Scandal

Storm clouds churned across the sea, the dark clouds on the horizon rolling as though boiled by rage. The atmosphere was oppressive and heavy.

Within these tense waters.

The next morning, the Neo Marines' carefully planned war of public opinion quietly began.

Newspapers printed by the Neo Marines flooded toward every corner of the world like a raging torrent.

Just as expected, the newspapers struck directly at the World Government's weak points, exposing countless scandals, outrageous secrets, satirical illustrations, and cold, hard statistics.

They spread with astonishing speed almost overnight, swiftly reaching major cities and flying into the public eye like an unforeseen storm sweeping across the world.

And one of the masterminds behind it all was Morgans.

Frowning, he looked down at the neatly sorted pile of newspapers before him, feeling utterly helpless.

Originally, he had merely been invited to the Neo Marines Base for an interview, intending to write a feature on Jin An—the leader of the Neo Marines, whose extraordinary command ability and courage in recent battles had clearly made him a newsworthy figure.

Who could have expected that the moment he arrived, he would be dragged into this war of public opinion that was about to affect the entire world?

Morgans sat in a modest office at the base. Mountains of newspapers were piled before him, while documents and drafts he had rapidly organized covered the area behind him.

He felt drained, as though he had become a tool forced into helping them. Yet at the same time, the intensity of the work made him admit that he seemed to have been swept into a bottomless vortex.

He rubbed his forehead and glanced at a Neo Marines member seated beside him.

"I only wanted to conduct a simple interview, yet you actually made me part of