Xiao Ran entertained Athrun and three people to enjoy breakfast with him. Although he probably understood that the three of them must have already eaten, it was just because of his own arrangements that it was difficult to refuse, so he ate once. Xiao Ran was basically talking at the table, as were Athrun, Lunamaria and Heine.
Not long after breakfast, the three Athrun said goodbye to Xiao Ran and left. It was not until the three left that Xiao Ran looked at the door that had been closed again and gently leaned on the sofa and flicked the armrest beside him. Athrun Not to mention, if ZAFT starts to declare war on Orb, there is no need to wait for him to take the initiative. If Durandal betrays him, he will find a way to get him first. At that time, Athrun will definitely return to Orb at all costs. Even if he is unlucky enough to be caught by Durandal's people, Xiao Ran and Lacus will not leave Athrun alone in ZAFT.
But the short time spent with Lunamaria and Heine at least left them with a good impression of Xiao Ran. The next step is to turn these impressions into trust. As for whether the seeds of this impression can eventually turn into towering trees, it is not something Xiao Ran can decide, but Minerva is one of the five pilots on Xiao Ran. Three of them will eventually defect to Orb, and the remaining two pilots, Lunamaria and Heine, are also very likely to eventually leave ZAFT and join Orb under the influence of Athrun, Zhen and Lei based on their impression and trust of Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran smiled and shook his head when he thought of this. At this time, ZAFT and Orb had just finalized the cooperation treaty, and he was now starting to plot against Durandal. Although he was well prepared, it still sounded a little sinister.
He raised his hand, and soon a follower bent down to Xiao Ran, who only heard Xiao Ran say, "For the press conference at two o'clock in the afternoon, go see if there is anything you need to cooperate with, and ask them to send over the final results of yesterday's discussion. I want to read it first."
The entourage nodded and walked out. Not long after, a formal document was delivered to Xiao Ran. After carefully reading it, Xiao Ran did not find any traps in it. The important points were all written in the text as Xiao Ran and Durandal said. Originally, Xiao Ran was going to submit to Durandal asked to borrow a batch of supplies, but after Heaven's Pillar returned, D. S. S. D entered Orb, and there were various Zs contacted by Xiao Ran With the help of Neutral Countries and other forces, Orb did not need to worry about supplies in a short period of time, so Xiao Ran finally gave up the idea.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Ran, who had already changed into Orb and the highest Leader's Uniform, appeared on time at the press conference that Durandal had specially prepared for this signing and speech. Xiao Ran was followed by Xiao Ran. Among the Orb senior officials and military officers who came, Durandal also came out from the other direction at the same time, also bringing some PLANT MPs and ZAFT officers. Even Athrun and Heine followed the team at the end, and then stood on the side of the stage.
At this time, the entire scene was filled with countless reporters. After Xiao Ran appeared, among the crowd of reporters, a brown-haired girl who looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, but slightly mature for two years, also showed a look of nostalgia after seeing several figures on the stage. However, she was also a little surprised when she saw that Athrun was actually wearing ZAFT's red clothes.
"Teacher, Mr. Mu, Captain Bargyll, and Athrun, why did they put on ZAFT uniforms again?"
This girl is Miriallia who once served as CIC Seat on Archangel. After leaving Archangel, she became a freelance journalist and is active around the world. At first, she was to record the peace after the war, but now she has become a record of the war after the peace.
Standing next to her was a young man who looked the same age but had short blond hair. He was pointing a camera in the direction of the stage, and used the camera to record the figures of Xiao Ran and Athrun. As if the young man had heard Miriallia's words, he turned to Miriallia and said with a smile, "I I always thought Athrun looked better in this outfit, but I didn't expect that guy to rejoin ZAFT. He stayed well at Orb. I don't know what he thought when he returned to ZAFT. However, you, the teacher, have stood up again and got together with Speaker Durandal. I really don't know what the world will become next."
Miriallia was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the boy who had been by his side for the past two years and was also his boyfriend. He smiled slightly and said, "Dearka, how about we go back to Orb too."
"Ah?" The boy was Dearka, the pilot of Buster Gundam. Because of Xiao Ran, he did not return to ZAFT as in the original plot, so he stayed with Miriallia. After hearing Miriallia's words, he was stunned for a moment. "Go back?"
