Apocalypse Forecast

Chapter 921 - 734: A Bright Future

Afternoon, in the office of Huaizhi Corporation.

"...Tonight at the banquet, the announcements should cover these points."

On the phone, Tobio’s voice came through: "Huaizhi-kun, the information has been leaked to you, don’t drop the ball when the time comes."

"Okay, I understand." Huai Shi respectfully replied, "Thank you for your protection, I’m deeply grateful."

It seemed Tobio chuckled.

The low and indistinct voice, hard to discern whether joyful or mocking, was full of meaning.

"Between you and me, there’s no need for too much pretense." Tobio said, "Anyway, the opportunity you wanted, the old man gave it to you, whether you can grasp it is up to you."

"Isn’t Yingzhou’s tradition to replace the superior?" Huai Shi curiously asked, "The president is so indulgent to me, isn’t he afraid I’ll turn into an ungrateful, shameless person who will retaliate?"

"Hahaha, don’t joke, Huaizhi, who else can give you as much as I do?"

Tobio laughed mockingly: "If you want to replace the old man’s position in the Alliance, with your current self, you’re not nearly enough. Such naïve dreams, talk about it again in three years."

Huai Shi raised an eyebrow: "I think it won’t take a year."

"No problem, let’s wait and see."

The old man on the other end of the phone laughed heartily, this time full of delight: "When will such a narrow place as the Tanbo Inner Circle no longer be able to contain you?"

The call was disconnected.

Huai Shi looked up at the gradually yellowing sunlight outside the window, turned back, tossed the phone onto the table, and smiled at Ueno, who was anxiously fidgeting behind the desk.

"You heard everything, right? It’s just a small matter, no need to worry."

He patted Ueno’s shoulder, indicating he need not worry: "The matter with the Angry Luo Group is wrapped up like this, you cooperate with Yamashita afterwards and do a good job integrating the newcomers.

If they can be useful, great; if they can’t, just exclude them altogether. Tell them, Huaizhi Corporation can do charitable deeds, beer is on the house, but the Huaizhi Gang doesn’t support useless people, not even giving a cup of water to outsiders."

"Yes."

Ueno bowed, obediently taking orders, but didn’t leave, hesitating to speak.

"What’s the matter?" Huai Shi looked up.

After hesitating for a long time, Ueno finally uneasily asked: "Boss, is what you just said on the phone true?"

"Hmm? What are you talking about?"

"Just...just..."

Ueno stammered, finally mustering up the courage to repeat what Huai Shi had just said: "Just...replacing the president part...are you really planning to..."

"Oh, yes, that’s right."

Huai Shi flipped the pen in his hand without any hint of hiding: "Although there’s an agreement between me and the old man, this honeymoon period of cooperation I fear can only last until the Order of Nothingness ends, right?

By that time with no external pressures, the old man won’t allow a young upstart to jump around in front of him. Conveniently, I don’t intend to have a bunch of old folks riding on my head..."

He paused, lightly asking: "The position of president rotates, what’s wrong if it’s my family’s turn next year?"

Ueno was stunned, staring wide-eyed.

"What?" Huai Shi laughed: "Can’t accept it?"

"No, no, no, I... I..."

Ueno was so anxious that he fumbled for words, changing self-references several times, finally his scarred face turned red with excitement, he bowed abruptly and shouted with a loud voice:

"No matter what happens, I will dedicate my life to following the boss!"

Huai Shi paused his actions, raised his eyebrows as if frozen.

Soon, he smiled, got up, patted his shoulder: "No need to be so excited, Ueno, I’m aware of your loyalty to me, so I’ll need you to take care of things henceforth."

Ueno nodded, bowing deeply once more, then took his leave with excitement, turning to leave.

Only when the office door closed did Huai Shi’s smile gradually fade.

Replaced by an unmistakable astonishment.

Returning to his chair, he frowned, using the Stigma of the Soloist as a bridge, probing into what he had hidden in another Dream Cage.

Then he discovered it was in chaos.

During the period he was busy undercover, Huai Shi hadn’t managed the group of Ravens, and as a result they had gone completely wild. Every day after source materialization, they would secretly disguise themselves as ordinary ravens, mingling with the local Crow Flock, and then relying on their physique and power, they frequently appeared in street corners, convenience stores, video stores, and bookstores...

Finally, they secretly brought back a huge pile of unspeakable items, stacked like mountains!

There was even a wave of enthusiasts who secretly strung electric wires, bringing back old TVs and players discarded by others from the street.

They watched day and night every day.

As for the other group of ravens that didn’t participate much, they were no good either. They now surrounded the cellphone Huai Shi left for them to play with, forming several circles, using their tiny claws adeptly on the screen. As the light bursts from various gacha game interfaces, they fervently cheered ’Holy!’

Whenever an SSR was drawn, they got as delighted as something indescribable.

And this group of clever fellows learned well, fearing being caught while surreptitiously using Huai Shi’s account for microtransactions, they picked up coins from the street and went to convenience stores for recharge cards... heaven knows how they managed to activate those things at the counter.