"Command received."
"Commence bombardment in three minutes and twenty seconds!"
The Holy Flame Arbiter began its bombardment sequence.
In the pitch-black reaches of space, a colossal warship ten kilometers long suddenly changed course in near-Earth orbit. It turned its broadside toward the blue planet, and its decks burst open like dragon scales, revealing dense rows of enormous cannons. They were aimed squarely at the four Japanese islands in the Pacific Ocean.
The nations keeping an eye on space—and on the mysterious warship that had appeared there—were breaking out in cold sweats.
What on earth had happened in Japan?!
The American president was especially alarmed, terrified that the warship's guns might turn toward his own country.
They could tell that the Fourth Wallfacer's original plan had been merely to intimidate Japan. But who knew what had happened to make things escalate to this point!
The phones at the Xia Nation's embassy were practically ringing off the hook!
Almost every call came from a head of state. They were desperate to know what had happened in Japan. Was the Fourth Wallfacer planning to destroy the entire country?
Don't get the wrong idea.
The representatives of other nations weren't acting out of kindness.
They didn't care whether Japan lived or died. They were simply afraid of suffering the same fate as the hare after the hounds were gone: if the Fourth Wallfacer could destroy a country without cause today, then tomorrow he could destroy them in the same way!
With Alvin's approval, the Xia Nation replied to them one by one.
Japan had closely allied itself with the ETO Organization and plotted to overthrow human civilization. The evidence was conclusive and unforgivable. It had to receive the harshest possible punishment!
That was Alvin's bottom line.
In extraordinary circumstances, you could ally with the