Amaterasu Kong lightly traced a circle on the rock with her finger, her lips curving into a breathtakingly beautiful smile.
"I'm going to light a fire in Sakura Continent and plunge it into complete chaos. I'll use Kyoto as the board and the three major factions as the main players, turning this city into a battlefield!
"They'll definitely fight, and more people will die, then even more. They'll keep fighting until the situation spirals completely out of control, until the Divine Envoys have no choice but to send an emissary through the Star Gate to maintain order.
"When that happens, we'll control the emissary to buy time, and then I'll attempt to break through to the fifth tier.
"Once I succeed, Blue Star will have no trouble defending itself."
Lu You stared at her for a long time, trying to find even a trace of hesitation or uncertainty in her expression, but he found nothing.
There was no madness in her golden eyes, only a clarity that sent chills down his spine.
She knew exactly what she was doing, and she knew exactly what the price was.
Kyoto City! A billion people!
If she failed to break through in time, or the Divine Envoys' emissary wasn't completely controlled and word leaked out, or even if the Divine Envoys' reinforcements arrived early...
Then all of Kyoto City would become dust in history.
Those still alive would gradually die, caught between Psychic Energy riots and factional warfare.
The survivors would also perish in the Divine Envoys' subsequent frenzied purge.
In the end, every trace of this city's existence would be completely erased, as though it had never existed.
Too naive, and far too insane...
Lu You rubbed his temples, his brows tightly knitted.
"You're gambling here."
"I admit there's an element of