Super-Duper Ultimate Illegal Operation

“Thus, we’re focusing on this place as the mastermind behind the raid that took place two days ago.”

“Hmm.”

All six captains were gathered in the company conference room. Ophelia was a captain too, since she had a proper maid unit under her command, so there were six of them.

Everyone was furious after hearing that our soldiers had been attacked. That included me—how dare they attack our troops? I was so annoyed I could hardly stand it.

“Can’t we just march in right away? From the map, it looks like it’s just across one sea.”

“Unfortunately, the Awakened Ability Use Act and the International Awakened War Protection Treaty make that difficult.”

Because of international treaties, awakened ones cannot enlist in the military or participate in conventional wars that use ordinary weapons. However, in the case of an internationally recognized unlawful invasion, awakened ones who are nationals of the invaded country may use their abilities only against the invading military.

And while limited, allied troops from other countries who have awakened abilities can also stand against the invading army. But that comes with an extremely tricky, annoying, and time-consuming process.

Aside from the cases above, there are basically no lawful, problem-free situations in which an awakened one uses their ability on a person. Well, aside from things like sparring by mutual agreement.

“How troublesome. In the old days, I would have started reciting a declaration of war right away.”...