Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 467

Chapter 467: Chapter 467: Confrontation

Hearing the edge in Melody Summers’s voice, Sophie Thorne quickly tried to soothe her. "First, don’t panic. Let’s get the video taken down to minimize the impact. Otherwise, once public opinion starts to snowball, I’m worried it’ll cause unnecessary trouble for Miss Winnie..."

Some people are just so strange. They’d rather believe their own conspiracy theories than an official police announcement in black and white.

This was especially true for someone in Winnie Summers’s sensitive position. As a public official, she was a prime target. Some people are easily swayed by public opinion; they’ll ignore right and wrong and automatically stand in opposition to her.

Sophie continued, "Since that’s the case, we should just report them to the police. This is slander, and with the video as evidence, that’s enough to get them in a world of trouble! And as for those people in the comments section, the ones saying all those horrible things, I’ll have my family’s legal team help you sue them!"

Melody Summers nodded silently. "Okay, I get it. Thank you so much for this."

It was a good thing Sophie Thorne had found the video and handled the public relations so quickly. Otherwise, once the situation blew up, Winnie Summers herself would have probably seen it, not to mention the other consequences.

If Winnie Summers saw those vile, lewd comments with her own eyes...

At the thought, Melody Summers took another deep breath. If that happened, she felt like she could blow up Terra on the spot.

On the other end of the line, Sophie Thorne replied, "Don’t say that. We’re practically family, so don’t be so formal with me!"

Worried that Melody Summers was still anxious, Sophie tried to comfort her again. "You don’t have to worry too much. The internet and power were just restored, so the trending topics are a total mess of crazy news right now. Compared to all that, this video is nothing. Plus, the view count is limited, so it shouldn’t have too big of an impact."

Sophie Thorne had a point. After the chaos of the Great Freeze, the trending topics were now filled with all sorts of unbelievable news about current events.

In one residential complex, all the supplies had been embezzled by staff from the emergency management office, causing tens of thousands of residents to freeze to death.

In another complex, a few homeowners had formed a gang. They went door-to-door through their building, robbing people of their supplies and killing every other resident. They threw the bodies outside, where they piled up into a small mountain, staining the snow red.

The emergency management office of one complex tricked all the residents into going outside under the pretext of distributing supplies. Then they locked the building doors, leaving the residents to freeze to death while they seized all the supplies and property in their homes.

Even more outrageous, one city intercepted supplies meant for another, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Stories like this were flying everywhere, each one so cruel it was hard to believe they had happened in a civilized society.

To avoid upsetting the public and to maintain a semblance of harmony, network administrators had been working overtime for the past two days, constantly taking down trending topics to prevent public opinion from spiraling and inciting negative sentiment.

But they couldn’t take things down nearly as fast as people could post them. All sorts of unbelievable, negative stories were flying onto the trending lists like snowflakes.

Compared to these events, the video about Winnie Summers was completely dwarfed by comparison.

If Frank York and Chloe Sharp hadn’t been major internet celebrities with millions of followers, the incident wouldn’t have attracted nearly as much attention.

Melody Summers understood what Sophie meant. "Okay, I get it," she replied. "I’m going to report it to the police now."

After hanging up, Melody Summers didn’t waste any time and headed straight for the emergency management office.

Officer Tanner and Officer Sean Pierce were still processing the backlog of cases that had piled up. Seeing Melody Summers arrive, Officer Sean Pierce greeted her cheerfully, "Long time no see, Summers."

Melody Summers forced a smile and greeted Officer Sean Pierce back. Then, she pulled out the video she had downloaded, her expression turning serious. "Officers, I need to file a report!"

After Melody Summers explained the whole story, both Officer Tanner and Officer Sean Pierce were shocked and furious.

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