Xiao Ran's cold curse rang in the ears of Juzo Okita and Kodai Susumu. Being called a bunch of useless trash left them both stunned for a moment before their expressions changed.
Juzo Okita opened his mouth, but in the end, all he showed was a complicated expression. Perhaps, deep down, he knew Xiao Ran was not wrong. In some sense, people like them really might have been useless.
Kodai Susumu was younger, yet more composed in his actions than most young men. Even so, faced with Xiao Ran practically cursing him to his face, anger still rose in his heart. He snapped loudly, "What do you know? What right do you have to call us useless? You're not even from this world, and you haven't experienced what we have! Countless people died resisting Gamillas. What right do you have to say that about us?"
Xiao Ran gave Kodai Susumu a cold look. "A soldier who cannot protect the civilians behind him is useless. I don't need to know anything, and I don't need anyone's permission. I don't care how many soldiers died in this war. A soldier's duty is to protect civilians. All I know is that if it were me, even if I had to fill the gap with lives, I would never let one of those so-called Planet Bombs fall on Earth."
"In just one year, you let others turn Earth into this state. If that isn't useless, then what is? Don't give me excuses about surprise attacks. Put simply, you were too weak. When there was no crisis, I imagine the Federal Army was busy fighting for power and profit internally. Then again, any federation is probably like that."
Kodai Susumu gritted his teeth and said indignantly, "You... you don't know anything at all!"
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