Now that war had broken out once more, their people’s livelihoods must have suffered tremendously.

“Henry, what’s your take on this? Why did the twenty-eight nations attack Sol?” James looked at Henry.

Although Henry’s injuries had not recovered fully, he was now able to walk. With war breaking out in the Southern Plains, he followed James here.

Henry thought long and hard about this. After a while, he said, “I think something’s amiss. They justified their war goal by pointing to the lives that were lost in the hijacking incident. I think someone must have arranged for it.”

James nodded.

Henry’s analysis was spot on.

“Who do you think it is, then? What’s their objective?” James questioned. “The one behind the scenes should know that, despite entering into an alliance, the military power of the twenty-eight nations combined is no match for Sol. They should understand that once Sol gets its act together, crushing the twenty-eight nations is but a piece of cake.”

Saying that