfang was anxious at This Moment too: "Brother Hui, you think of a way! You said back then I only handle technique, other Aspects you handle Closure!"

"Don't you have a team?"

"Make a Phone Call! You're from inside the Provincial Department, your connections should be very……"

Hu Hai directly kicked the door from inside: "Scram! Don't Annoy me~"

Hu Hai then turned back and continued grabbing his own Hair.

To untie the bell, you need the person who tied it; as long as Teacher Fang agrees to Do Surgery outside the Yangyuan, then everything can be readily resolved.

He couldn't care about that much anymore; for the future, he must Persuade Teacher Fang, no matter the cost.

What those people want is just to Solve the Problem, not to do in a Hu Hai; doing in Hu Hai has no Meaning!

Hu Hai immediately took out the dropped SIM Card again, took out a new Mobile Phone, and hurried out the door again!

Only, Hu Hai didn't expect that on this trip to the Yangyuan, he would run into a checkpoint.

But one look — just Traffic Police, thank goodness.

The cars ahead all turned around one after another, giving Hu Hai a bad feeling.

Hu Hai proactively rolled down the Driver's Seat window: "Police Comrade, I have business at the Yangyuan! Visiting someone."

"You call him, have him come out and speak; the Notice we Received is that there's Traffic Control ahead!" The Police didn't take Hu Hai's Cigarette, but politely made a Salute gesture.

"No matter, not in a rush either, I'll wait A While." Hearing this, Hu Hai put the Cigarette Box away again.

"Half a Month you'll wait too?"

"Hurry back. If you need to find someone, trouble your Relative to Run a Trip, or have him come Pick You Up." The Police said.

Hu Hai heard this, froze a moment, and asked: "Then this road is just sealed like this? What if someone wants to Go Home?"

"This road is a Detour; you follow that road ahead, wherever you go it's closer than detouring here. Why do you insist on going up the Mountain?"

"Go on, go on, if you don't go there'll be a Traffic Jam." The Traffic Police Urged.

Hu Hai was now thoroughly Panicked: "Police Comrade, can you Accommodate? My situation is special, ten thousand fires urgent, I must urgently see the person, have to Pick Him Up to make it work."

"He's called Professor Fang Ziye, works right inside the Yangyuan!"

"Doctor Fang Ziye? Are you sure?" Unexpectedly, this traffic cop also recognized Fang Ziye.

Back when Fang Ziye was at Enshi Central Hospital, he had already heard this name.

"Right, right, right!" Hu Hai nodded.

"Come on, come on, show me your driver's license, vehicle license." Unexpectedly the traffic cop said this.

Hu Hai froze: "Comrade Traffic Cop, what are you doing?"

"You know Doctor Fang too?"

"Then let me through?"

"Show me your driver's license, vehicle license first, cooperate with my work." He directly turned on the law enforcement recorder.

Hu Hai didn't want to entangle, so he handed both licenses to the traffic cop.

"Alright, nothing wrong then hurry up and go, Doctor Fang Ziye isn't in the sanatorium, he previously worked at Enshi Central Hospital, later heard he returned to Han City again." The traffic cop spoke politely.

"He's in, he's in!" Hu Hai hurriedly said.

"Then call him? If you don't believe me, you're familiar with him, have someone come out from inside to pick you up." The traffic cop said.

If Hu Hai could get through to Fang Ziye's phone, he wouldn't need to come block the road.

"Who gave you the right to block the road?" Hu Hai instantly flared up.

"City Traffic Police Brigade, if you have any issues you can call to consult, you can also call 12345!"

"Hurry up and go, otherwise I'll have to take you away?" The traffic cop still directed very politely.

Hu Hai's vehicle license and driver's license had no issues, and he didn't look like he drank or took drugs, so he couldn't be bothered to nag.

As for why the road was blocked, he couldn't control that; he received this task, so of course he had to execute it.

"Beep beep, beep beep beep!"

The cars behind started honking to urge, a head stuck out: "Comrade Traffic Cop, I still need to rush to work, if there's anything can you check me first?"

"I'll be late."

"What's with this guy? Hurry up and go."

