After leaving the Tempest Domain, Octopus Lady immediately returned to the Neptune Domain and convened the members of the Overlord Council to discuss the matter.
However, during the meeting, she did not disclose the true situation as she had when speaking with the Rimewind King.
Instead, she used the need for "a group of secret members willing to sign Servant Contracts" as a cover.
Her goal was to see how many members of the council would volunteer to join.
The result was predictable.
Very few responded.
After all, the council members were not quasi-divine Chosen Ones like Octopus Lady.
Moreover, since they had no idea what would happen after signing a Servant Contract, nearly all of them chose to refuse.
Octopus Lady had expected this outcome and did not force them.
Though she acted as if nothing had happened on the surface, after the temporary meeting ended, she set aside several periods of free time to tally the number of Overlord Army members in the Neptune Domain who were willing to sign Servant Contracts.
She also communicated with the Rimewind King twice.
But neither result was satisfactory.
In the end, she could only set off for Earth with an apologetic heart.
What she had not expected
was that Lu Li had already come up with a countermeasure—
he called it "settling personal grudges under the guise of public business"!
The ingenuity of the idea and the ruthlessness of the method
left even Octopus Lady, a formidable figure accustomed to bloodshed and violence, clicking her tongue in amazement.
At least the problem now had a solution, so she no longer remained weighed down by worry.
She then focused on sampling Earth's specialty snacks and enjoying the quality of life befitting a Domain Overlord.
By the time she had eaten and drunk