"Everyone from Holy Light, please wait!" Just as the Holy Light Clerics were about to leave with the girls, the doors suddenly opened again.
A stern-faced old man with graying hair, dressed in the uniform of a high-ranking Government Affairs Hall official, called out to stop them.
"What else do you want?" Aiki asked, his gaze turning slightly cold.
"Since you're already here, please hear why everyone was summoned! This concerns the safety of all Tokyo," the old man said gravely.
"Weren't you the ones who didn't welcome us?"
The old man's gaze tightened slightly as he looked at the bodies strewn across the hall.
"I believe this may have been a misunderstanding! Sorry for the trouble, but please hear Seitenshi's speech before you leave."
"A misunderstanding! Heh, so our taking in infected children was a misunderstanding too?" Aiki asked with an amused look. So many people had already been killed, yet this old man still called it a misunderstanding.
The civilian security agency presidents, who had now recovered their senses, all glared at the Holy Light Clerics as though they wanted to devour them.
Feeling the increasingly tense atmosphere in the Meeting Room, the old man no longer knew what to say. After all, this incident did involve the Tendo Prime Minister. He simply hadn't expected it to escalate this far.
Just as everyone fell silent, the large screen at the front of the Meeting Room suddenly lit up.
"Everyone, please set aside your personal grudges for now! What I am about to discuss concerns Tokyo's very survival."
A gentle, captivating voice rang out. On the screen, a girl with pale blue hair sat upright in a chair, dressed in an elegant white gown and a white hood adorned with two jasmine flowers. Her aide, Kikunojo Tendo, stood behind