Thus concluded the short meeting, and everyone departed.

Seeing as a plan to strike at the Nipponese Underworld had already been devised, certain factors had to be considered in advance, and preparations had to begin right away. These preparations included conscription for the next few years, officially recovering the Hanyang Underworld, and construction in the Strait of Tsushima and the three eastern provinces.

After this meeting, all of the directors were undoubtedly going to begin to make some moves. However, there was still a lot of time left, so there was no need to rush.

The other factor to be considered was the pressure from other underworlds. The three pillars were definitely going to get involved. After all, this was going to be a blatant denial of an underworld's right to exist, so the three pillars were undoubtedly going to be deploying their troops. According to the current plan, the idea was to intercept these troops with the second-generation forbidden art. However, a question arose from that arrangement: who was going to intercept these troops prior to the detonation of the forbidden art?

The armies of the three pillars were definitely no joke. During the conference in Nara, Qin Ye had witnessed Erinys's Golden Fleet. The naval might of the three pillars was certainly nothing to be scoffed at, and once their troops were deployed, they would definitely...