[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-522":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563894,2028,"Chapter 522 The Shift In Public Opinion","divine-path-system-chapter-522",522,"\u003Cp>People didn't like to be told that they were fooled. But even more than that, they didn't like to be treated like fools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, when the social media giants blatantly deleted every single media piece about Enigma, the backlash was unprecedented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was an outcry from the public that was fundamentally different from any normal protests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If left unchecked, it'd have caused a massive upheaval economically and would've affected the harmony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, as someone with a lot of experience in seeing the best and worst of humanity, Sovereign Albert made the right call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few minutes, the posts were restored and an apology letter was published by the leaders of the platforms—along with the federation's official letter hanging them for their 'anti-people' move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rage that was beginning to build up melted away and after gloating at the 'karma' hitting back at the leaders, the public was engaged back in Enigma's discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John browsed through all the proofs and sniffed back his tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry, Enigma.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just him, but as hours went by, most of the people that previously believed in Enigma, but were enraged after her identity was exposed expressed their regret publicly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the general populace was mostly ignorant of Enigma's deeds. They were curious at the intense outrage. However, having learned that it was about Enigma, they were baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why are they apologizing to the leader of a terrorist organization? Do we have these many terrorists? No…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Growing unrest began in the majority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Sovereign Julius used his clout to designate Shadow Guardians as a terror organization and for most of the part, assigned them as part of Shadow Order, most of the people lived under the wrong assumptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I get fined, jailed, I'll expose the truth.\" John gritted his teeth and opened a locked file in his comm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a click, it showed the dozens of files he collected over the past year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope truth can finally see the light of the day.\" Closing his eyes, he posted the files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Truth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a small flap of a butterfly over a vast ocean. Seemingly insignificant and inconsequential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John believed so, yet he risked his career by posting the truth on an open social media platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But John forgot. He was living in a deeply interconnected world—a gigantic web where a slight change at one point would ripple across the entire web—and that ripple had already begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contrary to their previous policies, the social media platforms didn't delete any files related to proving that Shadow Guardians weren't Shadow Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…I feel ashamed.\" Sovereign Albert shook his head as he looked at the floating holograms in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They showed the massacre of the Shadow Guardians. Men, Women, Children, and Elderly—not a single soul was spared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of such brutality stood a handsome man. His eyes glowed in satisfaction as he breathed in the destruction he ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the same man just started a video call with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sovereign Albert, why did you order them about Shadow Guardians?\" Julius gritted his teeth and questioned in a chilling tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Julius,\" Sovereign Albert squinted his eyes at humanity's hope. \"You said the guardians had aliens like Enigma and that they're a threat. But Enigma herself isn't a threat. Nor are the guardians.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uttering those words, his eyes fluctuated lightly, but his face remained expressionless. His tone, however, lowered as if he was having a lump in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a sin. We did it without foreknowledge. But…for the innocent lives taken, they should at least get justice. You can be mad at me all you want, but this is one thing I won't back off from.\" Albert leaned back in his chair and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…\" Julius stared at him in silence, but in the end, he sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a snap, the holograms went off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Julius was mad, he wasn't too mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Guardians were surely being whitewashed. But the timing was also important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were only proven innocent after they were all dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Good riddance.' He thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he expected, the public discourse on Enigma underwent a massive shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the terror tag was removed from the guardians and the threat tag was shaken off Enigma's identity, people's perception was now completely opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The majority now joined the Enigma supporters and soon, #RIP started to trend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the most dreaded thing for any political shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you fool us the whole time?\"'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to answer, so, the Xanders simply didn't. Instead, they focused on damage control and pushed a narrative that some of the Shadow Guardians had links with Shadow Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ones who believed that propaganda was a drop in the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John looked at the viewers of his post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>100 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haa!\" He sucked in a breath of cold air, but warmth filled his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I did it! I showed the truth!\" He smiled like an idiot but soon broke into a crying fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because somewhere along the lines of reading the comments, someone asked him \"Why did you hide the truth for so long?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Because I'm a coward. I can't speak the truth for fear that my life will be snatched from me. That's why I remained silent when Shadow Guardians risked their lives for ours again and again and again.\" John wiped the tears as he typed in the reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sniff, he continued. \"But when I was ready to risk my life, their lives no longer exist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quite an irony, but a much bigger tragedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm a coward…I'm a coward…\" He smashed his comm as he kept posting RIPs to the massacre pictures of the Shadow Guardians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a comment was highlighted on his original post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just two lines, but both the line and the sender filled John with a sense of energy he never had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reply was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{You were a coward, not anymore. The moment you decided to risk your everything and show the truth, you are a hero.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— Dreamer\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** *** ****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A\u002FN: There was a real life emergency. So, the release time was messed up. :(\u003C\u002Fp>",1029,"2026-06-06T07:58:24.165Z",1,"novelbin.me","892e0e6e574cae44305586c2c8516de4dd2f45106f9af6e9296f0d0fc8d25d93","divine-path-system-chapter-523","divine-path-system-chapter-521",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]