Miriallia smiled and nodded heavily, his eyes full of determination. "Yes, but before going back, I want to see Athrun first."
After seeing the determination in Miriallia's eyes, Dearka also grinned. "Okay, let's go back."
On the stage, the moment Xiao Ran and Durandal held their hands together, countless flashlights illuminated the entire venue like daylight. However, Xiao Ran and Durandal seemed to be used to such lights. Even in the face of countless flashing lights, their expressions did not change at all.
The two smiled and nodded, and then each sat in their own seats. Their seats were next to each other, and there was a row of their own people sitting next to them. After countless flash lights stopped and the venue fell into silence again, Durandal crossed his arms, straightened his back, looked at the reporters below the stage, and spoke slowly and unhurriedly.
"Everyone, I am Supreme Council Chairman Jirubado·Durandal from PLANT. The person sitting next to me, I think everyone should be more familiar with it than me, is Prime Minister Xiao Ran from Orb. Under such circumstances, everyone was suddenly summoned to hold a meeting. I am deeply sorry for this press conference, because the war between our PLANT and the people on Earth has not yet ended, and Orb Prime Minister, a neutral country, may appear here, which may make you confused, but Lord Xiao Ran and I also hope that everyone can listen carefully to the next words."
"Nearly three years have passed since the end of the last war, and the world has only enjoyed two years of peace, but it has once again fallen into war because of the fall of Junius 7. Although PLANT has tried its best to gain understanding from all parties before the war started, no matter what they do, it is of no avail."
"From the day when the Alliance once again launched nuclear bombs on countless innocent people in PLANT, the war between ZAFT and the Alliance seemed to have no possibility of stopping. The war resulted in the death and injury of countless innocent people, and made more people homeless. Children could not find their relatives, parents could not find their children, and loved ones were separated forever. What caused all this was the unstoppable war, even if PLNAT never gave up its demand to stop the war."
"But so far, no matter what efforts are made, the reason why the war continues to spread is, in the final analysis, the real reason why this war happened. Due to the differences in intelligence collection in various countries and the information blockade of the upper levels from the lower levels, many people must still not know it."
As Durandal spoke, scenes of battles began to be played on the large screen on the side of the stage. However, it was more of a battle than a desperate massacre. The unarmed MS opponents sent by the coalition also suffered from The Junius 7 disaster started with civilians, and the huge MS Destroy Gundam shuttled through the city and destroyed the city. This was the first time that Destroy Gundam was truly shown to the eyes of the world through global news media.
"These are all tragedies ordered by a few cruel people, and this huge mobile suit is also the War Weapon, Earth Force new type of huge weapon that appeared in the battle with ZAFT a few days ago when it overran the Russibu Region city from the center of the Eurasian Continent."
"This Giant Destruction Weapon suddenly started attacking without any warning, turning the city that could not take refuge to ashes. We immediately carried out Sniper Defense Combat, and with the help of Orb, we successfully eliminated this giant weapon of destruction. Unfortunately, even if we successfully stopped the destruction and killing of this weapon of destruction, we also paid a great sacrifice, both soldiers and civilians."
"It was Earth Federation who caused these tragedies, and it was the earth's land that was burned by the flames of war. Federation, who was supposed to protect the earth, caused massacres again and again on the earth's land. Why did he do such a thing? United Moody's Dilemma Isn't it true that the liberation of ZAFT is controlled? Why can those armed Earth Force soldiers cruelly pull the trigger on unarmed civilians who are already kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and even make the captured civilians work like coolies? Can this be called liberation?"
"Both PLANT and Orb have firmly condemned the actions of the Alliance for this act of reducing civilians and land to ashes. They have also been supporting countries and forces that have withdrawn from the alliance, as well as people who have achieved independence from a humanitarian standpoint. We only hope to put an end to this meaningless life of all-day war and destruction."
Durandal stopped talking next, but the eyes of everyone present turned to the pictures played on the big screen. The heart-wrenching pictures made the reporters speechless. The blood and tears of the civilians' accusations against the United also made everyone who saw this scene feel a fire in their hearts.