A Good Show (Part 1)

New York, United Nations Headquarters, International Conference Hall.

The newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State had two miniature toys—a Decepticon and an Autobot, made by some unknown company—placed on the conference table before him.

Today, he would reenact the long-arm jurisdiction performance staged years ago by one of his predecessors, who had wildly waved around a vial of laundry detergent.

"...A month ago, Cairo, the capital of Egypt, was attacked by aliens. Vast sections of the city were destroyed, and large numbers of Egyptian civilians and military personnel died in the aliens' massacre!"

The Secretary of State immediately drew the attention of every country present with his opening words.

Although everyone had more or less guessed America's purpose before the meeting, after all, before actively requesting this conference, senior U.S. officials—from the president to the secretary of defense and the secretary of state—had visited several traditional allies and held multiple rounds of secret talks.

Even though the talks had been behind closed doors, humans were the worst at keeping their mouths shut. Rumors would always leak out.

Still, although most national representatives had come prepared, when the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State attended his first ministerial-level or higher international conference at the United Nations and once again put on this display of long-arm jurisdiction, representatives from many countries immediately felt displeased.

Do they still think they're the same arrogant America they used to be?

Several years ago, during that war where black was called white, a certain U.S. Secretary of State had held up a vial of laundry detergent and insisted it was a weapon of mass destruction manufactured by some Middle Eastern country.

Relying on its unrivaled military strength, the United States had ridden roughshod over every UN member state, comfortably taken a dump on their heads, and