The welcoming ceremony was very warm, but it did not last too long. After a look of impatience appeared on Xiao Ran's face, the welcoming ceremony ended in a hurry. According to the previous itinerary, Xiao Ran would stay in Paris for several days. time, and the first day was to visit the government affairs building of the Earth Federation Government and have a conversation with the Federation President.
On the second day, he will inspect the federal troops stationed near Paris and provide guidance, and then on the third day, he will give a lecture in Paris. They are all face-saving activities. In addition to being able to show the enhancement to federal civilians, Apart from some confidence in the Earth Defense Force, it actually has no meaning. Xiao Ran's real purpose is actually to urge the federation to increase its support for the Earth Defense Force.
After entering the Government Affairs Building, Xiao Ran also met with many people from the federal government and gave a brief speech and did some formal things. In the afternoon, many people sat in a very solemn conference room. During the meeting, Xiao Ran and the current president of the federation sat at the main seats and performed. After almost five minutes, there were only a few people left in the entire conference room. Except for the president of the federation, the rest were all Xiao Ran. There was a guard on the side.
But what Xiao Ran paid more attention to was a man standing behind the Federation President during the previous performance. A man Xiao Ran had never seen before. He was wearing a military uniform that belonged to the Federation rather than the Earth Defense Force. He looked about thirty years old and had silver hair. But she has hair with a light pink luster and a pair of red eyes that are quite conspicuous on her expressionless face.
Like a dutiful guard guarding his superior, he maintained absolute indifference without saying a word the whole time, but Xiao Ran noticed that this man's eyes would glance at him from time to time, exuding a sense of concern. It was his own indifference that made Xiao Ran notice this person.
After the 'performance' was completed, a large number of people left. Many of the people who left were high-ranking people in the federation. However, if Xiao Ran really wanted to say something to the president of the federation, they had no qualifications to be present.
After everyone left, Xiao Ran asked the federal president about the identity of the man wearing a federal military uniform who stood behind him just now: "Who was the man who stood behind you just now?"
The federal president did not expect that the first sentence Xiao Ran said would be such a question. After being stunned for a moment, he replied: "The person behind me is Otel, Otel Schoutenbeck, I The auxiliary officer, a very capable young man, is now responsible for protecting my safety and helping me command the federal headquarters defense force."
"Ottel Schoutenbeck?" Xiao Ran raised his brows slightly, and said after a deep groan: "He does seem to be a very capable person, but maybe he is also a person with few pursuits. Otherwise, why would he choose to stay in the first place? In a federal garrison force, rather than entering the Earth Defense Force, which has more room for development."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, the federal president didn't think too much. He just laughed and said: "Sir Xiao Ran, please don't kidnap Autor away again. This guy is a talent I have carefully selected and prepared to train. It is rare that I am willing to keep him." I would like to find a capable person to assist me, I am very fond of Autor."
Xiao Ran squinted his eyes and smiled: "Haha, outstanding people must be given a better growth environment. The earth is still facing various threats. I wish that more outstanding people could Joining the Earth Defense Force is a rare talent."
In Xiao Ran's heart, this person named Otel Schoutenbeck is not as simple as it seems. He is full of mystery and indifference, and there is even a touch of hostility that lingers, and this indifference is not just for him, Xiao Ran. , especially for everyone in the conference room just now.
What's more important is that this person named Autor is very similar to a person in Xiao Ran's impression. However, the person in Xiao Ran's impression looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old. Autor looks like that person. The appearance of a person when he is older is not only similar to the person in Xiao Ran's impression, but also exactly the same as the feeling that a person in the Steel Dragon Team brings to Xiao Ran.
The person in Xiao Ran's impression is called Ingram, a child with metal cells who was cultivated. In the original plot, he joined the Steel Dragon Team and became its main fighting force. The person in the Steel Dragon Team is Ingram, and he may look like There are some differences, but the unique atmosphere cannot be concealed at all.
What's more, Xiao Ran is a changer. The unique ability of a changer allows him to clearly feel the special fluctuations emitted by Autor. Not to mention Xiao Ran, even if he is a new human being like Amuro, he can also clearly feel it. identified.
It can be said that Xiao Ran identified Autor's true identity in less than two minutes after seeing him. That was Yuzes, the real culprit who once controlled Ingram and caused the Void Messenger to appear on Earth.
Although Youzes has never really appeared, even during the Battle of Meteor III on Pluto Island, he was just a projection wearing a mask, but Xiao Ran and Youzes really used Ingram's body to carry out the battle. After more in-depth communication, it was discovered that Youzes' unique brainwaves could not hide Xiao Ran, a purebred reformer, because even clones in this world could not have the same brainwaves.
When asking the federal president, he had some thoughts on confirming what position Juzes held in the federation and what rights he had. However, Xiao Ran had no doubt that Autor was Juzes. Xiao Ran was even more surprised. Obviously the plot has become what it is now, and the Federation does not have the ability to fight against the Earth Defense Force. However, this guy Yozes still chose to lurk next to the president of the Federation. Fortunately, Xiao Ran still thought that Yozes had already infiltrated. Among the Earth Defense Forces.
And Xiao Ran had to admit that it was indeed more suitable for Yozes to lurk in the Federation than to lurk in the Earth Defense Force. Even if it were him, he would definitely make the same choice. He only needs to gain the trust of one person in the Federation. He can gain great rights. The Earth Defense Force's non-interference in the internal affairs of the Federation also gives Yuzes more room to play. Being one person below ten thousand people in the Federation is enough for him to gain a lot of convenience and resources. Able to better conceal what he is doing.
If he were in the Earth Defense Force, Yuzes would probably have no way to obtain enough resources, space and time, let alone any way to mobilize any troops, and he would also be subject to unknown surveillance and investigation.