Malfunctioning Utopia

Chapter 15: Advertisements

Sun Jack lay on the bed, listening to the rain outside. For the first time in a while, everything felt calm.

But that calm was fleeting. Slowly, like a tide creeping in, the emotions he had been suppressing caught up with him—fear of death, rejection of the unfamiliar environment, and the grim realization that he was now disabled.

Shaking his head firmly, he forced himself to his feet. He had to adapt quickly to this strange new world. Without adaptation, he would likely face danger again.

Sitting on the sofa, Sun Jack began watching the advertisements and news displayed before him, absorbing as much information as he could to familiarize himself with this new reality.

The more he browsed, the clearer the world’s current state became. The concept of "countries" no longer existed. Governments had vanished, replaced entirely by corporate capitalism. Mega-corporations controlled entire cities, using their wealth to govern regions.

Each city, including this one, was managed by a corporate council formed by the largest companies. Even security services were outsourced, with corporations pooling resources to hire private security firms.

Technically speaking, the BCPD wasn’t a police force—they were private security guards.

Of course, corporations didn’t do this out of altruism. Expecting corporate executives to have a conscience was as absurd as expecting the moon to fall from the sky. The simple truth was that a minimum level of order was necessary to maximize profits.