10. Record

Dr. Aiken, how is your research going?

General, please have a look at this.

We converted Yulia's broadcast into text through speech recognition.

This is what Yulia said on the radio.

Have you carried out the test?

We have conducted many rounds of testing and found no adverse reactions to either viewing or reading.

Only those who actually heard Yulia's broadcast were affected.

In other words, the problem is with Yulia, not...

Sorry to interrupt. General, we have received a voice recording from the Eastrise.

They say this recording has something to do with Yulia.

Play it.

Yes, General.

Buzz... Repay kindness with evil... Buzz... If I were Niz... you wouldn't have lived to see this day...

That's why you're not Niz. You're just a scoundrel spreading rumors... Buzz...

What right does a betrayer have... Buzz... Back when Niz got attacked...

Oh? So you're innocent of all this? Raeon knows you... Buzz...

SHUT UP!!!

*Yawn*... So sleepy. What do we have to discuss that we must get up so early?

Did the Watchtower do something again?

It has nothing to do with the Watchtower. It's about information from Bifrost.

What information?

There was a large-scale and unusual crowd movement in Vologda in Bifrost.

Vologda? Is it the army stationed in Bifrost?

No, they are ordinary citizens.

Ordinary citizens? Could it be a protest?

No, Bifrost is governed by the military, and with Niz, there can't possibly be a large-scale protest.

Did the informant give any other information?

There was an audio file, but I lost contact with the informant after receiving this file.

Audio file? Shall we listen to it?

Sure.

Encircled by hungry wolves.

Abandoned by our allies...

Is this Yulia's radical speech? Did Niz release her?

Come to think of it, she does have a point. What do you think, Firentia?

Uh... Well... How should I put it?

Violence is justice!

We fight violence with violence!

Ah, wait... What am I talking about... Stop!

Burn! Burn!

Get out on the streets! Viva la Revolution!

Fight! We must fight... the enemy!

We won't survive if we stop fighting!

Hold on! Where did you hear that slogan? Yulia didn't say this, right...?

Oh... Yulia... Lord Yulia... Hehehe...

No... Stop... I can't be brainwashed!

Fight!

Stop fighting! Think about your grandmas!

Think about your families! Think sensibly!

Darn it! Anyone else here?! Turn off the recording!

Phew... Ha... The mental shock is too huge. It's even stronger than the psychedelic drugs in Nebu.

We barely held it with the recording alone. What's Yulia trying to do?

Is she planning a coup by brainwashing the whole of Bifrost?

...This is probably the reason for the crowd movement in Vologda.

What chaos she has caused after being locked up for so long. She really is quite something.

Shiyu, Firentia, what's going on?

I got an alert that you two went out of control with your close guards.

That's not true. Firentia and the two guards went out of control. Only I kept my sanity in the crisis.

...Whatever.

When did Yulia have such power to make you almost lose your minds with just a recording alone?

I don't know. If we check now, we will still find an excessive amount of dopamine in my body.

This is much more effective than ordinary brainwashing.

Yulia has already got the tool to start a coup.

If she gets in power again, she will definitely repeat her radical actions against Eastrise.

Firentia, penny for your thoughts?

I'm wondering if we should give Yulia a hand.

Give Yulia a hand? She leads all international wars Bifrost has.

Are you looking for a reason to go to war with Bifrost? Warmonger!

Tsk, you don't know Yulia. She's an opportunist.

The reason she starts wars is to find an excuse to control the army and essentially seize power.

Like any politicians without a moral baseline, they will do anything to achieve their goals.

Our support will help Yulia seize power more easily, so she has no reason to refuse.

Then we can hollow out the Bifrost government.

But how can you be sure Yulia only has Bifrost in mind? You're taking a risk here, Firentia.

What do you think, Lord Raeon?

I don't think Yulia can destabilize Niz's power. We don't need to invest in a loser.

And Niz is my only sister, after all.