Otto Apocalypse—he was arrogant and conceited, convinced that everything was in his grasp. If anything slipped beyond his control, he would stop at nothing to destroy it.
Even though Otto Apocalypse understood that dictatorship would limit the growth of Schicksal's middle management, he still had no intention of fundamentally changing it, believing the drawbacks outweighed the benefits.
Cold-blooded and heartless, he would resort to any means necessary to resurrect Kallen, even if it meant putting all humanity's lives in danger. And... all this time, Otto Apocalypse had intentionally, even deliberately, allowed Honkai to develop. At the same time, he kept Schicksal's technology at just enough of a level to suppress Honkai, never allowing it to surpass Honkai by too great a margin.
It could be said that if Otto Apocalypse had not deliberately held it back, Schicksal's technology would now be many times more powerful than it was.
If he had not deliberately allowed Honkai to develop, and had instead worked meticulously to stop it, Honkai could never have caused such immense damage to this world.
Although... Schicksal's rapid development was also the result of Otto Apocalypse's efforts. But in truth... Otto Apocalypse had been toying with the entire world, with all of humanity, and even with the Herrschers of Honkai.
At the same time, because of Otto Apocalypse's superb disguises and methods, most members of Schicksal who were dissatisfied with him merely opposed his disregard for life. They had not realized that, from the very beginning, he had never intended to eradicate Honkai.
And Schicksal was not without intelligent people. Some of them might even have realized that Otto Apocalypse had never planned to let Schicksal destroy Honkai, but such people were often removed by Otto Apocalypse through various means before they could uncover the complete truth.
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