"We did an absolutely beautiful job."
"Really, it couldn't have gone any better!"
"We gave Bald Eagle a beating right in their own home! And they can't even say anything! They have no evidence!"
"Heh heh, the problem happened on their own turf, the people doing the work were their own people, and the ones attacked were their own people.
"And we even saved their people!"
The flying swords had returned successfully. The naval officers and soldiers were held in check by discipline and could not say anything, but the outside personnel had already erupted in celebration.
Within Shen Le's sea of consciousness, all kinds of information surged. The little ones were also happily celebrating loudly. Shen Le smiled faintly as he listened to them crowd around Mountain Warden and Li Xingtang, constantly asking about the details of that attack and shouting:
[Next time, let's get closer!]
[Let's give them a proper, head-on beating!]
[Anyway, now we can fight and run! They can't find us, and even if they do, they can't catch us. Even if they catch us, they can't hit us! If they bully us again next time, we'll hit them hard! Cut one of their big ships in half!]
[Exactly, cut one of their big ships in half!]
Iron Armor trembled with a metallic ring. Its helmet swayed once to the left, then once to the right, making a "head-shaking" motion far more exaggerated than normal:
[No—too big. Can't cut it. And it would hit the power plant. It would explode.]
[Well, technically, that thing is called a nuclear reactor. Li Xingtang, what anime have you been watching lately? Gundam? EVA?]
Iron Armor fell silent, while Shen Le laughed without stopping. The Special Affairs Bureau staff celebrated and laughed as they went over every flying sword with