--"This station reports that a tragic incident occurred at a military base at 10 p.m. last night. General Vincent, the serving military general, chose to swallow a gun and commit suicide over military scandals, unauthorized use of funds, and other issues."
--"General Vincent, whose full name was..., had served in the military for fifty-six years. He was a..."
While transferring flights to the United Nations headquarters, Ah Xiruo saw the news and looked as though she had not fully woken up. "That Vincent died pretty quickly, huh? I thought he would at least try to save himself..."
"Unfortunately, there was probably no room to maneuver." Huo Zhen gently shook his head. He had been the one to receive Vincent when he entered the Divine Prefecture Embassy for negotiations that day. He had never imagined that only a few days later, the other man would commit suicide... or be suicided.
"I heard you plan to divide up America's nuclear weapons?" Ah Xiruo suddenly asked.
Huo Zhen nodded. "This is a good opportunity to remove their claws and fangs... After all, throughout history, they were the only ones to have dropped such ultimate weapons elsewhere. It is time to regulate them."
"Everyone probably thinks the same way." Ah Xiruo propped up her chin and gazed at the clouds outside the window. "After all, dealing with weapons like those is still quite troublesome for you."
Huo Zhen pondered before saying, "Dragon Lord, can you give me a definite answer... Can the Heaven Punishing Sword Net really intercept them?"
Ah Xiruo calmly replied, "Why couldn't it? Could a missile possibly move faster than you, or faster than that old bastard? That said, maintaining the Heaven Punishing Sword Net consumes an enormous amount of spiritual power every moment. I can't keep it running forever...