Sky Garden, District Two Adjudication Department Special Operations Squad.
Fan Huo stood atop the enormous, white-swan-like Bomber.
His hands were in his pockets, and a thick cigar hung from his mouth.
Behind him, a man in a white suit jumped up, his face resolute.
"Once we kill the god this time, I'll provide you with enough soldiers to conquer that level 11 platform."
"But it really is surprising that you, of all people, lost a war despite having War Cards."
Fan Huo finished his cigar, his eyes behind his sunglasses turning coldly toward the man in white.
"Chai Ming, I'll tell you one last time. That wasn't a defeat. It was a strategic retreat."
The man in the white suit was Chai Ming, head of the Adjudication Department.
He gave Fan Huo a mocking laugh.
"A strategic retreat, huh? You people from the Imperial Sequence Organization are all equally detestable, whether it's your leader or anyone beneath him..."
A barely perceptible flash of anger crossed Chai Ming's eyes.
That anger vanished in an instant, and his expression soon returned to calm.
"Those Apostles are here."
"Command authority is yours."
Fan Huo did not answer.
He merely lit a fresh cigar and held it in his mouth. Then, behind him,
several War Cards formed a ring.
"Sky, sea, land-"
Aircraft, gunboats, tanks...
All sorts of military equipment for land, sea, and air were summoned through portals.
"War Card · Absolute Command."
A crimson Card Sequence hovered above his head.
Upon it was a faceless figure in military uniform, wielding a saber freely over a sand table.
The instant Fan Huo took out this War Card,
everyone who had followed them here, whether members of the Adjudication Department or Train Conductors from the various guilds,
could all hear the countless different orders