After the successive upheavals of the US Military's sudden armed search and the Dead Servant horde's invasion of the Genji Heavy Industries building, the landscape of Japan's Hybrid society underwent a major reshuffling.
With Ryoma Genichiro's full endorsement and the tacit approval of Kassel College's headquarters, Amon successfully became the youngest branch head since the Japan Branch was established. He was also its first foreign branch head.
After taking office, he did not immediately devote all his attention to the unsettling heartbeat in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Instead, he set his first fire beneath Nippon Stronghold, the long-standing enemy that had lurked in Japan's shadows for years.
He first had every member of the Eight Clans of the Serpent join the Japan Branch and submit to his command, then issued an order to completely eradicate Nippon Stronghold.
The order left many people confused.
Nippon Stronghold was certainly like a parasite clinging to the bone, a cancer within the clans that had to be removed. But at present, the pulsating Embryo beneath the deep sea was the greatest hidden danger—the Sword of Damocles hanging overhead, capable of overturning the entire world. By comparison, Nippon Stronghold's threat seemed secondary.
Nearly every clan head voiced opposition. They believed that if this delayed the destruction of the Dragon Kind Embryo and allowed that world-ending existence to gestate successfully, it would be the greatest disaster of all.
In the face of those doubts, Amon remained firm. His reasoning was simple: "Before dealing with external threats, we must first secure our own house."
At the meeting, he said, "We have only one chance to deal with the god. We must ensure absolute certainty and kill it in a single strike.
"Any interference, any unforeseen variable, could lead to failure.
"And the consequence of failure