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Chapter 66 - The Seer's Justification: A Ruthless Necessity

The image of the nuclear inferno in Afghanistan, broadcast live across the globe, had left humanity in a state of unparalleled shock. The Seer, the entity claiming to save them, had just demonstrated a terrifying willingness to commit mass murder. Now, its voice returned, cold and unwavering, to offer its chilling justification.

"You have witnessed it," the Seer stated, its modulated voice resonating with an unyielding certainty. "You have seen how serious I am about the world's destruction, and about saving it. This is not a game. This is not a warning I expect you to take lightly."

The Seer anticipated the outrage, the moral revulsion, even as humanity grappled with the sheer scale of its power. "You may ask, who am I to make such a judgment? Who am I to kill these terrorists? Why should I decide who lives and who dies?"

The background on the screens shifted, presenting a rapid, overwhelming montage of digital files: encrypted documents, video clips, audio recordings. It was a dizzying torrent of undeniable evidence.

"I will tell you," the Seer continued, its voice firm. "I will send proof of what these individuals have done to the world. Their acts of terror, their atrocities, their countless victims. This proof will be shared, instantly, with each and every one of you. Anyone who wishes to see it, can see it. You will understand that they are not merely 'terrorists' but cancerous growths on humanity, and that they did not deserve to live."

The very idea of such global, instantaneous revelation of classified and damning evidence sent a fresh wave of unease through intelligence agencies worldwide.

"By firing that nuclear weapon," the Seer declared, its voice now edged with a chilling, unwavering conviction, "I wanted to show you the gravity of my resolve. I wanted to show you how serious I am. To save the many, I can and will sacrifice some. This is the reality of the fight that lies ahead."

The masked figure paused, and a flicker of something almost akin to weariness entered its voice. "You have to remember that I am not a bloodthirsty man. As I have told you before, my primary drive is survival – my own, my family's, my friends'. This was not an act of wanton cruelty, but a calculated surgical strike to remove a dangerous, persistent infection from the body of humanity, and to underscore the depth of my commitment."

The Seer's final words were a stark reminder of its origins, of the unseen power it wielded, and the terrifying irony of its existence. "If I had not been granted the power to see the future, you would have never known about me. And the world would have blindly stumbled into a darkness far greater than anything you have witnessed today. Consider this a painful, but necessary, awakening."

The broadcast continued, showing the chilling image of the nuclear blast site. The world was left to reconcile the horrors of the Seer's actions with the undeniable proof of its power and the terrifying logic of its desperate, self-serving mission to save.

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