Skye and Gwen were delighted to have two new colleagues arrive, especially since the newcomers were about the same age as them.
Gardiners Island was large.
But...
There were very few people they could actually chat with.
Things had been fine some time ago. After the two explosions in Washington, Rachel and Helen had also been moved to Gardiners Island under the agents' protection, and the same went for Stacy's family.
After all, they were considered family members of the Supervisory Bureau, so they naturally received some preferential treatment.
But as the situation in Washington gradually quieted down at an astonishing yet bizarre speed, Rachel and the other family members gradually left Gardiners Island.
The personnel on Gardiners Island returned to their previous numbers once again.
Every country in the world was watching the situation in Washington closely. In fact, based on the predictions of people around the world, the Federation seemed likely to collapse completely.
Texas was already itching to secretly pull out the flag of their Lone Star nation and clean it, waiting for the right moment to reestablish the Republic of Texas.
But...
Washington had stabilized.
What was more, under the baffled gazes of most people, the Federation's stock market—after plunging for a period following the massive explosion at the Capitol Building—stopped falling once the Designated Survivor system took effect and Karen Elizabeth Ross was sworn in as the Federation's new president.
Well, damn.
The stock market's plunge came to a halt. It even began rising across the board, in a way that made absolutely no scientific sense. It was a complete, market-wide upswing.
It seemed...
The explosion at the Capitol Building had not been the beginning of the Federation's decline, but the starting point of its rise to a new glory.
That was far beyond what