Why would I join the army if I can’t drive a Gundam!

Chapter 36 The Riot Begins
"Investigate, investigate thoroughly, who leaked the information!"

After returning to his own presidential palace, Kilian began to unleash his thunderous wrath as soon as he entered the gate. His roar echoed in the empty hall, forcing the guards to lower their heads to avoid becoming the unlucky ones affected by the aftermath.

Although he didn't mention any punishment methods, people who were familiar with Killian's style of doing things knew that he was extremely angry at the moment, so what was waiting for the leaker was definitely not a good thing.

Soon, the Führer's Guard, which he had personally established and had already grown to a considerable size during the Deiken period, and which had taken over the management of all domestic affairs after he became the Führer, was mobilized in full force. These secret police were all extremely fanatical fascists. Even when they joined the guard, the object of their oath-taking was not the country, nor Prince Dekin, but Führer Kihlen.

Every time these loyal hyenas of the Führer are deployed, it is enough to shock the entire Zeon, just like the Gestapo of the Third Reich back then, which made people shudder at the mere mention of them.

To the extent that some Zeon people who were included in the monitoring list did not dare to hear the knock on the door at all, because once they heard this sound, one foot had already stepped into the gate of hell.

As for the remaining one, if after opening the door, he faces the head of state's guard, he will step in as well, but if it is just an ordinary postman or delivery man, he can pull the foot that is at the gate of hell back.

However, this time the investigation by the Head of State's Guard encountered some problems because there were too many people involved. The day before the meeting, the so-called plan to launch a surprise attack on the Federation Jupiter Fleet had already been issued from the headquarters operations department established by Kilian.

Therefore, from the dozens of officers in the Operations Department, to the thousands of officers and soldiers in the fleet below, and even the pure mobile suit unit that was regarded as Zeon's trump card, the hundreds of pilots in the training brigade became suspects.

In addition to these people, Gillian's brother and sister, Commander Dozle's National Defense Force, and Commander Kycilia's military intelligence department are also involved.

All these people add up to about 18 million. If we catch them all, it's not a problem.

After all, the Führer's Guard cleared out more than 200,000 members of the Deiken faction in a short period of time. It was extremely easy to kill these people. No tricks were even needed. They just had to lock them all in a decompression chamber.

But the problem lies in the identities and value of these people. It can be said that these people are the most core strength accumulated by the Zeon Army over the past ten years. With them, even if the entire Zeon Army is lost, it can be rebuilt quickly. Therefore, it is impossible for the President's Guard to kill a thousand people by mistake, and they can only investigate.

As for Rambaral, he was naturally also among the suspects, but the people of the President's Guard had examined and monitored him many times. So because Rambaral behaved the same way as usual, the members of the President's Guard who examined Rambaral simply and rudely skipped him.

In their opinion, a frustrated noble officer who had no value at all except lecturing people and getting drunk was not as good as the secret agents under Kycilia. After all, Kilian was not very confident about his sister.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister Dalcia requests an audience!"

While the Führer's Guard was carrying out a massive counter-espionage purge in full swing, a special guest also came to Kilian's Führer's Palace.

"Let him in!"

Then, the door opened, and a middle-aged man in a blue-gray suit, looking very refined, walked into Kilian's office, accompanied by two guards holding documents.

Darcia Baharov, Prime Minister of the Principality of Zeon, was once a follower of Zeon's Deiken, even holding a high position in government during his time. After the Zabi family came to power, he became Prime Minister of the Principality of Zeon. While this may sound glamorous, in reality, the Prime Minister is a pitiful puppet. Gihren firmly holds the power of the nation, and the Prime Minister is, in reality, a useless, but visually appealing, rubber stamp.

Of course, it is not quite right to say that he has no power. In fact, because he focused all his energy on military and politics, Gihren delegated power to Dalsia regarding domestic people's livelihood. However, delegating power does not mean that he has to listen to the other party. In fact, the task Gihren gave to Dalsia was to find a way to squeeze every dollar out of the people and then invest it in Zeon's military construction.

"Ah, you're here, Prime Minister!"

Although he said welcome, Kihlen didn't even prepare a chair for the Prime Minister. So, the Prime Minister, who was older than Kihlen and already middle-aged, could only stand in front of the table like a subordinate and report to Kihlen.

And he came to find Jillian for one thing, naturally!

Zeon's finances are ruined!
The Principality of Zeon is an early extraterrestrial industrial center established by the Earth Federation, and most of its fiscal revenue comes from the export of industrial products.

However, with the independence during the Muzo period, the Federation gradually reduced its purchases of industrial products, increased tariffs, reduced electricity purchases from Side 3, and implemented resource embargoes. During the Principality period, it completely stopped electricity purchases from Side 3, industrial product orders, and other imports.

This almost dried up Zeon's financial revenue, while at the same time, Zeon still had huge financial expenditures. In addition to armaments, because no food was produced locally, Zeon had to import additional minimum standard living supplies to maintain basic people's livelihood. In addition, it relied on smuggling to purchase raw materials such as oil to maintain industrial production. It can be said that at this time, Zeon's treasury was empty enough to starve a mouse to death!
"So, you want me to reduce my armaments?"

Looking at Killian with cold eyes and indifferent tone, Prime Minister Dalsia wiped the cold sweat from his head with a handkerchief and spoke in a low voice.

"We're not really going to cut it. At the very least, we're going to make a verbal promise to the Federation so they can ease the sanctions. This will at least give the people some relief. The unemployment rate in the Principality has already reached 33% this year... If this continues, the country will be finished!"

"You are wrong, Prime Minister. If we give in, then this country will be truly finished. As for the financial problem, can't we just increase taxes a little more?"

Killian said nonchalantly.

"More?"

Prime Minister Dalcia even suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

"You can't add any more, Master Kihlen! If you do, there will be chaos!"

The Prime Minister pleaded.

"If there's a riot, that's better. Everything is the Federation's fault anyway!"

(End of this chapter)