The students were extremely excited by the prospect of founding a new country. Being able to become its administrators pushed their excitement and enthusiasm to even greater heights. ARUS was cast aside, and they also forgot how they had previously stood up for Haruto, the hero.
Xiao Ran nodded slightly as he watched the lively students. The academy had finally stabilized somewhat. After today's events, these students understood that ARUS was not their savior at all, but a group of bastards with ulterior motives who were utterly unworthy of trust.
Moreover, once this new country was established, they would become its masters. They could become its administrators and builders, even the ones who formulated its laws and rules. Staying here was far better than going to ARUS and living at someone else's mercy. Even if they went out into the world, they would stand on equal footing with ARUS and the Dolcia Military State.
As for the civilians at the port, they would be even easier to handle. Most of them were adults with mature minds and a better understanding of the situation. They knew what they could and could not do. Xiao Ran would welcome anyone willing to remain in this module and become a member of the new country, but he would not stop those who felt it was too dangerous to stay. Instead, he would help send them to ARUS warships so they could leave, preventing unstable elements from remaining behind.
Now that the mission had been triggered, Xiao Ran could finally act without restraint. Before receiving the mission, he had not dared to alter the plot of this world too much and weaken his own advantage. But now, with completing the mission as the premise, he could make full use of his knowledge of the plot,