Who's Afraid of Whom?

D had long expected New America to extend an olive branch to him.

The reason was simple. As a modern feudal theocracy, the United States had always been a nation of religious fanatics. Ideas like being the chosen nation and God's people were among the foundations on which America had been built. Ever since the Unification War ended, President Miles had been trying to completely reunify America once and for all.

After all, both sides had been evenly matched during the Unification War. It was only after Arasaka intervened and gave both sides a way out that New America and the Free State finally signed an agreement. However, the Free State had only joined New America in name and had never truly acknowledged it.

To President Miles, if she could gain D's approval, then as a religious nation, it would be equivalent to gaining God's approval. In that case, New America's complete reunification would no longer be a problem.

For D, this was actually a decent choice as well. As long as he joined forces with Miles and strengthened New America, he could pressure the mastermind behind the scenes into revealing himself.

But why should he?

Duanmu Huai had never liked the United States. In fact, he had always felt disgust and contempt toward America. Stupid, arrogant, savage—the line from the Zizhi Tongjian, "They fear authority but do not cherish virtue; they observe minor propriety but lack the greater sense of justice," was the perfect description of America.

Help America reunify?

What a joke. He would love nothing more than to see America follow in the Soviet Union's footsteps.

So D directly rejected the New American leader's request. What did New America think it was, anyway? If that President Miles dared show up, he would beat her so badly that