"Now I feel like I've finally returned to the right place. The smell of gunpowder is even oddly comforting... Actually, now that I say it, it sounds strange. Do you think so too, Lapland?"

 

"Yeah. Thanks for putting it that way. Anyway, looks like I’ve finally got some room to breathe. I’m not sure if it’s too late though…"

A few minutes earlier, over Miami International Airport in Florida.

A human-sized figure rapidly decelerated while falling toward the ground and landed, blending into the many Black Eagle soldiers moving around the runway and hangars.

The surroundings were chaotic, with the heavy smell of explosives filling the air, and the smoke was thick just like the stench. This was because the Dagger Team had broken through the airport using most of the conventional warheads, ICBMs, and shells from the Southern Command.