Before they could dig up the alien corpse, they dug up an alien communicator instead. Although they had yet to achieve the main objective of this operation, it was still a major discovery, so they reported the situation here to Evenson.
However, Evenson did not seem particularly concerned. As usual, he merely instructed, "Carefully store that thing away for now. Bring it back so we can study it slowly."
Then he urged them, "It's about time. If you haven't found anything else, wrap things up and come back early. Don't drag this out and risk some other complication."
"What is it? Did... something happen?" Moira was deeply puzzled by Evenson's attitude. Back when he had pulled her out of the lab and assigned her here, he had been brimming with excitement and anticipation. How long had it been? Why had he suddenly become so listless?
"Mm... something did happen, but it's still hard to determine exactly what." Evenson's voice remained calm. "In any case, don't take too long."
This incident had come without warning. Evenson had not anticipated it at all. Half an hour ago, the Black Badge Division had suddenly received a message from the US Military. Military satellites had detected high energy readings appearing in the skies above California and Nevada.
After comparing the energy wavelengths, they found them to be very similar to the readings previously detected in New Mexico and London—the Bifrost of Asgard.
Thus, the military had basically concluded that Asgardians had once again arrived on Earth, and that they were within the United States.
The US government had therefore handed this intelligence directly to the Black Badge Division and secretly ordered them to take preliminary action. Holding the authorization documents and the energy comparison report, Evenson paced back and forth through the room, casually