Chu Mu heard what Oleg and Natasha had to say, but did not immediately agree.
Having spent some time as a tribal chieftain, he knew all too well the consequences of challenging authority. Wildfire's operation would inevitably provoke resentment from those in power, perhaps even retaliation.
The Underworld had no intention of starting a war. Its people only wanted to voice their demands, overturn the unreasonable lockdown policy, and return to an era when the Upper and Underworld stood united, without divisions.
Years ago, people from the Upper District would come to the Underworld to adopt children. That was how Natasha had been adopted by her parents in the Upper District.
Back then, wealthy people from the Underworld would buy property in the Upper District, while those who went bankrupt in the Upper District would move to the Underworld.
The Underworld might have been considered inferior, but that could not be helped. There was no sunlight here, no fresh air, so naturally, few people wanted to come.
But on the whole, people could at least move between the Upper and Underworld. Things were not as hopeless as they later became.
Because of the lockdown policy, Natasha had not returned to her home in the Upper District in over a decade.
Wildfire's operation would not target ordinary civilians, nor would it target the Silvermane Guards who defended Belobog.
This operation would target only the person who had enacted the lockdown policy!
But that person happened to hold all the power-
The Supreme Guardian, Cocolia!
Chu Mu thought back to his time as a tribal chieftain. If his subordinates had dared to question his policies, or even openly rebel, he would have been furious.
As the Supreme Guardian, Cocolia would never bow her proud head merely because the Underworld's civilians voiced their