On this day, history received a heavy stroke.
Because the Third World War had begun.
—War.
Perhaps when people mentioned that word, it gave them a sense of unreality.
In this peaceful age, a war had actually broken out—and on the scale of a world war. Anyone would find it hard to believe.
Of course, that was not to say there were no wars in this era.
In fact, even now, when the major powers maintained mutual non-aggression, wars still existed between certain smaller nations.
But a world war carried an entirely different meaning.
Everyone in the world would be dragged into it. No one could treat it as a slaughter that had nothing to do with them.
That was a world war.
Such a war would only affect every nation in the world. Nothing good could come of it.
After all, unlike in previous eras, foreign trade had become the primary means of strengthening a nation's economy in the present day.
It could be said that every country in the world was connected to and influenced by one another.
In that case, once war broke out between major powers, the economic and trade upheaval it would cause was obvious even without thinking about it.
That was why, even though Academy City and the Roman Orthodox Church had exchanged harsh words before, it had only stirred up the smell of gunpowder for a world war, not the scent of blood.
People might have felt nervous, but surely those who believed war would not truly happen still made up the majority?
Thus, when the World-Class Diva's singing spread across the globe, everyone moved away from the subject of war.
But now, Russia had unilaterally issued a declaration of war.
And it had done so in an utterly absurd fashion.
"To protect