MaxonElaine’s lies flooded the screens.In the capital, people poured into the streets before we could block the channels. Not all of them were protesting against me. Many demanded more executions, convinced the evidence was supernatural propaganda. Others carried photographs of detained relatives.The crowd split in front of the palace, and the police received conflicting orders from three different ministers.I ordered the stations closed, the internet suspended, and a curfew declared.The president, whom I had reduced to a ceremonial figure, requested permission to address Congress.I ordered him detained for temporary incapacity.“Sir,” an adviser said, “the soldiers’ families are demanding to know whether the units were used in a ritual.”“Tell them it was defensive technology.”“The footage show
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