As George III's true body within Ruins No.1 fell apart with the advent of catastrophe and suffered the backlash of those Black Emperor characteristics, strange changes also appeared in the projection delivering his war speech in Anniversary Square in Backlund's West Borough.
First, his impassioned voice began to stutter and tremble, making the cabinet members, nobles, wealthy merchants, and commoners surrounding the square look up at their king in confusion.
Then George III himself, dressed in a black formal suit with a stern, rigid expression, began moving stiffly. Like a jammed machine, he froze on the podium, his gesturing arm pointing motionlessly toward the sky.
The Hall family, standing directly in front of the podium in the best spot in all of Anniversary Square, reacted differently to this development.
Earl Hall frowned and looked beside him, where the new Duke Negan and Earl Livett stood, but everyone looked equally puzzled. His eldest son, Hibbert Hall, immediately moved closer to the women of his family, ready to protect them at any moment. Audrey, meanwhile, looked thoughtful, guessing that this might have something to do with Mr. Fool and certain members of the Tarot Club.
But before they could think or act any further, George III on the podium exploded into a mass of flesh and blood with a boom, spraying into the air like fireworks before vanishing into nothingness, as though he had never existed.
The scene resembled an unannounced street magic performance, leaving everyone in the square utterly blank. For a brief moment, no one understood what had happened.
"The king! His Majesty has been assassinated!"
Someone shouted, pressing the button marked "panic" in everyone's hearts, and the square descended into chaos.
Those near the exits instinctively pushed outward, while those beside the podium retreated. The soldiers maintaining order were