The CH-53 Sea Stallion, Rice Country's largest transport helicopter, was carrying out a tearful farewell in its cabin.
Ford Brody was the one who would live. Joey Brody was the one who would die!
Hao Shuai hadn't expected Dr. Serizawa to be pointing at Joey and Ford Brody. He didn't realize it until the two men had boarded the helicopter.
Hao Shuai could only marvel that protagonists really were protagonists. Ford had even survived being nearly trampled by a MUTO. His father, Joey Brody, hadn't been so lucky. He was already breathing his last.
If Hao Shuai had been willing to intervene, he could naturally have saved him.
But Hao Shuai wasn't Mother Teresa. How could he risk exposing himself for someone who had nothing to do with him?
Of course, if Ford Brody had been willing to trade Omei for himself, Hao Shuai might have... refused.
How could he agree?!
Hao Shuai wasn't the sort of person who took advantage of someone in their hour of need. Right?
At last, while Hao Shuai stood by, Joey Brody soon kicked the bucket. By then, the helicopter had reached its destination: the U.S. Navy's USS Saratoga.
After climbing out of the helicopter, Hao Shuai looked at the coastline in the distance, then down at the American aircraft carrier beneath his feet. He couldn't help thinking, The Supreme Emperor is incredible. They've sailed an aircraft carrier right up to the Japanese coastline.
"Dr. Hao, come inside. It's windy out here." Dr. Graham beckoned him into the carrier's command room.
"This time, we're going to find a needle in the ocean: the MUTO, or Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism."
In the command room, Admiral William, the U.S. Navy's senior admiral and the operation's commander, pointed to the screen behind him. "The rest of