Everything Was Ready-All They Needed Was a Favorable Wind

This announcement from Huaxia was not sent only to Neon. At the same time, every country and region in the world received the letter from Huaxia.

The moment they learned the contents of Huaxia's announcement,

most people reacted just like Hayato Ikeda and thought the Chinese had gone mad.

But after repeated discussion and analysis, quite a few countries reached the same conclusion as Neon:

Huaxia and the Bear had put on an act.

To be fair, there wasn't much wrong with that assessment.

After all, across the entire world, only the Bear and Across the sea, the two great bullies, possessed long-range ballistic missile technology.

Across the sea would never provide the Rabbits with technology, while the Bear and Huaxia belonged to the same Red Camp.

In other words, the Bear had the technological resources to support Huaxia, as well as the political stance and motive to do so. The only thing standing between them was the well-known rift caused by their split.

But the main reason for the conflict between Huaxia and the Bear was their ideological differences, and that was a point of contention whose importance could vary.

If the Bear was narrow-minded and especially concerned about those differences, it would be no surprise if the two sides came to blows. But if the Bear was more tolerant, then the issue wasn't all that fatal.

Until now, everyone—including those Across the sea—had assumed the Bear was the former.

But...

What if the Bear was actually the latter?

Then their split with Huaxia had fooled the entire world.

So once they realized this,

most countries capable of getting involved in the matter took two steps at once:

First, they sent fleets to the area announced by Huaxia to monitor and harass them. Second, they increased their scrutiny of