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Sixth day, 8:48 AM.

It is still cold outside despite being in the summer. Miladena has already been awake, she has sleeping for nearly eight hours, feeling well rested compared to yesterday. She's in Fouquet's Soviet-era apartment in the number of 288, the place surprisingly looks a lot better than most communal apartments, but that's only the inside look, since the outside look appears very similar and equal to said communal apartments. As the kitchen is ridden with the great smell of food since Vivien Fouquet is cooking, Miladena Popov, still in her sleeping clothes, turns on the Television just to see if Gradvest is broadcasting her footage she recorded. The TV is definitely switched to the channel, with it's news member speaking.

Yesterday, as protests and demonstrations were active nationwide especially in the northern cities, our journalist Miladena Popov has found a dark secret of a mayor Damek Petrov of the Kamenistrava city and province, who has later resigned following the time being arrested by the police.

There were two dark secrets, one found by said journalist, and one found by the police, but too uploaded by the journalist. Inside the city capitol, or at least the mayor's palace, a dead body was discovered, said body belonged to the foreign journalist who has mysteriously disappeared, the police have said that they took time to find the documents, and after this discovery, the Sminishian central government issued a strong apology including details that they arrested the mayor and that they would return the body to her country of origin. Not only was a corpse found out, a folder of documents was discovered by the police during an investigation after arrest, these documents include contracts and deals with city politicians and a state-owned company Tehnicki Nacini, with contracts detailing that the company would support city candidates cheating in local elections in return for financial support to keep the said company active and powerful despite doing very little to benefit the IT industry and the use of silicon. The first man to read it after discovery was police officer Borzivoi Bobkov, and later following police sergeant Milivoj Klima, who described the contracts as 'corrupt debauchery'. 

This too, has been uploaded by journalist Miladena Popov, who claimed that the documents she received was a copy made in a police station of the original, made to not lose data. In other news... The Kurikian Military Government has threatened actions considered as war cri-

Miladena turns off the TV, sighing. Despite being glad that her reports made it to the channel, she's still scarred from seeing the dead body, and is overthinking of how protests would grow after seeing corruption. The footage of the dead body even made it, however, in the broadcasts, it was censored to prevent people from being disturbed, although it only did very little of that. Then, Fouquet calls to Miladena.

- "Breakfast is ready!" - He yelled out.

- "Coming!" - Miladena responded, standing up from the couch and approaching the kitchen.

As she entered the kitchen, the smell of food is good. Vivien Fouquet has cooked fried eggs, bacon and Gorbastani toast (Valsoran equivalent for French toast). Alongside is black tea, which serves the same purpose of coffee, but like Fouquet said, he preferred tea than coffee. Fouquet smiles at Miladena. - "Bon Appétit." - He told the woman to enjoy her food.

Miladena Popov nods without saying anything, she picks up a fork and knife, cutting a piece of fried egg, taking it with the fork and eating it. It tastes good indeed, she's seen smiling, but before she says anything, she does the same to the Gorbastani toast, and eats the piece, tasting even better. - "You're a great cook, Fouquet." - She compliments the guy's cooking skills, before starting to actually eat the breakfast.

Fouquet blushes a little bit, but succeeds in hiding it and returning his face color to normal. - "Thank you very much." - He smiled greatly, soon sitting down and beginning to eat alongside the journalist woman.

Meanwhile, at Vetrojesto. 9:00 AM

The city of Vetrojesto is a partially polluted city, but locals and officials are doing their job to remove said pollution and clean up the city. Not only that, the city has computer factories that are being upgraded with IT, automation and easier jobs for workers with technology, and the city is near a silica-rich mine site, which is owned by the state. That city is also the HQ place for Tehnicki Nacini, the state-owned company behind the corruption in the annexed lands. Inside the HQ building, it's Head of Company (Sminishian term for CEO) is watching the Gradvest news, they found out everything that he has done, not to mention the shock he had as he found out a mayor he supported killed a foreign journalist, he's making a stressed gesture with hands clenched, and then placed on top of his head.

The Head of Company's name is Bojan Svarovsky, while he didn't found or establish this state-owned company, he still runs it, and now, because of what he's done, he's bringing the entire thing to an end. He presses his fingers onto his nose bridge. - "What have I done? What have I done? Why have I done this?" - Svarovsky repeats it himself over and over, deeply regretting his decisions and realizing that he put a shameful and stained reputation in one of the once largest state-owned companies in the country. While questioning himself why did he agree to secretly intervene and cheat in elections, he received both an Email and a text message in his smartphone, they are both from the central government of the Socialist Republic. He expects it to be government pressure, as he checks out the text message in his phone and Email, he reads the text message, which says:

Good morning, Bojan Svarovsky, this message is from the Ministries of: Economics and Law Enforcement.

