The Author's POV

[No, it's cause I can actually do something about them, unlike the Union who can't seem to be able to do anything at this point.]

Staring at the projection in front of her, Monica munched on the popcorn in her mouth.

"...Munch, munch, I guess you were right Donna. His tongue really did go loose...Munch..."

There was a trace of amusement in her voice as she said those words. Clearly, she wasn't the least bit perturbed about the things that Ren had said on the projection.

"Munch...Heh, he even said that he doesn't care about anyone, hahaha...way to go Ren!"

Besides her, Donna was in total dismay as she covered her face with her arms.

"I knew it...I knew that this was going to happen..."

Gulp—!

Swallowing the popcorn in her mouth, Monica patted Donna on the back. Secretly, she was just trying to get rid of the grease on her hands.

"Calm down Donna, the one that should be most worried about the situation should be me. Unlike you, I'm actually working for the Union, not that I disagree with what he's saying, but..."

Lowering her hand, she grabbed another handful of popcorn.

"Well, what's done it's done. The moment I gave him the recording, I already knew that he was going to pull something like this."

Stopping her hand right before her mouth, Monica sighed.

"Actually, I'm probably going to be in a bit of trouble since Daphne didn't know I was recording her back then, but, well, I'm ranked now."

Softly chuckling, Monica stuffed her mouth with another handful of popcorn.

"Munch...Munch...What they gonna do about it?"

Gazing at the projection in front of her for a good minute, Donna eventually gave up.

"...Well, alright."

'I knew that this was going to happen anyways.'

Though a small part of her prayed that Ren wouldn't pull something like this, thinking back at the words he said, Donna realized that perhaps this was for the best.

The crack in thy sky did indeed seem like a good indication that something big was about to happen.

If Ren's words served as a catalyst to help humanity realize in just how much of a predicament they were in, then what he said wasn't as bad as she was making it out to be.

There was only one problem.

And that was the backlash that Ren's words would create throughout the world. For a good while, Donna knew that the human domain would be in a lot of turmoil.

Turning her head to glance at Monica who was carefreely eating her popcorn, Donna softly mumbled.

"It looks like we're going to be very busy this month."

Because she had been so focused on the press conference, Monica was unable to hear Donna's mumbles.

"Hm?"

Turning her head, she asked.

"Did you say something, Donna?"

"No."

Staring at Monica for a good couple of seconds, Donna shook her head and sighed.

"Nothing, I didn't say anything."

***

[...and that's Kevin Voss.]

"Pftttttt"

all over the

out of the water, Kevin almost dropped his phone

he did not have enough time to change as he was still in his boxers. The reason why he woke up so early was to watch Ren's press conference, however, mid-way through the press conference, Ren suddenly named

Kevin not be

"Ren, what in th—"

I was saying, if you're looking for a pusho—Keumm, someone to put your hopes into, then you can do that with Kevin. He's the type of guy that will care about random

once

Kevin's body

"Ah...Ah..."

trying to say

sentence as he found himself having a

from the

Crack—!

rang throughout the

happened, Kevin's face slowly

"Shit..."

curse inevitably escaped

my second phone this

***

"The plan has failed..."

man with turbid gray hair and wearing a dark gray robe gazed at a small projection in

youth with deep blue eyes

elderly man's eyes as he stared

did what the Union couldn't do for quite a while, and

in the projection, the greater the hatred in the elderly man's eyes

Crack—! Crack—!

as the mana around

"Relax."

then, a raspy voice rang from behind Mo Jinhao. At the exact moment his words echoed, the

his gaze on the projection in

to leave things up to you. Yet, it doesn't look

"It did."

Mo Jinhao's words was the same raspy

considered to be a failure, however, if you're talking about the plan in an

deliberating over the matter, Mo

could be considered a success in

Union have been planted. If we take advantage of this situation, we may be able to harvest a lot out of this situation." The same raspy voice from before continued speaking. "You just have to be patient and think long-term, there will be plenty of opportunities against 876. Especially if we manage to break down the natural

his arms, Mo Jinhao's face turned solemn as he deliberated over the

wrong. Because of the contract, we can't directly attack the Union or the human domain. However, just like the demon said, if we take advantage of this situation, we may

to create as much discord

natural established order, and

succeed as much as Mo Jinhao wanted it to as he wanted nothing more than to break 876 into

they could plan for the future when the contract

come to

Jinhao finally turned his head around where his eyes soon paused on a black humanoid figure sitting down on a small red couch with

the cup in his hand and bringing it toward his nose, the demon took a couple of sniffs

"Ugh."

himself, the demon's eyes squinted considerably as he moved his head

you humans can possibly like

the demon raised his head to look at Mo Jinhao.

looks like you've finally come to

"Yes."

Jinhao nodded his

as much

he quickly turned

to the leader. If you

him as he directly headed for the exit of the

Clank—!

the room door shut, and silence surrounded

"Ku, ku, ku."

by Everblood's amused laugh as his head moved back. With both arms on the back of the sofa, Everblood's raspy