Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

Hiruko wasn't wearing a pilot's suit; given his current physical condition, after scientific modifications, Earth's gravity was too light for him.

A2 and 2B weren't wearing pilot suits either. They were androids, and in the NieR universe, androids could travel directly between space and the Earth when using spacecraft. The G-force from piloting a machine was nothing to them.

"This is our first meeting. Hello, everyone from the Ptolemy Squad, and the four Gundam envoys," Hiruko said with a smile, his eyes revealing the wisdom and composure unique to a researcher.

"Who are you? There's absolutely no information about you in the Vedic records," Tieria asked, frowning.

“I am Hiruko. My two assistants, A2 and 2B, have strange names. Don’t worry about them. Just use them as code names for our operation.”

"The information on the Thrones isn't nonexistent, it's just hidden by the Veda." Hiruko replied calmly, as a research ninja, he had his own methods for controlling information.

Upon hearing that the information about the Thrones was hidden, Tieria was startled. He had the highest level of authority, Level 7, so why didn't he know about the hidden information?

Lockon looked at A2 and 2B's identical faces and wondered if the two girls were twins. He also thought of his own twin brother, Lyle.

Setsuna stood expressionless to the side, his gaze drawn to the three Seraphim; this was the first time he had ever seen another Gundam.

Hallelujah communicated internally with his second personality, Hallelujah. Hallelujah sensed immense danger from Hiruko, and the two women beside him were like dead people, completely devoid of normal human thoughts (androids).

Hiruko observed the different reactions of the four Gundam envoys and smiled, "The hangar is not a good place to discuss things. There happens to be a conference room in this base. Let's go to the conference room. I know you have many questions. Don't worry, I will explain them to you this time."

In the conference room, the members of Ptolemy's team and the Gundam envoy all found a chair and sat down. Wang Liumei found a comfortable sofa, while Hiruko stood in front of a screen, with A2 and 2B guarding him on both sides like loyal guards.

"It seems you have many questions. I know where to begin. Ask away, one question at a time, and I'll answer one," Hiruko said confidently, arms crossed.

Upon hearing Hiruko's words, the crowd began to ask questions boldly.

"What is your relationship with Wang Liumei? Why has Wang Liumei been hiding information from you? Why is your information hidden in the Veda? I have level seven access, and I have never seen your information before," Tieria asked first.

"Wang Liumei is a special agent of the Celestials, and also my accomplice. My identity is also a top secret within the Celestials; no one knows about it except for Veda, myself, and Wang Liumei."

As for why you couldn't find my information, Tieria, it's because you couldn't have found anything about me in the Vedas before I made contact with you.

"Now try to find my information in the Veda," Hiruko explained. As a research ninja, he had unique methods for maintaining information security.

After Hiruko finished speaking, his information was transmitted by Veda to everyone's terminals. It contained Hiruko's name, gender, age, and information about the Throne piloting his mecha. Apart from that, all other information was unreadable.

Thirty seconds after the content was displayed, it was unilaterally destroyed by Veda. Everyone could only turn their attention to Wang Liumei. Since Wang Liumei was the only collaborator, she must know more about Biluhu.

“You’d better not try to get anything out of me about him. The Vedas keep his existence a top secret. Unless Hiruko tells you himself, the Vedas won’t tell you anything else,” Wang Liumei said with a shrug.

When the Vedas were mentioned, no one pursued the matter further. After all, the information of the Celestial Being members was kept secret from each other. For example, with the Gundam Messenger, at the beginning, the four pilots knew nothing about their past life experiences except for their names.

"Aren't there only five GN Drives? Why does your Gundam also have a GN Drive, and why are the particles it releases completely different in color from ours—they're orange?" Lockon asked curiously.

"There are indeed only five real solar furnaces. The solar furnace used by the Thrones is a pseudo-solar furnace, which is the result of my years of research and improvement as a scientific ninja."

True solar furnaces are semi-permanent energy sources, while pseudo-solar furnaces have time-limited operating limits; once these limits are reached, the pseudo-solar furnace will stop operating.

"As for the color, it's entirely a matter of personal preference. If you want to see it, I can turn the released particles golden," Hiruko said with a smile, a hint of smugness in his eyes.

The color of the particles can be changed according to personal preference, leaving everyone speechless.

"Where did those children from the Super Soldier Agency go? According to intelligence, when you destroyed the Super Soldier Agency, there wasn't a single child's body at the scene," Allelujah asked anxiously, as he had been very worried about the children's safety.

“Don’t worry about those children. They’re being raised by Miss Wang now. Miss Wang is very wealthy and powerful; a few hundred children are nothing to her,” Hiruko said.

Wang Liumei sighed and nodded to Alleluia, acknowledging the situation. Although Alleluia had learned about the situation from Lockon, he was still worried. Now, hearing from the person involved that the rescued children were with Wang Liumei, he finally felt relieved.

“We’ve reviewed your combat records. Your fighting style is extremely ruthless. You always manage to annihilate the enemy in every battle. Apart from the time with the Super Soldier Organization, where you wiped out everyone in the organization, you have never killed anyone in other battles. Why is that?”

