Maybe he gave the boy too much credit. The fame got to his head, and he thought the world was his playground.
"...This damned brat takes after his mother far too well; the resemblance is uncanny. Alert the Awakened Association," the President decreed at last. "They are to prepare a squad. Their mission: capture Kaiden Grey and his accomplices."
"Yes, sir!" The assistants bowed, turning to leave.
But then a voice came from the stream.
Calypso’s lips moved.
"Oh, right. Thanks for the reminder. Tell us about the underground facility."
She smiled wider.
Elise, on the other hand, had her eyes widen into giant saucers. "W-what facility?! Stop this nonsense!"
The demoness reached out and pinched a tooth between two fingers. Elise bit down on her hand with every single iota of strength she could muster, but the demoness didn’t even flinch.
Then, she pulled.
Elise screamed.
...
"Underground facility...?" the president whispered.
The assistants froze.
"Mr. President?" one asked carefully.
The president raised a hand. "Wait."
"But sir! If we don’t act right now, the public will think we’re weak!"
His gaze stayed locked on the screen.
His lips curled upwards in amusement, mixed with hope. The truth was that aside from what Nyx and Alexandra said, the government had been struggling to find proof of Maximilian’s crimes, not to mention that of his supposed accomplices.
They were currently busy digging through ChronosX company records, but things weren’t looking as good as he wanted them to. He boldly made an announcement before the public, riding the potent wave of the government’s success in containing most dungeons that broke within a week.
He thought that if he used the public’s outrage that came from Alexandra’s video to show that not only can he protect the citizens from monsters, but monsters in human skin as well, then his position would surely be solidified.
But the truth was that Alexandra and Nyx claimed to have signed many papers that Maximilian used to blackmail them. But the papers were nowhere to be found. There was no audio evidence, no camera footage, nothing.
Thus, the President was in a bind. If, after the tearful video that Alexandra released, Maximilian managed to walk free, then the President’s reputation would suffer.
Why?
Because the public did not care if Maximilian was declared innocent.
In their minds, he was already a horrible criminal. It was a done and dusted case. Now he just had to be brought to justice. Which was where the President came in, thinking it would be a simple job. But Maximilian and his many cronies in the government made the investigation harder than he ever expected.
Thus, this sudden mention of an underground facility felt like an olive branch that was extended to him.
"You damned brat," he whispered. "You better give me something good within the next few seconds or I swear..."
A sharp, unhinged grin spread across his face.


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