Gundam Super G Universe

Chapter 107: Good Wishes, Stubborn Fools (5000)

According to normal logic, the fewer people who know the specific content of the secret meeting between Red and Uzmi, the better.

But Red actually didn't want to listen to Uzmi's brainwashing, because many of his ideas sounded correct, but he couldn't think about them too carefully. If he thought about them too carefully, he would feel that the correctness he just felt was an insult to his IQ.

So, when Mina and Cagalli were about to say goodbye and wait outside, Reid took the initiative to speak.
"Representative Uzummi, this isn't a meeting to decide national strategy. We can just have a chat. Let Mina and Cagalli sit in. To be honest, they and I are from the same generation. I'll probably communicate with them more in the future.

My guards were also listening in. We were having a meeting in Orb's territory, but there were more people on my side, which was a bit awkward."

Red's words were actually a hint of a mockery of Uzmi's impending death as the representative of the United Emirates of Orb, but Uzmi just pretended not to understand the implication.

In Uzumi's understanding, Red asked Mina and Cagalli to stay because he wanted to limit his speech. Because some things were really hard to say in front of them, especially Cagalli, who was too immature now and couldn't hide her thoughts.

However, Uzumi softened a little when she saw Kagali's interest. And Mina beside her also stopped walking, which made it clear that she also wanted to hear what Red and Uzumi were talking about.

Uzumiya immediately felt that Red was really good at taking advantage of people. If he forced them out today, Cagalli would definitely suspect that he was going to betray Orb again (in Cagalli's eyes, the blame for the cooperation with the Atlantic Federation was always on Uzumiya). Mina didn't say anything, but she would definitely feel that she was not trusted.

So Uzumi could only comfort himself by saying

"If this is Mr. Reid's suggestion, I have no objection. I should indeed let Cagalli see the real political game."

However, Uzumi immediately said to Mina and Cagalli with a serious expression:
"However, Cagalli, Mina, you only have the right to listen, not the right to speak. No matter what you hear next, no matter how much you object or how shocked you are, you cannot speak or leave. Can you do this?"

After Uzumi said that, Mina stood by the wall and said nothing more, which made her approval very clear.

But Kagali felt that her father was looking down on her, so she responded with

"Of course I can do it. Don't underestimate me."

After that, he stood next to Mina and stared at Uzumi, making her look like someone from Red's side.

Kagali's childish behavior immediately made Uzumaki feel that his education had failed, so he said to Red awkwardly:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Reid. Many of my daughter's behaviors are still a bit childish. I hope you can understand."

Red was not going to pick on Uzumi about the way he educated his daughter. After all, he had educated Cagalli so "excellently", which would only benefit him.

So Reid replied with a smile.

"Miss Cagalli dares to speak her mind in the face of power. This is her strength. I actually admire her."

Red didn't lie. For ordinary people, being able to speak out one's opinions directly in the face of power is indeed an advantage.

But for politicians, especially those from weak countries, this is simply a death warrant (refer to the first person to tear up the UN Charter).

However, seeing that Red had given him a way out, Uzumi could not argue any further on this issue. He could only remember in his heart that he must find time to talk to Cagalli about the unspoken rules of politics later.

Then, Uzumi went down Red's steps and changed the subject, asking
"I'm glad Mr. Red doesn't mind. But let's get back to the point. What is Mr. Red's real purpose for coming to Orb? If you want to meet Mina, you've already met her. It doesn't mean you're really here to kidnap people and take them back to the Star Palace colony satellite."

Red said that the kidnapping in Orb should be left to your prince, and he would not steal the limelight, so he replied with a smile.

"Of course not. If I were to forcefully rob Miss Mina, I'm afraid Orb would really hunt me down with the entire country. I'm not the evil dragon that robbed the princess in the fairy tale."

Red started out by joking, then his expression turned serious and he said what he had prepared to say to Uzumi before coming to Orb.

"As for the real purpose... Representative Uzmi, I have always heard from my friends that the people in Orb are extremely hostile to the New Misrchi Republic, and have even planned many plans comparable to terrorist attacks. And I did catch someone who tried to cause trouble before.

However, seeing is believing, which is why I came to Orb during my break from coming to Earth."

Red's reason was quite official, and Uzumi also knew who had been saying bad things about Orb, but what they said was true. If it hadn't been under pressure, Orb would have destroyed the military factory on the Star Palace colony satellite long ago.

However, political dirty deeds were never done without evidence. Moreover, what Red said was never actually done by Orb.

So, Uzumi pretended to be extremely angry and raised his voice a few notches higher, retorting:
"Slander, this is all slander against our country! Both Orb and the New Misrchi Republic are neutral countries, and one is on Earth and the other is in space. What reason do we have to be hostile to each other? This is all slander by the big powers in order to destroy the friendship of our neutral countries!!"

