Chapter 147
By the evening of June 20th, the magical cube hovering over the Roland Royal Capital disappeared, and everyone trapped in the trial space was released, with no casualties confirmed. The officials from various countries who participated in the joint meeting and made the decision to cooperate with Joey finally breathed a long sigh of relief, believing they had made the correct decision.
At that moment, they no longer needed to worry about potential accidents and could look forward to the promising future of the Spirit Forgers system spreading, though they understood this future would inevitably include rough and dark aspects that would require their continued attention.
Regardless, this difficult challenge had been resolved.
One needed to understand that Joey’s character in the Cursed+ Painting incident was not particularly noble. Even though they had reached a cooperation agreement with him, it was merely a verbal promise with no substantial constraints. If Joey were to suddenly renege or had deceived everyone from the start, and the officials had already issued statements to the public promising the missing persons would return safely, the potential consequences would be devastating. If casualties or injuries occurred, it would undoubtedly deal a massive blow to the officials’ reputation, and most critically, people would blame the government for being misled and taking no preventive measures.
In other words, from the beginning, proposing cooperation meant they had to completely trust Joey—believe he would not break his word and that he was not a manipulative criminal, but a truly pure and trustworthy artist.
This was a gamble with thousands of lives at stake. A bet that this powerful extraordinary individual would choose to stand on a friendly side.
For politicians long immersed in conspiracies, this was rare. Fortunately, Joey’s identity was so special that the potential benefits of being on good terms with him far outweighed the risks of antagonism. This tempted government leaders from various countries to take the chance.
The key element driving this decision was the Special Case Investigation Team from Yao Country—they seemed to have tremendous faith that this powerful extraordinary individual would not act recklessly. Although their reasoning was that a fortunate individual had been acquainted with him, staying close for nearly two months and allowing them to understand his temperament.
But determining a person’s true nature was incredibly difficult, especially for someone who had barely appeared, leaving room to question whether this was a mere facade. Making such a massive gamble based on vague character assessments and self-assured understanding, potentially risking thousands of lives and facing international backlash, seemed unnecessarily risky.