Dark Dimon and the New Magic Rules 2.0 (4K) / Dark Dimon and the New Magic Rules 2.0 (4K)

News that "the Demon King had returned from the Underworld" spread through the entire Royal Capital as if a dam had burst.

The increasingly prosperous streets suddenly became bleak and desolate.

Even citizens forced to go out for work turned up their collars, donned hats, and hid their faces behind high collars and scarves.

Yet the Royal Capital was not placed under martial law.

Nor had any officials stepped forward to state whether the intelligence regarding "the Demon King's return from the Underworld" was true or false.

The more the public needed a stance, the less the authorities could afford to give them one.

The real display of authority was never conducted out in the open. On Monday morning, a great many newspapers reported the matter at once. But the core reason they were allowed to report it was that those crystal balls had already been distributed everywhere.

Since public opinion could no longer be contained, it was better to gather it together and let it erupt all at once.

That actually made it easier to control the direction of public opinion.

As long as the authorities withstood the initial wave of public backlash, they only needed to continue playing dead afterward. The impact of the matter would naturally diminish to an acceptable level.

After all, people needed to earn money and live their lives. They could not shut themselves in their rooms all day over something that had yet to happen.

As time passed, life would gradually return to normal. And when there was still no further news of the "Demon King," all those claims—true and false alike—would naturally lose their meaning.

Of course.

All of this depended on their being able to catch the "Demon King" before he appeared again and force him back into silence!

"Pope" Xis