Chapter 563: Preparing for the Reckoning

Seitenshi, office.

Seitenshi was reviewing the documents before her. Ever since Chen Jing taught her how to become a qualified leader, she had begun taking charge of such political affairs herself, rather than having them completed by Tendo Kikunojo. In this process, Seitenshi had also begun to mature as the leader of a region.

"This is bad, Lady Seitenshi, something has happened!"

Suddenly, a guard officer burst in with an anxious look on his face.

"What has happened? Why are you so flustered?" Seitenshi put down the pen in her hand and asked.

The guard officer could not help but feel his breath hitch slightly. This state was something he had never experienced before. In his previous impression, Seitenshi was more of a approachable, gentle figure, but in her tone just now, he had sensed a trace of the majesty of a superior.

"Lady Seitenshi, some remarks have appeared online, please take a look!" The guard officer took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and then spoke.

"Some remarks have appeared online?" Seitenshi frowned slightly, then opened her computer.

The first news item that appeared on the screen made her frown sharply.

"The shocking secret hidden in the collapse of Monolith No. 32!"

"The culprit behind the near-destruction of the Tokyo Area!"

"The hidden terrifying truth!"

"Shocking: The Monolith collapse was actually caused by one person!"

Those news media outlets, for the sake of ratings and their own goals, set every headline to be extremely eye-catching.

Seitenshi clicked on one of the news items, read it carefully, and then frowned tightly.

This news article explained why Aldebaran, a Stage Four Gastrea, was able to ignore the Monolith's effect on Gastrea to attack it, and why it injected Varanium-eroding liquid into the Monolith, causing Monolith No. 32 to suffer from whitening and collapse.

The person in charge of the Monolith construction project back then was Tendo Kazu-mitsu of the Tendo family. During the construction process, in order to reap huge profits, Tendo Kazu-mitsu had replaced Hu Jinshu with other cheap materials, weakening the special magnetic field on the Monolith that restrained Gastrea. This was why the Monolith's magnetic field was insufficient to withstand Aldebaran, who was among the best even among Stage Four, leading to a situation where the Tokyo Area was almost trampled by the Gastrea army.

In summary, this Third Kanto War, which caused huge losses to the Tokyo Area, was not a natural disaster, but a man-made one!

The residents of the Tokyo Area were already panicked because they had almost faced a catastrophe, and now they were also afraid of whether Lingyun Town, which had displayed terrifying strength, would retaliate against them. Now that this matter had been exposed, the culprit behind everything had appeared, naturally igniting the anger of everyone in the entire Tokyo Area.

"What is the situation outside now?" Seitenshi asked with a headache.

"The situation is very chaotic now; many people are demanding severe punishment for Tendo Kazu-mitsu," the guard officer said.

"However, I think Tendo Kazu-mitsu's practice of cutting corners on a project that concerns the safety of the entire Tokyo Area is simply making a joke of the lives of the entire Tokyo Area's populace. For such a person, even capital punishment would not be too much!"

The guard officer continued immediately. His only relative was a Civil Security Officer in the Tokyo Area, but both he and his Initiator had sacrificed themselves in the Third Kanto War, which gave him great resentment toward Tendo Kazu-mitsu.

"This, I understand." Seitenshi closed her eyes and waved her hand, signaling the guard officer to withdraw.

However, the Tendo Kazu-mitsu incident was only the beginning. As the event continued to ferment, various pieces of evidence regarding the Tendo family's crimes also began to circulate. No one knew where this evidence came from, nor did anyone know why it appeared. The most important point was that this evidence did not have a single trace of forgery; it was all real!

As a family that rose crazily after the Gastrea War, the Tendo family naturally had a large number of unspeakable dark secrets. These secrets were originally the Tendo family's highest-level confidential information, but now all this darkness had been exposed to the sunlight for everyone to see.

With these pieces of evidence as corroboration, the entire Tokyo Area was plunged into anger, and everyone firmly demanded that the people on these pieces of evidence be severely punished.

Lingyun Town, office.

Shima Miori looked at Lingyun, who was sitting opposite her, with a look of surprise, as if she wanted to find a flower on his face.

"What's wrong, Miss Shima Miori, why are you looking at me like that?" Lingyun raised his eyebrows and asked.

"I want to know, where exactly did you find such secret information!" Shima Miori pointed to the pile of documents in front of her and asked. "Even our Shima family, after paying a high price and even exposing quite a few of the Tendo family's moles, only found evidence of some insignificant characters. But looking at these materials circulating in the Tokyo Area, it's as if the entire Tendo family has been turned inside out!"

"I naturally have my own methods!" Lingyun said to Shima Miori with a smile.

"Tsk, if you don't want to say it, then don't. You really are a stingy man!" Shima Miori rolled her eyes at Lingyun. "Tell me, what is the matter with you taking the initiative to find me this time?"

"Regarding the cooperation I mentioned last time, how has Miss Shima Miori considered it?" Lingyun said with a smile.

"As for that, do you think Lady Seitenshi will really intervene?" Shima Miori asked. "If there is no cooperation from Lady Seitenshi, the difficulty of executing our plan will increase significantly."

"Seitenshi will absolutely intervene!" Lingyun said.

"Why?"

"Because the current Tendo family is simply too dangerous for the Tokyo Area. Although it is said that the Tendo family under the leadership of Tendo Kikunojo is an indispensable force for maintaining the Tokyo Area, Tendo Kikunojo can summon a Stage Five without hesitation in order to eliminate the Cursed Children of the Tokyo Area. Tendo Kazu-mitsu can treat the construction of the Monolith, which concerns the survival of the entire Tokyo Area, as a tool for profit for his own interests. Added to the darkness and corruption of other members of the Tendo family, the Tendo family has become the biggest tumor in the Tokyo Area. If it weren't for the lack of evidence and the fact that the scope of involvement is too wide, Seitenshi would have already taken action. Now that such a good opportunity is placed in front of her, do you really think she won't take action?" Lingyun's fingers tapped on the desktop. "As long as we take action, Seitenshi will definitely cooperate with us to completely eradicate this tumor in the Tokyo Area. Besides, doesn't your Shima Heavy Industries also need this opportunity? If you miss this village, you won't find this shop!"

"Tsk, I'm really glad I didn't become your enemy." Shima Miori opened her iron fan to cover half of her face. "I don't know what bad things Tendo Kikunojo did to actually run into an opponent like you."

"So, happy cooperation?"

"Happy cooperation!"