"All right, as long as your conditions aren't too unreasonable, I can agree."
Asaba Kotone said.
Of course, he knew the Death Devil wasn't that easy to negotiate with, so he had already prepared himself.
Next, Asaba Kotone waited for the first day's voting results to come out.
The next day...
Asaba Kotone obtained firsthand data through the Cabinet and found that only 5.763% were willing, while all the rest were unwilling.
Although voting would remain open for a full month, the proportions from the first day's votes already revealed a great deal.
When voting finally closed, even excluding those who hadn't voted, the willing voters certainly wouldn't exceed ten percent. However, those who didn't vote would be considered to have accepted by default, so the total number should still be substantial.
"As expected, not many people are willing to accept it."
Asaba Kotone said to Setsuna, showing her the data as well.
"Only that many?"
Setsuna seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the result.
"Of course. After all, very few people aren't afraid of devils, and it's hard to feel reassured about something unknown like this."
Asaba Kotone said calmly.
"True. I'll appear with you on that TV station or whatever today."
Setsuna said.
"Sure, but when the time comes, a show of force is one thing. Whatever you do, don't kill anyone in public, or it'll only have the opposite effect."
Asaba Kotone emphasized this specifically. He was afraid Setsuna would do as she pleased and kill whenever she felt like it.
"Don't worry. I don't like killing."
Setsuna said with absolute conviction.
Asaba Kotone almost couldn't hold back a sarcastic remark. The Death Devil saying she didn't like killing was something he found hard to believe.
That afternoon.
Asaba Kotone was about to be interviewed by a TV