"The war is over?"
"They really were impressive, pushing the World Government this far."
In the Kronos Kingdom, Hades chuckled.
He was sitting in a courtyard in the palace gardens, playing Go.
However, this was no ordinary game of Go with black and white stones. It used four colors: black, yellow, purple, and white.
Seated on either side of Hades and across from him were his sons.
His second son, Jörmungandr, his fourteenth son, Dixiu, and his twenty-eighth son, Farah.
Jörmungandr was the vice president of the Royal Trading Company and chairman of the Dark Bank, and also held the rank of Army Lieutenant General.
The Mirror-Mirror Fruit's crucial ability was effectively the core of the Kronos Kingdom today.
The supplies and treasures stored in the Dark Bank alone were worth more than five trillion Beli.
Dixiu, meanwhile, was the deputy commander of Netherworld, effectively its second-in-command. In the future, he would take full control of the Tartarus Family's intelligence forces.
Farah was Metis's first child. He had inherited her intelligence and now worked at the Kronos Kingdom's Royal Intelligence Bureau while also studying with the General Staff.
The four played Go here, fighting one another or forming alliances, until only one victor remained.
"But the World Government really is frightening. The deeper you dig, the more terrifying it becomes."
"Even after losing so many people, it still has terrifying reserves."
Jörmungandr sighed.
"Heh, the more they reveal, the better it is for us, isn't it?" Farah captured one of Dixiu's stones, a faint smile on his face.
"Even those Celestial Dragons and the forces behind them joined the war directly. This must be the first time in eight hundred years."
"Once a line is crossed, it will be crossed countless times."
No sooner had he finished than Dixiu countered