Hu Hai turned back and glared at him, then drove away; he planned to come try his luck again later.

When he called Fang Ziye again, the other party had indeed blocked him.

However, on Hu Hai's return journey, his other mobile phone received a call.

Hu Hai hurriedly answered, tone softening: "Brother Bin, how's the situation on your end..."

"I just got beaten up by my family's Lao Tao, hurt so bad I can only lie in bed, this time I really admit defeat!"

"Brother Hai, I suggest you, don't mess with it anymore, this doctor called Fang Ziye, his head is simply full of holes."

"Won't eat soft or hard, stubborn like a bull, the connections my family found, said they'd give him honorary titles he doesn't want, money he doesn't want, promotions he doesn't want..."

"Probably the bookworm type of idiot."

"How come this person's technique is so damn good?"

Hu Hai took a deep breath: "Tao Yuanbin, you just admit it like this?"

"Admit punishment where due, dead pig not afraid of boiling water, I've seen clearly, this society is very realistic."

"I believe those people also wouldn't dare act recklessly, they wouldn't go so far as to lose lives or anything."

"If they want to investigate let them investigate, I'll just tell the truth anyway, I don't want to be forced to the point of not being able to sleep." Tao Yuanbin spoke in a dead-pig-not-afraid-of-boiling-water tone.

"Tell me, how did we get flipped by a small doctor from Zhongnan Hospital?"

"The key is still he has capability, everyone only recognizes him, other people, change a hospital, change a lead surgeon professor they still won't recognize, these stupid things."

Tao Yuanbin muttered curses in a low voice.

Hu Hai stayed silent for a long time, then hung up the phone.

"Brother Bin, I feel we can strive a bit more, if it really doesn't work, then take the final wait-for-death path!"

"A living person can't be suffocated by holding urine." Hu Hai said.

"Then you be busy, I've already stuck my neck out anyway." Tao Yuanbin said.

His family's Lao Tao, two sleeves clean breeze, even if he accidentally got investigated, with the family property Lao Tao left behind, he wouldn't starve to death, definitely not as miserable as living now.

But Hu Hai couldn't, Hu Hai's family's old man, including Hu Hai's mom's work, all had improper origins, Hu Hai's father was originally a bit unclean.

Not saying more, several tens of millions is definitely unavoidable.

Hu Hai suddenly felt a bit lonely, and a bit helpless.

Life is like this, when you're successful, friends are everywhere, when you're in adversity, you discover former brothers are actually fair-weather friends.

"Why not go to Fang Ziye's hometown to find his parents and talk?" Hu Hai blurted out this idea in desperation.

But quickly, Hu Hai suppressed his emotions again.

No, this would only make things worse, then Fang Ziye would directly report to police, and he'd truly be finished.

"But going to Fang Ziye's hometown is a lead, see if we can find a relative of Fang Ziye, then have them call Fang Ziye."

With no choice, Hu Hai could only play this last move.

Hu Hai turned the car around, directly driving toward a certain town in Ba County, Enshi.

Roughly one day later, Hu Hai contacted a few people in Ba County's health system through Enshi acquaintances.

Hu Hai's name could be checked, the other party saw it was Hu Hai, and warmly hosted him.

At the banquet, after Hu Hai explained his situation, Xiang Hong first froze, then said: "Director Hu, you're joking, with your connections, just saying hello to Doctor Fang would do, why would you need us to arrange things for you?"

In Xiang Hong's view, Hu Hai was the Office Director of the Provincial Health Commission, young with a bright future, and counted as the direct superior department of Fang Ziye's unit.

Arranging a few patients, wasn't that an easy matter?

Hu Hai explained: "Director Xiang, you may not know, Doctor Fang Ziye now is no longer at Zhongnan Hospital."

"If he were still there it'd be easy, he's now at some sanatorium in Enshi, I'm not familiar with Enshi either, and these relatives of mine really have been suffering from illness for a long time!"

"They're relatives on my father's side. I happen to be in this system and know there's a Professor Fang, so I came to Enshi. But I asked around at several hospitals and couldn't find any trace of Professor Fang."

