The summer of 2005 was destined to be recorded as a major turning point in this world.
That year, the destruction of the great nation of Aus showed all humanity the threat this world was facing. Yet just a few years earlier, even enlightened countries had still adopted a half-public, half-concealed attitude toward supernatural powers and threats from beyond.
We won't stop you from spreading it privately, and we'll even allow all kinds of small and medium-sized dissemination groups to exist. But if official television stations or radio broadcasts promote it, that is forbidden.
Wanting to play the whore while erecting a chastity arch. This self-contradictory pretense of blindness was humanity's hesitant attitude toward the supernatural.
".Things shouldn't deteriorate that quickly, right? We should have at least another ten years."
"It was already like this five years ago. Maybe if we can hold on for another ten years, we'll manage."
When circumstances worsened, humanity instinctively rejected the possibility of things getting even worse.
Conservatism was not the specialty of any one country, but people's instinct to refuse to face the worst possible future. Even if many people knew deep down that everything would only get worse, as long as the countdown was unclear, most would not tear away that final layer of paper.
"Perhaps things won't get that bad during my term of office—or my lifetime."
That showed just how difficult it was to make a decision like the Nirvana Plan, one that shattered every old order, and how exceedingly rare it was in this era.
In the past, conservatives had always occupied the mainstream because they could still preserve the status quo. The stable benefits brought by "order" were their greatest source of influence.
"If we reveal everything, it'll cause social unrest. What if the crime rate skyrockets and