For the Earth Federation's top brass, these past few hours of wild ups and downs had sent quite a few of them reaching for fast-acting heart pills.
When they learned that the Reapers had arrived before Earth, a group of them fainted from fright.
Then, when they learned that Earth's fleet could no longer hold the line, another group fainted from fright.
Yet just as the conference hall descended into chaos, news suddenly arrived that reinforcements had come and successfully driven back the Reapers. The higher-ups cheered and celebrated, while some others fainted outright from excitement.
And now... they had suddenly learned that the mysterious fleet had headed for Antarctica?
So some people once again...
"I'm fine!"
After shoving a handful of fast-acting heart pills into his mouth, the bald, fat-faced chairman of the Earth Federation Joint Chiefs of Staff waved his hand and drove off the doctors, who had skillfully rushed onto the podium to carry him away on a stretcher. What a joke. Couldn't they see that he was one of the few still standing? If they carried him away, who would spread the good news to the citizens of the Earth Federation later? This was a perfect chance to raise his prestige and approval rating!
Anyone who dared compete with him would have hell to pay!
"What do we do now?"
Seeing that his superior seemed to have recovered his vigor, the adjutant hurriedly stepped forward to ask. The Federation's higher-ups had originally decided to send a delegation to contact this mysterious force. They were not blind; from the battle reports and footage Admiral Mitama had sent back, they had already seen that this mysterious force possessed powerful technology! If they could obtain that technology, the Earth Federation would gain unprecedented power!
When that time came, the