138, Another Lilith

"Police system?" Rimuru drew everyone's attention back and continued.

"No, no, no. Although the police are highly suspicious too, the ones I suspect most are actually the Hunters." Magician turned around. "The Hunters themselves are extremists who want to control everything and completely eradicate the concept of privacy. Though they haven't ruled or controlled the world, they're still the faction with the greatest potential for conflict in this world."

"Indeed." Hearing that analysis, Rimuru did not hide anything. He nodded in agreement, and the others quickly understood what he meant.

If this world were treated as a game world, with its factions divided in the simplest way possible, then the main storyline would clearly be criminals seeking secrecy, hacker organizations, and even ordinary people resisting a world completely eroded by technology and endless cameras, a world with no privacy whatsoever. In that regard, the Hunters would clearly be the biggest BOSS.

"Although there aren't any clues or evidence proving whether you're right, considering Holmes's history, this is indeed an idea worth trying."

Ling Ling also acknowledged his reasoning.

In the later stages, Holmes had joined the Esoteric Alliance. To most people, that was utterly absurd. After all, Holmes's ability was to expose all secrets, and his Sequence specifically countered the authority of secrecy.

But that could also represent that he had begun to waver in his later years. And since this world was a Hakoniwa born from Holmes's inner world, it naturally represented his inner journey as well—eventually, the faction represented by Holmes would investigate the Hunters while following their clues, triggering a series of conflicts and contradictions. It symbolized the mental journey that led him to finally abandon his own convictions and side with the Esoteric Alliance.

Many members who knew the secrets fell into thought and silence. Only