Lei's abnormal actions also made Aslan a little cautious. After all, he was sure that Zhen Asuka came from Orb because he had personally seen Xiao Ran receiving Zhen and his family when he was in Dawn Society, and Feiniao even confusedly revealed his identity in front of him.
As for Lei, after a few days of getting to know the MS pilots of the entire battleship, Aslan was able to determine that Lei was from PNT, and he also gave Aslan an inexplicable faint sense of familiarity. It makes no sense but does not affect Aslan's judgment about Ray.
But how could such a person who had never been in contact with Orb and grew up in PNT start to stare at him, and it was also related to an Orb's 'spy'? This made Aslan a little confused, and even Aslan was also I suspect that maybe Lei has figured out his true identity a long time ago, and the reason why he did not reveal it to the public may be to find more spies through Zhen Feiniao.
And Aslan also learned from Zhen that apart from throwing him to Zaft, Xiao Ran never asked him to do anything, nor did he get any information from him. There was no purpose and no order. In other words, Zhen At best, the ingredients are unknown, and it really doesn't reach the level of a 'spy'.
So how did Lei notice Zhen, and what is the connection
With such doubts, Aslan found Zhen at an unattended opportunity and told Zhen about Lei's surveillance on him, reminding Zhen to be careful not to reveal his identity and to minimize contact with him. And after hearing Aslan's words, he also looked at Aslan strangely, and finally said:
"Lei is also one of ours, but I don't trust you, and sometimes I really can't leave, so I asked Lei to keep an eye on you."
"Ahem." After hearing the true words, Aslan couldn't help but coughed out of surprise. Looking at Zhen's innocent expression, he was also very surprised. He couldn't help lowering his voice and asked: "How is this possible? , Lei has never turned out to be Orb, how could he be one of Orb, your identity is related to your safety, how can you be so careless in trusting others."
"Oh, it's very complicated to talk about it. Didn't we have contact with that guy when Armory No. 1 was robbed last time?" Zhen Feiniao scratched his head, and what he said also made Aslan Recalling the incident at Armory No. 1, Lei Hezhen indeed had the experience of being in contact with Xiao Ran at that time, and Aslan couldn't help but take a breath of air when he thought of this scene. It turned out that at that time, Xiao Ran had already stretched out his hand. On the Minerva, they are the two most important combat forces on the Minerva.
"What exactly did he want to do? Since he had already recovered his memory at that time, why did he still snatch Zaft's body at that time? Was it helpless or intentional? Is there anything wrong with Zaft that made him notice it? What?"
Not only did Aslan doubt Zaft and think about Xiao Ran's intentions, but he never doubted whether Xiao Ran had any other bad intentions in this matter. Instead, he simply thought about Zaft and Pnt, and even whether Durandal Something is wrong.
And after knowing that Lei was actually a member of Orb's side, Aslan's worries were relieved a lot. And after Xiao Ran received the message from Aslan, he also gave a reply with a dumb smile. , the answer is yes, a yes can make Zhen and Aslan trust each other.
Not long after receiving Xiao Ran's reply, the military command ordered the Minerva to leave Gibraltar. Zaft's intelligence personnel discovered a base of the Union Army somewhere, so they sent the Minerva there. Investigate.
In Orb, after Luo prepared the body for Xiao Ran, he took two med bombs and two large reaction warheads and flew into the universe with Mina. This time, in addition to Cruze, representatives of Mars The group also followed them to the Heavenly Pillar in the universe, and the Serpent's Tail, which landed on the earth with them, stayed on the earth and went to East Asia, a battlefield between the United and Zaft.
Xiao Ran paid attention to the movements of Tianzhi Yuzhu, Giant Serpent's Tail, and others. He also did not ignore the movements of the Alliance and Zaft. The fact that both sides increased their investment in the research of new machines at the same time would naturally be Orb's information. The personnel were sent to his desk, but the increased investment by both parties was just the beginning, and even if there was any gain, it would not be so easy to be discovered by Orb's intelligence personnel. However, Xiao Ran still arranged for the intelligence department to increase investment. Pay more attention to this aspect.
Although there was not much information provided by the intelligence department, Orb's intelligence personnel learned that Actaeon Enterprises and Mount Fuji Enterprises in East Asia had jointly launched a new project on the battlefield in East Asia, but more information was learned. The specific content is blank.
