"No, Mr. Phastos, I just think that if you hadn't helped humanity create the atomic bomb, that war might not have ended when it did. Who knew how many more people would have died in that war afterward?
If the countries that launched the invasions had won, the consequences would likely have been even worse—far worse than the deaths of one or two hundred thousand people.
I've always believed that bad people should be punished. You can't sacrifice good people's lives just to save bad people.
And it was precisely because of the atomic bomb, because nuclear weapons came into existence, that those ambitious warmongers no longer dared to casually start large-scale wars.
World War I and World War II were only twenty-one years apart, but more than seventy years have passed since the end of World War II, and the world has remained at peace. That peace will last even longer.
Because everyone understands that if a third world war breaks out, nuclear weapons will destroy the entire planet, and everyone will die.
It was precisely because you helped humanity invent nuclear weapons that humanity has remained peaceful until now. Otherwise, the third, fourth, and fifth world wars would probably already be over by now.
Around sixteen million people died in World War I, with around ten million wounded. Around seventy million people died in World War II, with around 130 million wounded.
Mr. Phastos, can you imagine how many more people would have died on Earth by now if humanity had never invented nuclear weapons with your help?"
Faced with Phastos's questioning, Jerry's expression did not change as he slowly laid out all his reasoning and hard data before him.
"Besides, the most important point is that you only wanted to help humanity develop faster. You can't blame