This was indeed a war!
But it wasn't a war in the conventional sense.
It was like the sequence dispute that Sakura Empire had deliberately stirred up—a contest that would determine their standing beside the Commander in the future.
Only the victor could have everything!
Sakura Empire had made their intentions clear. They wanted to take advantage of Little Griseo's opportunity to strengthen them, bring their new-version data, and crush the other factions. The old version was ultimately at a disadvantage against the new version. Stat inflation wasn't something mere technique could overcome.
Admittedly.
They would all become Little Griseo's shipgirls in the future.
Little Griseo certainly wouldn't be stingy about nurturing them, and would similarly push each of them beyond their limits.
But when that time came!
The Sakura Empire faction would clearly be at a disadvantage against the other factions.
Forget about taking on everyone at once.
Even fighting certain factions would be rather difficult. They would have to fight to the death... and Little Griseo wouldn't allow that!
If that happened, all their advantages would be gone! It would definitely be a huge loss. Wasn't that so?
Since Little Griseo had descended upon their own Sakura Empire,
and the opportunity was so rare,
they should take the first step, bully the weak, and beat the entire world into submission.
Even if those factions completed their breakthroughs beyond the limits and finished their upgrades and modifications later, they still wouldn't be convinced by this battle.
Sakura Empire could simply brush them off by saying, "We're all on the same side now. Why are we fighting? Let's all get along."
Then, no matter what!
Right now, they had crushed every faction.
At the very least, that would let them stand a little taller in the future when facing shipgirls