The video continued playing.
Little Smith, who had undergone augmentation surgery and completely become a Spartan-II soldier, swiftly and nimbly climbed into the pilot pod.
The pilot pod's hatch closed, after which he entered the interior of the entire war machine.
Next, the remaining war machines were deployed one after another. Finally, the one carrying Smith also left the Infinity-class warship.
The scene shifted to the viewpoint of a drone circling above Tokyo.
Smith's war machine was seen battling several prehistoric giant beasts. The situation now perfectly echoed the video of the agent speaking with Smith and his family earlier.
The video ended.
"Everyone." Serena explained to those present:
"The three videos shown earlier will be played alongside the combat footage of the battle against the Reaper Civilization. By then, the public will know about the existence of the Spartans."
"But if these videos are released, won't people say... that training a twelve- or thirteen-year-old child is highly immoral?" an official asked doubtfully.
"There's no need to worry about that." William gently waved his left hand.
"In the videos, both the parents and the children volunteered to participate in the Super Soldier program.
Umbrella also anticipated that when the people involved had said nothing themselves, a group of anti-intellectual busybodies would definitely stick their noses in.
Besides, we all know that no matter what we say or do, there will always be a group of people who argue for the sake of arguing, claiming that what's right is wrong and what's wrong is right.
But with our company's capabilities, we can suppress those anti-intellectual remarks immediately. Besides..."
At this point, William looked up at the video that had stopped playing and smiled faintly.
"Besides, it's precisely because these Super Soldiers began training from such a young age that we can