Truth
"Hey, are you crazy? This is our mission! Move aside and get to it!"
Hatanaka Hiroshi drew his gun again, but Kato swiftly drew his own and aimed it at Hatanaka Hiroshi.
He aimed while tears streamed down his face.
"Don't force me to shoot! Wouldn't it be better if everyone lived?!"
The resolve in his voice stood in complete contrast to the vulnerability on his face.
That contradictory attitude genuinely startled Hatanaka Hiroshi. Everyone had seen the power of the Delay Gun.
And because of the delay, if they really started shooting, there was a considerable chance they would take each other down with them.
He did not dare take that risk and could only complain, "Are you insane? It's an alien! This is our mission! Who knows whether it's dangerous!"
Hatanaka Hiroshi's words stunned Kato as well. He truly had no way to guarantee that the alien was harmless. It looked weak, but its leap through the window earlier had proven just how strong it was.
Perhaps because it had lost too much blood, the baby Onion Alien's violent struggling gradually weakened, and the expression on its face grew increasingly feeble.
Yet even so, its flailing claws still tore open Kato's back, leaving several deep bloody gashes.
Kato cried out and staggered away, then turned to stare at the Onion Alien child in disbelief.
This thing that looked so harmless still possessed such destructive power even while badly wounded?
Many of the aliens on Earth had come here to seek refuge and lived among humans. But it could not be denied that most of these aliens, even the most basic grunts capable of interstellar travel, possessed physiques far beyond those of humans.
Without the help of the Reinforcement Suit, humans were truly no match for aliens.
Even