"The Heavenly Origin Game will be held in these five cities: Sakurajima in Satsuma Province, Kobe in Harima Province, Karuizawa in Shinano Province, Sendai Domain, and Aomori in Mutsu Province."
In the conference room of the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Dark Seimei was being interviewed by a foreign reporter on the big screen. She spoke smoothly to the camera, her dark brows lightly knitted, exuding charm.
"One hundred people per city, with recruitment open to players worldwide. This is a one-time offer, with limited places, first come, first served. I will grant all players supernatural powers and offer blood and death in sacrifice to the Lord of Mount Tai."
The pause button was pressed, freezing the picture. The Prime Minister of Japan, his hairline in a precarious state, sat in silence, his old face livid.
"It's France's Le Monde!"
"We took every precaution against domestic newspapers and media, but we never expected Abe no Seimei to release the news through foreign media. Now we can't suppress it."
"Abe no Seimei may be a thousand-year-old vixen, but who would have thought she would keep up with the times so well?"
Although they had already watched it, the Cabinet ministers, Self-Defense Forces generals, and other senior Japanese figures seated below could not help whispering among themselves.
The earlier unrest in Kobe City had amounted to much noise and little action. They had barely managed to gloss it over before Abe no Seimei dropped another bombshell-five of them, in fact.
The Prime Minister of Japan turned his head and signaled with his eyes, and his secretary resumed the video.
"The selection process for the Heavenly Origin Game is very simple. Anyone within the barriers of those five cities when it opens will have a chance of being selected as a player."
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