The last time Luo Zhen left this world, Japan itself had already begun to abandon the "Alliance" for the embrace of the "Coalition." It had hired assassins from the Rebellion Army, established Akatsuki Academy, and openly challenged the Alliance's authority, causing the situation in this world to become unstable.
Japan's provocation of the Alliance's authority forced the Alliance, in order to preserve its own standing, to confront Akatsuki Academy head-on at the Seven Star Sword Festival.
Japan's purpose in doing so was to join the Coalition. If Akatsuki Academy ultimately won, the Coalition would naturally be dragged into the dispute as well.
Furthermore, since Akatsuki Academy had Rebellion Army mercenaries among its ranks to accomplish this goal, the Rebellion Army would likewise become embroiled in the conflict.
A dispute between the three strongest powers in the world could lead to the outbreak of a world war. Naturally, the situation would become unstable.
Although Ikki and Stella had targeted Akatsuki Academy at the Seven Star Sword Festival and defeated them, causing their plan to fall through, and Japan had ultimately neither left the Alliance nor joined the Coalition, preventing the dispute from being brought into the open, the seeds had already been planted. As a result, the situation afterward had grown increasingly unstable.
By now, only a few short months had passed, yet the atmosphere among the various countries of the world had already become tense and volatile. The smell of gunpowder hung thick in the air, and war could break out at any moment.
Because Japan was the culprit that had lit the fuse, its recent situation had become rather poor. Ikki and the others had also become extremely busy, traveling among various countries in an effort to prevent a world war from breaking out.
As for Edelweiss, she had