"Then I thought, could I go through Doctor Fang's relatives and have Doctor Fang Ziye step in to perform surgery on those few relatives of mine at an outside hospital? That would just be a matter of convenience."

Although Xiang Hong hadn't seen much of the world, she wasn't so easily misled: "What about calling? Director Hu wouldn't not know Doctor Fang's phone number, would he?"

"It's fine, I have it here. I'll call Doctor Fang right now."

Previously, after receiving that order, Xiang Hong had kept an extra eye out. This time, the Office Director of the Provincial Health Commission came to visit in person, and he felt there was definitely something fishy, but he didn't dare offend anyone, so he thought he'd just hand the phone over to the other party and be done with it.

Taking Hu Hai to Fang Ziye's hometown definitely couldn't be done for the time being.

"Hey! ~" Hu Hai wanted to stop her, but Xiang Hong's call had already been placed.

Hu Hai immediately fell silent, not daring to make a sound.

"Professor Fang, hello Professor Fang, this is Xiang Hong. We met before, do you still remember?"

Fang Ziye had just stepped down from the operating table at this moment, and was cuddling with Luo Tingzhu in the villa.

Luo Tingzhu wanted to run, but Fang Ziye wouldn't give her the chance, still holding her in his arms: "Director Xiang, I definitely remember you. Is there something you called about? Go ahead."

"It's like this, I have a few relatives. I heard Doctor Fang you can treat their illness, and I want to ask Doctor Fang you to perform surgery for them."

"I previously sent them to Zhongnan Hospital, but couldn't find Professor Fang you, so I thought I'd ask where Professor Fang you went." Xiang Hong was also very quick-witted, not wanting to offend either side.

But she asked first in her own tone!

"Director Xiang, it's like this. I've been seconded now. Professor Liu Huanglong of our Zhongnan Hospital and Professor Deng's skills are both very good."

"You can just register under their names."

"Professor Liu and Professor Deng are both my teachers, their skills are better than mine," Fang Ziye said.

Xiang Hong said: "Professor Fang, I've also asked around. Everyone says your surgical skills are the best. I've already boasted about you to these few relatives of mine."

"They've now decided on you. Do you see? Is there a chance to help my relatives?"

"After all, we're all old fellow villagers!"

Luo Tingzhu, hearing Xiang Hong's words, was slightly tempted, but didn't make the decision for Fang Ziye. She just peeled an orange for him in a fawning manner.

Fang Ziye considered things more than Luo Tingzhu did.

He replied directly: "Director Xiang, you'd best say they're your relatives, and best they're our old fellow villagers. If not? What then?"

"Has someone called you?"

Fang Ziye's tone was slightly cold.

Hearing this, Xiang Hong's body immediately trembled.

She hurriedly said: "Professor Fang, what are you saying? Could I call you for an outsider? They really are my relatives."

"It's like this. He... fractured his bone some time ago. The situation was serious. After surgery at Enshi Central Hospital, the results weren't good."

"Now he's gone to Han City." Xiang Hong immediately steered the topic back to real patients!

Fang Ziye couldn't afford to offend either this Hu Hai or him.

Hu Hai remained silent. If this method worked, he just needed to find a few more such locals to call Fang Ziye, and a few people could be arranged to go over like that.

At this point, finding connections in Enshi was useless; they still needed to find Fang Ziye's local acquaintances.

"Another one is bedridden with paralysis. I saw on the news that this illness can also be treated, so they also went to Han City." Xiang Hong continued.

"Professor Fang, you're in Enshi, right? You're an expert in this field. Can I have my two relatives come to Enshi for hospitalization?"

Fang Ziye said: "Director Xiang, this isn't very convenient. The procedures for practicing medicine in a different place are very troublesome, and my current work is quite busy."

"I'm very sorry."

"For the fracture patient, I suggest you go to Tongji Hospital or Zhongnan Hospital. If it's a patient with functional impairment, go find Professor Deng Yong or Professor Liu Huanglong. Perhaps they can solve the problem."

"I'm also stretched thin. I hope you can understand. I need to continue working."

