After Dilos had settled everything and taken Creel back to the underground base on Isla Sorna for experiments, the upper ranks of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the United States government had already descended into chaos.
The White House, Washington.
"How is this possible?! Twenty sitting senators, thirteen full generals, over forty lieutenant generals, more than a hundred major generals, over a hundred and thirty brigadier generals... all vanished at once?!"
President Dean stared in disbelief at the report his assistant had handed him.
"How is this possible? How could all these people simply disappear?"
And that was not all. Large numbers of soldiers and guards under those high-ranking figures had vanished as well. Compared to the losses among the upper echelons, however, the loss of soldiers and guards was secondary. After all, the cost of cultivating political and military leaders was far greater than that of training soldiers and guards.
Even though the United States still had plenty of political and military leaders this year, losing a full fifth of them at once was no small matter. It was practically on the scale of a national war!
"Gather the remaining senators, generals... and the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the secretary, and the Secretary of Defense!" Thinking of a terrible possibility, President Dean immediately issued an order. "I want to find out exactly what happened!"
Meanwhile, at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
"What did you say?!"
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters shot to his feet, his one eye glaring at Hill. "Three members of the Security Council have all disappeared?!"
Hill nodded with difficulty. Naturally, she knew what this disappearance meant. So-called disappearance was nothing more than death.
With Dilos's methods, there might not even be bodies left to find.
"Damn it! He's gone way too far!"
Nick Fury cursed harshly. Knowing Dilos's way of doing things,