"Do you think Belvedere is the instigator of all this, and that everything will end once he's dealt with?"

"If someone steps forward and points out the city's disease, I guess, without waiting for Belvedere to respond, the enraged populace will tear her wings apart, dismember her body, and feast on her flesh, hahaha." Katina grinned eerily.

"Hey, Director, everything's been resolved, where's the next target?"

In a blink, Black Dog had dealt with those Exhausted, slinging the Thunder Hammer over his shoulder as he returned, excitedly wiping his nose.

"Haven't you always wanted to see what it's like inside the Piano Key District? Come on, I'll show you."

Katina yawned and waved her hand, signaling the two to follow.

Meanwhile, inside the Dawn Society.

"The association there is well aware of the situation with the Star of Art, and you know the current circumstances too. Both attempts at elimination have resulted in the association paying a heavy price, 'the Artist' cannot be truly killed; it might be born from any artistic creation at the Star of Art." Everme said.

"The power hierarchy of the Star of Art is utterly corrupt from top to bottom, and the association finds the situation here troublesome. A total overhaul is impossible, and the assassination attempt on Belvedere personally failed not long ago."

Chen San circled Belvedere's avatar on the whiteboard with a marker,

Without people's knowledge, 'the Artist' actually underwent a fourth resurgence two days ago, although the scale was relatively small and remained within controllable limits.

"Are you saying the association believes 'the Artist' might have formed some kind of connection with Belvedere?" Tao Shier couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"But the fact is, during the assassination attempt on Belvedere, 'the Artist' suddenly appeared, and in two seconds, an entire Fourth Tier Cleaner squad was wiped out, including our Dawn Society's dispatched members." Chen San's tone was heavy.

"Before the association confirms this link, it's unrealistic to start another assassination plan; we must find a way to reshuffle the internal members of the Starry Gallery, allowing Belvedere to step down through legitimate means."

"This is perhaps less likely than a meteor striking Belvedere's head. Damn the longevity species, the power hierarchy of the Star of Art is almost entirely the hands of that old vampire. Is it even possible to make him step down reasonably?!" Amy cursed.

"We don't have any other options. Cosmic Heavy Industries has, in a sense, already abandoned the Star of Art. Ever since 'the Artist' was born, its economic status has plummeted, and other Nest Cities fear admiring its artworks, worrying about bringing 'the Artist' to their place, like avoiding a plague."

"It's the families pushing down these news in order to transfer their family industries and financial chain, preventing the inflated economic bubble from bursting directly."

"These parasites, only thinking of themselves at a time like this." Amy said angrily.

"I don't think the current status will hold for two months; when the time comes, the situation here will probably become extremely dire."

"As for the association, as long as the Star of Art maintains this delicate balance, 'the Artist' descending here and killing tens of thousands doesn't matter to the association at all, whether the people here suffer has nothing to do with those high-ranking figures."

"The conservative faction plans to sever all connections with the Star of Art, turning it into an isolated island to prevent 'the Artist' from being born in other Nest Cities, leaving the people here to fend for themselves."

"The more radical lunatics plan to directly summon the 'Gloomy Blue Tide' to destroy this place, eliminating any chance of world-class horror stories erupting elsewhere."

"In other words, this place has been completely abandoned."

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