The silence stretched on, heavy with unspoken calculations. I could see the wheels turning behind every pair of eyes in the room—world leaders who had just received their own objectives from the System, each trying to process what this meant for their strategies while revealing nothing to their competitors.
The notification had changed everything. This wasn't just politics anymore; it was a game with supernatural stakes, and everyone was suddenly playing by rules they didn't fully understand. The tension was palpable, but no one wanted to be the first to speak, to accidentally reveal what they'd been tasked with accomplishing. If they did, then others would definitely prevent it from happening. After all, why would you ever want a rival leader getting stronger?
