Charles's speculations were based on his observations of the Foundation's actions. Although the Foundation claimed that it was secretly protecting humanity, Charles had not seen what they were protecting at all.
If they said that their plan to stop the Pope failed only because of the obstruction of the God of Light, then it would be understandable.
But when the sunlight was killing the people of the Earth Sea, they did not try to rescue them and just watched the people on the island die.
When the time came to find the Darkness to save Earthsea, they still had no intention of making contact with the humans of Earthsea, and carried out their own plans on their own.
Although they said that they were doing it to save Dihai, their previous actions were very subtle no matter how you looked at them.
Charles still remembers the oath to the foundation made by Aaron, whom he met on the Dream Island of 041.
"We fight in the darkness so that people can live in the light and protect them from the threat of anomalous items!!"
“People always say that our experiments are cruel and inhumane! But this is the necessary path to continue human civilization!!”
"All the beautiful emotions that we humans hold on to will be transformed into a rock-solid belief! In order to protect their existence! We must continue! We will become the last line of defense between humans and various supernatural projects!!"
"This war! We must win!! Not only for ourselves, but for our race!!"
"I, Aaron Lee Hotchner, take this oath!! I volunteer to be a C-level staff member of the Foundation!! I promise to be absolutely loyal to the Foundation, obey orders, strictly observe discipline, and keep secrets!! We control! We contain! We protect!! All for all mankind!!"
Knowing clearly that he had no chance of escaping from 041's dream, his words must have come from the heart, and the emotion contained in his voice was definitely not fake.
He also did not see this kind of burning emotion and determination to give everything for his beliefs in the other members of the foundation.
He believed that the original foundation was for all mankind, but it seemed fake no matter how he looked at it, as Feuerbach's foundation said that they were for all mankind.
As I said, when judging a person, don’t just look at what he says, but look at what he does.
It is now difficult for Charles to trust any organization, even if it is a so-called foundation that is all for humanity.
"But this does not affect our cooperation. The intelligence and technology they possess are what we need most at the moment."
"Yeah, I think so too. I'll be in charge of guarding against them and spying on them. You just need to continue to take care of the things above."
"Isn't it a little too early to start guarding against the Foundation now?" Jenny, who was wearing a long robe, walked over and said.
"Huh! Is it too early? Then how late is it that you in the West Sea Region have been on guard against Charles and me since the beginning of our cooperation?" Julio left Jenny speechless.
"Working together and keeping a backup plan are not contradictory. They can be done at the same time." Charles explained to the woman in front of him.
As soon as Charles finished speaking, the silver metal disc beeped twice and projected the enthusiastic Feuerbach again.
"After discussing with each other, the doctors of the Council decided to tell you this data. After all, you even know our existence, so there is no point in hiding it any further."
Upon hearing the other party's words, the discussion in the tent immediately stopped, and the governors looked at Feuerbach at the same time, waiting for him to continue.
After looking around, feeling everyone's eyes on him, Feuerbach smiled and said, "The one above is 002."
"002? What is that?? What does it mean?"
"Is there no other name? Who knows what this crappy name represents?"
"That's right, I would name my son casually like that."
The governors were talking about it.
"Quiet!!"
"Quiet!!"
As Charles and Julio spoke at the same time, the tent suddenly became silent.
Feuerbach cleared his throat and continued, "It's hard to explain to you, so I'll just tell you this: whether it's the so-called magic of the Western Sea, or the relics that you stuffed into your bodies, or some of the weird things on the island, they all come from Him."
Hearing his words, Charles was not surprised. Whether it was the fact that the mages felt abundant magic after reaching the surface, or that anything would gradually turn into relics as soon as it approached the sky, it all showed that it was affected by something above.
"What is 002? A god?" Julio already knew the naming method of the foundation from Charles.
Feuerbach shook his head. "It's really hard to explain to you. You can call it a god, but your way of naming so-called gods is very one-sided."
"All sentient beings that cannot be understood and observed are called gods, but the differences between them are huge. Can the Reveler be the same as the God of Futan?"
"Since they are both gods, which one is stronger, 002 or God Futan?" A governor asked the question that expressed the thoughts of some people.
"I don't know." Feuerbach said this very confidently.
"We can't get close to it, so we know very little about it. Whether it's a drone or the Foundation's strongest mobile task force, as long as they get close to 002, they will never come back."
"We have no idea what happened to them. We know of the existence of 002 only through the efforts of scientific researchers over the past century."
"But now the Foundation has a rough guess that His color should be purple. The purple light outside comes from Him. This light contains many things, but in our human eyes, the only thing we can observe is color. This has to be said to be a bit sad."
"I don't know what it looks like, what abilities it has, or even whether it's alive. The only thing I know is its color. Isn't that the same as not saying anything at all?"
A dissatisfied female voice sounded from the crowd of governors. Although Charles did not see it, he could still accurately recognize that it was Anna's voice.
Feuerbach shrugged his shoulders and answered helplessly: "You are the one who insisted on asking. We didn't say before that we knew a lot. If it weren't for 007 opening this door, we wouldn't have bothered to come up at all. This place is not suitable for human habitation."
(End of this chapter)