June 18.
It had already been three days since Iver had given an interview and met with Speaker Pierre.
After that day, drastic changes immediately took place in Iris--
The news of Iver's earlier assassination attempt was finally no longer suppressed. Instead, it was all released at once. Using its influence in the media, the Giant Tree Party pushed the related news as hard as it could. Under the pressure of death threats, its work efficiency was astonishing.
For a time, newspapers fluttered through the air like snowflakes, spreading across every part of Iris. Even those who rarely read newspapers heard discussions about the matter from all kinds of sources.
In this era without the internet, many people did not even know about the previous two assassination attempts--mainly because Speaker Pierre had quietly suppressed the news before. After all, he was the head of the Hawkeye Organization and naturally did not want Hawkeye to attract too much resentment and hatred. But this time, he truly could not protect Hawkeye anymore. He could only cut ties with it, then turn around and sell it out.
Only then did people realize how close Iris had come to destruction.
This time, the experts no longer tried to cover things up by exaggerating their own nation's military strength. Instead, they did everything they could to publicize the terror of the Theocracy and the New Empire--using Antimony as an example. The people of Iris might not understand the Theocracy, but their fear of Antimony was deeply rooted.
The Theocracy could defeat Antimony's entire navy with just one frigate. A year ago, the Theocracy had only three such frigates. Now, it had eighteen, and construction was still ongoing.
At the same time, the experts specifically explained that although Iver had stepped down from the position of