Chapter 246: The Mask Becomes Difficult to Take Off After Being Worn for a Long Time.

"For Orb...? Haha, when did I become such a good actor?"

When he arrived at the hangar, the seriousness on Yang Hui's face disappeared completely, replaced by a self-deprecating smile.

All this for Orb?

Half right and half wrong, it is true for Orb, but it is not just to make Orb break free from the shackles of the Earth Union and PLANT and become the third largest force on par with them.

Yang Hui's ambition is even greater. He wants to develop Orb into the most powerful force in the world, and make the Earth Union and PLANT bow down to him.

Because he wants this world to be connected to the Promise Fortress, the power he controls must be able to suppress the entire world.

As for PLANT, he has always adopted the strategy of making friends, because PLANT is a country of adjusters. Objectively speaking, adjusters are indeed better than natural people, and what Promise Fortress needs is... better people. Moreover, compared with the complicated Earth Union, PLANT's internal forces are easier to sort out and control. If the radical Padrick Sala cannot let go of his extreme mentality, then it is better to exclude him. It is not difficult to control PLANT by leaving the moderate Siegel Klein.

As for the old fox Dilandal who will go online in the future because of emotional injury...

Let's talk about it in the future. It is not certain whether he will go online.

Next is the Earth Union.

In fact, the Earth Union is easier to solve. Just knock off the head wolf and it will fall apart directly.

The Earth Federation is now a mob gathered together by the high-pressure policy of the Atlantic Federation.

Don't look at the Eurasian Federation wanting to compete with the Atlantic Federation for the position of the Earth boss all day long. In fact, it is a bully who only dares to do small tricks in secret. When the Atlantic Federation really speaks, the Eurasian Federation immediately becomes the most obedient lackey.

Looking at the plot line of the main plot of SEED, it can be seen that every time the Atlantic Federation made a bold move, the teammates who were sold out were not the Eurasian Federation? For example, the Alaska self-destruction operation is the most typical example.

What? Are there other forces?

That's not clear, maybe there are, but they have never appeared. Anyway, the Eurasian Federation is the one that is named.

So as long as the Earth Federation defeats the Atlantic Federation, it will be considered a success.

But... the problem arises here.

If it is just to defeat the Atlantic Federation on the surface, it is indeed not difficult, but the problem is that the actual manipulator hidden in the dark is the most difficult to deal with.

[Blue Cosmos], also known as the [Blue Cosmos Alliance], is a radical organization composed of natural people who resent the adjusters. According to the ideology of the Blue Cosmos, they believe that genetic modification is a violation of the natural order, so they are committed to eliminating all adjusters to "protect the blue and pure world." They use this ideology to manipulate the people and inspire people's hatred of the adjusters, intending to make all natural people rise up against these adjustments and eliminate anyone who tries to leave them.

Although the political views of the top leaders of the Earth Federation are generally different, the leadership of the Atlantic Federation Space Force is mainly dominated by Blue Cosmos members. In the late stage of the First United-PLANT War, it can be said that Blue Cosmos almost controlled the entire Earth Federation army and turned the war with PLANT into a genocide war.

Blue Cosmos is neither like a party-state, where the party and the state are highly integrated to make the interests and actions of the party and the state consistent, nor like a capitalist country, where the army is nationalized and the party has no right to command the army, but when it cannot control the country, it issues orders to Blue Cosmos members in the army that are contrary to the state's orders in the name of the organization. The purpose of this action is to force the country to recognize the fait accompli and force the country to dance according to the baton of the organization.

This is a very troublesome organization, because they are already a kind of religious organization, and the ideas and beliefs they advocate almost affect the entire Atlantic Federation.

It is not difficult to destroy an organization.

But it is even more difficult to destroy a belief.

What is even more troublesome is that [Blue Cosmos] is not the real behind-the-scenes BOSS, and there is an even more troublesome organization behind it.

The Death Merchant——【Logos】, an arms trafficking group that manipulates international affairs by inciting wars and selling arms.

Ordinary arms dealers will be eliminated if they cross the line, but arms dealers that can manipulate international affairs are not so easy to deal with.

First, it is unknown how many members their organization has, and how many of these members are high-level officials in various countries.

Second, the real core members cannot be confirmed. Except for the leader, Lodo Gibril, who took the initiative to stand in the front and went to the front line with the ship in the end, no one has surfaced.

The so-called leader is just a title. Can't a new leader be elected after the leader dies? As long as the core layer is not wiped out, even if the Atlantic Federation is defeated and the 【Blue Cosmos】 is eliminated, organizations such as the Great Northern Ocean Federation and 【Green Cosmos】 will appear.

