"A claim like that exists? Freedom and Strike Freedom are just replicas? Replicas of VILLKISS, at that? Is this some kind of joke?"
Xiao Ran only wanted to cry out in disbelief, but his face remained calm and composed. He nodded as he said, "So that was it. No wonder VILLKISS felt somewhat strange when I saw it, and its movements were so similar to those of the two Freedom-series units."
Lacus smiled faintly. "That is probably all I know that Lord Xiao Ran does not. The rest concerns Miss Huang's side."
"As for Celestial Being..." Miss Huang turned to look at Tieria. After nodding to him, she said, "Tieria knows the specifics best, so he will explain."
"Yes." Tieria rose to his feet and said calmly, "After we eliminated AmbriO, I entered VEDA once more and began searching for information related to AmbriO and the Western Calendar World. After spending some time on it, I finally found certain things that had been hidden away."
"Just as Renard had been chosen by AmbriO, Aeolia Schenberg had once been chosen by AmbriO as well. But after realizing AmbriO's threat, Aeolia betrayed him and created Celestial Being. At the time, he contacted and won the support of many forces and organizations that were not members of the War of Freedom. Orb was one of those supporters, and later became a member of the War of Freedom as well."
"After that, Aeolia created the Solar Furnace and chose a method different from Coordinators and Mega-Borgs to create artificial Innovators. He hoped the emergence of Pure Innovators would lead humanity's self-evolution, and he also foresaw the coming Dialogue. With that as a foundation, Celestial Being rapidly grew stronger. While shouldering the responsibilities of the War of Freedom, it also took on the responsibility of