Akamai had lain low in the suburbs of West City, developing in secret while gathering all kinds of knowledge about this Earth, doing his best to make all his powers seem plausible.
Several more years passed without notice.
By then, Akamai had become a true young man.
He founded Blue Star Group in West City, and it had grown rapidly over the years. With new agriculture as its core business, it had established eighteen branches across the globe, along with five security bases.
In truth, the internal power struggles among this Earth's humans were much the same as in other parallel timelines: equally divided and filled with hidden agendas.
For example, the Red Ribbon Army had expanded very rapidly in recent years. There were also all kinds of feudal kingdoms, emerging commercial states, primitive tribes, and more. On top of that, this Earth had beastmen and mutant races. The chaotic situation was an utter mess.
Akamai had not remained low-key the entire time. For instance, he had secretly struck at the notorious Red Ribbon Army and destroyed more than a third of its military strength, allowing Blue Star Group to profit from the chaos.
Earth, northern tundra.
Near the Arctic Circle, an expedition team piloted an antigravity airship as it slowly flew over the region.
The expedition's leaders were chief scientist Sarah and security captain Pizza. The entire team consisted of over a hundred members.
Pizza looked at the footage relayed by the antigravity spy plane without paying it much attention. He picked up his steaming coffee and took a casual sip. "Phew..."
Inside the airship's monitoring room, however, the other staff did not dare relax. They were all busy analyzing the northern tundra's various data.
Due to the rise of the Red Ribbon Army in recent years, the southern