There is one last point. With the tasks issued by Promise Fortress and Mephis's hint, Yang Hui is sure that there are deeper secrets hidden behind 【Logos】, and this secret is likely to bring him a huge crisis.

So... in this world, Yang Hui must completely control the country of Orb and develop it more and more powerful, powerful enough to suppress the whole world and deal with any possible crisis.

Orb is also needed as a stabilizing force. After the Gundam SEED+D world is connected to the Promise Fortress, no one will dare to make trouble.

So, for Orb, it is right, but for the purpose of Orb, it is for the Promise Fortress.

After arriving at the hangar, Yang Hui immediately adjusted the Strike Gundam, but all the adjustments were made according to the data of Kira's battle, and he didn't even touch the OS, because he believed that Kira would definitely come and would definitely take the path he arranged for Kira.

Sure enough, only ten minutes later, footsteps were heard behind him.

"This is not the answer you want." Yang Hui said to Kira without looking back.

"Yes, this is not the answer I want, but..."

"Do you know what your biggest weakness is?"

"... I don't know."

"Kindness." As he said, Yang Hui stopped his hand and turned to look at Kira, his expression serious and serious, without any casualness or laughter.

"..."

"Your kindness is your greatest strength, surpassing all your abilities as an adjuster, but... it is also your fatal weakness. I easily took advantage of you, even though you knew you were being used by me, you had to obey."

"... I... I can't think of so much, I just..."

"... Because of your kindness, you will do your best to protect Thor and the others when you have no choice; because of your kindness, you can't abandon our friendship and sit back and watch; but you have to know that it is because of this kindness that you are likely to be dragged into an endless abyss and swallowed up. Have you... thought about it?"

"I... I don't know, I have never thought about this." As he said this, Kira came to Yang Hui's side and looked up at the Strike Gundam, "Maybe... I will never figure this out in my life, Yang Hui, although you are using me, but... I know you won't hurt me."

"Maybe, what if you are just a pawn of mine?" Yang Hui also turned around and looked up at the Strike Gundam and said.

"You won't, I know."

"We have only known each other for a year, you think you know me well..."

"Is it very hard?"

"..." Yang Hui was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"First, you pretended to do everything for our good, let us board the Archangel, and used Thor and others to restrain me; then you expressed your determination, slightly revealed what you were carrying, and made me feel guilty; now you pretend to be a bad guy, wanting me to think you are a bad guy." Halfway through, Kira paused, turned and looked at Yang Hui, "But I know you, Yang Hui, you haven't changed, you are still the same you, as a natural person, protecting me and Aslan from the bullying of other children, the two adjusters, the one who will do everything to help us, and the one who... values ​​friends and companions the most."

"... Let's get the Strike Gundam done quickly, we don't know when the battle will happen."

Yang Hui didn't want to discuss this issue too much. Maybe it was because he had changed since he came to this world. He entered politics since he was a child, and was subtly changed in the big dye vat, becoming snobbish, unscrupulous, and even... arrogant.

At least for the sake of the situation and development, Yang Hui would never sacrifice [Heliopolis]. He would try every means to keep [Heliopolis], stabilize all the defense lines of Orb, and get on the Archangel.

This is no wonder. In the first world, Yang Hui started from scratch, and as the head of the behind-the-scenes organization, it was difficult. Every step he took had to be careful not to fall into the abyss; going to the second world, Tian Hu started, everything went smoothly, and finally he achieved his goal without spending too much effort.

With the first two successful examples, Yang Hui unconsciously relaxed, no longer controlled himself, and did not maintain his true self. No, or rather, he was used to disguising himself in front of others, and even for a long time, the mask was worn for too long and it was a bit difficult to take it off.

Now he finally understood why Huang and Wang Liumei hesitated to speak on several occasions.

If Huang and Wang Liumei had already discovered it, it would be understandable because they are the ones who know him best, but Kira...

Yang Hui really didn't expect Kira to be able to see through the layers of masks and see the real him. What is this? Is it an additional ability of [The Strongest Adjuster]?

However... this can be regarded as a wake-up call for Yang Hui. From the perspective of an observer, he made the most objective evaluation.

"...Okay." Kira nodded and participated in the preparation of the Strike Gundam.

"I will protect you."

"I know, I will protect you, but... I am an adjuster, but I can't fight."

"Want to learn? I'll teach you."

"I don't want to learn! I'll get off the ship when I get to the Scrap Recycling Merchants' Union."

"Really? I'm looking forward to it."