"So—"
Lü Siya's long, slender brows, like two curved blades, did not move in the slightest, yet her voice dropped dozens of degrees in an instant, as though sharp ice were about to spray from her mouth. "You were the masterminds behind the Mingguang Explosion Case? You personally staged this tragedy, set countless innocents' blood ablaze, stirred up conflict between the Nine Great Families and tens of millions of ordinary citizens, and nearly dragged even me into this heart-pounding conflict to perish alongside the Cosmos Group headquarters building?"
"The Monster War dragged on for decades. The blood of innocents had long gathered into rivers, lakes, and oceans. A few drops more or a few drops less did not matter."
The Seven Puppets casually acknowledged this, then stressed, "What mattered was that with the Monster War's sudden end, Dragon City fell into a brief period of confusion and even chaos. Many people no longer stayed in their proper places and obediently fulfilled the missions they ought to fulfill. Instead, they developed ambitions and fantasies they should not have had, trying to use their foolish brains to think about Dragon City's future.
"No, although the monsters had been subdued, there were surely even more terrifying enemies than monsters lurking in the depths of the boundless Otherworld. To defeat those enemies and completely conquer the Otherworld, Dragon City Civilization had to unite as it had in the past, as it had during the fiercest days of the Monster War—into an army that obeyed every order without question and dared to sacrifice itself.
"And for an army, the most important thing was that it could only speak with one voice.
"A soldier's sacred duty was to obey orders. There was no need to think at all—thinking was the right of commanders, the right of