Machine War: Starting from Gundam OO

Chapter 1336 Yang Hui’s control? Guidance?

Many people gathered in the dining hall of Drestliga. The shortest one slept in his room for a whole day. When he woke up, his stomach was empty. The first thing he thought of was to find food. As a result...

As soon as I arrived at the cafeteria, I learned that [Drestriga] had set out again, heading to Mars to meet up with the 20th and 21st fleets, and that a new alien civilization had appeared on Mars, etc.

Everyone was originally very happy and were planning to talk about the results of the last battle and compare with each other. However, after hearing this news, they lost all mood and the food in front of them tasted like chewing wax.

"These are eventful times," sighed Aggie St. Claus.

"Why are there new enemies?" Asagi Shunichi complained.

"That's right! It's because there are too many hostile forces now that the federal army decided to eliminate the threats from Ulugaru and the Zanskar Empire first. We just won a great victory, but heard this kind of news..." Jun and Zhong were also complaining.

"It's hard to make people happy." Everyone shook their heads at the same time in tacit understanding.

"Don't say such discouraging words." At the same time, Graham also found a seat with his meal tray and joined the others. "Isn't this the nature of this unit? They run around when there's nothing to do, and they also run around when there's something to do. This is an independent unit."

"Lieutenant General!"
Aggie St. Claus and others stood up nervously and saluted, even Jian Tie and other mature people did the same. After all, Graham's military rank was there, and his strength was recognized by everyone.

"Don't call me Lieutenant General." Graham waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down and relax. He didn't like such serious occasions. After all, it was not wartime, and...

"But Lieutenant General..."

"I told you not to call me Lieutenant General! That bastard Yang Hui is only a colonel. Calling me Lieutenant General is too disgusting!"

In terms of duty and identity, he is Yang Hui's bodyguard. In terms of strength, he is the second in command after Yang Hui. Yang Hui is only a colonel, and he is quite unhappy when others call him lieutenant general. Instead, he feels like it is a mockery, as if he can only rely on this special situation to suppress Yang Hui.

"Um... yes..."
Everyone also knows that Yang Hui and Graham have a very good relationship. It is said that they were originally companions and have fought side by side all the way to the present. They have also been competitors, always chasing Yang Hui's footsteps, eager to surpass him.

"Mr. Graham...?" asked Ida Takamori of the SRX team tentatively.

"It's all right, just call me by my name, don't always worry about these little things." Graham waved his hand.

"Well...Mr. Graham, I'm curious about something."

"Go ahead. I'll answer based on my mood." Graham smiled jokingly. After following Yang Hui for so long, who wouldn't be a black-hearted person?

"Um... then... I asked?" Sure enough, this familiar smell, isn't it the one when Yang Hui was being scheming against them?

Birds of a feather flock together. You can’t support me!

But Ida Longsheng was still too curious. He wanted to know: "Mr. Graham, why did you join the Promise Corps? Was it just because of Mr. Yang Hui?"

"Good question!"
The curious people all gave Ida Longsheng a thumbs up in their hearts. They were also very curious about this question. Not only Graham, but also other members. Although Graham did not exist in this world, there were a lot of Optimus Primes, Tops, and Aces, including Rebil, in the Promise Corps. Why were such people willing to be left behind? Why were they proud of being members of the Promise Corps? Why had there never been a power grab or internal conflict?

"Well... Yang Hui did play a big part, didn't he?" Graham thought about it. Yang Hui's invitation was indeed one of the reasons why he joined the Promise Legion. "After all, that bastard Yang Hui is the target I must defeat. If I didn't follow him to join the Promise Fortress... Oh, there was no legion at that time, only a few of us, but it doesn't matter. They are all small matters. In short, he went to other worlds to adventure, but I stayed in my own way. Wouldn't it mean that I would never catch up with him in my life?"

"Hmm!"
Everyone nodded, this was indeed in line with Graham's personality and style, and they looked forward to what would happen next.

"And then..." Graham's mouth curled up in excitement as he thought about it, "...If I hadn't joined Promise Fortress, I wouldn't have been able to explore various worlds, and I wouldn't have met various exciting opponents!"

"Uh..." XN
Well, another battle maniac with a very iconic smile. "Actually, I didn't know what Promise Fortress was at the time. Even Yang Hui didn't know. At the time, we were in the Gundam OO world, which was our hometown. The situation was quite serious. At that time, Mr. Ioria faked his death and established an organization called Celestial Being..."

