Let’s Manage the Tower - Volume 20 Chapter 8
Volume 20 Chapter 8, Reactions at Amamiya Tower
Alec and other high-ranking officials were gathered in the executive branch meeting room on the Fifth Floor of Amamiya Tower.
The purpose of the meeting was to decide on countermeasures against the current disturbance.
Of course, there were measures to be taken against forces outside the Tower, but the main topic of discussion was the measures to be taken against the residents of the town.
“So? How are the rumors going?”
Alec asked, to which one of them replied.
“Intelligence officers from various countries are working hard. It has completely circulated as something the Amamiya Tower… did.”
Intelligence agents were just peddlers speaking about rumors, so there was no real way to stop them from spreading it.
[Well, not like there is a point in stopping it from spreading] Alec thought.
“What about the possibility of using it on the Tower’s Floor?”
This was the part that Alec was concerned about.
There will always be those who think that an offensive weapon, which would be a dependable force to protect the town from foreign enemies, could also be aimed over their heads.
Even if such a situation would not happen, an agent could be made to think it would.
“It seems to be a widespread story, but few people seem to think it will actually be directed at them.”
Alec was inwardly relieved to hear that.
If the rulers of the Tower were thought to be atrocious, their first thought would be that it would be directed at them, but the fact that they did not think so, meant that their strategy had worked out so far.
Well, in fact, Kousuke was not the kind of person to do such a thing in the first place. Naturally, those of them here knew that from meeting him face to face at one time or another. However, that was not the case for the residents here.
After all, Kousuke never revealed himself to the public.
He may be considered a living god, which was true, but that did not stop him from actually holding the real power of the Tower.
Naturally, if the person who in a sense holds the fate of any populus in his hands were to be perceived as a tyrant, it would affect his future governance.
The option of deliberately engaging in a politics of fear was not even an option from the start with Kousuke at the top.
“To be precise, I guess I believe it is being passed off as if such a thing could happen.”
Even if an intelligence agent posing as a peddler whispered that the weapons used this time could be directed inside the Tower, the truth was that the town’s inhabitants did not take it seriously.
They don’t see the need to do that in the first place.
“…What do you mean?”
“They seem to think that if they wanted to kill us, residences, in the first place, they could have done it in any number of ways, including using a large number of monsters…”
There was truly nothing to refute that claim.
It was not known that Kousuke had a large number of summoned beasts, but it was understood that the destinations of the transition gates in the Tower were obviously coordinated.
Even if there was no offensive weapon involved, Tower’s rulers could, at any time, destroy the town, and everyone knew that they could do so.
But such a thing has never been done, even in the short time that the town has existed.
On the contrary, organizations such as the Crown and the executive branch were created but rarely show up in public.
In a way, this was a comfortable town to live in for its residents, different from towns that were swept up by entities such as lords and nobles that tried to manipulate their residents.
“What to say… was I just worrying too much? Well, if I let myself relax, I won’t know what to do if something really does happen, so I will do my best not to let myself get relaxed.”
Alec said to the dignitaries and closed the meeting.
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Alec next visited Crown.
In front of Alec were three department heads, including Schmidt.
“How’s it going over here?”
“Nothing much. It’s been easily accepted that such things can happen.”
How resilient, Schmidt said.
“Well, they’re the ones who came here to make a living in the first place. That means they have some guts and determination to begin with.”
“What about the adventurers?”
“Oh, they were never a problem from the beginning. They understand that a sword is all they need to kill someone in the first place.”
Adventurers who always work with death in their lives and knew they didn’t need any major tricks to get rid of them.
Though, it was not known that the rulers of the Tower could summon monsters at will.
However, it was already common knowledge that they could simply close the gates to shut them away.
It should be noted that logically, the ones who took the trouble to create a safe area would never do such a thing.
“Somehow, Kousuke-dono doesn’t seem to be thinking that far ahead in terms of his actions, but it seems that every bit of it is being thought of in a good way.”
“Well, I guess the biggest factor is the announcement that he’s a living god.”
Schmidt replied with a sigh.
“…Oh, I see.”
The members here have known Kousuke for a reasonably long time.
Since they have known him since before he became a living god, they tend to forget that.
But not so for the residents and adventurers.
At first, the main ruler of the Tower was an unknown human being, but now, they knew that this ruler was an actual living god.
To put it bluntly, they believe that they were indirectly receiving the blessings of a God.
“What can I say… I’m afraid I’m going to be swept away like this many times in the future…”
Alec couldn’t help but mutter to himself, and the others couldn’t help but laugh.
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“Well, I hope this will make the rest of the world pull back.”
“No, it won’t.”
It was Floria who quickly denied Kousuke’s mutterings.
“Ah, I knew it…”
“Because this time, they were prepared way too much before we showed that attack. In the first place, if they were willing to back off that easily, they would have already done so after that stunt you made where the Three Goddesses appeared, right?”
“What do you mean?”
Collete tilted her head, uncertain.
“It is already known that Kousuke, the ruler of Amamiya Tower, is a living god. The only thing they are interested in right now is if you will appear when the military moves, or so they said.”
“Even with the Kouhi-san incident, they’re still planning on doing something extremely dangerous here~”
“No, I think they might think that they had a pretty good chance of being right, don’t you think?”
Floria said so and looked at Sylvia.
“Yes, they probably do. After all, normally, it would almost be impossible for a God to have a direct hand in this realm in the first place. And by the way, the only thing that a God would have direct control over was done by a messenger or a representative of said God. That’s how it has been and known.”
Kouhi’s previous incident was only because it was a direct ridicule towards Kousuke. If it had been about Crown or the Tower, Kouhi would not have come out.
“But we did protest as Amamiya Tower, didn’t we?”
“If he had protested that directly as a living god, the result might have been different.”
“I see~. Since he protested as Amamiya Tower, did they decide that the Gods would not be directly involved in the protest?”
“Someone in the kingdom must have made the final decision, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were clergy in between the decision making process.”
Kousuke nodded in agreement to Floria’s words. Kousuke himself did obviously have the power to directly act.
However, this was a fact not widely known to the public. In fact, only the members of this group knew about it.
They thought there should be a good reason why the other countries would continue to march on, and this was apparently the reason.
What was being discussed here was only speculation, but it was, in fact, quite true to reality.
Those that decided to raise their arms really believe that God would not directly interfere with their invasion. However it was a miscalculation. Although Kousuke did not appear, and was simply using the Tower’s function, it had turned into an unexpected way of preventing the invasion without using the power of God.
“Well, surely, even if by some chance he does have the power of a God to interfere directly, he wouldn’t go out of his way to use it.”
Kousuke was sure to get a lot of criticism from other members of the group as to what other offensive weapons there were, but to Kousuke, they were just part of the Tower’s functions.
He did not know if the other Towers had such a function, but he thought that it would not be surprising if they did.
He believes that the fact that the usable range being deliberately limited to within the continent was evidence of this.
In fact, they would not know for certain until the other Towers did the same and they could confirm it.
Incidentally, the other members of the group also thought the same way, so it could be said that the girls had been tainted by Kousuke’s way of thinking.
Whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, they did not know at this point.
