"Europe Tunnel was blown up?"
In the hall, Fang Li and Sylvia were both stunned by what Kazari Hiyuka had just told them.
"Y-Yes."
Kazari Hiyuka nodded vigorously.
"It was Europe Tunnel."
Europe Tunnel.
It was the name of the massive railway-only undersea tunnel, the only land route connecting the island nation of England to France on the continent.
There were three tunnels in total, running along the seabed. For England, completely surrounded by the sea, they were infrastructure that served as the lifeline for transporting people and supplies.
Without those three tunnels, England could only transport goods and allow passage by air and sea, which would undoubtedly have an enormous impact on the country's economy and politics.
To say nothing else, over the twenty years from 1972 to 1992, passenger and freight traffic through Europe Tunnel had doubled. By 1992, trade between England and continental Europe already accounted for 60% of all its foreign trade.
Therefore, if anything happened to Europe Tunnel, all of England would be severely affected.
And now, all three undersea tunnels had been blown up.
"Emergency operations in the flooded areas have more or less concluded, but they say it was clearly a man-made incident."
Kazari Hiyuka explained, sounding rather uneasy.
"England apparently suspects that magic was involved, so English Puritanism summoned Index back."
Although Fang Li had practically kept Index as a pet, and she had almost never had a chance to be useful apart from the incident involving the "Grimoire of Law," that was because Fang Li had deliberately protected Index and kept her away from disputes on the Magic Side.
Yet Index was still Index Librorum Prohibitorum. She carried the knowledge of one hundred and three thousand Grimoires in her head and knew everything there was to know about the world's magical