Red saw that Uzumi was speaking so passionately, but his heart was calm. He said that this set of words could only fool a naive child like Cagalli, and any adult with a little social experience would not believe it.

So Red just said something heart-breaking.
"Representative Uzumi, Shuguang Company suffered a serious loss last year."

Red interrupted Uzmi's performance with just one sentence, and there was no need to say anything else, as it would easily cause a falling out among everyone.

Uzumiya also decisively skipped the topic of slander and answered directly
"After all, our country's declaration of absolute neutrality has cut off the military and technical support from the Earth Federation. It is normal for us to suffer losses. We have been prepared for this."

After saying that, Uzmi also started to fight back. Up to now, Red had been in the upper hand in the talks. If he didn't put in some effort, Uzmi felt that his reputation as the Lion of Orb would really be changed to a sick cat.

"Mr. Red, as far as I know, the New Misrchi Republic has made a lot of money in the past year and has even started building a second colony satellite. Now it has established a firm foothold in the arms industry, and I want to congratulate you on that."

Red knew that no matter how he answered this question, Uzmi would have to say earnestly that providing weapons and equipment to the Earth Union and PLANT was tantamount to encouraging both sides to expand the war and accuse himself of affecting peace.

So Red just crossed his hands to support his chin, and then fell silent, with an expression that said, "You continue to perform, I'll watch."

The silence lasted for more than a minute. Seeing that Uzummi was ready to fight him till the end of time, Red said that he was not interested in staring at an old man and said directly:
"Please continue, Representative Uzmi. I am listening."

Uzmi said that he met an old hand today. Red Isaac is young, but he knows a lot. In comparison, the three officers of the Archangel during the day are simply innocent and cute.

However, Uzmi said that he had already started, and he would continue to perform even if it was a one-man show, so he said bluntly:

"Mr. Red, don't you think that the New Mischi Republic is helping the war spread by providing arms to both sides? You even helped the East Asian Republic develop a new type of MS."

Seeing that Uzumiya had revealed his true intentions, Red did not panic. This was all what he had expected. He just replied calmly:
"It seems that Representative Uzmi also likes to hear gossip. But be careful. The East Asian Republic's aircraft were independently developed by them and they have complete intellectual property rights. These aircraft have nothing to do with the New Misrchi Republic.

As for the arms sales to both sides, it seems that the New Misrchi Republic only sold some armor to both sides. The blame for the spread of the war is too big for our country to bear. Moreover, if selling arms is contributing to the spread of the war, then the Aurora Society has been providing arms and military support to the countries in the Earth Sphere for decades. Can I think that the Earth Sphere has reached the point of continuous war now because of you, Orb, who added fuel to the fire and caused the final war to break out? "

Seeing that Red was so difficult to deal with, Uzumi actually used his accusations against him as a boomerang and put an even bigger accusation on him, so he quickly avoided the issue and said

"Mr. Red, you are too serious. Orb loves peace, so the Aurora Society stopped all foreign arms trade and military support after the war started. This was to prevent the war from expanding further."

Red just wanted to say that Uzumiya was really shameless. Did Orb not want to sell arms? His declaration of neutrality was only for the Earth Union and PLANT. There were only four countries banned in total, and these four countries did not need Orb to provide arms.

As for military technical support, if Orb didn't support it, how did the five G-plan machines come from? Was there a rebellion in Heliopolis? Or was the Orb government actually being sidelined by the Atlantic Federation?
The reason why Orb's income was so low last year was simple: the neutron jammers had made all countries except a few major powers poor.

Several of the Dawn Society's original major clients, the United States of South America was annexed by the Atlantic Federation, and the Oceania Union invested in PLANT.

As for the remaining few, the Muslim republics went from being tycoons to being poor as early as the energy crisis at the end of the last century, and that place is now a real barren land; not to mention the two African countries, which have never been rich since humans entered the modern society; as for the Equatorial Union, it can only be said that they are now as poor as the two African countries.

The last customer is the Kingdom of Navia, which is also a neutral country, and its land area is much larger than that of Orb. However, this country is separated from Orb by half the globe, and in the past it had to cross the Eurasian continental plate or the American continent.

With the Earth Union and ZAFT forces at loggerheads, it would be strange if ZAFT would let you pass the weapons if you were to transport them over. Who knows if Orb is looking for an excuse to send weapons to the Earth Union.

Now the only source of income for the Dawn Society comes from those underground arms smugglers, but these people basically only smuggle light weapons and individual weapons, and sell them to African guerrillas, which does not make much money at all.

Red knew very well that the reason why Orb was so rich now was because they had a small territory and a strong foundation. Thanks to the huge profits from arms in the past few decades, Orb was extremely wealthy and would not have any problem even if the supply was cut off for a year.

