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The head office of the Clan ‘Illuminati’ was located in Munich, Southern Germany. In it, a middle-aged and handsome blonde gentleman, Joachim Wolff, folded the tabloid newspaper he was reading and chuckled dumbfoundedly. “Everyone is really fired up because of the rumor about this Asian.”

The tabloid’s front page article had the header ‘The Genius Who Became a Ranker in Half a Year.’ The featured article was about the Tyrant Lee Chang-Sun, whom the Illuminati had recently taken interest in. At first glance, the writer seemed to be sending high praise to the genius of the century who appeared in the small eastern country, but they concluded the article by stating, ‘It is difficult to tell if the rumor is true yet.’

The sentence implied a very simple meaning. Korea was considered one of the countries with the strongest Players, but unlike Europe, America, or China, Korea had no ‘king.’ Therefore, the writer reached a doubtful conclusion that the Korean government could have fabricated their star.

In other words, the Korean government was putting up a show and creating rumors about the ‘Tyrant,’ the super rookie who had set the world on fire. However, Joachim lightly snorted as he read...