Cid - Great Idea?

John’s shoulders are still slumped, but he’s emanating waves of raw power.

“Wha—?!”

“Is that…really what you believe…?”

His voice sounds like it’s resonating up from the void.

What’s with this insane force?

It’s not even magic. It’s like his willpower given form—

It’s almost as though he’s saying Yukime’s judgment was flawed.

He’s testing her. To see whether or not she’s fit to be his partner…!

But still… What was it she overlooked?

Yukime thinks back over their exchange.

Then she realizes something.

“Ah—”

If, hypothetically, they managed to introduce a huge number of counterfeits into circulation…then the MCA’s credit system would crumble.

Once the people harbored suspicions about the MCA’s bills, they’d probably go in droves to trade them back for official coinage. However, due to the MCA’s credit creation, they’ll have issued many times more value in bills than they have cash on hand. They won’t be able to cover all the exchanges.

The MCA’s paper currency will become little more than scraps of paper.

In other words…

“You would have us introduce vast amounts of counterfeits into circulation to intentionally trigger this credit crisis?!”

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Volume 3, Chapter 4