Chapter 204
*** Change and Conflict ***
The Masters eventually suppressed the mechanical robots’ massacre, with the users appearing after being sent a new mission request two hours into the attack. However, by that point, the damage was already done. The number of people who died worldwide was close to 100,000. These weren’t casualties from a war zone or an underdeveloped country; they were from the epicenters of the modern world. The mechanical robots targeted and attacked areas with high [population densities], such as Seoul, the Liberation Monument Square in China, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which Merlin had visited in the past. Hence, most people couldn’t push aside the losses and reality as a [distant matter].
The world fell into a state of shock.
Outside of the mind-blowing number of losses, the most shocking aspect for most people was that they didn’t know or understand the identity of their ‘enemy.’
National organizations had retrieved the mechanical robots that invaded their respective countries and initially tried to contain the release of any information regarding the assailants. They knew that the level of technology possessed by the robots was beyond modern science. However, since many people got their hands on the mechanical robots’ parts during the chaos of battle, the truth was soon unveiled by various news organizations, and countless reporters began to write numerous articles on the subject.
Existence of mechanical robots that seemed like futuristic weapons… who was their creator?
There were many opinions, ranging from aliens to the deployment of a covert United States experimental war machine. Yet, nothing was clear, so all theories were pure speculation.
“And the Masters showing up presents another problem.”
At first, signs showed that some countries attempted to control the media narrative, but there were too many eyewitnesses due to the dense, high population levels where the robots attacked. Moreover, DIO Masters were often well-known individuals like professional athletes, so they were easily recognized by the general public. Furthermore, the Masters remembered what they had done, so it was impossible to hide what truly transpired.