At the words of the man from the Illuminati, all eyes turned toward Lotus.
They had, of course, all heard about the matter concerning Yi Beidou.
Stirring up a storm in Japan, one man against an entire nation—it sounded impressive, but no one present found it particularly surprising.
Against the backdrop of the bustling metropolis of Tokyo, Japan's military and modern weaponry couldn't be fully deployed. It was a case of much ado about nothing. Any one of them could have accomplished something similar without much difficulty.
The Mortal World was, after all, just the Mortal World.
What truly concerned them were the rumors related to the Hidden Realm.
Rumor had it that the true form of the Pioneer Group's "Alchemist" had fallen at Yi Beidou's hands—and apparently, it had happened within the Alchemist's own strongest Secret Realm stronghold.
This was something they had to take seriously.
