Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 701 Cruze's Thoughts

In the L3 space domain, a huge black battleship is floating quietly in it. From the outside, its bridge is different from the main battleships of the People's Revolutionary League. The towering building stands in the center of the ship like a palace. At the same time, 12 positron cannons and two electromagnetic catapults all indicate that this is an attack battleship with outstanding combat power.

Gullveig, the mothership designed by Van Dysen with funds provided by the People's Revolutionary League, is named after the goddess Gullveig, the fuse of the war between the Aesir and the Vanir in Norse mythology. This fatalistic naming method is obviously because the namer intends to metaphorically imply the tragic end of the "dragon-slaying hero".

Compared with the gorgeous appearance, the atmosphere in the Gullveiger bridge was obviously not harmonious at this time. Orphie looked at Tria and Lao with a gloomy face, and his ferocious expression was no longer as elegant and calm as it was in Berlin.

"Is this the solution you came up with? Now that Mina is alive, our last batch of peripheral armed forces have been completely destroyed on Earth. All subsequent actions will have to rely on ourselves. What's the difference between Luo Pan and a stray dog ​​now?"

Ever since Mina changed its policy of appeasement and began to use force to suppress internal rebellions, first, all the politicians within the People's Revolutionary League who were confirmed to support Luo Pan or who were found to have photocopied people around them were arrested and detained by A-Laws. Then, countries represented by the Atlantic Union submitted their letters of allegiance, which included quickly cutting off economic ties with Luo Pan. Finally, some PLANT forces that had been secretly communicating with them had to reduce the frequency of their support due to A-Laws' pressure.

"If I don't kill that crazy woman, am I going to have to watch her get caught by the gods and betray us?"

As the instigator of the killing of the strongman, Tria spread his hands indifferently and continued, "What's more, our photocopier production line has completed the final test. We can produce as many consumables of this level as needed. It's just an adjuster. What's the big deal?"

"you!"

Even though the Tuner was ruthless, facing Tria's frivolous tone, Orfe didn't know what to say for a moment. He already knew through Shura that the two had had physical contact, but now it seemed that Tria just treated Agnes as a consumable and didn't seem to have any regrets at all.

"Well, it has already happened. Internal quarrels can't change anything. Our primary task now is to get Harry to send the latest military aid immediately. A few abandoned satellites here can't support our consumption. I've known Harry before. He's just a waste with great ambitions but little talent. As long as we threaten him that if he fails to provide military aid, we will send evidence of collusion to the People's Revolutionary League, he will immediately find a solution."

As the elders around Patrick, several current members of the Council are all "old acquaintances" of Lao, so he knows very well the personalities of these people and what they really want. It was with Lao's guidance that the military aid to Van Dyson was put in touch with Harry Jagannath.

"Speaking of which, Orb is actually willing to redistribute the profits it has obtained. You know, once the orbital elevator is successfully launched, with the technology shares in Orb's hands, it can at least guarantee their glory for nearly a hundred years. For a country that was once destroyed, this should be their original intention for developing this project. Now they have significantly reduced their quota. It seems that someone has inherited and carried forward the spirit of the Orb Lion."

At the same time that Mina changed the People's Revolutionary League's established unified strategy, Luo Pan activated the mutants preset in various parts of the world. In Law's plan, whether Mina stopped the blood transfusion of the ground forces or expanded the scale of A-Laws, he actually fell into his trap. Unexpectedly, Mina actually persuaded large and small families to agree to transfer their original shares in exchange for the support of the terminal.

Ever since the word "politics" appeared in human society, it has been closely tied to "interests". No matter how far human technology develops, a political stance that only has slogans will never gain the support of the majority of people. Apart from all the fancy words, it ultimately comes down to weighing the pros and cons.

If Mina keeps talking about vague slogans like "unity of mankind" and "historical mission of the People's Revolutionary League", not to mention the old foxes in the People's Revolutionary League who have formed their own faction, even the major families in Orb will continue to look at Mina with the same eyes as they looked at Cagalli, until the next Seran family appears, and Orb without Siegfried will become a sieve with thousands of holes. But although politics is tied to interests, there will still be idealists in human history. Under the false and empty appearances full of the smell of money, those idealistic pioneers who are as bright as stars continue to infuse their beliefs and ideals into it, which has become the biggest driving force for the development of human society to date.

"This woman is neither as weak and compromising as Siegel, nor as arrogant as Patrick. In fact, compared to Jill, her ideas are closer to reality. She knows very well that humans are born with a desire to be ruled. This is an instinct engraved in our genes. You Tuners were born for this very reason. So she made the best use of the power in her hands and is ready to sacrifice her life for it!"

"Do you mean for us to surrender as soon as possible?"

"No, we are now going from open to covert. As long as we can successfully complete the plan before being found by the gods, we still have a chance to turn the tables."

A moment later, Orpheus was the first to walk out of the palace. Judging from his expression, he must have accepted Lao's suggestion. Tria, who was behind him, looked up and down at the blond man with suspicion. Unknowingly, Lao had gained the trust of the tuners and became the second-in-command on par with Tria.

"You're going to attack PLANT's homeland alone at this time?"

"My original words were that I was planning to test the PLANT homeland defenses and the remaining forces of the First Fleet. Please don't describe me as a hot-blooded idiot who wants to die. Thank you."

Before the meeting ended, Lao proposed that he should go alone to test the strength of PLANT. This was to force Hari Jagannath to prepare the materials needed for the compass as soon as possible, and to find out the strength of the First Fleet, because their actions would shift from the earth to the universe, and they had to be cautious under the nose of such a huge fleet.

"How many days do you have left on your medicine?"

"Three days."

"Then I'll give you the next batch when you come back. The Queen has been focusing on squeezing out the combat power of the photocopiers lately, so the development of your medicine has lagged behind."

Tria's test did not cause any emotional fluctuations in Lao, but the moment Lao looked at him, Tria seemed to read a hint of mockery or disdain in his eyes.

"Got it, let's talk about it when I come back."

(End of this chapter)