Lei's abnormal actions also made Athrun a little cautious. After all, he was sure that Zhen Asuka was from Orb because he had personally seen Xiao Ran's family that welcomed Zhen and him when he was Akatsuki Works, and Asuka confusedly revealed his identity in front of him.
As for Lei, after a few days of understanding the entire battleship M S-Class Pilot, Athrun could confirm that Lei was from PLANT, and it also gave Athrun an inexplicable light familiarity. This feeling was unreasonable but did not affect Athrun's judgment of Lei.
But how could such a person who had never been in contact with Orb and grew up in PLANT start to stare at him, and he was also related to a Orb's spy'? This made Athrun a little confused, and even Athrun was also suspicious. Maybe Lei had already seen his true identity, and the reason why he had not made it public might be to find more spies through Zhen·Asuka.
And Athrun also learned from Zhen that apart from throwing him to ZAFT, Xiao Ran didn't ask him to do anything at all, nor did he get any information from him. There was no purpose and no order. In other words, Zhen's ingredients were unknown at best, and Zhen couldn't reach the level of a 'spy'.
So how did Lei notice Zhen, and what is the connection?
With such doubts, Athrun found Zhen in an unmanned opportunity and told Lei about his surveillance, reminding Zhen to be careful not to reveal his identity and to minimize contact with him. After hearing what Athrun said, he also looked at Athrun strangely, and finally said:
"Lei is also one of ours, but I don't trust you, and sometimes I really can't leave, so I asked Lei to keep an eye on you."
"Ahem." After hearing the true words, Athrun couldn't help but coughed out of surprise. Looking at Zhen's innocent expression, he was also very surprised. He couldn't help but lower his voice and asked, "How is this possible? Lei Orb has never had any results. How could he be Orb? Your identity is related to your safety. How can you be so careless in trusting others."
"Oh, this matter is very complicated. It's just that when Armory One was robbed of his body last time, didn't we have contact with that guy?" Zhen Asuka scratched his head, and what he said also reminded Athrun of Armory One. At that time, Lei Hezhen did have a relationship with Xiao Ran's experience, and thinking of this scene, Athrun couldn't help but take a breath of air. It turned out that at that time, Xiao Ran had already extended his hand to Minerva, and they were the two most important combat forces on Minerva.
"What exactly did he want to do? Since he had already recovered his memory at that time, why did he still snatch ZAFT's body at that time? Was it helpless or intentional? Is there anything wrong with ZAFT that made him notice it?"
Not to mention that Athrun was doubting ZAFT and thinking about Xiao Ran's intentions, but he never doubted whether Xiao Ran had any other bad intentions in this matter. Instead, he simply thought about whether there was anything wrong with ZAFT, PLANT, or even Durandal.
And after knowing that Lei was actually on Orb's side, Athrun's worries were relieved a lot. And just after Xiao Ran received the message from Athrun, he also smiled dumbly and got a reply. The answer was yes. An affirmation can make Zhen and Athrun trust each other.
Not long after receiving Xiao Ran's reply, the military ordered Minerva to leave Gibraltar. ZAFT intelligence personnel discovered a base of Earth Force somewhere, so they sent Minerva to investigate.
In Orb, after Luo prepared the body for Xiao Ran, he took two MED Missile and two Large Reaction Missile heads and flew into the universe with Mina, and this one Except for Cruze, the Mars delegation also followed Heaven's Pillar in the universe. Tail of the Serpent, who landed on the earth with them, stayed on the earth and went to East Asia, a battlefield between the United and ZAFT.
Xiao Ran is paying attention to the movements of Heaven's Pillar, Tail of the Serpent, and the movements of the United Nations and ZAFT are also not ignored. The fact that both parties are simultaneously increasing their investment in the research of new aircraft will naturally be reported to Orb's informant Agents were sent to his desk, but the increased investment by both parties was only the beginning, and even if there was any gain, it would not be so easy to be discovered by Orb's intelligence personnel, but Xiao Ran still arranged for the Intelligence Department to increase its attention in this regard.
Although there is not much information provided by the Intelligence Department, Orb's intelligence personnel learned that Actaeon Enterprise and Mt. Fuji Corporation in East Asia jointly developed a new project on the battlefield in East Asia. However, the more specific content is blank.
