Throughout this storm, what disappointed the Hope Media reporter the most was that favonovel.com had captured many photos of the escapees so that everyone would pay more attention to them, as well as the disaster itself.
However, that was quickly forgotten, and it made the reporter a little sad.
After the Stelaria Consortium directed the blame at the Panaqua Consortium, everyone started waiting for the other consortiums to react. However, the other consortiums seemed to have suddenly lost their voices as they maintained silence over the matter.
The reporters who wanted to interview the higher-ups of the Virtuora Consortium and Stardust Consortium were also blocked from doing so.
Actually, it wasn’t as though everyone was stupid or something.
Forget that they, the Stelaria Consortium, had suddenly joined the fray, but why did they have to drag the rest of consortiums in as well in front of the reporters?
Yes, the Panaqua Consortium really did have nuclear bombs. Moreover, they could not understand why the Stelaria Consortium would dare to jump into the fray when they knew the Panaqua Consortium had nuclear weapons.
Were they not afraid of death?
Or could the Stelaria Consortium have something that bolstered their confidence?
If they did not, the Stelaria Consortium would seem a little foolish with their accusations.
Before these questions were answered, they could only remain silent.
In recent years, the Stardust and Virtuora Consortiums were starting to feel pressure from the Stelaria Consortium. Otherwise, Busby would not have taken the initiative to befriend Daniel. However, after the nuclear bomb was dropped, the entire political situation was turned upside down. Suddenly, everyone could not tell who was friend and who was foe. Or to be more accurate, other than themselves, everyone else was an enemy. It was just that they could not tell who the more threatening parties were.
Regarding the nuclear bomb, the Stardust Consortium felt very complicated. The Experimentals proved to be a very troublesome matter for them. If it weren’t for this nuclear bomb, they would not even have known how to deal with it.
They would have been unwilling to bomb their own Stronghold 74, but the Panaqua Consortium had helped them solve that dilemma.
Everyone understood the Panaqua Consortium had only launched their nuclear bomb after the situation was deemed beyond saving, and from the looks of it, they did not want to cause any civilian casualties either. But by dropping the nuclear bomb, everything in the vicinity of Stronghold 74 was as good as destroyed.
Since the Panaqua Consortium was bold enough to use a nuclear bomb to deal with the Experimentals, why didn’t they use it against the Experimentals while they were in their territory?
Therefore, Busby felt favonovel.com needed to put aside his ties with the Panaqua Consortium for now and wait for the situation to become clearer.
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The days passed, and the reporters from Hope Media went all the way to the Panaqua Consortium to ask how they viewed this matter and whether they would give up their nuclear weapons.
In the end, the Panaqua Consortium’s answer was completely unexpected. The Panaqua Consortium’s spokesperson questioned, “The nuclear bomb wasn’t launched by us, so why is the Stelaria Consortium pointing fingers at us? Have consortiums these days started fabricating lies?”
The reporters were stunned on the spot.
Just as everyone in the world was thinking this was the Panaqua Consortium’s doing, the Panaqua Consortium actually denied it was them.
Thinking back, it did seem like there was no evidence pointing to the fact that this was done by the Panaqua Consortium.
The various consortiums were also left speechless. Everyone knew full well that the nuclear test sites in the Central Plains had been destroyed by the Saboteurs, and only the Panaqua Consortium was still equipped with a nuclear capability. However, it was also true that they did not have any evidence of that.
It was obvious the Panaqua Consortium was intent on denying responsibility for the strike. Who knew if they were trying to stall for time, or if they were just trying to plunge the situation into even muddier waters.
Before everyone could figure out what was going on, Daniel, who was currently visiting the Virtuora Consortium, actually started accepting public interviews.
Logically speaking, Daniel should really have been leaving the Central Plains and returning to the Panaqua Consortium’s territory. Even Bill was trying to persuade Daniel to leave quickly.
If the consortiums were to issue a joint arrest order for Daniel, Bill could not protect him!
