"Your Excellency, the President, I want to say that the Desic Empire will not intervene in this war lightly, but I know these words won't help us much. The public won't believe our judgment, and with the international situation constantly changing, no one knows what will happen next. I can't guarantee anything." Russell stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the crowd gathering in the square outside the Presidential Palace. "Moreover, I can't make a rash decision to drag the Leray Federation into the quagmire of war. I understand very well that one wrong move will make the Leray Federation the fuse of a cosmic war!"
"But!" Russell looked into Hamilton's eyes with a determined gaze. "We cannot accept a hasty peace either! Even a political idiot like me can see that the Western Alliance's intention is merely to buy time! Once they are ready, Gazalin's withdrawal plan will turn into an invasion plan, and we will suffer the consequences."
