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In an instant, the conference room, which had been deafeningly noisy just a second ago, seemed to freeze over. Every sound vanished without a trace, and even the atmosphere in the air turned icy.
The hearts of the national representatives froze along with it.
Only at this moment did all the national representatives present understand why Noah had displayed Fairy Tail's power at the conference and shown everyone Fairy Village's planned extermination operation.
Noah had done all this for only one reason.
To make every country planning to reclaim the Cursed Children lose more than they gained.
"Y-you..." The national representatives all looked at Noah in disbelief.
Sogen Saitake felt as though darkness had suddenly fallen before his eyes, leaving him dizzy.
Originally, although every country had come to this international conference with different motivations, their ultimate goal was to make Noah hand over all the Cursed Children who had been transferred from their territories into Fairy Village.
But now, Noah had turned the tables, using an extermination operation and the announcement of Artificial Sacred Gear to make every country send the remaining Cursed Children in their territory to Fairy Village.
Could the nations of the world possibly agree to that?
Of course not.
They had come to weaken Fairy Village. How could they possibly weaken themselves instead and strengthen Fairy Village's influence?
Watching the national representatives' shocked and furious expressions, Noah's face turned mocking.
"I understand how you all feel, but there's no helping it. Humanity is currently threatened by the Gastrea, and we've already reached the point where even our survival is at stake. If we want to break this deadlock, we can only rely on Artificial Sacred Gear.