Meteorologists repeatedly warned the Emperor that it was not suitable to travel to South America by aircraft at this time. The climate there had been extremely abnormal recently, and airports in many South American countries had been forced to close because of torrential rain, with large numbers of flights delayed or canceled. Aircraft manufactured by humanity could not contend with the raging power of nature. The expressions of the meteorologists aboard the Helicarrier as they studied satellite cloud maps were the best proof of that conclusion.
The Helicarrier and Sky Battleships were equipped with vast amounts of radar and other observation equipment for monitoring targets. The data returned by those radars delighted the accompanying meteorologists. No position offered a more direct way to obtain firsthand data than working aboard a Helicarrier. The videos they captured with cameras and the data they gathered, combined with satellite cloud maps, might unravel the mystery behind this unusual weather.
Thick cumulonimbus clouds began to form a vortex, and a hurricane was taking shape above the Caribbean Sea at an astonishing speed. Diana List and Aura of the Sisterhood raised their heads, gazing through the terminal's glass walls at the gray-black sky. Though it was morning, the sky was as dim as dusk. Torrential rain crashed down alongside thunder, revealing nature's majesty and violence in full. Like the weather itself, everyone was speculating over whether the Emperor would come. Officials from the Cuban delegation repeatedly asked whether the talks should be suspended because of the weather.
But Diana List insisted that the Emperor would come, because she had received his promise not long ago.
The US Navy Fourth Fleet was currently encountering unprecedented wind and waves. Extreme weather had brought fierce wind and torrential rain down upon the fleet without warning. Several aircraft that had