"But... I don't understand, Attendant."
Tong You settled back into his original seat, bowing his head to keep his expression hidden, making himself look as if he was in deep thought.
Stiff Dragon was sitting beside him; neither of them spoke, nor did they exchange glances, but they had been communicating through the team channel all along.
The other major figures around them were silent, while the lower-ranking staff were whispering or busy with other tasks.
Although nobody truly wanted to witness what was about to happen, it was clear that things had reached a point where there was no other choice.
After more than seventy years, the second actual use of nuclear weapons in human history was about to take place on the soil of the country that had invented them, deployed by its own citizens.
After today, the jewel of the West Coast, the City of Angels, Los Angeles, will forever exist only in people's memories and the records left behind.
