After crying, Cagalli's mental state obviously recovered. Not only did he get up and go to the bathroom to take a bath, he even took the time to eat something to replenish his strength.
By the time I attended the press conference in the evening, I was able to act like I was fine and announced the news of the coup.
At the same time, in order to stabilize people's hearts and prevent the civilians from panic.
She also announced that with the support of the military, she would replace her father Uzummi Yula Asghar and become the head of state of the new generation Orb. At the same time, she would initiate legal proceedings to liquidate all members of the other four privileged families.
In addition, Cagalli also suppressed the shame and anger and admitted the news of his upcoming marriage with Allen.
It can be said that no matter which of the above information is released, it will be enough to cause shock around the world.
But in the face of P. L. A. N. T's coup, and the ZAFT Army nuclear bomb opening the way to directly invade Eurasian Federation, it was really a bit insignificant and did not make any splash at all.
Only Atlantic Federation, who originally spent a lot of money and energy to win over the five major political families Orb, expressed strong indignation and condemnation.
Not only that, the newly appointed representative Murta Azrael clamored that he would never recognize the legitimacy of Orb's new regime. At the same time, he threatened to send troops to crush Orb if Cagalli did not surrender unconditionally and hand over the rebellious Archangel and all its crew members.
In fact, that's what he did.
After the news of Orb's successful coup spread, Atlantic Federation immediately began to form a fleet and recruited a large number of Naturals to train them to drive mass-produced mobile suits.
At the same time, the enhanced human transformation experiment has also been initially completed.
Three special machines also walked out of the assembly workshop as scientists raced against time.
Everything indicates that a new round of war is about to begin.
Inside the mansion of Orb Supreme Leader.
This building, which originally belonged to Uzummi Yula Asghar, has now gathered a group of newly promoted senior officials from Orb's country.
Due to the abolition of the parliament representing the interests of the five privileged families, the country is now basically in a centralized management mode.
All bureaucrats take orders directly from the top officials of each department, and the top officials take orders from the new head of state Cagalli.
As for the army, they also obey her orders.
Of course, these are just theories, used to appease restless people.
Allen used his absolute control over the army to directly turn Cagalli into a puppet without any actual power.
Right now, he is the real ruler of this country, dealing with hundreds of urgent matters every day.
"Your Excellency, our foreign exchange reserves are decreasing sharply. If this continues, it won't be long before our finances can no longer sustain it." A middle-aged man with a Mediterranean Sea hairstyle reminded him standing next to the desk.
But Allen replied indifferently, "Don't worry, continue to spend all the foreign exchange reserves for me. Because that money will soon depreciate into a piece of waste paper, it is better to replace it all with various materials to strengthen the military strength. As long as this war is won, the entire the Americas will become the territory of Orb."
Gudong!
Everyone who heard these remarks could not help but swallow their saliva.
They simply couldn't imagine how arrogant this young man was, actually wanting to defeat, occupy and annex the sphere of influence belonging to Atlantic Federation with the power of a small country like Orb.
"I understand. I will negotiate with the Ministry of Commerce and buy back the supplies you need as soon as possible."
The middle-aged man didn't dare to refute at all, he could only bend down to bow, and then quickly turned around and left.
After all, these days, many bureaucrats, businessmen and politicians who were previously loyal to Five Noble Families have tried to resist, only to be arrested without mercy.
So everyone is very scared and no one wants to be next.
After the middle-aged man walked away, Minister of Defense handed two reports to Allen and said in a very tired voice, "This is Dawn Company's recent weapons production list, and the other is the recruitment plan for new recruits. According to the idea you proposed, we need to recruit at least another hundred thousand recruits."
"No problem! Just follow these two plans. I will allocate a part of the special fund to you later to ensure that everything can go smoothly."
Allen glanced at it twice before directly signing the name of his nominal "fiancée".
Yes!
What he signed was Cagalli.
As for the real owner, he was sitting on the sofa not far away, staring straight at this side with two eyes filled with resentment.
Unfortunately, Allen had no reaction at all and was still dealing with things in an orderly manner, making decisions and formulating next plans.
Its speed and efficiency are simply incredible to others.
As a large number of orders were implemented, the originally restless people gradually calmed down.
There were no demonstrations, riots, vandalism, or looting in the streets, nor was there an insufficient supply of basic daily necessities.
Everything seems to be the same as it was before the coup.
The only difference is that Department of Defense issued a new round of recruitment orders.
Males or females of appropriate age are required to actively go to sites set up by the military to participate in MS simulated driving tests.
But so far little success has been achieved.
After all, anyone who comes to Orb to hide in Coordinators is sure of its status as a neutral country and will not be easily affected by the war, let alone get involved in a cruel war.
But what they don't know is that before long, Murta Azrael will help Allen tear off this ridiculous neutrality with his own hands.
It will also help those Coordinators who are trying to avoid the war understand a truth.
If you want peace, then win this war first.
In this way, Allen spent about four hours in the afternoon to finish all the official business.
By the time the last person left, the sky had dimmed, and only the slanting sunset cast its last remaining light on the land and sea, presenting an unparalleled beauty of the island country.
Cagalli was standing in front of the window at this moment, looking at the scenery outside, and asked without looking back, "Why can you handle so many government affairs so skillfully? Even easier than my father?"
"It's very simple! In the final analysis, it's just two words, centralization.
If a country wants to avoid internal struggles and conflicts of interest, it needs to concentrate power as much as possible in the hands of one person, or a small group of people.
