Enforcer Manual
Chapter 1194 - 987: Majority

Chapter 1194: Chapter 987: Majority

Your body does not actually belong to you.

Although the company never explicitly stated this, their actual operations demonstrate it, with specialized departments established within the company, whose daily tasks revolve around customizing your body to ensure every employee performs optimally at their job.

As Zero began speaking, everyone in the meeting room fell silent, their gazes filled with hostility.

Those were the looks reserved for class enemies.

They certainly understood what Zero was talking about; all unease and fear stemmed from the uncontrollable mutations. The real impact was not about aesthetics but where these mutations would ultimately lead.

According to the intelligence they had so far, many mutants had already gained enhanced physiques and increased combat abilities through this "disease". No one could guarantee whether these mutations might evolve into unstable factors capable of challenging the company one day.

And that was where the real danger lay.

Zero’s speech was merely laying out a truth that everyone was aware of.

Stopping the mutations was an unwavering decision, but beyond that, they needed to continue maintaining a positive image.

"The company changes lives."

Yet Zero seemed to see through them, nonchalantly stating a slogan that darkened everyone’s expression even more.

No one was unfamiliar with this slogan; it was ubiquitous, thriving in the streets and alleys under the United Government, inducing feelings of envy and longing in everyone who looked up at the company’s towering skyscrapers.

The only question was, when the opportunity arose one day, what price would you be willing to pay to become part of the company?

Reality had already provided the answer.

People were willing to give up their original bodies, lie on the cold operating table, and let the company implant unknown-risk prosthetics into their bodies.

The longer Zero stayed in the company, the more she realized that this consensus was a scam from the start, standing in her current position, she could clearly see the end of these peoples’ lives.

"I’ve always wondered why, knowing full well it’s a scam, they still rush headlong into it."

Zero’s tone seemed devoid of human emotion, calm and cold like a synthesized voice from artificial intelligence; she too was once among those who rushed headlong, reaching her current position only after putting in unimaginable efforts.

Abrupt footsteps came from outside the meeting room.

Her provocative behavior had evidently incited public anger, and for such a person, the company had only one approach—remove their ability to express opinions further. Aside from the department dedicated daily to turning people into machines, the company spent a significant amount of money each year on "corporate maintenance."

There were many ways to maintain a corporate image, including silencing those who tarnished the company’s reputation.

Zero merely glanced at the security personnel waiting at the meeting room door for orders.

"Not long ago, when I asked a subordinate a question, she answered me... and by the way, she comes from a border city with the worst public security and highest unemployment rate."

The Chairperson of the Council did not immediately issue orders, a strong unease spreading in his heart.

Not just because of this abrupt mutation, but also because of Zero’s transformation.

People who could climb to this position with military technology were neither fools nor rash; Zero certainly knew the potential consequences of her words.

She would stand against everyone in the meeting room, for she was facing those who had step-by-step turned the United Government into what it is today.

The hand holding a water glass trembled slightly.

If so, she must have come prepared today.

"My subordinate told me that sometimes, when she worked overtime late into the night, sitting in her lavishly decorated office looking down, she felt her situation was much better than those people below."

"Regrettably, Zero is not in her right mental state today, which might also be a symptom of the mutation."

The founder of military technology spoke up, bypassing the Chairperson of the Council, and directly ordered the security personnel, "She needs a sedative, you better take her to receive treatment quickly."

Of all the people present, the founder of military technology hated Zero the most.

Every day of her existence seemed to remind him of his failure in the internal corporate power struggle, and after that, Zero had firmly kept all the technology in her and her personally selected team’s hands, ensuring that such an experimental accident could never be repeated by the company.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Zero’s brain was now half the empire of military technology.

Thus, even in such circumstances, all he could think of was to temporarily silence Zero, until her brain could be pried open and all the knowledge and treasures within extracted; she must stay alive until then.

"If everyone looks down from a high building, they can immediately find someone in a more miserable situation than their current one, thus thinking ’maybe life isn’t so bad’, this is the model the company has been diligently creating. Heavy workloads and numbing self-comfort often cause people to lose time to think, thus forgetting who caused all of this."