"You didn't follow the speech script, and what you said was practically a threat—'You have no freedom, and never will, because poverty and ignorance prevent you from realizing what true freedom is. It is not drugs, alcohol, and marches, nor is it calling yourselves minorities and baring your fangs to demand privileges. It is survival. Survival is the only freedom in this world. No matter what, you must bear responsibility toward human society: live prosperous lives with dignity and become the most advanced citizens on Earth. Even if it takes a war to bring you that life, so be it.'—I thought that after the shooter finished speaking, you could take the opportunity to soothe the people of Sarajevo. That performance was truly appropriate, but this... No politician in the world talks like that. Anyone who says such things will only be overthrown by the people."
"They can't do it. All the mortal armies in the world combined can't do it, because they are constrained by humanity's objective limits. If the entire world can unite against me and head for the galaxy, I don't think that would be such a bad thing. At the very least, it would prove humanity had set aside its conflicts and united. In that case, I wouldn't mind playing the great villain."
The Emperor of Latveria's response could not be called concise, but he had indeed answered Natasha Romanoff's question. Especially considering how much impatience was written across his face, it was already quite rare for him to say so much. Clearly, the shooter's appearance had affected his mood. If an ordinary Arcanist had conducted such an intense search of someone's mind, it would inevitably have caused memory confusion. But he had grown accustomed to the sensation; that immersive experience of another life could not affect