"Has the person been caught yet?"
"Mhm, it's good that she's caught... Hmm? What?"
"The 'War God' called earlier? I see."
Inside a luxurious office, a middle-aged man wearing glasses was listening to a subordinate's report.
He had thought the development of things would surely exceed his imagination, but after so much time had passed, everything had developed so smoothly that the man himself felt it was somewhat unreal.
"As expected, problems have still arisen."
"Nango Torajiro... Does all of this actually have to do with him? Why didn't I notice it before?"
He constantly recalled his meetings with Nango Torajiro in his mind, but every time was so ordinary, with no problems at all.
Either Torajiro had hidden himself too well and never exposed his true thoughts, or... it was a decision made only recently!
Aside from these two possibilities, there was no third.
Recently...
Had any major event happened recently?
"Speaking of which, it seems like after that incident, everything has become a bit different..."
That incident was the meteorite!
Ever since that ice-blue meteorite fell from the sky, had the fate of the entire Far East changed?
"So it wasn't an ordinary meteorite after all?"
"Then my handling of it should be fine..."
"Let's see; perhaps my guess is correct?"
The middle-aged man with glasses was named Tsukikage Bakuga, the Prime Minister of the Far East region.
At the same time, he was also a Blazer.
However, compared to those whose Device took the form of weapons, Minister Tsukikage's Device appeared much more ordinary, even being a 'non-combat type' with no combat power whatsoever.
"Shine upon all creation, Moon Heaven Orb."
Under the glow of moonlight, a crystal ball appeared in Tsukikage's hand. Aside from the gold decorations on the exterior, it was no different from the crystal balls used by fortune tellers outside.
"Manifest the past..."
Under Tsukikage's control, a ripple began to appear on the crystal ball, slowly spreading like ripples on the surface of water.
Soon, a scene of the sky appeared within the crystal ball, just like watching a small television.
But with the appearance of a certain rift, an ice-blue meteorite immediately occupied the entire screen of the crystal ball.
However, the image stopped abruptly there. No matter how hard Tsukikage tried, he could not see what would happen next, as if blocked by some ability.
"I can't see it? Then what about Skirk? And Jingliu?"
Tsukikage looked at the crystal ball in his hand once more, but it still had no reaction; even the meteorite reflected within it had disappeared.
"As expected, I can't see them."
Sighing with regret, Tsukikage withdrew his Device, but the expression on his face had grown even more solemn at some point.
Device: Moon Heaven Orb. Its ability is to peer into the 'past' of people and places within a certain range; occasionally, it also sees a certain 'future' by accident.
Since its ability was discovered, Tsukikage's Device had always been regarded as a national secret of the Far East. To this day, only a very few people knew this secret, and it hadn't even been reported to the Confederation.
However, it was precisely such an ability to predict the future that allowed Tsukikage Bakuga to see the miserable future state of the Far East.
It was just a chance occurrence, but it happened to let him see...
Hell!
The city was fragmented, and flames spread wantonly.
People dying tragic deaths, people wailing, and people who were no longer whole... they appeared in the image almost simultaneously. Just looking at such a scene made one feel nauseous.
But even more terrifying was that such a scene was about to happen on this land of the Far East!
In other words, the Far East was about to become a living hell!
When he first saw such an image, Tsukikage Bakuga simply didn't want to believe it. But even if he didn't believe it, he couldn't change anything, and in the end, he could only passively accept the facts.
This was the future of the Far East!
But even so, he should be able to change certain things.
So, relying on his own efforts and the ability of the Moon Heaven Orb, Tsukikage Bakuga spent over a decade laying out his plans, eventually becoming the Prime Minister of the Far East.
Based on his understanding of the international situation, Tsukikage suspected the reason the Far East became like this might be due to a world war, where the Far East's territory suffered another strike. Such a thing wasn't a first, and it wouldn't be strange if it happened again.
As a member of the International Magic Knight Federation, the Far East was surrounded by many members of the Great Power Alliance.
White Eagle, the Bear, and Eastern Brilliance.
Any one of these three countries was an existence that could crush the Far East; there was simply no hope for victory.
So the only way for the Far East to survive was to find a way to withdraw from the Federation and join the Great Power Alliance—it was a simple case of 'if you can't beat them, join them.'
Therefore, Minister Tsukikage established the Far East's eighth academy, Akatsuki Academy, intending to prove that the Far East's future had the ability to protect itself at the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival.
If everything went smoothly, perhaps that tragic future could be changed... but for some reason, Tsukikage's heart never felt at ease, as if the matter hadn't ended.
Until a few days ago, after the ice-blue meteorite fell, Tsukikage suddenly discovered... the future had changed!
At first, Tsukikage felt that no matter what that miserable future turned into, it would be fine, but reality gave him a slap in the face.
Aside from the raging flames turning into ice, it seemed as if nothing else had changed?
Isn't this just the difference between the Incineration of Humanity and the Freezing of Humanity?
In the end, it seemed to have shattered?
What exactly did you change? In the end, the world is still doomed!
Although the future remained tragic, Tsukikage still gained some clues from it... Why did it change from fire to ice?
Could it be a Blazer who uses ice?
Precisely because he found such a clue, Tsukikage arranged for the Far East's Future Agency to begin contacting Blazers whose abilities involved "ice control" during this period.
Those who purely controlled the ice element.
Those who manipulated energy to lower temperatures.
Those who manifested ice from their thoughts into reality.
Tsukikage Bakuga didn't let a single one slip by; he dispatched specific personnel to contact every last one of them, determined to bring them under control and assess their threat level no matter what.
And then, Skirk and Jingliu appeared in Tsukikage's sights, drawing his intense scrutiny.
Blurred backgrounds, unclear pasts—clearly tampered with by someone. Most importantly, Tsukikage's Device actually couldn't see them?
Isn't this an unexpected surprise?
Perhaps the future of the Far East was destroyed by one of these two, or even both!
Regardless, Tsukikage could not easily let them go.
The current Far East faced growing external threats, and even internal living standards were declining...
It simply could not afford such a future!
Tsukikage sincerely hoped his choice was correct, and he sincerely hoped the Far East would one day return to the right track.
If that happened, he could finally lay down the burden in his heart and shout aloud...
The Far East is back!
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