Inside the conference room.
At the mention of the highly sensitive name Ghost Captain, those seated below began murmuring among themselves.
Their feelings toward Ghost Captain were complicated. On the one hand, the two sides had clashed unpleasantly once, and Ghost Captain was still holding more than a hundred of their crew members. Although their safety had been confirmed, this was undoubtedly a humiliation for the world's foremost power.
On the other hand, it was Ghost Captain's intervention that had ultimately led to the bomb being defused. It would be no exaggeration to say that he had saved America and all of humanity!
Although he seemed to have caused the whole affair in the first place, those were separate matters. They still owed him this debt.
Of course, all of this rested on one fundamental fact... even if they wanted to fight him, they stood no chance!
"Then, if it was Ghost Captain, why would he do this?" the Secretary of Defense asked with a frown.
"Well..." The man clearly could not explain Ghost Captain's motives.
The District Chief, who had been looking down in thought, suddenly spoke. "Regarding that... we at Area 13 have a theory!"
"Oh? Of course, you've had contact with Ghost Captain. Tell us what you think!" the Secretary of Defense said.
"I believe you've all read the intelligence analysis reports I submitted on Ghost Captain. They were all written by Jay, a veteran member of Area 13. He has unique insights into the intelligence on both the aliens and Ghost Captain.
"After the bomb was defused, he conducted another in-depth analysis of Ghost Captain!
"First, consider the strength Ghost Captain has revealed so far. Aside from a base of unknown capabilities in the Pacific Ocean near the South China Sea, there's that Space Battleship!
"That