Here is a brief standalone note for this occasion.

Some readers have pointed out that having five people protect two billion seems utterly implausible. In reality, it isn’t as far-fetched as it appears, for it is well known that:

A sound national defense policy does not necessarily ensure the people are truly protected; rather, it ensures the people believe they are being protected.

Witch Miharu Nishikawa merely threatened to destroy two billion people, but this threat has not been publicized or led to uncontrollable chaos. As such, for now, it remains nothing more than a verbal menace.

In other words, the northernmost city is still in the first phase: “There is no concrete evidence that would require us to take countermeasures.”

Should the crisis escalate, entering a second phase, adjustments would naturally be made. But for now, in this initial phase, logical reasoning, prudent consideration, careful planning, and rational decision-making all indicate that the current strategy does not require a large staff for Section Six.

To use an analogy, you wouldn’t blame Boston Airport for not having enough personnel to screen passengers before two planes crashed into the World Trade Center, would you?

Who, at that time, could have known those Arab men were hijackers?

Enough digression; in short:

Those who ward off disaster receive no gratitude, but those who clean up scorched ruins are hailed as honored guests—that is human nature.

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