Late June.
North Blue, the Roman Daily headquarters.
It was a small newspaper office. Editors, reporters, printing staff, and everyone handling miscellaneous chores numbered just over twenty in all.
Never mind comparing it to a giant like the World Economy News Paper—even in the North Blue, it was only a third-rate rag.
But the atmosphere in the editorial office was excellent.
Most of the editors were passionate young people. Moved by their editor-in-chief A-Liena's appeal, they had gathered from islands across the North Blue to fight for a common goal.
That was the founding mission of the Roman Daily:
—Uphold justice, expose the truth, and drag every ugly sin in the North Blue into the sunlight, leaving it nowhere to hide!
In the year or so since its founding, the Roman Daily had practiced what it preached.
Even when it came to secret scandals involving criminal organizations or the royal families of affiliated nations, the Roman Daily had never backed down, even when other papers dared not say a word.
At worst, they could strike once and move on. Everyone in the editorial office had long since mastered the fine art of running away.
But lately...
The voluptuous A-Liena stood by the window with a cup of coffee in her hands, her eyes filled with worry—
These past few days, the Roman Daily's situation had become truly dire.
The reason was simple. Last month, they had put tremendous effort into gathering evidence of the Donquixote Family's sordid, secret dealings and published it, causing quite a stir throughout the North Blue.
Although everyone at the paper had prepared themselves before publication.
They had never imagined that the Donquixote Family would react so much faster than expected—or that its methods would be even more vicious and ruthless.
Within just three days, all