No matter how lofty the other side's goals and ideals were, Old Morby and Master Tonilo's actions could be called nothing short of a coup.
A coup referred to the actions of a small number of people within the ruling group who, through conspiracy and planning, used military or political means to achieve a sudden change in national power through irregular channels.
And to a certain extent, this "coup" had to be carried out.
Leaving aside the importance of the position of civilization leader, and the fact that the Book of Coevolution connected the entire Federation civilization—
There was just one point: if Seal Object Number One (the Insects), or Seal Object Number Two (the Flesh), were allowed to take over the nest—
Then all the war gains of the Anti-Insect Alliance would go up in smoke.
The more Gao Gong thought about it, the more he felt that the reason the Insect Queen had started this war was not to find the "Flesh," or to "unseal the Flesh," but to find a "shell" for this "Seal Object Number Two."
That "shell" might be a civilized race. Or perhaps, an entire civilization.
Judging from the degree of cooperation between the Carbon-Based Network, the Seed of Life, and the Flesh, Gao Gong felt that this seal had probably already been broken.
Or rather, it possessed the power to break through the seal at any time.
That raised the question: if he knew this, did the Mierta people know it too?
If they did not, why were they so certain that he would not leak the news of this "coup"? Was it merely because he had copied their Mech Frenzy? Or were they certain that, in pursuit of perfecting the Mech Frenzy, he would deliberately let this slide?
Although Gao Gong was