While Xiao Ran tried his best to clear up the current internal situation of Orb, and also let Dawn Society start to open new machines, someone reported to Xiao Ran that Speaker T would personally come to visit Orb, Durandal. Xiao Ran did not refuse this request, but he was also extremely surprised. But after thinking about it, Xiao Ran understood. The sudden rise of Orb made Durandal feel a huge danger, and it also affected his plan, so this This visit must be to test himself and Orb, and finally confirm how big a threat Orb is to his plan and PNT. He also wants to get Durandal to lower his profile and go to Orb in person at this time. This method is to paralyze Xiao Ran and buy time for his plan.
After thinking of Durandal's purpose, Xiao Ran sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and waited for Durandal's arrival. Xiao Ran had a clear understanding of Durandal's plan and purpose, and this time Durandal came to visit Orb. Xiao Ran also saw the reason thoroughly and knew what the other party wanted to do, but the other party did not know what he wanted to do. This asymmetry in the petition was enough for Xiao Ran to easily cope with and cooperate with Durandal, until Durandal finally Take the path he should take.
On the same day that the Minerva left the port and was about to arrive at the Earth Army base they needed to investigate, and a battle took place there, Durandal's shuttle and escort team also arrived at Orb, and Xiao Ran personally came to confront him. Durandal greeted him and met him at the residence of the Seran family who had changed his name. He also expressed Orb's friendship with PNT and Xiao Ran's fancy for Durandal.
The two sides sat in the huge conference room of Xiao Ran's mansion. Xiao Ran and Orb's officers and cabinet sat on one side, while Durandal and plnat's councilors and officers sat on the other side. The attitudes of both parties were very friendly. After all, After Orb and Pnt changed, they never really broke up with each other, and they didn't even have any conflicts. Compared to the United Alliance, they were one of Orb's few friends, and of course they were far from it. Not too friendly.
At first, the two sides talked some nonsense under the leadership of Xiao Ran and Durandal, but after talking nonsense for a while, they inevitably detoured to the main topic. Durandal seized the opportunity to take over the topic with a warm look on his face. Smiling, he looked at Xiao Ran with some admiration and respect.
"What Orb did two years ago amazed the world, and Sir Xiao Ran, you single-handedly made Orb the key to world peace, and also made you a hero of the world and respected by everyone." Randall spoke slowly, his tone full of sincerity and admiration, which made people feel quite comfortable listening: "At that time, Orb was prospering under your leadership, Sir Xiao Ran, and became the indispensable and most important person in this world. In part, it became a place of residence envied by people and soldiers from all over the world and a goal to stop fighting. He insisted on his own ideas and the path of peace. At that time, Orb became a bellwether for the world."
"What is also admirable is that under the circumstances at that time, your Excellency was able to realize that he had been in politics for a long time and had caused great danger to the surrounding countries and the coalition. He was unable to achieve real peace, but was dealing with you, Your Excellency." A hypocritical peace reached under the pressure of fear, I retreated from the Orb political arena and returned the power to the princess, hoping that the world can truly achieve peace under free will."
"At that time, Sir Xiao Ran, you became a person respected by everyone in the world. However, it is a pity that Sir, you have sacrificed so much and paid so much, so that Orb, who finally stood on top of the world, is here. In two years, it has fallen into decline again, and the master has disappeared for two years without any reason, making Orb almost trapped in trouble again, becoming a tool of those people who only care about profit but don't care about the life and death of the people."
"Fortunately, Your Majesty returned to Orb again, so that Orb would not go down the wrong path and become the real enemy of the innocent people of this world. And under the leadership of Your Excellency, the Orb army used less energy than the enemy. With twice the power, he successfully eliminated all enemies, once again showing the world that Orbuna is not yielding to any force, is firm in peace, does not interfere in other countries, and does not give other countries' liver and kidneys valuable ideas."
Durandal's words made everyone on the plnat side and the Orb side nod in agreement, agreeing very much with Durandal's words. However, Xiao Ran himself just smiled indifferently and seemed not to think highly of him at all. Did the same thing.
Seeing Xiao Ran's appearance, Durandal also smiled slightly and said again: "But Lord Xiao Ran, do you know that in fact, from the disaster of Junius 7 until now, there has always been a pair of invisible black hands? Controlling everything, this black hand single-handedly caused Junius 7 to be basically shattered by Zaft’s efforts, but with the help of the Union Army, Junius 7 would never have had such a huge impact.” ( .)8