Assembly

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Meanwhile, at Villa Kormany, the situation was more tense than usual. The number of guards around the villa's gate had tripled and they were much more aggressive towards any stranger who tried to approach.

Inside the villa were all the exponents of the Kormany, including the Supreme Korman, a surprisingly young man of about 40 years, and the secondary Kormans, or four rather old gentlemen who had recalled some members of two of the most significant government agencies for the Kormany.

The government agencies were those of the councilors and the group of Hinaji.

The assembly room was prepared for this extraordinary and sudden meeting called by the Supreme Korman.

"You called all?? Have news about their arrival??" asked the Supreme Korman to a counselor.

"Yes, Hinaji's group should be almost complete... ".

"Almost complete?? Who will miss??" he asked with a rather annoyed tone.

"Hinaji said he probably won't be there, nor Hikaru will be here... ".

"And why??" asked the Supreme Korman.

"They told me that they had plans and that they would not make it to the assembly... " replied the counselor.

The Supreme Korman turned to the other side to head for the assembly hall.

"It doesn't matter, the assembly must begin immediately!! Call everyone else, hurry up!".

After a few minutes, the assembly hall was full of all those who had to attend the assembly. It was the Supreme Korman who started the assembly.

"I understand that I called this assembly suddenly, I understand the absence of some members, but it was essential to talk and discuss what is happening with Nation 1... ".

Some of the people present looked confused, not knowing what was going on.

"What's going on??" Evie, the third member of Hinaji's group, intervened.

"Nation 1 has accused us of violating code number 37, a code written at the end of the second great war sixteen years ago... ".

After that, the Supreme Kormano read code number 37.

"It is strictly forbidden to use fighters who possess a power during a war, a battle, or more simply to hire such fighters without general consent because they are possible objects of mass destruction".

"So they accuse us of having assembled the group of Hinaji without the consent of all nations... " intervened a counselor.

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Hinaji's group is a group of fighters that the Kormany have assembled as one of the government agencies. It is composed of 8 fighters, seven of which possess power. At the head of this group is Hinaji, possessor of one of two legendary powers, the power of the Moon.

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"I wonder how it is possible... The project of our group had to remain secret, how did Nation 1 come to know about all this??" Evie asked suspicious and irritated.

"We have a feeling that there may be a mole among us, this is possible... " intervened the Supreme Korman.

"What does the president of the nation 1 want to do?? Now that he has come to know what he wants to do??" Evie asked, annoyed by the situation.

"Evie, the subject of this assembly was precisely that... It seems that Nation 1 is preparing a secret alliance with Nation 2... I remind you that this goes against the number 38... ".

One of the secondary Kormany stepped in and read code number 38.

"it is strictly forbidden to enter into alliances with one or more nations of the continent, as this would be contrary to the oath of alliance between all nations taken at the end of the Second World War".

"If this assembly were to go on, it would be intolerable... I think that in this case, it is necessary to invade Nation 1 to prevent them from being allied with other nations since this other possibility has also come up... " said the Supreme Korman.

"Do you want to start a war over this??" asked Evie.

"The risk is there, Nation 1 may want to ally with Nation 8 and Nation 9... This we can not allow it, we must do something, if necessary we must destroy Nation 1... ".

"This might make sense... If we think that, after the second great war, the only two nations not to have signed the codes were Nation 8 and Nation 9... " another secondary Korman intervened.

"I hope that you all can agree with me, I hope that you all accept this proposal of mine... ".

"We still have no evidence that Nation 1 wants to ally with Nation 2 to invade us... it's too risky, I'm sorry but I can't accept... " said Evie.

"Evie, some of our spies have found very clear evidence on this thing... " a counselor intervened.

"I'm sorry, but I won't accept this... To start with this proposal you need the consensus of all, but for my part, I'm sorry there is no consensus... it's too risky... " said Evie.

The Supreme Korman surrendered and ended the assembly.

"You're right, Evie, without everyone's consent no plan can be implemented... We'll wait for more solid evidence... ".

Upon leaving, the Supreme Korman stopped Evie to talk in private.

"Evie, do you have a minute??".

They moved to a more secluded room.

"Evie, obviously given the absence of Hinaji and Hikaru you will have to report everything to them too... I invite you to make the proposal that I made to you today so that I can get a more solid idea".

"All right, I'll report... ".

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At the government palace of Nation 1, meanwhile, there was an assembly between the president of Nation 1 and a representative of Nation 2.

The Kormany's doubts were true. The subject of that assembly was the alliance between Nation 1 and Nation 2. This alliance would be expanded later with nations 8 and 9.

The stability of the assembly among all the nations of the continent was wavering and becoming more and more unstable.

World security was increasingly on the line but, at least for now, no news came out on the news or in the newspapers. The population was kept unaware of everything that was happening to avoid further mess that could have endangered continental stability even more.

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