Events on the other side of the Pacific had quickly brought Tokyo's top echelons together.
Representatives from the six financial conglomerates and Phoenix Academy Kochou gathered in the Iwasaki Group's top-floor office.
Their concern for the incident on Paradise Island stemmed partly from speculating it might be related to the Different World.
On the other hand, they also worried Nett might truly intend to harm Hunter.
Although they always preached freedom and democracy, encouraged individuality, and urged the lower classes to scatter their efforts and not believe in others—stressing that all was well so long as one fended for oneself.
But they knew better than anyone that when it came to family affairs, state affairs, or world affairs, nothing was trivial; everything was interconnected.
Most people simply lacked the capacity for such recognition; they had it, and they understood that the best way to deal with a crisis was solidarity.
