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At the very center of the embassy stood an exceptionally spacious conference room.
Until recently, this conference room had been a hall used to exhibit Tokyo Area's specialties, serving as a museum that displayed the essence of Tokyo Area to envoys from other regions.
It was only when countries around the world requested talks and selected Tokyo Area as the venue that Saint Tenzi had the hall temporarily renovated into a conference room.
At this moment, a round table stood at the center of the conference room, surrounded by luxurious chairs.
The conference room doors stood open, with two guards in Sanctuary Residence Guard uniforms stationed at the entrance.
Representatives from countries around the world arrived at the conference room one after another under escort, leaving their guards behind and entering alone.
The earlier break had already allowed the representatives from various countries to meet one another. Naturally, there was no need for further pleasantries now. After entering the conference room, they took their seats directly, filling the chairs one by one.
After the appearance of the Gastrea, the world's population had plummeted. Most countries had even been completely destroyed by the Gastrea, vanishing into the river of history.
Under such circumstances, logically speaking, there should not have been many national representatives able to attend.
Yet from the very beginning, the number of representatives entering had continued to rise, occupying one seat after another.
By the time only two seats remained, there were already nearly a hundred national representatives present.
Why were there so many people?
Had every country sent multiple representatives?
Of course not.
In fact, a little thought would make it clear.
Just as Japan of the past had now split into five regions—Tokyo,