Captain's cabin.
A highly detailed full map of the West Coast lay spread across the desk.
It was not merely a map of West Coast City, but one encompassing more than a dozen cities, including Bruns City and Ceylan City.
Qin Ran stood quietly beside the desk, watching O'Hara make one mark after another on the map.
She mainly used red, blue, and white pens for the markings.
Red represented enemies.
Blue represented allies and friendly forces.
White represented neutral parties.
The marking process lasted around three minutes.
Only after O'Hara had marked the final area did Qin Ran suddenly realize that the distribution of forces across the entire West Coast was even more complicated than he had imagined.
Cities including Bruns City and Ceylan City were all intermingled with the three colors.
Every city contained enemies, allies, and neutral parties.
There was only one exception: West Coast City.
No color had been drawn there.
As for why?
The reason was self-evident.
Nikelei's reputation as the God of the Earth was enough to make anyone meddling in that city understand what they should do. Then came Qin Ran's "baptism."
Naturally, it had become a blank area.
Qin Ran's gaze moved to the other cities.
"Where is our target?"
Qin Ran asked.
"Ceylan City!"
O'Hara raised her hand and pointed to a city southeast of West Coast City.
"Simon and Meyer previously launched their surprise attack on Barry's headquarters in that city—but Barry had already prepared for it!"
"Barry's military background made the Sanctuary highly uncomfortable. Even with Smoot joining them, the battle had only reached a stalemate!"
O'Hara calmly explained everything she knew to Qin Ran.
She showed no bias because she came from the Sanctuary or because she had formed an alliance with Barry.
"Barry?"
Qin Ran repeated the