The welcoming ceremony was very warm, but it did not last too long. After Xiao Ran showed a look of impatience, the welcoming ceremony ended in a hurry. According to the previous itinerary, Xiao Ran would also stay in Paris for several days, and the first day was to visit the government affairs building of the Earth Federation government and have a conversation with Federation President.
On the second day, he will inspect the federal troops stationed near Paris and provide guidance, and then on the third day, he will give a speech in Paris. They are all cosmetic activities. Apart from showing to the civilians of the federation to increase their confidence in the Earth Defense Force, it actually has no meaning. Xiao Ran's real purpose is actually to urge the federation to increase its support for the Earth Defense Force.
After entering the government affairs building, Xiao Ran also met with many people from the Federation government, and gave a brief speech and did some formal things. In the afternoon, many people sat in a very solemn conference room, The current presidents Xiao Ran and Federation sat on the main seats and performed. After almost five minutes, there were only a few people left in the entire conference room. Except for Federation President, the rest were all Xiao Ran's guards.
But what Xiao Ran paid more attention to was a man standing behind Federation President during the previous performance. A man Xiao Ran had never seen before. He was wearing a military uniform that belonged to Federation instead of Earth Defense Force. He looked about thirty years old, with silver hair with a light pink luster, and a pair of red eyes that were quite conspicuous on that expressionless face.
Like a dutiful guard guarding his superior, he maintained absolute indifference without saying a word the whole time. However, Xiao Ran noticed that this man's eyes would glance at him from time to time, exuding a kind of indifference towards himself. This made Xiao Ran notice this man.
After the 'performance' was completed, a large number of people left. Many of the people who left were high-ranking people in Federation. However, if Xiao Ran really wanted to say something to Federation President, they had no qualifications to be present.
After everyone left, Xiao Ran asked Federation President about the identity of the person wearing Federal Army's military uniform who was standing behind him just now, "Who was the person who was standing behind you just now?"
Federation President did not expect that the first sentence Xiao Ran said would be such a question. After being stunned for a moment, he replied, "The person behind me is Autel, Autel Schoutenbeck, my assistant officer, a very capable young man, is now responsible for protecting my safety and helping me command the Federation headquarters defense team."
"Autel Schultanbeck?" Xiao Ran raised his brows slightly, and added after a deep groan, "He does seem to be a very capable person, but maybe he is also a talent with few pursuits. Otherwise, why would he choose to stay in a Federation garrison instead of entering Earth Defense Force, which has more room for development."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Federation President didn't think too much. He just laughed and said, "Lord Xiao Ran, please don't kidnap Autel away again. This guy is a talent that I have carefully selected and prepared to train. It is rare that I am willing to leave such a capable person to assist me. I am very fond of Autel."
Xiao Ran squinted his eyes and smiled, "Haha, outstanding people must be given a better growth environment. The earth is still facing various threats. I hope more outstanding people can join Earth Defense Force. Talents are rare."
In Xiao Ran's heart, this person named Autel Schoutenbeck is not as simple as it seems. It is full of mystery and indifference, and there is even a hint of hostility that lingers. This indifference is not only directed at Xiao Ran, but also at everyone in the conference room just now.
What's more important is that the person named Autel is very similar to the person in Xiao Ran's impression, but the person in Xiao Ran's impression looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, Autel looks like that person when he is older. In addition to being similar to the person in Xiao Ran's impression, he is also exactly the same as the feeling that the person currently in Steel Dragon Squad brings to Xiao Ran.
The person in Xiao Ran's impression is called Yingge, a cultivated Metal Cell child who joined Steel Dragon Squad in the original plot and became its main combat force. The person in Steel Dragon Squad is Ingram. There may be some differences in appearance, but the unique aura cannot be concealed at all.
What's more, Xiao Ran is a changer. The unique ability of the changer allows him to clearly feel the special fluctuations emitted by Autel. Not to mention Xiao Ran, even if it is replaced by Amuro, Newtype can also clearly identify it.
It can be said that Xiao Ran has identified the other party's true identity in less than two minutes after seeing Autel, that is, the real culprit who once controlled Ingram and caused Void Envoy to appear on Earth - Yuzes.
Although Yuzes has never really appeared, even during the battle of Hades Island Meteorite III, what appeared was just a projection wearing a mask, but Xiao Ran is really the same as Yuzes With the help of Ingram's body, Yuzes's unique brainwaves cannot be concealed from Xiao Ran, who is Pure Innovator, because even clones in this world cannot have the same brainwaves.
When asking Federation President, there were some thoughts about confirming what position Yuzes held in Federation, what rights it had, etc., but Xiao Ran had no doubts about Autel being Yuzes. Xiao Ran was even more surprised by the Mingming drama Things have become what they are now, and Federation does not have the ability to fight against Earth Defense Force. This guy Yuzes actually chose to lurk next to the president of Federation. Unfortunately, Xiao Ran still thought that Yuzes had infiltrated Earth Defense Force.
And Xiao Ran also has to admit that it is indeed more suitable for Yuzes to lurk in Federation than to lurk in Earth Defense Force. Even if it were him, he would definitely make the same choice. Among Federation, he only needs to gain the trust of one person. In order to obtain great rights, Earth Defense Force does not interfere in Federation's internal affairs and also gives Yuzes more room to play. In Federation, one person is less than ten thousand people, which is enough for him to gain a lot of convenience and resources, and can better conceal what he is doing.
If it were in Earth Defense Force, Yuzes might not have any way to obtain enough resources, space and time, let alone any way to mobilize any troops, and would still be subject to unknown surveillance and investigation.