Declaration of War
Kaya City
"Dear," Jack said as he pushed open the door and looked at his wife sitting on the sofa watching TV. He asked, a little curious, "What's wrong?"
"You're back?" His wife glanced back at him. "How's the work at the Mecha factory?"
"I just started, so it's still pretty easy. The factory's basically all automated, so there isn't much for us to do." Jack took off his work uniform and hung it on the coat rack by the entrance. "Are you watching some TV show?"
"It's a live broadcast of a speech by Mayor Christos of Dawn City." His wife pointed at the man in silver formalwear standing in the rain curtain on the television. "It seems to be to welcome back the marchers who died in Aines. Kaya City TV is rebroadcasting it. They say the conglomerates' army has already surrounded Dawn City, and things are looking very bad there."
"Christos?" Jack froze slightly, sat down beside the sofa, and looked at the TV as well. "Dawn City... that really brings back memories."
Aines · Graystone Palace
The handsome man sat in the spacious office, head lowered as he stared at the television in front of him, his gaze locked fiercely on the man giving a speech in the rain curtain, and on the excited crowd around him.
A faint sound of heavy breathing seemed to rise in the air. He lowered his voice and said hoarsely, "What is Christos trying to do? Holding a reception for those dead people who organized the march in Aines—does he want to say those marches were organized by him? Is he planning to go against the Federation, against Graystone Palace, against me? He's only the mayor of a city. What gives him the right?"
"Please calm