Malik's sharp roast and unabashed laughter finally break the room. Several journalists burst out laughing, and for a moment, the press conference takes on the loose rowdy energy of a stand-up comedy show. Everyone seems to get the joke except Ryoma and his team.
Nakahara and Hiroshi remain somewhat oblivious to the context. Kurogane and Sera, however, fully catch every bit of Malik's sarcasm, leaving both visibly uncomfortable and intimidated by the reaction from the journalists.
Hayakawa and the rest of the security team keep their composure, maintaining the same professional silence despite the attention now fixed on them as well.
Even Ryoma realizes how ridiculous his statement must have sounded. If he were not a regressor from the future, burdened by the desire to protect society from what he knows is coming, he would never have said anything so absurd in the first place.
