The United Nations Security Council chamber fell silent.
The US Soldiers who had followed Field into rebellion watched Kirk panting on the screen, his gaze proud and resolute as a tiger's. They watched the monster army get swept into a massive vortex by the Kirin monster's death explosion. They watched celebrations erupt around the world. And they began to waver.
Was there any point in what they were doing?
They had rebelled because senior military officials had stirred them up, claiming that the people in power refused to use Nuclear Weapons against humanity's enemies. The ordinary soldiers couldn't understand why, and they longed to save their homes from the alien threat, so they had joined the military coup.
But the facts had proved that humanity's heroes could resist the alien invasion!
That made their actions seem utterly foolish.
Launching Nuclear Weapons was an act of desperation.
Now that hope of victory had reappeared, who would be crazy enough to plunge Earth into a nuclear winter?
The first assault rifle hit the floor.
Then a second, a third, and soon countless soldiers were setting their rifles down. Some officers even ordered their troops to turn their guns around and surround Field and the other coup leaders.
Field snatched the red briefcase from the president and hurriedly pressed the buttons. "Don't look at that! I only trust my own Martial Force! Nuclear Weapons—"
His voice froze. He stared in disbelief at a soldier with a bullet hole in his chest.
The soldier hadn't expected to actually pull the trigger, either. He stammered, "I-I think we should trust the heroes!"
Field collapsed to the floor.
Earth was filled with jubilation. But out in the universe, it was still cold.
Kirk was gravely wounded. If not for the Alien Queen's bloodline, he would already