Read the Email and print it, please.

The text message was really short, but it sounded a little bit threatening, but he obliged, opening the email in his laptop with the company's logo. The email reads about the consequences of Svarovsky's actions, reports of revealed documents about contracts and a corruption scandal connected to the said contracts. Following this, the email also contains decisions made by the government for something about the company, including seizing currency behind the scandal and forceful shutdown, since the company barely produces benefits of their purpose anymore. After Svarovsky finishes reading, he lied his head onto his desk, ready to cry, but before he could, his phone is vibrating along with a ring. He first expects more pressure from the government, but it's actually from one of his employees.

He picks it up. - "... Hello?" - His tone sounded crushing, but his employee sounded panicked.

- "Boss! I see the police has parked their cars in front of our headquarters, do you have any idea what's going on?" - Said the employee, who is outside and was about to work today.

- "... They..." - Svarovsky couldn't believe it, the police are already here? He knows he deserves this, but they're here that fast? He clears his throat. - "That fast?" - He asked, still making stressed gestures and on the verge of tears.

- "What do you mean 'that fast'? Has anyone done something inside?" -

- "You'll... you'll find out." -

Bojan Svarovsky hangs up from the phone, awaiting his arrest. After the call has hung up, dozens of police officers get out from their cars, entering the headquarter building of Tehnicki Nacini. They are here to investigate everyone associated with the company, and to arrest the Head of Company. Two police officers enter the office room of the Head of Company, arresting Bojan Svarovsky while the police force fill the building with radio chatter and quotes by the policemen.

Back at Kamenistrava.

Miladena Popov and Vivien Fouquet both leave the apartment after eating breakfast and changing clothes. Miladena looks at Fouquet. - "Thank you for letting me stay on your place, Vivien." - She smiles.

- "You're welcome" - Says Fouquet, waving goodbye. - "I have to go to work now, it was nice knowing that Petrov resigned, bye!" - He said, walking away to the cafeteria to go to work, he has customers to serve.

Miladena waves back. - "Bye!" - She said a farewell.

As Fouquet walked to go back to work, Miladena grabbed her stuff, readying to record stuff one more time and then go home. As she presses the record button, she walks upon the environment of demonstrators gaining larger crows and being a bit more loud. They are enraged that a company intervened in all this corruption, it's leader stands up at a fountain with a megaphone while holding the Sminishian flag.

- "Attention, comrades! As you may have heard, we are demonstrating for direct People's Rule! But something came up, it was recently discovered that capitalist degenerates have rigged city elections in favor of greedy local politicians and helped unfairly elect representatives to city legislations for monetary gains, they wanted nothing but currency as the people they helped make us suffer with tyranny. This shows the TRUE EVILS of a representative system, we thank the police officers and journalists for uncovering this filth, but for something like this to not happen again, we spread the word and demand the abolition of a representative system, having it proved it is a danger to Sminishian democracy. We are all comrades!" -

The protest leader who gave the speech is named Niklaus Borodin, to show support for the demonstrator's demands, he was democratically elected to be leader of these protesters. Protesters chant 'We are all comrades' to show the purpose of the protests.

Miladena Popov has recorded this, however, she doesn't have time to upload it now, as she has to go home. One protester stops her from going to her car for a minute, Miladena hopes this isn't an abduction attempt like last time. To make things good, it isn't. - "Thank you for uncovering this, you are a great compatriot." - Says one of the protesters part of the crowd, who spoke to her before about warnings of being a journalist.

- "T-Thanks." - She says.

- "You mind if I take a selfie with you? Don't worry, I'll make a bit of distance." - Said the protester.

- "Well... a photo won't be bad." -

- "Good!" - He takes his smartphone and stands side Miladena, making him and her smile, and taking a photo shot. He soon distances a bit more from the woman. - "Thank you again, Popov, this time for making me happy." -

Miladena smiles. - "You're welcome." - She says, walking away to her car.

- "We are all comrades." -

Soon, Miladena hops in her car, feeling a bit accomplished. She starts the vehicle, and when driving away, she expects Kovac to text and call her all over again.

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