Objectively speaking, Riley knew they were already doing far better than what would've happened had they followed the Ministry's conventional procedures.
The intentionally reactive MBE would've only begun mobilizing after receiving incident reports, and that had been by design.
It was originally structured that way so the organization couldn't exercise its authority unless its intervention was actually deemed necessary. That, in turn, allowed the other territories to feel a greater sense of balance despite the organization being led solely by the Dragon Lord.
Sure, that was great during peacetime.
But in that unsettling period right before a war actually began, when nothing overtly alarming had surfaced just yet, and all everyone could really do was brace themselves because it definitely felt like shit was about to hit the fan?
Well, it was precisely in moments like those that such policies intended for procedure felt like the most restrictive thing imaginable.
