(It's been changed back.)
News outlets across the world broadcast every one of these scenes, causing them to spread across the globe at incredible speed. Even if the Earth Force wanted to stop it, they were powerless to turn things around and could only watch helplessly as records deeply unfavorable to them were disseminated.
Xiao Ran calmly watched Durandal perform beside him. He hoped Durandal would perform even better—the higher he climbed, the harder he would fall. Once the entire world learned that the Junius 7 incident had been orchestrated by Durandal himself, Xiao Ran would lead Orb in crushing Durandal beneath its feet and truly ending the war.
After the images on the large screen had played for several minutes, Durandal spoke again. "Our repeated efforts for peace have been ignored. The people of the Eurasian Seibu region, who chose dialogue to resolve the issue, were indiscriminately slaughtered by the Earth Force under the charge of treason. That included children!"
"Why? Why did all this happen? Why would they do such things? Is peace truly unforgivable? Must war continue? Who decided all this? Who controlled the Earth Force's actions? Has no one ever sought the reason behind it?"
In the original course of events, Durandal should have grown more and more agitated as he spoke, after which the false Lacus would naturally appear to stop him and call on everyone to unite against the Earth Force for peace. But with Xiao Ran seated beside him, Durandal would never reveal that false Lacus in front of him. Thus, he merely maintained a slightly heated tone and continued saying what he wanted to say.
"War has erupted across the world time and again, and the peace we once had has been trampled underfoot time after time. Who has insisted on obstructing