Surprise.
A negligible fear filled Ch'en's heart. She began to wonder just who could possibly be capable of injuring the shrine maiden.
"Could it be..."
"Watch the news. I have nothing to say."
Seeing that the matter had been exposed, Hoshino simply stopped pretending. She sat down in a lounge chair nearby. "There's no need for too much explanation. Whoever could injure me would be very... powerful. As for how powerful, you should have a direct sense of it by now."
Ch'en could hear the sorrow in her voice.
Things were not that simple.
Ch'en felt that asking further would touch upon her heart. She said nothing more and instead walked out of the shrine.
The moment she left the shrine, Ch'en realized something was wrong.
Her phone had been flooded with calls.
When she entered the shrine, she had set her phone to silent so it would not disturb her training. Ch'en paid close attention to such things; her training time never conflicted with work hours.
What was going on?
It was not difficult to grasp the full picture. The entire Lungmen Guard Department had received the news.
Night had descended over Ursus. Setting out from the Crazy Mountains, it had already breached the army group's defenses. Drak's god had unleashed her wrath, delivering divine punishment for the injustices suffered by the entire race.
That was how the news reported it.
Ch'en found it strange. "Drak... Why did she descend upon Ursus?"
"The Crazy Mountains? They say monsters slumber there. Maybe she had been sleeping there all along?"
Bagpipe seemed somewhat excited.
"Don't tell me... you want to restore the country?"
"Where would I get such ambition? Ch'en Ch'en, do you take me for some kind of schemer? I have the ability to obey orders without fail, and the