LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 455 The One Who Asks to Block and the One Who Blocks (6)
Jack and Minsu, who can be said to be the actual owners of Arcadia.
On behalf of these two, who had never revealed their true nature to the world, President Lee Mi-yeon became a strong meat shield and personally blocked the anger of billions of people around the world.
“Boss, it seems difficult to leave work right now.”
Even though it was already dinner time, a large bodyguard stood in front of her as if in trouble. However, at his words, Lee Mi-yeon, the president of the company, asked back without being embarrassed at all.
“It looks like they started a surprise demonstration again, right?”
“yes. The police riot police were mobilized, but... They say that it will be difficult to break through their encirclement and secure a safe route to work.”
“Ha... How much is the estimated scale this time?”
“It's not yet accurate, but I'm guessing at least 600,000.”
600 thousand.
Ordinary petit bourgeois players who were indignant at the series of incidents in Arcadia. The slogans shouted by those who threw away their daily lives and gathered to Gwanghwamun Plaza, where Arcadia Co., Ltd.'s company building is located, were all the same.
“Down with Arcadia!”
“Awaken the troubled company!”
“There has never been a company like this before! Cut off all the perverted executives who take pleasure in fucking the users!”
“Take responsibility for all executives and resign!”
Arcadia Co., Ltd.'s management path, which gave away communication a long time ago and always walks the dog X My Way. Complaints about him had been raised before, but the anger that exploded due to this doomsday scenario was greater than expected and showed no sign of extinguishing.
“Who the hell planned the surprise protests that are only aimed at rush hour? Employees who can’t go home often, but it looks like they can’t come home from work because of that protest.”
The figures of people seen as small dots beyond the window. However, because of the huge number of people, the crowd that filled Gwanghwamun Square completely blocked the company area to the point where it felt like watching a swarm of ants.
“Well... almost all of the staff have already given up. After all, when the main scenario was in progress, there were many things that I couldn’t go even if I could.”
Executive Director Kwon Myeong-han suddenly appeared.
He answered casually, as if he had heard President Lee Mi-yeon's words to himself, as if he had reached a state of liberation.
“Executive Director... are you okay?”
“yes. it's okay. Why?”
“No... nothing.”
The man who always put on a shit-chewed expression, talking about living rather than dying whenever he stopped by the office. But today, when she saw that she had come to see her with a strangely calm face, President Lee Mi-yeon shook her head feeling a strange sense of incongruity.
“So... what are you doing at this time? Do you have anything special to report?”
An important task to be handled today has already been completed an hour ago.
Originally, she would have already left the office and climbed into the car on the way home from work, so she looked at Executive Director Myung-Han Kwon who suddenly came at this time and asked. And in response to President Lee Mi-yeon's question, he took out a thick document.
“Maybe... is it possible for you to directly contact the developers who started this apocalypse scenario?”
“Um... why would you ask that?”
President Lee Mi-yeon puts on a wary expression when she asks Myeong-han Kwon, who seems to be looking for Min-su and Jack. But what he said next was very unexpected.
“Anyway... I think it would be better to stop the current plan.”
“What do you mean?”
“The pressure is coming in at a level we can’t handle.”
“What is that...”
CEO Lee Mi-yeon gave a puzzled expression and accepted the documents he was holding.
And as she read the thick documents one by one, her expression was distorted moment by moment.
“This... what is this?”
“It is a subpoena, including letters of protest and reminders and warnings from all over the world.”
Arcadia Co., Ltd. has been reborn as a global company in less than 5 years.
Since it was the only company that developed virtual reality for the first time in mankind and provided the service while possessing the original technology, its influence was enormous beyond imagination.
And that word was in line with the meaning that there were so many people who were bound by interests in Arcadia that it was impossible to even estimate.
“Including the European Union, Russia, China, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and even Africa. In all countries where we establish offices and provide services, we are simultaneously showing unusual movements about the current situation.”
It is not simply a entertainment level for people, but a window to earn foreign currency necessary for livelihood, and a platform that provides infrastructure and systems that do not exist in reality. Furthermore, as long as it has grown into an industry that accounts for a huge portion of the national economy, Arcadia has long since surpassed the level of just a single company.
“If an extreme situation or measure like the one you are concerned about is implemented, each country will mobilize all means and methods permitted by laws and systems to make efforts for your company to fulfill its responsibilities as a global company and normalize itself.... ? Isn't this just a threat?”
It was written in common as if it were a promise. The fact that it was an official letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stamped with the official seal of each country, and not a single company or small organization, made Lee Mi-yeon laugh out loud.
“This was an unofficial comment from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea... It seems that the Japanese government probably made a move.”
