Chapter 877 - 896: The Weird Villain Actually Keeps a Diary
Chapter 877: Chapter 896: The Weird Villain Actually Keeps a Diary
They discussed it back and forth but couldn’t come to any meaningful conclusion. Ultimately, they decided to just let the matter cool down for a while.
They could definitely find someone for the role. At worst, they would just promote someone from the lower ranks. So what if they had to take the fall? As long as it came with a promotion, there were plenty of people willing to be the scapegoat.
The most frustrating part, however, was the public’s reaction.
The narrative the officials had clearly pushed yesterday was that Mo Si disregarded the law, using his past merits to do whatever he pleased. Couldn’t the public see the main point? They had poured so many resources into this smear campaign, yet after a mere afternoon nap, the top trending topic had morphed into a demand to appoint him as the Inspector?!
Was Mo Si’s reputation really that massive among the masses?!
After the meeting adjourned, to maintain the reputation of the Cabinet’s reception hall, a portion of the staff was assigned to listen to the citizens’ petitions. Without exception, every single person who came was there for Q3 and for Mo Si.
Today, the Cabinet was boiling over. But it hadn’t actually reached its true boiling point yet. Traffic that snowballed like this typically didn’t truly explode until the second day.
The next morning, the traffic exploded once again.
Since it was the weekend, students were off from class. There were more people surfing the web and making calls. The submitted letters completely jammed the mailboxes, and a massive cardboard box had to be added beneath the Senate’s suggestion box to hold the overflow. The crowd at the reception hall also surged. What started as a long line turned into a massive sea of people packed around the entire entrance of the Senate.
The Senate was located near the heart of the Federation. Truth be told, there was already a lot of foot traffic there, but with so many people gathered, bystanders couldn’t resist recording videos, drawing even more attention. After watching those videos, even more people showed up the following day.
For the Senate, this was a vicious cycle.
At that juncture, the officials pushed forward a garrison commander in his fifties, preparing to appoint him as the Inspector. Appointing Mo Si was out of the question—they were still waiting for him to return from Q3 to the Federation to answer for his crimes.
It was unclear when the news of the garrison commander’s impending appointment was leaked. They originally assumed it would whip up a massive storm online with people spewing abuse, which would allow them to market Mo Si’s fans as an irrational mob. Yet, to their complete surprise, the "lucky" commander who had been selected instantly gained tens of millions of new followers.
Soon after, netizens compiled a lengthy inquiry list, demanding that the commander fully resolve every single issue on it once he completed his inspection tour. Moreover, the number of Teleportation Mechas heading to Q3 suddenly skyrocketed during this period. Many people claimed they were forming groups to livestream from Q3 to see exactly how and what this commander was investigating. They added that they could assist with the investigation while they were at it.
The middle-aged commander had initially thought this was just a golden opportunity to pad his resume and go through the motions. But seeing this massive uproar, he realized the grave danger. If he actually went, any dirty secrets exposed later would surely result in him being dragged out as a scapegoat since he was the one who investigated it.
Consequently, he quickly feigned illness and rejected the inspection assignment. The position of Inspector was vacant once again.
With the matter left hanging, the internet grew increasingly restless. The tide of public opinion gradually shifted from "We hope Admiral Mo is appointed as the Inspector" to "Why can’t Admiral Mo be appointed as the Inspector?"
This was an incredibly terrible shift for the officials.
Just as everyone was about to crack under the pressure and compromise, a new development occurred. The long-inactive official verified account of Q3 Planet published a new post. The Military Department office aggressively shared the notification letter the moment it appeared.
Mo Si, who had not yet been appointed as the Inspector, exercised the duties of the Inspector just like that.
But the senators didn’t even have time to condemn Mo Si before something even more shocking happened.
After reading that notification letter, the citizens who had been tirelessly rallying for this cause couldn’t believe their eyes, for the reality was far more brutal than they had imagined. Even some of the nobles whose hearts weren’t completely black were stunned.
Meanwhile, those black-hearted nobles who had completely surrendered to power and lost all traces of human decency were utterly dumbfounded. They wondered, "What... what is this? This Q3, this Wen Jun—whose subordinate is he?! What an absolute f*cking idiot."
His Highness, who had been hiding behind the scenes and believing he had everything perfectly orchestrated, felt a nerve snap in his brain when he saw the avalanche of evidence.
He wondered if he had gone completely blind. Why had he ever thought Wen Jun was suitable to be the planet governor of Q3? Why had he let him stay in that position just to avoid the hassle?!
Was he cut out for this at all? A black-hearted planet governor who actually liked keeping a diary? An illustrated diary, no less?! And he f*cking left the diary intact instead of destroying it, allowing it to be discovered?! He even kept a secretary who knew absolutely everything? And after things came to light, he didn’t immediately silence the secretary, instead letting him confess?!
He had thought they could at least keep a few things under wraps, but now, they had been stripped completely bare.
Everything was gone.