A new day had arrived. While Las Vegas shone like a radiant pearl in the night, the city looked like a painful hangover in the morning. 

Hattori Masao and Hattori Mei exited the presidential suite under the protection of a massive hoard of fighters. 

“Father.” Hattori Mei called out as they entered the lift. “What strategy do you think the Pentagon would come up with this time?” 

“I think they’d probably have the United Nations place some stress on China. Perhaps through an economic sanction. This is the only tactic the Americans can resort to at this dire moment,” answered the man. 

Hattori Mei hummed in thought. “But China is not Russia. China’s light industrial productions hold a large share over the world. American and European countries will not function well without their cheap goods. Plus, China is the biggest consumer market in the world. America’s Apple devices, automobile industry, luxury goods and tourism are inseparable from the Chinese market. Any sanctions aren’t just punishing them,...