Master Jet's nonchalant attitude was in stark contrast with the gravity of her statement. Sunny froze for a few moments, then slowly put his cup on the table. When he spoke, his voice sounded a little hoarse:
"What?"
She sighed, then looked around the cafeteria. It was slightly surreal, to be discussing something that concerned the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the safety of this tranquil place.
Several instructors were enjoying their meals, and there were members of the staff going about their business. None of them knew of the approaching disaster. This contradiction was chilling, too.
Soul Reaper did not seem to mind.
"I have told you about the Obel Scale once, right? It is a very complicated spelltech system that the government uses to predict the appearance of Gates across the globe. Well… I was not entirely honest when I said that a bit of maintenance and calibration would solve all the problems it had been experiencing recently. In truth, the problems we've been having with its readings are not as trivial as I implied. They are just a symptom of a much bigger problem."
Sunny's eyes widened slightly.
"Kurt… Shadow Blade Kurt. He mentioned something about the Obel Scale. It was the reason he had given up and gone mad… one of them, at least."
Master Jet nodded, an expression of mild contempt appearing on her face.
"Yes. However, Kurt was broken and weak. He really blew the issue out of proportion."
The corner of Sunny's mouth twitched.
losing an
She shrugged.
not
took
scope unreliable. In the end, a Category Five Gate appeared, and after that, everything went back to
She pursed her lips.
there is going to be a… a chain reaction, of sorts. Hundreds of smaller Gates are going to open in relatively quick succession, allowing countless Nightmare Creatures to invade the real world. And all that
moment of tense silence passed before she finished
"...In Antarctica."
felt his mouth turn
Antarctica is the second most populated
Master Jet nodded.
around nine
a while, then
And that Antarctica serves as a logistical hub between the four
Soul Reaper smiled.
be a painful blow, but
let go of
the millions of people living in Antarctica? What is the government doing? Can't you throw enough troops and Awakened there to contain the
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