Inside the manor's study.
Gongsun Shiyu and Hou Bai were also watching the explosive news that had appeared one after another and caused changes in the global power structure.
As the Sun of the club, he had unexpectedly received no prior news at all. This left Gongsun Shiyu with an inexplicable sense of anger—but he did not show it.
Although the New World had been born, the Twenty-Six Seats of the club... had not truly twisted themselves into one force. Most of them still did their own thing.
In the end, aside from The Fool, the other twenty-five Seats regarded the club more as a platform for exchanging what they had. Everyone pooled their resources together, making it more convenient to accomplish what they each wanted to do... much like sharing from one communal pot.
"Any news from inside the club?" Gongsun Shiyu directly turned off the screen. He had no interest in the commentators' discussions of current affairs.
"No. Everyone feels that it happened very suddenly." Hou Bai was clearly focused on the club's internal information channels. "However, judging from the circumstances, the ones who planned these two incidents should be the Emperor and the Pope."
"The Emperor... and the Pope?" Gongsun Shiyu mused briefly.
Those two belonged to the group he was relatively less "familiar" with within the club.
Hou Bai sighed. "The South Sea Islands and South African Soil have both officially announced that they've joined the New World, and they've even changed their names. I'm afraid the New World government can only accept this as fact. The Emperor and the Pope have acted as though they would strike first and report afterward."
Gongsun Shiyu thought for a moment before saying, "This timing is actually rather good. All the countries are currently focused on the Arena Competition,