Professor Raphael's Anger
Although Xiao Ran wielded considerable authority and controlled all the forces in a territory vital to the Federation, his access to intelligence within the Federation was far inferior to Ribbons, who secretly controlled and influenced both the Federation and A-LAWS. Celestial Being's assistance in helping the Resistance Organization rescue people had already led to rumors within the Federation that Celestial Being and the Resistance Organization had joined forces. With Ribbons pushing things along, the Federation quickly approved a sweeping operation in the Middle East and Africa, the two regions where its control was weakest and where the Resistance Organization was most active.
While the Federation was planning the operation, a large quantity of ammunition, daily necessities, medicine, and even a very small number of MS units gathered through Wang Liu Mei and Laguna were delivered to the Resistance Organization with Ribbons's help. Such generous assistance allowed the Resistance Organization's key personnel to realize just how extraordinary their new ally truly was.
This amount of aid, most of which consisted of items banned by the Federation, had somehow been delivered to them without obstruction. That indirectly proved that the ally supporting them possessed considerable influence within the Federation. Obtaining the help of such an ally was undoubtedly a good thing for the Resistance Organization, but it also forced them to remain sufficiently wary of Xiao Ran, this mysterious ally.
As those supplies arrived, Xiao Ran's Burning Legion was broken up into squad-sized units. Following the arrival of many veterans from the SEED-D world and the addition of W Team, the number of rookie Participants and veterans had become roughly equal. Thus, the veterans led the rookies into the Resistance Organization as temporary combat support.
Even with everyone in the legion included, there were not actually that many separate