(Thank you very much to 'Lei Xiang' for the reward!)
In Tengu City, there stood a building that towered far above all the others...
This building was DEM's branch office in Tengu City!
Since Tengu City had been the area where Spacequakes and Spirits appeared most frequently in recent years, DEM had long since established a branch there, with the purpose of effectively capturing—or killing—Spirits!
As one of the only two organizations in the world capable of manufacturing Manifestation Devices, DEM, like AST, advocated killing Spirits to bring peace to the world.
Or rather, it was precisely because DEM advocated killing Spirits that AST had adopted the same doctrine!
After all, whether it was AST or the military and police forces of other countries, their Manifestation Devices were all supplied by DEM!
Although DEM was slightly inferior to Asgard Electronics in terms of technology, DEM far surpassed Asgard Electronics in reputation.
At least, among those publicly aware of Manifestation Devices, almost no one failed to recognize DEM. Yet very few people knew Asgard Electronics even existed...
Of course, DEM and Asgard Electronics both knew of each other's existence!
Just as every world had heroes and villains, these two organizations capable of manufacturing Manifestation Devices were bitter enemies!
Asgard Electronics advocated peaceful communication in order to save Spirits and eliminate the threat Spacequakes posed to the world before it could take shape!
DEM advocated suppressing them through force and exterminating Spirits to restore peace to the world!
How could two organizations with completely opposing natures not become mortal enemies?...
Of course, that was merely the surface explanation. Every large organization had people with ulterior motives. DEM claimed it intended to exterminate Spirits and restore peace to the world, but there were also those who had designs on Spirits...
And within this