NOVPUBIn the room, only the dim light of a desk lamp illuminated the left side of Lanci’s face.
He sat behind the desk, leaning slightly backward, furrowing his eyebrows, and fidgeting with an unlit cigar that seemed to help him focus his thoughts.
"Hyperion, where are you..."
Lanci murmured to himself. 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
The information from the Shadow World had not provided him with any leads on Hyperion’s whereabouts, and this world was so large that he felt clueless about where to start looking for her.
This situation, with Hyperion missing from the start and only him and a cat remaining, had happened for the second time.
Truthfully, he was not accustomed to this feeling.
When he first landed in the Protoss Empire on the Northern Continent, he felt very lonely.
But back then, although they were separated at sea, they could still infer that the other was either in the Protoss Empire or in the Aestheland Kingdom, and with the Great Love Poet on Hyperion, the two of them should have been able to find each other somehow.
In the current story background, they had been separated for more than ten years, completely out of touch with each other.
"Story background..."
Lanci seemed to have thought of something and suddenly looked up at the world map on the wall.
For a "Miss Witch" of this era, if she wanted to escape the pursuit of the Blood Clan...
The best choice would probably be to flee back to the Demon World.
In the first Blood Moon Bad World series at the Shadow World Purgatory Corridor Academy, Lanci heard from the school authorities that there was a "North-South Pact," also known as the "Non-Interference Treaty between the Blood Clan and Demon Race."
In the current troubled times, the Blood Clan dominates the south, with many human kingdoms’ monarchs as slaves to the Blood Clan, while the Demon Race in the north is comparatively weaker, merely occupying the icy barriers of the land farthest north.
The Demon Race must maintain a neutral stance on any matter between the Blood Clan and humans, which is the basic condition for the Blood Clan not to trouble the Demon Race.
However, the Blood Clan once suspected the Demon Race of attempting to secretly break this balance.
The cause of concern for the Blood Clan was that during that period, they discovered humans suspected of disguising themselves as demons, trying to infiltrate the Demon World to steal demon knowledge.
Initially, the Demon World did not believe it, as usually only demons attempted to disguise themselves as humans, and never had humans tried to pose as demons.
That was until later when the Duke of the Blood Clan seemed to have extracted some key information through mind control magic from the family of a Huo Ning Empire Experimental Field Researcher. They found out that a few last surviving members of the Huo Ning Empire Secret Troop were likely hiding in the Purgatory Corridor Academy, and since a long time had passed, it led to the crisis of the Blood Clan special investigators and the Purgatory Corridor Academy.
It was also based on that background that Lanci’s initial journey as principal began.
Lanci flipped through the documents and letters on his desk, quickly gaining a clearer understanding of the current situation.
Apart from a conflict between the Demon Race and Blood Clan in recent years, it seemed that the Demon World was still considered a neutral state.
"Lanci, have you figured something out?"
Cat Boss watched Lanci’s expression with concern, knowing he was thinking about Hyperion.
"If the ending of the previous story, the Sanctuary Evil Banquet, was changed, then the most likely scenario is that Miss Witch who survived has returned to the Demon World. Hyperion might have fallen into the Demon World right at the start of this Shadow World."
Lanci gradually felt that he had some leads on Hyperion.
Although it was only a deduction based on the information obtained from the first Shadow World, these three Shadow Worlds were interconnected, and the Son of the Sun from the Sanctuary Evil Banquet should be the Radiant Demon of the Purgatory Corridor Academy. The chance meeting between the Son of the Sun and Miss Witch might have been at the Purgatory Corridor Academy, and after experiencing the college adventure together, the Son of the Sun, when leaving the academy, could have also taken her, the Half-Demon student of the Purgatory Corridor Academy.
Upon hearing Lanci’s words, Cat Boss instantly felt reassured.
No matter what, they finally had some clue about Hyperion’s whereabouts, and in the end, Lanci would manage to find her.
Moreover, this time they would not encounter Sigrid, and Lanci did not have the accelerator down.
This time Cat Boss was carefully heeding Xiu Bao’s words, to keep a close eye on him in case she was not around.
Although this start had the déjà vu of the journey to the Northern Continent, surely the Shadow World wouldn’t include Sikder’s part as well.
The more Cat Boss thought about it, the more at ease it felt.
"Right meow, if you’re the Prime Minister, then what am I, meow?"
Cat Boss, as a newcomer in the Shadow World, felt that everything around him was filled with a sense of novelty.
"Obviously, you are the Prime Minister’s contract spirit,"
Lanci said, hugging Cat Boss and stroking it.
It was actually a backpack.
"Plus, in this era, a talking cat might be considered an ominous creature disguised as a powerful magical beast, so most of the time, if you need to come out, it’s best to pretend to be an ordinary cat,"
Lanci reminded.
"Meow meow."
Cat Boss nodded its head.
Seeing that Cat Boss had become obedient, Lanci then looked at the calendar and began to ponder.
The Blood Moon Bad World’s Shadow World seemed to be a continuous one at present.
It was just that because the ending of the last Shadow World differed from real history, this third Shadow World also deviated from real history.
Lanci immediately turned his eyes to the bottom of Shadow World’s prompt.
There was actually another indicator related to the odds of the human side against the Blood Clan, as listed in task target 2, where various indicators could be seen.
[Current status of the Palante Empire]
[Public Support: 132/1000 (the support and cohesion of the populace)]
[Senate: 419/1000 (the support rate of the high-level internal figures of the Palante Empire)]
[Military Power: 124/1000 (reference being the Huo Ning Empire)]
[Finance: 221/1000 (the current state of production of the Palante Empire)]
[Diplomacy: 115/1000 (relations with the Demon World and the surrounding nations that have yet to surrender)]
[Overall Odds of Victory: 0.0000%]
[Note: If any category falls below 100, it will trigger irrecoverable consequences.]
"What is this, hell mode?"
Seeing these figures, Lanci was momentarily stunned.
Initially, it seemed fairly simple when task target 2 required raising the odds of victory to 1%.
Now it seemed that even getting the fourth decimal place to budge might be difficult, as the Palante Empire was in no shape to match the Huo Ning Empire.
At that moment, a knock on the door accompanied.
"Come in."
Lanci stopped his train of thought and looked towards the door.
He knew that his busy work as the new Prime Minister was about to begin.
The door slowly opened, and his secretary walked in with several letters of emergency communication.
"The Huo Ning Empire has started attacking the northern border of Briss Kingdom tonight,"
his secretary said with a sense of urgency in his tone.
After reading the correspondence, Lanci’s expression grew more serious.
If the neighboring Briss Kingdom fell, it could be the Palante Empire that was next.
He lightly pressed on his desk to stand up and began to instruct his secretary regarding his agenda for what followed.
At this moment, Lanci had fully stepped into his role, demonstrating the decisiveness and determination typical of a leader.
