The final, defiant words of Kenjiro's broadcast hung in the air, a challenge thrown into the digital ether. He lowered the drone, his hand trembling with a mixture of adrenaline and sheer, unadulterated terror at what he had just done. He had, in no uncertain terms, declared war against a shadowy, cosmic entity he didn't understand, and he had invited the entire world to join him. The silence in the wagon was deafening, broken only by the gentle creak of the wheels and the soft sigh of the wind.