The odds on Hoshino's matches fell like a waterfall—the later it got, the harder they dropped. By the day of her next match, they had become a pitiful 1:1.02.
For every dollar wagered, only two cents could be earned.
Even so, the number was still plummeting. The display only showed two decimal places; who knew how bleak the figures the financial tycoons saw backstage had become.
Oh, right. They were more concerned about their lives now, desperately writing their wills.
Hoshino's opponent surrendered without a fight.
With that, she had completed all the preliminary matches and advanced into the round of sixteen, launching a fierce charge toward the champion's throne.
[The mission has entered a new stage. The next stage has been unlocked.] [It is time to uncover that secret. The twenty-year strategy devised by Ursus's former Minister of Propaganda must be revealed to the world. The moment of claiming the championship, when every Kazimierz citizen is watching television, could not be more suitable.] [Mission Objective: Infiltrate the Ursus Imperial Palace and steal the execution documents and proposal.]
Seeing the change in mission, Yae Sakura clicked her tongue.
Let her clever little head make a guess—this document wouldn't happen to concern Kazimierz's peaceful evolution, would it?
I knew it!
In barely more than a decade, how had Kazimierz's capital developed into this state? It was as though it had been injected with an accelerator. There was no trace whatsoever of early industrial or commercial development; with a snap, they had all gone into entertainment. So there had been someone pushing it from behind!
"So that's how it is. So that's how it is."
Yae Sakura nodded.
The next instant, the swordswoman Yae Sakura transformed into the ninja Yae Kasumi. A streak of pale violet lightning flashed over the