Riding a large motorcycle driven by Takahar, he sped in the direction of Suzu City Hall.

　--Can you do full acceleration?

　The return trip could be a speed contest. I want to experience the maximum speed beforehand and give Takaharu orders.

　--!

　Ugh..... My upper body warps backwards at the unimaginable acceleration. I was embarrassed to hug him, so I grabbed the belt-like thing attached to the seat.......

　Here's the shame in this place........no, not yet!　I can still stand it!

　Don't lick B!　I made use of my trained torso and clenched my belt with all my might to get out of trouble.

　If it was daylight now........if my [body] was in a weakened state......

　I couldn't help but imagine one possibility, and my body shook with a shudder.


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　Forty minutes after leaving the area of control.
　We arrived at our destination, a park about two kilometers from the Zhuzhou City Hall.

　Civilization was great. If it hadn't been for the means of transportation, it would have taken us many times longer to get there.

　Maybe I should learn to drive a motorcycle.... A car would be fine, but when you think of a small turnaround, a motorcycle, right?

Takahara. How hard is it to drive a motorcycle?
Can you ride a bike?
I can ride.
So there's plenty of room, right?　I think you'll get used to it in mid-size at first, and you'll be able to drive it pretty quickly.

　If you can ride a bike, you can afford a bike...?　Takahar is a sketchy character. It's hard to believe 100% of what he just said, but I'll find time to practice next time.

　So, without further ado, let's get down to business.

Takahara. Be ready to go.
Oh. Okay.

　--Reign!

　I meditate, hold my right hand on the ground and remind myself that the ground is shaking, and at the end of my held out right hand, a black vortex about 30cm in diameter occurs that seems to swallow the space around me.

　The familiar text appears on the smartphone screen.

''We have begun to [rule].''

I have declared you to be sovereign over any hostile force within your effective radius.

"You have 180 minutes to eliminate all hostile forces within your effective range.

Hostile force in range, we have confirmed hostile presence. Eliminate them immediately.

Do you want to show a map of the active area?　[YES] [NO]

　I tap [YES].

　A simple map within a 5km radius appears on my smartphone.

　--!

　I had expected it, but........seriously?

　The countless dots displayed on the simple map - all red.

　White (neutral) is 0........ There were many cases in the areas that had done the 《Ruling》 up until now where they turned yellow (subjugated) when the 《Ruling》 was activated.......

　This time, brilliantly, all the dots were red.

　There are two places where the dots are solidified.

Takahara. Is there a large building right near the Zhuzhou City Hall?
There's a building called the Exchange Center. And there are some smaller buildings.

　Takahar gives me the information I searched for from my smartphone.

　So, that stupid big wall is not only enclosing the city hall, but other buildings as well? It seems that the human stronghold of Suzu City is bigger than I imagined.

　Counting these dots is a pain in the ass........ I dexterously pinch the screen of my smartphone with one hand and zoom in on the points where the dots are gathered.

　I can't count these.........

　I get fed up with the countless red dots that fill the screen.

　Should I take a screenshot and go back to the area of control and count them?

　--Tch!

　I wince and click my tongue.

　Why do I have to press two buttons to control a screenshot!

　My right hand is currently unavailable for use in order to maintain the rule.

　There's no time to relax. A number of red dots begin to move in a hurry.

　I manage to take a successful screenshot with one hand. Then I take a screenshot of the screen with the red dots, moving the map one after another.

　The red dots don't stay, so there is some error, but I succeed in capturing all the points in the screenshot.

　Next thing to do is.....

　I took out my 'loudspeaker'.

My name is Theon. I'm the Demon King who ruled the whole area from Kanazawa City to Wajima City. To the humanity holed up in Suzu City Hall, I tell you. If you surrender, I won't take your lives. If you surrender, we'll guarantee you food, clothing, shelter and human dignity.

　I have a word of advice to the humanity holed up in the City Hall of Suzu.

Those who have the will to descend to my control, be aware of that desire. If you disobey me, more than ten thousand of my men - demons will respond to you by force. You have three minutes to think it over. Think it over.''

　As I announced the advisory, I looked into the screen of my smartphone and checked the number of human beings who surrendered.

　........Seriously?

　The dots on the smartphone screen are all red in color. All of the human beings holed up in Suzu City Hall were showing their intent to fight.

"Well, this is bad..... Takahar, we're retreating.
'What?　Shouldn't we wait three minutes?
I can wait, but you'll be fighting thousands of humans.
Well that's a tough one.

　With a fed-up expression on his face, Takaharu got on the big bike he was driving and we quickly began our retreat.


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　Thirty minutes after the retreat.
　Thanks to our full-axle sprint, Takahara and I successfully returned to the controlled area.

　After returning to the controlled area, I decided to return to my residential area and begin the process of checking the results of this time - the screenshots. There are too many dots to count by myself, so I transfer the screenshots to Kanon. The canon transfers the received screenshots to the humans who have made it their family unit. The tedious task was divided up, and after an hour we had a rough idea of the number of enemies.

　The number of humans holed up in Suzu City Hall is approximately 28,000.

　That's all we could get out of this reconnaissance.

　The results we obtained were well worth it, but we also lost a lot of money.

　One was the CP.
　Due to the failure of the 《Governance》, all CPs were depleted.

　It could be said to be a big price to pay, but this was to be expected.

　The price that was not expected - the morale of the enemy was improved.

　The news that was covered extensively on the internet--

Breaking news: The hero of Suzu City. He successfully defeated the High King of Kanazawa!

　The Demon King Theon, the High King of Kanazawa, who was vigorously expanding his domain in the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture. The heroes of Zhuzhou City joined forces and succeeded for the first time in defeating the Demon King Theon, who had been expanding his territory recklessly.

　And a picture of people with jubilant faces posted with the article.

　This retreat was a strategic retreat. However, humanity had no way of knowing that this was the case...and the retreat from the reconnaissance had the effect of boosting humanity's morale.