"No, of course not. We haven't. How could we possibly steal a magic book from our esteemed friends in America? Universe Country would never do such a thing... What? It isn't a spellbook for Summoning our ancestral god Pangu, but a magic book for Summoning the Cthulhu Evil God Nyarlathotep? ... No, no, we don't have it. Please believe me. I was just talking to someone else. I really was. Let's leave it there. I have to go. We can talk another time."
At the Red-Tiled House, Moon Sang-woo had just ended his call with American President Hodgson. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, unsure when it had appeared, then snatched up the phone and called someone else. "Notify An Jeong-hun at once. Tell him to cancel the experiment. Immediately! Right now! Hurry!"
By the end, Moon Sang-woo was screaming himself hoarse.
That was a Cthulhu Evil God—and one of the Three Pillar Gods at that: Nya, the Crawling Chaos. If he was summoned, they would be in terrible trouble.
Ever since the Evil God Cthulhu Fhtagn had inflicted enormous damage on the Eastern Isles, Cthulhu Evil Gods had become the ultimate taboo worldwide. After a conference, nations had agreed to forbid any country or private individual from attempting to contact one. Violators would face sanctions from every nation.
Governments had collected and destroyed every book about Cthulhu on the market. They had also deleted every online incantation for Summoning Cthulhu Evil Gods from their servers, whether it worked or not.
Experts and scholars tirelessly explained the horrors of the Evil Gods and the dangers of Summoning them through every public channel. Some countries had even made reciting "incantations to Summon Cthulhu Evil Gods" a crime, putting the prohibition in textbooks and law. Anyone who attempted a Summoning