Chapter 231
Xiao Ran took out his communicator, made a call, said a few words, and hung up.
Not long afterward, Graham and Naluo returned to Xiao Ran's residence. After a moment of silence, Graham asked in confusion, "General, Laguna Harvey is actually one of the organization's people too? But how did you know he was secretly building new units behind Celestial Being's back? What is his purpose?"
"Many years ago, Celestial Being split internally into two factions. At the time, a conflict broke out between them over their differing ideals. Some things must have leaked out during that conflict. I suspect that the current Gundam-like units were also developed from leaked information after that conflict. Given his wealth and status, perhaps he was unwilling to remain merely Celestial Being's financial investor—or even supporter—and wanted to do something himself."
"Finding out that Laguna was building these things was an accident. You know, no matter how much money someone has, manufacturing units can leave traces. Small purchases are fine, like the ones I made, but once the quantities become too large, clues inevitably leak out. I found some of those clues, so after joining Celestial Being, I started paying attention. In the end, I deduced that Laguna had been secretly manufacturing units."
"Anyway, Laguna is building these units either for profit or power. No matter which it is, it is not good for us or for Celestial Being." Xiao Ran smiled at Graham. "I only meant to bluff him today, but I did not expect it to be true."
After hearing Xiao Ran's words, Graham shook his head as well. "Celestial Being should count itself lucky to have someone like you join them, General. If you had not joined Celestial Being, it would probably have been destroyed by you in the