With a gloomy face, Eileen suppressed the inner anger in her heart and spoke threateningly in a calm voice.
"Aren't you Clyne Faction afraid that we will abandon the Chairman?"
Phipps smiled somewhat brightly, his voice confident.
"It's fine, we still have Genesis in hand!"
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, Eileen stopped talking nonsense with Phipps, reached out, and directly cut off the communication.
After ending the communication, Eileen began to arrange the corresponding negotiation matters, and Eileen handed the matter of contacting Lacus Clyne and her group over to the Earth Alliance side.
In Yakin Due Fortress, upon seeing that the communication had ended, Phipps turned and made a call to Felix.
"Is something the matter?"
The inquiring voice came from the speaker.
Phipps looked toward Felix and then raised his hand in a salute.
Felix nodded gently toward him, and then spoke again.
"Is something the matter?"
The inquiry entered his ears once more, and Phipps relayed the information Eileen had given him to Felix.
After thinking for a moment, Felix said flatly.
"I understand."
With that brief reply spoken, Felix ended the communication the very next moment.
On the Moon, inside the bridge of the Athena, Felix tapped the armrest twice gently before operating the communicator to call Lacus.
The screen lit up again, Lacus's face appeared on the screen, and her voice came out from the speaker.
"Felix, is something the matter?"
"I received news on my end that the Earth Alliance is going to conduct negotiations with us."
Replying verbally, Felix then awaited Lacus's answer. Lacus nodded toward Felix and then replied
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"I have also received news from the Earth Alliance side; Mr. Matt, the temporary leader of the Atlantic Federation, has invited us to join the negotiations as a third-party force."
Hearing Lacus's