บท 2202: No Choice

President Raymond stared at the intelligence report before him with unadulterated horror. The sheer significance of the information it relayed shook him to his very core. 

"Is…" He hesitated. "Is this real?"

"…I'm afraid so, Mr. President." The Director of the Gorteau Bureau of Intelligence directed a grave gaze at him. "We barely managed to catch wind of this. We only got this information thanks to our network of spies that had managed to enter the highly classified division in the Kandrian Institute of Biotechnology."

The President of the Republic of Gorteau gritted his teeth as he suppressed the urge to throw up. Just the notion that former High Judge Sage Kole had been healed after joining the Kandrian Empire sent chills down his spine. 

"What is happening…?" Anger and frustration flashed in his eyes. "Just what is happening in that damned country?!"