Chapter 278: 18+
I paused once to give a long answer, and just like that, I practically turned into prey for the reporters.
I was practically surrounded, questions bombarding me from all sides, but it wasn’t like I hadn’t expected it to some extent, so I wasn’t especially annoyed or anything.
After all, the entire concept of me coming to the memorial altar today was a coronation.
They could all sense it—this was the moment when Incheon’s power was officially shifting to me, and that’s what their questions were about. I should answer them nicely. Don’t they deserve to know their own fate, at least a little?
As I continued answering the reporters' questions, it unintentionally turned into something like a press conference, and just like that, I ended up making my first major political impact on Incheon.
"The response seems mostly positive. Especially the political justice you spoke of, Master—it’s getting a good reaction."
On the way back to Muyeol Land.
Even though it hadn’t been long since I voiced my opinion, the issue had already blown up so much that gauging people’s reactions wasn’t a problem.
Soo-ah, walking beside me, briefed me on the situation by summarizing various news clips, Mityube comments, and online community reactions. According to her, there were barely any negative responses.
Not that it was surprising. I’d carefully crafted my words exactly to provoke that kind of reaction.
"Absolute exclusion of all criminal activity—who could hate that?" "Unless you’re directly affected, it’s hard to oppose such a claim."
When looking at it from the perspective of society as a whole, the notion I had just advocated for—absolute exclusion of anyone with criminal history—wasn’t something that could be blindly labeled as “correct.”