The Void Realm Church's influence was arguably far greater than that of the former Wetting Conglomerate.
But influence was often difficult to demonstrate in any tangible way during an actual war.
Precisely for that reason, although people instinctively believed the Void Realm Church might be more powerful than the Alt Conglomerate, they could not actually explain where its advantages lay.
The Alt Conglomerate's Security Department was equipped with the latest generation of weaponry. Though it might fall somewhat short of the Arbitration Bureau or the top conglomerates in District 25, it still qualified as a high-end fighting force.
But whenever the Void Realm Church came up, people's first impressions were of fanatical believers and widespread influence. Beyond that, they struggled to name any examples of actual combat strength.
After all, the Void Realm Church had never demonstrated its strength in District 25. Following that line of thought made it seem like nothing more than an empty facade.
A flashy but hollow shell whose only conceivable means of attack was perhaps suicide bombing?
Naturally, the Alt Conglomerate had deliberately steered these discussions about the Void Realm Church's strength. In reality, most people in District 25 still had no idea how much destruction "Psionics" could cause or what role they could play in actual combat. Nor did they know how many Psionics the Void Realm Church had recruited...
But they would soon learn what lay behind that influence.
Meanwhile, inside the Void Realm Church's New Base.
Afanisi had changed out of her pristine white nun's habit and back into her customary pure black.
Beside her, Tanyas seemed to have realized something. She kept her head lowered, not daring to meet the young woman's eyes.
"The Void Realm's gift will probably be withdrawn in seven days..."
God granted her faithful seven days