Setsuna asked coldly, "Hiruko's fighting style is puzzling to everyone. Even during the recent joint military exercise, when the Gundam Messenger saw Hiruko saving them, he didn't kill anyone."

“Regarding this, watch a video first.” The screen behind Hiruko lit up, and the content playing on the screen was the same video that Aeolia had shown him earlier, showing the ELS attack on the Jupiter probe.

Everyone was shocked after watching it. The video was played by the Vedas, which meant that everything that happened in it was true.

"The Vedic people discovered an extraterrestrial life form on Jupiter, which we will temporarily call ELS. Just like in the video, ELS has the ability to assimilate and imitate."

Hiruko said seriously, "The Celestials are an organization that has existed for two hundred years. If it were just about eradicating war, the Celestials would have accomplished it long ago with their capabilities. Don't you find that strange?"

When Benbei mentioned it, everyone realized how enormous the Devas were. An organization that had existed for two hundred years and possessed the Vedic quantum computer, completely eliminating the possibility of corruption within human organizations. Logically speaking, the Devas should have resolved the so-called war long ago.

"This relates to the full picture of the Ioria Project."

Your current stage of military intervention is intended to spread the threat of the Celestials, make the three major powers feel a sense of crisis, and thus prompt them to unite to form a new regime, that is, to unify the earth.

At this stage, Ptolemy's team will be completely wiped out, and all the GN Drives will be delivered to the enemy in this way, allowing humanity to acquire GN Drive technology.

In the original Aeolian Plan, this joint military exercise was to destroy Ptolemy's squad.

It was only because Ribbons developed a personal desire to make the plan his own that he exploited Alejandro's ambition to develop the Throne and the mass-produced Doom.

If it weren't for Ribbons' betrayal, the four Gundams would never have been able to unlock the Trans-AM ability later on.

Upon hearing Hiruko mention the complete annihilation of Ptolemy, everyone turned pale. Indeed, it was true; had it not been for the intervention of the Thrones, the four Gundams would have already fallen into the hands of the three great powers.

Hiruko ignored their expressions and continued, "After this phase ends, the next phase of the plan is the upcoming dialogue, which is to make contact with extraterrestrial life. In this phase, Ioria estimated that it would take hundreds of years for humanity to encounter aliens after obtaining solar furnace technology. He never imagined that Jupiter would actually have an ELS lurking there."

Based on speculation, ELS will arrive in Earth's sphere in at least five years and at most ten years. In response to this unknown extraterrestrial life, Veda has decided to accelerate the pace of its plans.

So they asked me to join the military intervention, and I naturally agreed. My decision not to kill the mobile suit pilots from the three major powers was to preserve Earth's human resources in the face of potential threats.

Chapter 434

ELS will certainly not come to Earth on its own initiative, but as long as someone awakens as an Innovator, the brain quantum waves emitted will definitely attract ELS. Hiruko said this to put pressure on Ptolemy's team, because he has cleared away most obstacles with his actions. If he doesn't put some pressure on them, how can Ptolemy's team grow?

"Then what about us? What should we do now? According to you, you shouldn't have come to save us. Wouldn't it have been better if the four Gundams had fallen into the hands of the three great powers? With the technology of the GN Drive, wouldn't the three great powers have a stronger force to fight against the ELS invasion?" Miss Huang asked with a frown. As expected of a former AEU tactical reserve officer, her political acumen was indeed keen.

"This involves the secret of the solar furnace, a secret I cannot tell you right now."

"Once I tell you the secret of the Solar Furnace, you will never truly master it; you will have to discover it yourselves." Hiruko said mysteriously. As a research ninja, he knew that some things had to be explored and understood by the individuals involved themselves.

Hiruko's words left everyone bewildered; they didn't understand why he said such a thing.

The more you desire something, the less likely you are to get it.

The GN particles of the solar furnace can enable humans to evolve into innovators and also allow for the sharing of consciousness between two parties in the quantum realm.

This is not some so-called soul resonance, but a higher level of existence.

The theatrical version depicts Setsuna, who becomes an Innovator, sharing consciousness with ELS. One of them has a carbon-based physiological structure while the other has a silicon-based physiological structure, and their species, culture, morality, and worldview are all different.

However, with the help of GN particles, two completely different races were able to completely understand what the other was thinking, and even disagreed on what they were conveying.

The ability of GN particles to communicate with rocks and even know what they are thinking is simply incredible.

Once Ptolemy's people knew this, they would certainly try to figure it out, but the more they tried, the less likely they were to find the truth. What seemed like a shortcut only took them further and further away from the real path.

Everyone wanted to learn the secret of the solar furnace from Hiruko, but Hiruko stopped talking about it and told them to find out for themselves.

In my past life, when I was watching Gundam 00, whenever Setsuna was about to kill the mercenaries in the second season, he would stop attacking after hearing Marina's voice in the Quantum Realm. Many people in the comments would criticize Marina for being more trouble than she was worth.

Gundam 00, as a story, sometimes needs a bit of artistic expression, but now that Hiruko has traveled through time, the story has become reality, so this bit of artistic expression has become a real event.

