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「Got it. There’s nothing we can do against Europa, after all. I’m fine with that division of roles.」

Kou answered at once. Since they couldn’t join hands, he had no objection to taking on Sabazios and Alexandros III by dividing up roles.

There was only one he had to keep in mind.

—Don’t trust Hermes. That’s all.

There was no point in overthinking things against a super AI modeled after the god of schemes. Kou had decided to proceed on the assumption that everything Hermes did was malicious by default.

「You understand this, I’m sure, but you’re taking on a rather thankless role.」

Hades drove the point home.

Kou already knew that—but as someone present at the table, Hades had to say it out loud.

「Just what I want. I already declared I’ll kill Sabazios.」

An internal shockwave ran through everyone present except Hermes and Vasa.

Kou raised his index finger toward the heavens. By sheer coincidence, it resembled