38: Crazy Ito Hidetaka, all I want is the result (Fifth update)

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a day had passed.

At this point, less than 5 hours remained until the mission deadline.

However, the per capita GDP index was stuck at 60,000, neither rising nor falling.

After Ito Hidekazu implemented a strong suppression policy, all economic indicators showed significant growth, but once they reached the number 6, they began to stagnate.

This situation had persisted for half a day, and Ito Hidekazu was extremely anxious.

He immediately summoned Yamashiro Kojiro.

"Yamashiro-kun, what's going on?"

"Why are these numbers as dead as can be, not moving at all? We really don't have much time left."

Yamashiro Kojiro sighed deeply and said with some grievance:

"Mr. Ito, all of our Challengers haven't closed their eyes for 48 hours, monitoring the situation on East Island every single moment."

"We've been issuing various commands to them tirelessly; truly, not a single person has slacked off."

"But economic development seems to have reached a threshold... it feels somewhat difficult to break through."

Hearing Yamashiro Kojiro's reply, Ito Hidekazu's face instantly darkened.

"What kind of talk is that?"

"I don't care about your thresholds or anything; we've come this far, are we going to give up now?"

Ito Hidekazu snorted coldly.

Ito Hidekazu did not understand what a threshold was, nor did he want to know.

All he wanted now was results!

With half a day left, if they couldn't surpass Eagle Country, all their previous efforts would be for naught.

"Yamashiro-kun, if this mission fails, many Challengers will be directly annihilated!"

"You should know that these Challengers are all our compatriots."

"I imagine many of them are your students, Yamashiro-kun!"

"Are you going to watch them die with your own eyes?"

Ito Hidekazu's roar directly made Yamashiro Kojiro tremble.

"That bastard Lin Ye has played us for fools time and again, tormenting us in the dungeon. Are you just going to let him off like that?"

"Victory is within reach, Yamashiro-kun! As long as we try a little harder and push the economic indicators up another notch, we can get Lin Ye's Aircraft Carrier technology and even annihilate Lin Ye directly!"

In truth, Ito Hidekazu's personality was not like this before; as a genius of the Great Harmony Clan, he was usually very refined in his dealings with others.

However, the repeated torment of Raging Sea caused a drastic change in his emotions.

Unconsciously, he had become particularly irritable.

"Mr. Ito, this is not the situation I wanted to see either... but there truly is no way now."

"All the East Island citizens are already being forced to work 24/7 in shifts; by this point, everyone is exhausted and disoriented."

"Work efficiency and work hours cannot possibly increase any further; it truly is the absolute limit."

"Moreover... the populace is already grumbling about the high-pressure policies; from my observation, they are on the verge of losing control."

Bang!

Ito Hidekazu slammed the table in front of him.

"Yamashiro-kun, I don't want to hear such talk from you."

"If there's no way, then find a way! I'll tell you what to do!"

"Didn't we give a lot of funds to those public security agencies before? Now make them spit it all out."

"At the same time, tell the public that all of this was the arbitrary action of those public security agencies, and all police officers will be convicted."

"This way, we can definitely gain the support of the public!"

"Afterward, tell the public that East Island has reached a moment of life and death, and hope everyone will put in more effort."

After hearing Ito Hidekazu's words, Yamashiro Kojiro's face immediately darkened.

This decision could be described as utterly sinister.

Isn't this just using someone and then abandoning them?!

Using this method is essentially treating the citizens of East Island like monkeys; one wrong move could trigger an even greater riot, posing extreme risks.

Not to mention whether this method could succeed, even if it could, there's only half a day left, which isn't enough time.

"What are you waiting for, Yamashiro-kun!"

"Go arrange it immediately!"

Yamashiro Kojiro dared not disobey, bowed, and quickly left the command center.

In truth, for him, everything was irrelevant.

The Emperor's edict was for him to follow all of Ito Hidekazu's arrangements; if anything went wrong, Ito Hidekazu would bear the blame, and he only needed to execute.

So Yamashiro Kojiro went directly to the main control panel and issued orders to East Island to immediately arrest all personnel from public security agencies...

Ito Hidekazu's final move directly shocked many spectators watching the live broadcast.

Even the barrage of comments carried a hint of shock.

"WTF, is this Ito Hidekazu crazy? How dare he play like this?!"

"Is this still the super genius of the Great Harmony Clan? Why does he feel like a cold-blooded warmonger!"

"I can understand his iron-fisted methods before, but now he's actually turning the tables; I really can't stand it."

"I completely disagree with this treatment of NPCs! Although it's a dungeon, the NPCs inside have human thoughts. Lin Ye can create such a vast map, so he must also make the NPC settings infinitely close to real humans! Isn't he afraid these humans will actually rebel?"

"Hmph! This prince said long ago that Ito Hidekazu is a scumbag; now do you believe me?"

Everyone felt that Ito Hidekazu had gone too far; even his fellow Great Harmony Clan compatriots found it hard to defend him at this moment.

Although a dungeon is a dungeon, some of the actions within it are actually reflections of an individual's thoughts, and Sky Curtain would see such things.

The current Ito Hidekazu, more or less, actually had some anti-human tendencies.

So they could only argue a bit.

"To those before, don't talk without feeling the pain. If you brought twenty thousand compatriots into such a dungeon, what would you do?"

"Don't confuse the dungeon with reality! If you don't treat these NPCs harshly, are you waiting to be annihilated yourself?"

"This kind of thing should be blamed on Lin Ye for problematic settings!"

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Spectators outside the dungeon could casually watch the show, but those inside the dungeon couldn't sit still.

Time passed minute by minute, and less than five hours remained until the stipulated 60-hour deadline.

Ito Hidekazu glanced at the real-time data again.

Then he jumped directly off the sofa!

"What's going on?!"

After a few hours, the economic indicators had actually started to decline again; the per capita GDP had dropped from 6 to 5.8!

"Damn it! Damn it! Where is that bastard Yamashiro?"

Ito Hidekazu wanted to summon Yamashiro Kojiro, but before he could, there was a loud bang on the door.

Yamashiro Kojiro stumbled in, almost falling to the ground.

"Mr. Ito!"

"Mr. Ito!!! Something terrible has happened!"

At this moment, Yamashiro Kojiro's forehead was drenched in sweat, and his clothes were soaked.

His usually neat hairstyle was now extraordinarily disheveled.

His voice even carried a hint of a sob.