The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

The drizzle of an overcast morning was accompanied by the sound of magical broadcasts echoing across the entire city.

"Good morning, City of Chaos!"

"Yesterday's sacrifice of life concluded with a grand total of exactly three hundred souls! Thanks to the unending sectarian strife of the Esoteric Religion, the City Administration District alone lost ten; there was also a council member who perished, and I bet you all owe money now because the City Administration Bureau surely won't swallow this loss easily!"

The followers of the Life Ecclesia were very efficient, and they had long coveted the fertile grounds of the border city, having endured much and suffered contempt and humiliation for a long time,

They had borne scorn and insult all this while.

The past three years they didn't even make it to the top thirty in the Chaos Daily ratings; they've lost to the Biochemical Legion for two consecutive years, and last year they lost to the goblins.

The shame alone would have been enough, but no—

This year their undercover agents were named one of the 'Top Ten Advanced and Progressive Collectives of Farol' and were officially recognized as 'Good Citizens,' complete with certificates and awards.

For undercover agents to be named Good Citizens was an utter disgrace within a disgrace!

It's no wonder the city government couldn't blame them, as the followers of the Life Church neither carried haemobio diseases nor engaged in robbery. Lacking any distinct social flair, even their killings and sacrifices were pollutant-free and harmless; the Mother Goddess of Life consumed it all, leaving not a trace of city trash behind, demonstrating a strong sense of public spirit.

Even their sacrifices were without discrimination, targeting everyone equally.

Such an exemplary citizen group was naturally named Good Citizens.

The followers of the Life Ecclesia had endured the insult for too long. Now it was time for them to exact their revenge!

Kavensis's leadership was merely the spark.

They had actually entertained the fantasy of sustainable sacrifice...

This cursed place, corrupt from top to bottom, ought to all be sacrificed!

Thank Lord Kavensis for giving them this opportunity!

In an instant, the prestige of Lord Kavensis Black among the followers of the Life Ecclesia reached its zenith.

On the City Administration Bureau's side, they saw the Life Church openly emerge and unabashedly carry out sacrifices all over the place.
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With that, all the events of the past three days became crystal clear.

The Life Priesthood and even the creatures from the void... This entire series of birth actions was indeed orchestrated by them!

Minister Ansu's guess had been correct after all.

These followers of Life Esoteric, though appearing as Good Citizens on the surface, harbored wolfish ambitions!

Thanks to Minister Ansu for giving them the chance to cleanse the city!

In an instant, the prestige of Minister An Su Moningsta also reached its peak among the followers of the Sanctuary of Chaos.

The Mysticism of Chaos and Life Esoteric had fully erupted into conflict. Though referred to as a conflict, "war" would be a more fitting description.

City Administration enforcers and followers of Life Esoteric were engaged in street battles everywhere.

With the outbreak of war,

The civil unrest of the Chaos citizens had completely reached its climax.

"Recovery Department Minister Mr. An Su Moningsta will be attending today's press conference,"

"At the conference, Mr. An Su strongly condemned the Life Esoteric's act of sovereignty infringement, stating that the hegemonic sacrifice-oriented behavior of the Life Church would sooner or later be sanctioned by the law, an inviolable baseline for the Sanctuary of Chaos."

"According to the introduction, since taking office, Mr. An Su has restored neighborhoods with a 'zero percent' disapproval rating, making an indelible contribution to Fanael's selection of the most beautiful city."

"At the same time, Mr. An Su, who also serves as Minister of Health, is world-renowned for surgery survival rates far exceeding one hundred percent, making a tremendous contribution to our city's population optimization efforts and being hailed as 'Farol's Most Beautiful Doctor' for his compassionate medical practice."

"City Hall is becoming ever more disappointing, and in these most unstable times, the council has become incapable of responding to the people's expectations. Only new leadership can lead us forward."

"In keeping with principles of fairness and openness, this segment now initiates a vote for mayoral candidates. We call upon all citizens to cast the most just vote with all their hearts."

"We assure all citizens that this vote will adhere to principles of openness and transparency; there will be absolutely no deceit and no bias toward any candidate."

"At the end of the program, please allow us to thank Mr. An Su Moningsta, the largest sponsor of this event, and also thank Mr. An Su for the wonderful benefits he is providing for the audience."

"If you do not vote for Mr. An Su, you may freely receive the full set of medical services from City Hall."

Inside the Recovery Hall.

After finishing the magical broadcast, the editor-in-chief lifted his head, his face breaking into an ingratiating and pleasing smile, and he said to the young man before him, "Minister Ansu, do you think this presentation is satisfactory?"

According to his position, An Su was the Minister of the Recovery Department, truly the superior of the chief editor.

"Why do you ask for my opinion? That's odd," he said.

An Su revealed a calm smile, "I can't interfere with you. As long as it's fair and just, that's fine."

Warm sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, brightly shining on the youth's body, causing him to squint his eyes, a gentle smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

[An Su Moningsta]

[Mission One: All Members Survive (Progress two-thirds, Time Remaining 24 hours)]

[Mission One: Devotion to Public Service (Progress two-thirds)]

[Final Assessment Begins]

[Special Hidden Position, Mayor of Farol]

[Please, within twenty-four hours, obtain more than eighty percent of Farol citizens' votes, as well as the support of the majority of the blocks. If you fail, the city council will settle accounts with you and your party members.]

[Fierce Hell Avenue Public Support Rate: One hundred percent]

[Nightmare Street Public Support Rate: One hundred percent]

...

[Queen Street: Ten percent]

[Radiance District: Three percent]

...

[Your overall support rate is thirty percent]

An Su had high support rates in many blocks, such as Infernal Street and Nightmare Street, because there were no voters left alive to oppose him, so the support rate reached one hundred percent;

In contrast, some blocks with larger populations, like Queen District and Radiance District where the nobility resides, had low mortality rates, resulting in low support rates for An Su.

This guy had already made the support rates directly proportional to death rates.

There are also some blocks, such as the slums, where the mortality rate wasn't high, but support rates were very strong; not because they liked An Su, but because the current council was too corrupt and incompetent,

An Su couldn't possibly be worse than them, could he?

"By the way."

An Su said to the chief editor again,

"Just asking, no need to feel any pressure, but could you give me the voting list for Queen District and Radiance District? Do they have any objections to me... I just want to understand."

He was sweating profusely.

Cold sweat seeped from the forehead of the chief editor who quickly ordered his subordinates to compile a list, and soon, they brought him a directory.

The reasons for not choosing An Su were varied and strange; dark elf nobles complained that his skin wasn't dark enough, female voters complained that An Su was male, biochemical nobles felt that An Su not being sick was a slight against them,

On the other hand, the vampire ladies rated An Su quite highly, expressing they had never tasted blood from someone of An Su's breed,

Due to his 'Child of Darkness' talent, and being a saint,

His blood was dark with a touch of light, light with an infusion of dark, a very rare panda blood type, truly a delicious treat!

If they could have a good taste, they would vote him into office.

These voters were all noble officials, and their votes had a much higher priority than those of common citizens.

Even though it was said that everyone had the same priority on the surface.

"Here is the complete list."

The chief editor's voice trembled, "Minister, you won't do anything to them, will you?"

"You must be joking. I'm just an ordinary Third Order Magician, what could I possibly do?"

An Su said with a smile.

He stepped out of the Recovery Hall, casually taking Miss Enya's robe and draping it over himself as he left the City Hall.

"Tell that old immortal to sacrifice everyone from Queen District and Radiance District."