If Setsuna had killed the mercenary at that moment, he would never have become a changer. This is probably related to his mental state during the change. Once the key to change is overwhelmed by various negative emotions, he can never ascend to a new existence.

Although some people later became innovators, they all evolved under the influence of Setsuna's brain quantum waves. For example, Colonel Shaman of the Federation in the movie evolved after being influenced by Setsuna's brain quantum waves in the quantum burst field in the second season.

The emergence of the first innovator was the key turning point in human evolution. The quantum waves of that pioneer's brain were like a mysterious and powerful key, opening the door to a completely new path of human evolution.

Hiruko, a scientific ninja, possesses unique insights into the mysteries of the fusion of ninjutsu and science through her profound research.

In his view, once Ptolemy's team now knows the secret of the solar furnace, they will be deeply mired in this obsession, bound by it, and never able to break free, thus making it impossible for them to evolve into Innovators.

In a more heroic way, this was a trial of fate.

This trial is like a towering and insurmountable mountain, standing in front of everyone. Without crossing the trial, one cannot ascend to that ideal other shore.

Some might raise their arms and shout, saying things like, "Man can conquer nature, my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven."

Hiruko didn't know what others thought, but in his own opinion, this was pure idiocy.

In the eyes of this scientific ninja, everything in this world is controlled by the great hand of fate.

If you blindly choose to resist without distinguishing the current situation, then fate is pushing you down that path of resistance; if you submit to the current situation, then fate has already written the script for you.

Every choice is like turning a corner in a labyrinth of fate, simply guiding one's destiny in another unknown direction.

Some people, after winning, become complacent, thinking they have overcome fate through their own strength. But this is not the case. It is merely that this person has chosen a path of overcoming fate, not that they have truly broken free from the shackles of fate.

Hiruko never thought he could become someone who transcended fate.

Although he possesses the ability to freely travel through the universe, an ability that may seem incredibly powerful to others, he has not abused this ability for personal gain.

After all, the gifts of fate come with a price.

Hiruko must have paid a price for acquiring such incredible abilities.

In a more Eastern way of speaking, this overwhelming cause and effect is something that not everyone can bear.

The more different worlds one travels through, the greater the karmic burden one bears.

If Hiruko were a woman, and she went to the world of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and wished to become a magical girl, the witch born from her would probably be able to crush Madoka's Homura with one hand and treat that world like a toy to play with at will.

Finding meaning in battle is Setsuna's destiny and his means of fulfilling his will.

Those who deliberately pursue change will only stray from the right path and fall into confusion and predicament.

Let's get back to the topic.

“Because of the existence of ELS, the Veda has decided to accelerate the unification of the Earth Sphere. If the three major powers were to obtain the GN Drive now, it would probably lead to another stalemate. Don’t you agree, Your Highness?” Hiruko, the research ninja, asked with a deep gaze and a calm tone.

Upon hearing Hiruko's question, the princess gave a wry smile.

She was different from others; she had been a civil servant and a soldier in the AEU. She understood the intricacies of high-level politics in so-called major powers very well.

“Actually, I intervened militarily earlier than you think. Remember the international terrorist network? I was the one who destroyed the target in the Alps back then.” When this was mentioned, everyone looked at Wang Liumei again. At that time, Wang Liumei said that another team would take care of it.

"From that time on, I joined the Celestials' operations. After the Super Soldier incident and the Azadistan Kingdom incident, plus the initial international terrorist network incident, the public opinion that erupted was all manipulated by Veda on my behalf. I wanted to completely destroy the three great powers in terms of prestige and reputation," the young lady said slowly.

"What is your purpose in doing this? You have severely weakened the prestige and military power of the three major powers, but the protests around the world continue unabated. If these protests continue, they will definitely escalate into conflicts," someone couldn't help but ask.

"First of all, one thing must be understood: flies don't land on eggs without cracks. I didn't do any of this; the three great powers have always done it this way. I'm just letting the world know the true face of the three great powers."

Moreover, many conflicts in the world are deliberately created by the three major powers for their own interests. Now I'm tearing off their disguise and bringing them to the forefront. With the existence of Gundam, they won't dare to act as recklessly as before.

Take the various protests now, for example. People protest out of their conscience to uphold justice. In the past, with so many protests, the three great powers would have suppressed them long ago to maintain their political stability. Now they can only obediently appease the people, even though they are the ones in the wrong, they are acting like victims.” This research ninja, Hiruko, with his accurate analysis of the situation and his eloquent arguments, left everyone speechless.

As Biluhu said, when the Ptolemaic squad intervened militarily, the three major powers were involved in every conflict. They had also seen past records, and those described as mobs by the media of the three major powers were actually oppressed people.

"Of course, I'm not doing this out of personal preference, or because I enjoy slapping the faces of major powers."

This is absolutely your personal preference!

When everyone heard Hiruko say this, they all thought to themselves that, after all, the Ptolemy squad's military intervention would at most result in a few superficial wounds, while Hiruko was doing things that were like stabbing someone's main artery.