"Do you need me to book you a room? It would be a little more private if you talked inside."
William, sitting with one leg crossed over the other, waved away the manager's suggestion. "Which room could be more spacious than the lobby, while also letting us enjoy tea brewed by you personally, Manager? Besides, there's nothing about our conversation that needs to be kept secret.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Yi, take a look at this first!"
As William blew the newspaper in his hand into the shape of a balloon and sent it over, Yi Chen read its contents while it floated through the air.
"Have the Plague Lords arrived?"
"Yep~ They've probably already fully connected with the City of Husks.
"Judging from the current battle situation, some of the Plague Lords are very powerful! It seems everyone learned a great deal from that defeat in the past and became much stronger.
"Or perhaps the liberation of the rules and genetic completion brought about by World Infection allowed everyone to improve tremendously in a short period. It's even possible that some of the Abysses have gotten involved.
"The arrival of the Plague Lords directly suppressed the current malignant spread. At the same time, the City of Evil will need to reevaluate the involvement of the lesions, so the final disaster will be delayed.
"That means we'll have more time to deal with other matters—for example, dealing with that existence I mentioned to you before, Mr. Yi.
"That disaster lurking in the corner of every Video Store, fond of secretly filming people under special conditions, and which has marked you, Mr. Yi."
Yi Chen had thought William wanted to discuss the bigger picture and matters related to the balance. He had not expected him to take such a roundabout route