The other party was just Xiang Hong. Although she was the Bureau Chief of her hometown county's Health Commission, her relationship with Fang Ziye was nonexistent.

Fang Ziye hung up the phone directly after speaking.

Xiang Hong had no choice, and wasn't angry either: "Director Hu, you saw it too. Professor Fang really is too busy."

"I called him, and he even doubted whether my relatives are locals or not?"

"This is probably a bit difficult to handle."

Hu Hai looked at this old fox Xiang Hong and didn't say anything more.

The favor was spent, the matter wasn't accomplished, and you still couldn't say he didn't help you.

"Thank you, Director Xiang. I'll try to figure something out myself." Hu Hai now didn't dare waste a single minute.

Fang Ziye answering an acquaintance's call was one path he could take.

After parting with Xiang Hong, Hu Hai started making calls: "Brother Bin, I found a feasible solution!"

"Fang Ziye isn't not answering the phone. He's just not answering our calls. We can start from his teachers, classmates, and fellow disciples."

"As long as a few people are willing to speak for us, we might be able to get out of the current situation."

"I'm now at Professor Fang's hometown."

"Don't worry. I won't offend people anymore. Now that we've fallen to this point, making a mess of things won't look good."

Hu Hai originally wanted to create an information asymmetry with a call to Xiang Hong, but the other party didn't buy this set at all.

Nowadays, grassroots staff only listen to the current manager. If you're too many levels above them, they might not even pay attention to you.

After all, fawning on people requires a step-by-step approach. If your capability is insufficient and you force your way through connections, that's not using connections—it's asking for trouble. Unless there's a very credible introducer.

However, what Hu Hai didn't expect was that when he rushed to the town where Fang Ziye was and found Fang Ziye's parents as a stranger!

The other party directly ignored him.

No matter how miserably he spoke, the old couple insisted that their son was still working, his seniority was shallow, and he participated very, very rarely in this kind of surgery...

Even Fang Ziye's mother, who always loved to show off, had become much more low-key now.

Hu Hai was hesitating whether to leave when Fang Ziye's mother Liang Xia smiled and said: "Really sorry. My little Ye is still young and couldn't help you. His capability hasn't reached that level yet."

"If you achieve even a little success in the future, you probably wouldn't refuse to help."

"You know how hard it is out there now, young people—scolded by one superior today, reprimanded by some leader tomorrow."

"It's not easy just finding a job..." Liang Xia instead began complaining to him first.

Hu Hai thought to himself.

Fang Ziye scolded by a superior? Reprimanded by a leader?

What a joke?

"Auntie, could you put in a word for me? Just a word, I beg you."

"After all, a doctor has a benevolent heart!"

"I will remember Doctor Fang's kindness." Hu Hai held it with both hands, his heart filled with regret.

Now, every path he could take had been taken; it seemed only Fang Ziye's softening heart remained.

The next day.

Hu Hai received a piece of good news, and also a piece of bad news.

The good news was that the connections to Enshi Yangyuan were opened. He could send a few people inside.

The bad news was that if he wanted to send people in, the precondition was that he must vomit up double what he had swallowed, and he must also go to the grassroots.

Otherwise, no discussion!

"Thank you, Director Liang, thank you, Director Liang! ~" Upon hearing this, Hu Hai hesitated for only five seconds before nodding in agreement.

"Director Liang, thank you for your accommodation; I'll call my relatives right now." After hanging up the phone, Hu Hai hurried back to report.

He first called his father.

But what Hu Hai didn't expect was that his father's phone no longer went through. He then hurriedly called his own mother...

The phone did connect, but the information his mother told him was not promising.

She might be purged!

The so-called precondition of Director Liang's "double repayment" was truly vomiting up double—besides him, his entire family would completely "return to poverty"!

But not taking away his job and giving him a narrow way of life was the only mercy.

After hearing this, Hu Hai slowly squatted down by the sidewalk, scratching his scalp until it broke, with faint bloodstains under his nails...

This world is cruel.

The roles of the player and the played can switch at any time.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes; many covet his position. He regrets it, but in the adult world, regret is completely useless...

(Chapter End)