While Xiao Ran worked hard to clear up the current internal situation of Orb, and also allowed Akatsuki Works to start the development of new machines, someone reported to Xiao Ran that Speaker PLANT would Orb would come to visit Orb in person. Xiao Ran did not refuse this request from Durandal, but he was also extremely surprised. But after thinking about it, Xiao Ran figured it out. Orb The sudden rise of made Durandal feel a huge danger, and it also affected his plan, so this visit must be to test himself and Orb, and finally confirm that Orb What a threat it is to his plan and PLANT, and what's more, he wants Durandal to lower his body and go to Orb in person at this time. Isn't it a way to make Xiao Ran paralyzed and buy time for his plan.
After thinking of the purpose of Durandal, Xiao Ran sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and waited for the arrival of Durandal. Xiao Ran had a clear understanding of Durandal's plan and purpose, and the reason why Durandal came to visit Orb this time Xiao Ran also sees clearly and knows what the other party wants to do, but the other party does not know what he wants to do. This asymmetry in the application is enough for Xiao Ran to easily cope with and cooperate with Durandal until Durandal finally embarks on the path he should take.
On the same day that Minerva left the port and was about to arrive at the Earth Force base they needed to investigate, and a battle took place there, Shuttlecraft and the escort team of Durandal also arrived at Orb, and even more so Xiao Ran He personally came out to greet Durandal and met with Durandal at the residence of the Ceran Family, who had changed his name. He also expressed Orb's friendliness towards PLANT and Xiao Ran's fancy for Durandal.
The two sides were sitting in the huge conference room of the huge modern Xiao Ran mansion. Xiao Ran and Orb's military officers and cabinet members sat on one side, while Durandal and PLNAT's MPs and military officers sat on the other side. The attitudes of both parties were very friendly. After all, Unexpectedly, Orb and PLANT have never really broken up with each other after Xiao Ran's change, and there has not even been any conflict. Compared to the United Alliance, Orb is one of the few friends, and of course it is far from being too friendly.
At first, the two sides talked some nonsense under the leadership of Xiao Ran and Durandal, but the nonsense talk inevitably detoured to the main topic. Durandal seized the opportunity to take over the topic, with a warm smile on his face, and looked at Xiao Ran with some admiration and respect.
"What Orb did two years ago amazed the world, and Lord Xiao Ran you single-handedly made Orb the key to world peace, and also made you a hero of the world who was admired by all." Durandal said slowly, his tone full of sincerity and admiration, which made people feel quite proud. Comfort: "At that time, Orb was thriving under your leadership, Lord Xiao Ran, and became an indispensable and important part of the world. It became a place of residence envied by people and soldiers from all over the world and a goal to stop fighting. By adhering to its own ideas and the path of peace, Orb became a benchmark for the world at that time."
"What is also admirable is that your Excellency, under the circumstances at that time, found that he had been in politics for a long time and had posed a great danger to the surrounding countries, alliance, and PLANT. It was impossible to achieve real peace, but a false peace reached under the pressure of fear of you, Sir. He bravely retreated from the Orb political arena and returned the power to the princess, hoping that the world could truly reach peace under free will."
"At that time, Lord Xiao Ran, you became a person respected by everyone in the world. But it is a pity that you have sacrificed so much and paid so much, so that can finally stand on top of the world. Orb fell into decline again within two years, and the master disappeared for two years without any reason, leaving Orb almost in trouble again, becoming a tool of those people who only care about interests but do not care about the life and death of the people."
"Fortunately, my lord returned to Orb again, so that Orb would not go down the wrong path and become the real enemy of the innocent people in this world. And under your leadership, Orb Army successfully eliminated all enemies with a force several times less than that of the enemy, once again showing the world Orb's precious philosophy of not yielding to any force, being firm in peace, not interfering with other countries, and not allowing other countries to suffer."
Durandal's words made everyone on the PLNAT side and the Orb side nod in agreement, agreeing very much with Durandal's words, while Xiao Ran himself just smiled indifferently and seemed not to care about what he had done.
Seeing Xiao Ran's appearance, Durandal also smiled slightly and said again, "But Lord Xiao Ran, do you know that in fact, from the disaster of Junius 7 until now, there has always been a pair of eyes" The invisible black hand is controlling everything. This black hand single-handedly caused Junius 7 to be basically destroyed due to ZAFT's efforts, but with the help of Earth Force, Junius 7 would never have had such a huge impact. "