The Real and Fake Lacus

"I know that beside Chairman Durandal, there is someone with the same appearance, the same voice, and even the same name as me..."

"Ah...!"

On the other screen, Mia's expression changed drastically as she stared blankly at the camera.

By comparison, the girl standing beside Cagalli remained as resolute as ever.

"...However, I myself—the daughter of Siegel Klein—still stand alongside the Archangel and Representative Asaha of Orb, just as I did during the previous war."

"Ah... um... well..."

Mia came back to her senses and looked anxiously at her script, but there was not a single line in the speech Durandal had prepared that could defuse this awkward situation.

Lacus looked steadily into the camera and declared loudly, "The first thing I wish to tell everyone is that she and I are not the same person, and neither are our beliefs."

"I-I am...!"

Mia raised her voice in panic, and even the script clenched in her hand accidentally entered the shot.

Lacus continued, "I do not support Chairman Durandal's words or actions."

"Huh... what...?"

Mia was completely speechless.

With the two images displayed side by side, the stark difference in the two Lacuses' attitudes became even more apparent.

Durandal pressed the intercom button and ordered with a frown, "Stop our broadcast."

"Yes... no, but..."

Even the secretary's voice carried confusion.

"Never mind, suspend it first!"

Once their broadcast stopped, the whole world would immediately know who was real and who was fake.

But Mia had already exposed herself. He could not allow her to keep making a fool of herself before the entire world.

"Ah, yes!"

The secretary answered in panic, and Mia's image promptly vanished, leaving only a pink-haired girl on the screen.

The white queen truly could not be underestimated.

His previous moves had all been correct, including