Chapter 359: Kira's Determination
After that conversation aboard the Archangel, aside from Bargyll, no one asked Xiao Ran why he had cut off the Eternal's communications. Everyone could see that Xiao Ran seemed to harbor a deep-seated loathing for the Earth Force. Especially after the Earth Force fired nuclear missiles at PLANT, that loathing had risen to an extreme degree.
But in truth, Xiao Ran had never held any favorable feelings toward the Earth Force. Calling it hatred would not have been wrong. While their firing nuclear missiles at civilians was part of why he had cut off the Eternal's communications, it was not the whole reason. More importantly, as Xiao Ran himself had said, both sides had to be brought to a truly equal footing before Genesis was destroyed.
Once ZAFT no longer had Genesis, and the Earth Force no longer had its vast fleets in space or its most important forward base on the Moon, ZAFT and the Earth Force would be able to restrain one another. Only then would Orb have a chance to rise again. This concerned the Ultimate Mission and the Side Missions that might be triggered later. One failure meant erasure, while the other carried a huge unknown penalty. Xiao Ran did not dare treat this lightly in the slightest.
Moreover, because of the Librarians' interference, the Earth Force's Technical Strength seemed to have increased even further. A considerable number of mobile suits had appeared where they should not have existed. Of course, it was also possible that the Librarians had taken control of someone high up in the Earth Force, or that the Earth Force had reached some kind of agreement. But in any case, the Earth Force had already possessed nuclear weapons before Cruze handed over the N-Jammer Canceller, and they had