Chapter 1972: Take It Slow
Xiao Ran did not treat Siegel and Patrick as well as he had treated Asaha. To be honest, he was not familiar with either of them. He had only held back and spoken so much because of Lacus and Athrun. Besides, PLANT in the SEED World now belonged to Xiao Ran. Just like Orb in this world, he did not want to see this world's PLANT suffer the same fate as the original PLANT.
Cruze completely believed what Xiao Ran had said because Xiao Ran truly knew his secret. As a major villain and a black-hearted man, even if he did not understand others, he certainly understood himself. The secrets Xiao Ran had revealed were all Cruze's personal secrets. Looking at it from another perspective, if Cruze from another world had told Xiao Ran all those secrets, there could only be one explanation: that Cruze deeply trusted Xiao Ran.
That was indeed true, but even if Xiao Ran had not gotten along with Cruze from that other world, he could still have exposed the secrets hidden in Cruze's heart. That was because of Xiao Ran's plot cheat.
Xiao Ran had never considered using such methods before because he had not been strong enough and had not wanted to put himself in danger. But now that he had the strength, he had become far more direct in many matters. For instance, he had gone directly to Orb, and now he had come directly to PLANT. After all, neither PLANT nor Orb could truly threaten him.
Patrick, on the other hand, was stubborn and prone to getting stuck in his own head. Perhaps he believed some of what Xiao Ran had said, but to Patrick, the contents of Xiao Ran's words truly sounded like a dream. Even