[Huh? Why does this sound like some old-timer's excuse? Whatever. I'll just make him carry the blame for now. It won't hurt him anyway. Heh, I'm such a genius!]
[Deputy Commander, what do you mean, "a little theft"? Mo Yu stole the Japanese Empire's treasures, and the protagonist just happened to run off with a few trinkets. If you've finished stealing, shouldn't you at least have the decency to blow up the place?]
[You ran off with their rare gold and purple crystals, and even placed a high-explosive Soul Weapon there. Mo Yu, you're a genius!]
[But did you ever consider the consequences of starting a war with the Japanese Empire? Mingdu's underground arsenal was the Mingde Hall's secret base. It was full of rare, powerful Soul Weapons. That explosion directly set off the Japanese Empire's retaliation. The blast destroyed a third of Mingdu and caused tens of thousands of casualties.]
[As the largest city on the Douluo Continent, it was also a time when crowds of Soul Masters and other elites were pouring in. An explosion of that magnitude would have caused at least tens of thousands of deaths. And all of it was Mo Yu's doing!]
[Even if the Japanese Empire was right at your doorstep, weren't its ordinary people innocent? What's more, there were people from other countries who came to see the sights. Dozens of thousands of them died. Some Soul Masters must have regretted that they weren't as good as you, right?]
Everyone who knew what Mo Yu had done, from the upper echelons of the Spirit Church down to its ordinary members, was talking about him.
The halls were filled with the contents of the day's newspaper, and everyone wore an expression of absolute disbelief.
But soon, one of the most respected people there