Miss Huang fell into thought after hearing Xiao Ran's words. Before long, she looked up at him with astonishment. "You're planning to interfere with the Federation? Didn't you voluntarily withdraw from the Federation back then? Why are you going to do something like this now?"
"More or less. I'll use the opportunity of taking over the Nadeshiko to get involved with the Federation and thoroughly purge those restless elements, along with all of AmbriO's dogs. Since we're facing threats and challenges from three worlds, our own world will also become our base of operations in the future. How can we not clean it up properly?"
Xiao Ran nodded. "After all, what we'll be facing in this world next is a god. Of course, we need to keep every force we can control firmly in our hands, and make sure the Federation can't drag us down. I don't want the Federation's forces to be the first thing we have to deal with when facing AmbriO."
Miss Huang looked at Xiao Ran's calm yet somewhat serious expression and sighed helplessly. "It seems this world is about to face another period of chaos."
"Even if I didn't do this, this world would still be chaotic enough." Xiao Ran smiled faintly, but he did not tell Miss Huang or Ruri Hoshino his true reason for intervening in the Federation. Dealing with AmbriO was indeed one reason, but it was not the most important one.
The real reason was that Xiao Ran wanted to gather all the power in this world, including the forces that could gradually be brought under control: the teams assembled around warships such as the Nadeshiko, Danner's Son, Ptolemaios, and Yamato, along with their subordinate combat strength. For now, he would collectively call them the Protagonist Fleet, and lead them to