Then this person or a small group of people will form a solid community of interests and formulate various development plans based on the interests of the country.
In the past, although your father Uzummi was the nominal supreme leader, there were four families behind him who shared the power.
The result is that when making decisions, he must consider balancing the interests of all parties, otherwise someone will hold him back.
But now, I have eliminated the five largest interest groups in Orb through a military coup, and nationalized the resources they previously controlled.
In this way, no one or organization in Orb can threaten or challenge me, whether politically, militarily or economically, and various government orders can be implemented as quickly as possible.
That's why I can handle all kinds of government affairs easily.
So, does it sound easy? "
Allen explained as he followed him to the window and handed a cup of hot tea to the girl next to him.
Cagalli took it and took a sip, and nodded thoughtfully. "I see. So where did you learn these knowledge and methods? If I remember correctly, you don't seem to have any experience in politics."
"Many things do not require experience or experience. As long as you can clearly see the essence of things and the laws behind them. If you are really interested, you can consider reading some books on economics and social sciences. Remember, for the top decision-makers of a country, things like right and wrong, justice and evil do not exist. Everything is nothing but interests in the final analysis. As long as you can firmly grasp the right to distribute interests, you can truly grasp the rights and implement your own will and ideas."
When saying these words, Allen did not have anything to hide. He openly told the girl how to control Orb, instead of being played like a fool by others like in the original plot.
"The right to distribute... the right..."
Cagalli silently savored these words.
After a long time, she suddenly raised her head and asked, "Why do you want to teach me this? Don't you want me to be a puppet and a vase?"
"Hahahaha! Of course it's because it's fun. Have you forgotten what I said before? The more you don't give in and the more you resist, the more sense of accomplishment I will feel when I conquer it."
As he said that, Allen suddenly changed into another face, and reached out his hand to pinch the girl's cheek in a very rogue manner.
If it had been in the past, and someone had done this to him, Cagalli would have been afraid of exploding on the spot, so he would have rushed up and punched the person who was looking for trouble twice, letting him know who he couldn't mess with.
But now, she did not make any overreaction, letting the hand pinch her face into various shapes, and continued to ask, "What is your purpose? Or what do you want to do? Is it just to start a war? Or is it like you told Captain Murrue of Archangel, is it to change this out-of-control world?"
"Oh? It's not easy. You were able to keep calm and start thinking seriously. You're growing up! It's really gratifying." Allen stopped his mischievous behavior and sighed slightly.
"It turns out that in your eyes, I have always been a child who has not grown up..." Cagalli's tone and eyes revealed a touch of resentment.
Allen smiled and spread his hands and asked, "Isn't that you? Think about what you did before! Just hearing a little news, he ran to the colonial satellite to find evidence that Dawn Company developed new airframes and battleships for the Earth Alliance. Then he ran away angrily because he couldn't reach an agreement with his adoptive father. North Africa is a guerrilla who may die at any time. Although it seems to me that his courage is commendable, it is just a rebellious little guy who has a temper. You have never truly understood the meaning of politics, and you have never realized how dark and dirty politics is, and you are not prepared to jump into this big mess, even if one day you become what you hate the most."
"I have this realization now! Can you teach me?" Cagalli asked seriously.
"Have I not been doing this all the time? Otherwise, you think that as a puppet, you have the opportunity to sit here and watch how I deal with various things? As a novice, the only thing you can do now is to watch more and ask more questions. When will you be able to take the power away from me, when will you be qualified to become Orb and Supreme Leader worthy of the name. Otherwise - just be a puppet."
After saying this, Allen stretched out a finger and lightly tapped the girl on the forehead, then put down the teacup in his hand and turned around to leave.
After he completely disappeared, Murrue then pushed Opening Gate in from the outside and asked with a smile, "How is it? Can you feel relieved now?"
Cagalli nodded enthusiastically. "Yes! I will definitely study hard and kick this bastard out of Orb's center of power as soon as possible."
"Come on! I believe you can do it!" Murrue patted the girl on the shoulder encouragingly.
At the same time, in another unknown island far away in the land of Orb.
Kira is nervously testing the complex code they have just written with a group of programmers.
Everyone is staring at the data scrolling on the screen, as well as possible logical algorithm errors.
Several hours later, when the last line of code was tested and no error was reported, everyone involuntarily jumped up from their seats and cheered ecstatically.
"Hooray! It worked! We really succeeded!"
"Yeah! Unbelievable!"
"I still feel like I'm in a dream!"
"Well done! Kira! From today on, I am willing to call you the strongest programmer!"
"The world's first true artificial intelligence is about to be born in our hands!"
While looking at this group of ecstatic people, Kira, who was introverted and shy, had a dumbfounded expression on his face. He quickly pushed away the guy who was hugging his thigh and touching his eyes with tears and runny nose. He ran to the corridor alone and bought a can of iced juice from the vending machine. He raised his head and drank it.
It can be seen from the undisguised satisfaction on his face that this young man who has escaped the tricks of fate really likes his current job and his colleagues who are a bit silly but are very simple and straightforward.
The most important thing is that Kira fulfilled his dream.
That is to use computer programming to create a virtual life with the ability to think independently.
At this moment, the artificial intelligence named Adam is just one step away from getting approval from the Orb government and then being activated using an independent supercomputer.
Thinking of this, he immediately took out his phone and dialed the number of his superior at Dawn Company to share the good news with the other party.
The countries that were fighting fiercely outside did not realize that something that could change the world structure had quietly been born.