But not only did Daniel not leave, favonovel.com even flamboyantly accepted the interviews.
How infuriating!
When Daniel faced the reporters, favonovel.com said in a heavy tone, “Don’t be accusing our Panaqua Consortium so easily. Just because the Stelaria Consortium says it was us who launched the strike, does it really mean we did? A lot of people know the Saboteurs have been trying to destroy our nuclear test base in the Southwest, yet they still haven’t found it, have they? But how are they going to find it when we don’t actually have any of those? The Stelaria Consortium had better not falsely accuse us like that.”
The reporters were dumbfounded. “Then what’s your opinion on this matter?”
Daniel sounded even more depressed and nearly cried. “Whoever did it, I feel it was a really good move. According to the Hope Media reporters, Stronghold 74 had already fallen to the Experimentals at that time, right?”
“That means that no matter whether there were any survivors, the Experimentals would still tear them apart. Our Panaqua Consortium has fought quite a few battles with the Experimentals before. Back when the Skyfort Consortium’s stronghold was attacked by the Experimentals, our Panaqua Consortium also suffered heavy losses when we went over to reinforce them. It’s a pity the Skyfort Consortium did not manage to withstand the attacks of the Experimentals. In order to let the Skyfort Consortium’s residents continue living in peace, our Panaqua Consortium took control of their strongholds.”
Based on what Daniel had said, they had only taken over the Skyfort Consortium’s strongholds out of a sense of justice. They had wanted to support the Skyfort Consortium’s fight against the Experimentals, but the Skyfort Consortium was unable to hold on. In the end, it was all the Experimentals’ fault!
His “compassionate” tone made favonovel.com sound just like a good Samaritan.
Daniel said as favonovel.com wiped away his tears, “No matter who blew up Stronghold 74, I, Daniel Eastwood, will be the first to thank them for taking revenge for the residents of the Southwest and for taking revenge for the residents of Stronghold 74! They’ve even eliminated a future threat for humanity as well!”
Then Daniel bowed deeply to the camera and said, “Thank you all!”
The reporters were all dumbfounded.
When the consortiums saw the reporters’ articles, they wanted to scold Daniel for his shamelessness!
A member of the Virtuora Consortium who was standing beside Daniel said with a smile after the reporters left, “Boss Eastwood, you show no fear in the face of danger. After such a brouhaha, you can still act as though nothing happened and remain a guest at our Virtuora Consortium. I’m really impressed…”
This was not a lie, as favonovel.com really admired Daniel from the bottom of his heart. Disregarding everything else, favonovel.com would have to give Daniel a perfect score just for his acting chops and courage!
The people from the Virtuora Consortium did not ask whether the Panaqua Consortium had any nuclear weapons. They had never depended on evidence to judge others. Everyone already knew this was done by the Panaqua Consortium after all, so there was no need for them to probe further.
However, Daniel narrowed his eyes. “This is only the start. It’s not like I’ll only be a guest here at your Virtuora Consortium, I’m also going to be visiting the Stelaria Consortium in a few days. Let’s see who dares to lay a finger on me.”
After the Virtuora Consortium’s people left, Daniel immediately lay on the sofa and asked Bill, “I’m feeling really panicky now. Do you think they’ll really tie me up?”
Bill did not know whether to laugh or cry. “Since you’re so worried, let’s hurry back to the Panaqua Consortium. Whenever you were out the past few days, the people in the stronghold have been pointing and talking behind your back. I reckon that once you go to the Stelaria Consortium, you’ll be met with people throwing rotten eggs at your head! You must know the Stelaria Consortium’s official media outlets have started painting the Panaqua Consortium as the villain now.”
“I can’t leave.” Daniel stood up and looked out the window. “The Panaqua Consortium is on the cusp of a political storm. Julius still needs someone to stir up trouble in the Central Plains to buy favonovel.com some time, so I can’t leave yet!”