Then, Graham told everyone what happened in the first stage of the Gundam OO world, just like telling a story, but everyone was fascinated, even Ken Tetsuya, Ryu Ryuma, Elzam, Zenga, and Irum. This was a story they had never experienced before, but it was exciting.

"…That's it. A pioneer of change, how can such a grand undertaking be without me, Graham Aika!?"

"Haha, you are indeed the one. What next?"

"Then, I learned about Promise Fortress, and then I joined."

"So that's how it is..."
Everyone suddenly realized that Yang Hui and Graham had such a past, no wonder they could form such a deep bond. The same was true for Aiolia Huechenberg, Huang, Wang Liumei, Setsuna, the Dylandi brothers, Allelujah, Tieria and others.

"Is it the same in other worlds?" Elzam asked. This was a good opportunity to collect intelligence. Although the mission briefings of each world could be found in the depths of the central database with the permissions he had obtained, listening to the stories of the parties involved was another perspective that could help Elzam better understand the Promise Legion.

"That's about right." Graham finished his food in two or three bites and continued, "Yang Hui is very good at using his identity to plan things. He makes the most of all the resources he has, and he is also very good at bewitching people."

"To confuse people?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment. In the eyes of many people, "bewitching people" is not a good word. It mostly refers to using deception and other means to confuse people and mess up other people's thoughts.

But after being in contact with Yang Hui for such a long time, I don’t feel that Yang Hui is deceiving them? Although he often teaches them a lesson, it is all sincere. The strictness during training and teaching is also to help them grow... But he really likes to teach people a lesson.

"Didn't you guys notice?" Graham smiled meaningfully, "Many times, Yang Hui doesn't do anything, doesn't say anything, and still gets you to act according to his ideas?"

"Uh..." XN
Everyone looked up at the same time and recalled, it seemed... that's it, huh?
"That guy has studied human hearts very thoroughly. He can give the most appropriate guidance at the most appropriate time, making you subconsciously believe that what he says is right. Although most of what he says is indeed right, this plants a seed in your subconscious mind, and when you take action, it happens to be in line with his ideas." Graham has suffered greatly from this, but he is also knowledgeable. He has seen too many people like this, and he himself is one of them.

"Eh? In that case... aren't we... being controlled by Mr. Yang Hui?" Artie in the audience exclaimed.

"Stupid, that's not the case." Compared to his sister's innocence, Qi De was much more mature. He knew that Yang Hui was not controlling them, but... how to say it? Guiding? Or... leading the way?
"Of course not, because Yang Hui himself didn't notice it." Graham spread his hands and said with a casual smile.

"Eh? What... does this mean?" Everyone was confused again.

"He is a person..." Graham finished his drink and continued, "...He is a bit of a saint. He helps anyone he wants to help. Everything he does is the most appropriate action at the moment, such as comforting, encouraging, and teaching. He has never thought about how to guide a person to use him in the end, and he will not deliberately manipulate or force anyone, but...the final result will become what he wants. Don't you think it's amazing?"

"Awesome!"
Everyone admired, especially Ken Tetsuya, Ryu Ryuma, Elzam, Zenga and Irum, their thoughts were the most mature among all the people present, and they influenced others with the most real and casual attitude, gradually making others agree with his views and willing to fight with him. This is not something that everyone can do.

If you can say it is manipulation, it is true, but... everything is sincere, not malicious deception, and it does not disrupt anyone's thinking.

This should be what is called... Sincerity is the eternal killer move, right?
"How can it be as amazing as he says?"

"Eh? Mr./Colonel Yang Hui?" A familiar voice sounded behind everyone. Turning around, they saw Yang Hui and Ryukinosaki also walking towards them with plates in hand.

"Mr. Yang Hui, Ms. Ryukino, please take a seat." Ida Takamori and Ando Masaki, who were sitting next to Graham, were very considerate and stood up to offer their seats to the two. Others also consciously made way for them. Graham was already surrounded by people and had difficulty finding a place to stand.

"Then we won't be polite." Yang Hui smiled and didn't act pretentiously. After all, he saw that they had finished eating, but he and Ryukinosaki were still hungry.

"Colonel Yang Hui, what did you mean when you said it's not that amazing?" Elzam asked. His purpose was obvious, but he felt that Yang Hui would not care. After all, it was agreed upon at the beginning. And based on Elzam's understanding of Yang Hui, if this kind of thing was not suitable to be brought up, he would never allow Graham to sigh in front of everyone. Graham didn't seem like a person who would speak without restraint.

"It's very simple." Yang Hui looked around and said with a smile, "The people who are favored by me are those who I think are likely to join us and become our companions."

(End of this chapter)