“why. At this point, you must have been thinking of inciting other countries to permanently suspend their services, right?”
“Well... I think there must be a reason for that, but... it's not accurate information. In any case, all countries except Korea and the United States are now stepping up to say that they will not leave unless the current scenario is stopped.”
“Ha..... Really, this far with just one game...”
Arcadia Co., Ltd. has already received all sorts of accusations and even civil lawsuits from numerous individuals and organizations. Even just that, the scale was enormous beyond imagination, so the executives and employees of each branch and the legal team were busy putting their heads aside and responding to legal disputes. rested
“I... boss. May I say something?”
“yes. Please tell me.”
“That.... If this scenario results in such measures as termination of service or initialization... it will be engulfed in a huge lawsuit. Not just the companies we work with, but the companies that have invested heavily in Arcadia. In addition, consumers who spent a long time paying tens of millions of won for capsules and hundreds of thousands of won for usage fees. In addition, to the governments of each country that recognized gold as an official international currency. entire.”
A measure that literally feeds billions of people. And that meant that thousands of tens of thousands of lawsuits that Arcadia could never win would take place on a global scale.
“And the responsibility for all of that will probably go back to the boss...”
The existence of a developer who has never revealed himself.
Unlike them, whose identity, identity, and nothing else was known, President Lee Mi-yeon, who stood in front of the executive director who gave the authority, clearly revealed his position.
[Arcadia General Manager Lee Mi-yeon]
Glancing at the name written on the antique nameplate on the desk of President Mi-yeon Lee's office, Executive Director Kwon Myeong-han said cautiously.
“So, even for the sake of the boss, making this scenario stop.....” “
.....”
It’s true even if you think about it a hundred times a thousand times.
That's why President Lee Mi-yeon couldn't bear to say anything to the advice that came from the heart of such executive director Kwon Myeong-han. Because.....
the person who was doing all of this was clearly aware that this situation would come.
[Do you have any plans to do it if you are entrusted with managing the company? It's an IT-related cultural content project you want.]
Kim Min-soo, a young kid who came to the PC room where he worked part-time in the past and banged on the keyboard every day. Arcadia, a company that suddenly visited him one day and entrusted him to him, claiming to be repay for the rice balls he handed to him out of pity.
President Lee Mi-yeon, who only thought he was a bold kid and genius, but did not know Min-soo's true identity, took the bait and regretted accepting the offer shortly after.
Kim Min-soo, known to the world as a genius boy.
But his reality wasn't the only one.
The great darkness itself that does not reveal itself to the world, but controls the world situation by manipulating others in the shadows.
Although he did not understand all of his plans, Lee Mi-yeon knew that what Min-soo had said as a joke in the past was now sincere.
[World domination, world domination. That's my dream.]
He's about to devour the world with a 16-year-old head and no blood. And without realizing it, President Lee Mi-yeon has become the craziest chess piece in this crazy world.
So...
there was only one thing she could do.
“I know everything, Mr. You don't have to worry about my safety. The situation that the executive director and the governments who sent this letter are concerned about will not happen.”
“Is that true....?”
“yes. sure.”
trust.
To believe and pray that this Arcadia will not perish like this.
And that this maddening scenario will stop before that happens.
Knowing that serving as Min-soo's faithful shield and the company's pants president is her true duty, CEO Lee Mi-yeon struggled to suppress her nervousness and smiled at Executive Director Myung-han Kwon, who gave her eyes full of distrust.
“Please wait with hope, Mr. Haven’t players already successfully prevented two catastrophes that were said to be impossible?”
5 catastrophes with unanswered levels and difficulties.
The fact that two of the disasters that I thought could be prevented were prevented in less than two days was quite encouraging.
Of course...
“That was a very unusual situation, sir.”
Those two cases were miracles that made no sense.
“The slime that became a ridiculous monster... and a near-abnormal user called Dex are close to a miracle. In the case of other regions, they are not able to use their hands properly and are just getting helpless. In particular, in the case of the western side, where Chimeras are active, the situation is serious, with almost everything close to destruction.”
Other than those two continents, the other areas are just bleak.
However, there was nothing Slime and Dex could do about it.
“Only one disaster can be attacked... Because of this restriction, slimes and other users called Dex cannot attack other disasters anymore. You can never intervene in the rest of the catastrophe.”
But even in such a situation, President Lee Mi-yeon seemed to not lose hope.
“Have faith, Mr.
“yes....?”
“It is said that God bestows grace upon those who have faith... right?”
A situation that is already outside of one's authority....a situation like an unavoidable natural disaster.
That's why she muttered to herself, thinking of her secret friend (?) who always brought out unbelievable results.
“If it's to keep his promise to me... he'll have to do it somehow.”