Chapter 101: The Deceased King, of Extremely High Status

The crowd present fell silent, their eyes flickering constantly; clearly, they had reached the same conclusion as Director Takahashi, so they were not overly shocked by his words.

At this moment, the senior official who had proposed that the Deceased King held an extraordinary status spoke again:

"The expert group previously analyzed that demons had intersections with our world in ancient times, but later, for certain reasons, went to the Supernatural world, thereby severing contact with our world. Even the transcendent ones hid themselves, unknown to the world, creating the current situation where people do not know of demons or the transcendent.

Previously, we thought demons were driven to the Supernatural world by the transcendent ones, which is why they severed ties with the human world, and we also believed that the appearance of demons meant the demons had reopened the channel between the Supernatural world and this world.

However, from the dialogue between Lord Cimu and Master Konghai, the matter is not so; demons and the transcendent are not enemies but stand on the same side.

This is strange.

If demons and the transcendent are not enemies, then for what reason did they disappear and hide from this world, unwilling for ordinary people to know of their existence?

I believe there must be some reason causing them to disappear and hide from this world; I assume your views align with mine."

The crowd present nodded.

Their meaning was self-evident.

They agreed with this senior official's statement.

In fact, long before this senior official proposed that the Deceased King was extraordinary and drew out that NH137 might be a transcendent event, and that frequent earthquakes were also caused by the transcendent, they had already reached the same conclusion as him.

"This reason might be related to 'those over there'.

However, regarding why they disappeared and hid, let us not discuss that for now. What I want to say first is that since demons and the transcendent disappeared and hid from this world, and have already achieved this, this could not be accomplished by just a few individuals; it requires the cooperation of all transcendent ones and demons."

Upon hearing the senior official's words, the crowd's eyebrows twitched, and sharp glints erupted.

"What do you mean?"

Before Director Takahashi could finish speaking, that senior official continued.

"What I want to say is that all transcendent ones and demons strictly abide by not exposing themselves to the ordinary world's view. Then, does the Deceased King filming the NH137 video not constitute a deliberate act of exposing the transcendent and demons?

His actions completely violate the matter of the transcendent and demons not wanting to be exposed to ordinary people.

According to logic, those who break such rules should surely be attacked by all, yet he not only was not attacked but continues to film and upload videos. Let alone being attacked by all, he probably wasn't even attacked; on the contrary, they might have allowed him to do so, turning a blind eye.

Here comes the problem: all demons and transcendent ones have followed the rules to disappear from the world for hundreds of years; this cannot be a trivial matter, otherwise how could they maintain non-exposure for hundreds of years? The rules must be very strict, yet the Deceased King did something that could expose them and suffered no consequences.

Based on this, I have two guesses.

The first:

The Deceased King holds a very high status and strength among the transcendent and demons, so high that even if he does something violating the rules, they cannot sanction him.

The second:

The Deceased King might have received permission; that is, the transcendent and demons intentionally allowed the Deceased King to film videos, thereby exposing the demons and transcendent."

Having said this, he looked at the crowd present who were itching to act.

They clearly had doubts they wanted to ask.

The next moment.

The senior official spoke first:

"Do you want to ask why the transcendent and demons would intentionally allow the Deceased King to film videos, thereby exposing the demons and transcendent, when they clearly decided to disappear and hide from this world for certain reasons?"

The crowd nodded.

Exactly, that was what they wanted to ask.

After all, what the senior official said contained contradictions.

Clearing his throat lightly, the senior official attracted the attention of everyone present and spoke gently.

"If, I say if, is it possible that the reason causing the transcendent and demons to disappear and hide has changed in the present?

That is to say, the transcendent and demons hid and disappeared for hundreds of years back then because of this reason, but now, because of this reason, they are forced to expose themselves and reappear before the world.

Therefore, the transcendent and demons intentionally allowed the Deceased King to film videos, thereby exposing the demons and transcendent.

Furthermore, it is possible that the Deceased King releasing videos was something the demons and transcendent intentionally asked him to do.

Whether it is the first or the second guess, both are sufficient to prove that the Deceased King is extraordinary.

The first needs no explanation; might makes right. As for the second, it is actually easy to understand: if the demons and transcendent intentionally want to expose themselves, they must send someone reliable, someone whom all transcendent and demons find reliable, which naturally implies prominence or status among the transcendent and demons.

In that bizarre world of the transcendent and demons, to have prominence and status must be directly proportional to strength."

A series of swallowing sounds.

Director Takahashi and the others felt their scalps go numb.

This senior official's analysis of the Deceased King's strength was logical and detailed down to the bone. Thinking of the Deceased King's power, the crowd felt chilled to the bone, so frightened their legs went weak and they could not stand.

The transcendent and demons cannot be thought of by normal logic; naturally, no one knows what their temperaments are like.

Who knows if their grandiose surveillance and investigation of the Deceased King will provoke the Deceased King's anger.

"How about we stop the investigation? After all, the Deceased King only filmed the parliamentary meeting once and hasn't filmed anything since." Suzuki Kuu wiped away cold sweat; he had children and family and did not want to die mysteriously due to an investigation provoking the anger of the transcendent.

"But if we do not monitor Kamikawa Mitsu, will the Deceased King think we are too cowardly and develop a dislike for us?" Minister Saito smiled bitterly.

Finally, after a period of discussion.

They decided to make a show of it, monitoring Kamikawa Mitsu for one week; if within one week they found no connection between Kamikawa Mitsu and the Deceased King, then they would terminate the investigation into the Deceased King.

After all, Kamikawa Mitsu is currently the only one with a connection to the Deceased King; there are no other clues.

Once the surveillance is over and the connection between Kamikawa Mitsu and the Deceased King is ruled out, there will basically be no way to investigate the Deceased King.

"Minister Nakamura, you mentioned there are two guesses regarding why the Deceased King can film videos without being attacked by all; which guess do you personally lean towards?" Mori Takeshi suddenly asked.

Minister Nakamura was precisely the senior official who had made the strength analysis of the Deceased King.

He is the Minister of the Criminal Affairs Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

"I personally lean towards the second possibility."

Minister Nakamura scanned the crowd and explained aloud.

"The reason I lean towards the second guess is not because I think the Deceased King is not strong enough to intimidate the transcendent and demons; I simply feel that the first guess has a huge flaw.

That is, if the transcendent and demons could disappear from the world for hundreds of years without being discovered, it proves the Deceased King must also have followed the rules; otherwise, he would have been exposed long ago. Since he followed the rules, why would he now intentionally film videos to expose himself? That makes no sense."

No matter how mercurial one is, it shouldn't be like this."

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