What followed held no surprises. After America abandoned resistance, the remaining countries saw that the tide had turned and that any chance of opposing the Earth Defense Force Alliance was gone. Helplessly, they chose to join one after another.
In the end, astonishingly, every member state of the United Nations joined the Earth Defense Force!
Although quite a few minor factions and tribes had never joined the United Nations, the Earth Defense Force had effectively swept up all the major powers on Earth!
The politicians present gathered in small groups, some excited, others dejected, exchanging views and discussing the future direction of world politics.
Although the meeting had ended, the changes it would bring to the world had only just begun...
Outside, the meeting left people with a lasting sense of shock and disbelief.
Even those who had joined the demonstrations had never expected things to suddenly turn out this way. I was only tagging along, hoping to urge those rulers to unite a little against the invaders...
How had things suddenly... gotten so out of hand...?
Every country in the world had joined the Earth Defense Force? And they had simultaneously signed mutual defense and nonaggression treaties to present a united front against outside threats?! The news came so suddenly that no one was remotely prepared.
Although the Earth Defense Force Alliance looked exceedingly fragile, and no one dared guarantee how long it would last, it was still the first global military alliance-an event that would define an era!
Some people even called that day... "Earth Day"!
On the other side of the conference room...
Codename had been sitting there quietly all this time, as still as a thinker. She observed the reactions and expressions of those around her while using the projection disc and satellite network to