However, Orb obviously realized that this would not work. The reason why they were working so hard to develop MS was so that when the national finances could no longer support it, they could immediately return to the arms market with MS.

That is why the New Mischi Republic is so hostile to Orb, because if Orb enters the MS market, the New Mischi Republic will be its biggest rival, and it is now ahead of Orb in all aspects.

So, Red just shook his head in response to Uzumi's high-sounding words.

"Deputy Uzmi, don't fool yourself if you fool others. The Aurora Society has not cut off its external technical support, otherwise after the collapse of Heliopolis, you would not have just protested verbally but without any actual action.

And Orb represents peace? Don't make me laugh. A country whose military industry accounts for more than 90% of its GDP loves peace? Anyway, I don't have the face to claim that the New Misrchi Republic loves peace. "

When Red said this, Uzumi's face darkened. He said coldly:
"So, Mr. Red is saying that you want the war to continue like this?"

Reid shook his head and replied:
"Of course not. In peacetime, the main industry of the New Misrchi Republic should be various space engineering machinery. For example, my first product [Iron Ball] is much more useful than Mistral. In the future, I will continue to develop other equipment that is beneficial to interstellar development.

It’s a pity that the war cannot be changed by my personal will. In this era, I just chose a better way to survive.

Also, Representative Uzmi, praying for peace is a good thing and something to be praised. But if you ignore the actual situation and insist on showing your willingness for peace without making any compromise, to use a word I learned from the East Asian Republic, this is called stubbornness, and it is easy to break into pieces. "

Uzumi understood what Red said, but he had already brainwashed himself with his own ideas. His response to Red's reminder was

"If my ideals require me to be shattered to pieces, that is what I am willing to do."

All Red could say was that Orb was unlucky to have a leader like you.

You died a heroic death, but what about the people of Orb? Let them die under the bombardment? Let them become refugees? Or let them die with you? Have you ever asked them what they want?
In this regard, Red's evaluation is that Uzumiya is not as good as Cagalli during the SEEDD period. She at least knew that she was sacrificing herself for the people of Orb, not for the so-called ideals. Otherwise, she would not agree with the pro-Atlantic Federation policy of the Selan family, nor would she agree to marry Yuna Roma Selan.

However, the original novel clearly describes how stubborn Uzumiya is. Red did not have any intention to persuade Uzumiya to change his mind. Instead, he skipped the topic and said

“Uzmi represents high righteousness, but I personally hope that day will never come.

But as I said, war cannot be changed by my personal will, at least not with my current power. How the New Misrchi Republic can survive in this era, Princess Angelique and I have our own thoughts.

However, I personally still hope that there will be no conflict between the New Mislchi Republic and Orb, but now the initiative of this conflict is in Orb's hands.

Representative Uzmi, I hope you can give me a clear picture of the attitude of Orb under your rule towards the New Misrchi Republic."

Red's intention was actually very clear, which was to force Uzumi to make a statement. Even if this statement was useless, Orb would still trip him up later, so at least Uzumi had to make a clear statement now.

This is why Red wants to keep Mina and Cagalli. As long as Uzumi has expressed her position, if Cagalli comes to power in the future and cannot control her subordinates, Red can use Uzumi's words today to confront her. She will definitely be speechless and can only be led by him.

Uzumi now regretted letting Mina and Cagalli stay, she never expected that Red would dig such a hole for her.

If there were no one else, Uzmi would have made his statement without hesitation, since it was not recorded on paper. The recording was a synthesised one, and he would not recognize a single word of it after he left the room.

But now Mina and Cagalli were watching, and the key point was that Cagalli was watching. If I expressed my opinion, she would definitely take it seriously. And I couldn't say afterwards that what I said was just a rhetoric, because if I did that, the peace concept I had instilled in Cagalli would collapse in an instant.

However, Red did not leave Uzmi any way out now. If he did not express his position, he would have admitted that Orb was hostile to the New Mislichi Republic. All his words at the beginning were polite.

This would prove that Orb would be hostile to a country that is thousands of miles away and with which they have almost no intersection. This would also cause Cagalli's concept of peace to collapse.

So Uzumaki could only choose the lesser of the two, and answered almost through gritted teeth.
"Of course I can be sure that under my rule, as long as other countries do not take the initiative to provoke Orb, Orb will never think of infringing on the interests of other countries."

Reid got what he wanted, nodded with satisfaction, and replied with a smile:

"Deputy Uzmi, I have the same attitude. The New Mischi Republic will not actively hostile to Orb. Moreover, if Orb is in trouble in the future, the New Mischi Republic can also provide assistance to the best of its ability."

Here, Red was careful and only mentioned rescue but not support. After all, the gap between the two is quite large. To put it bluntly, Red only wanted to take advantage of the situation but not to give blood transfusion.

Uzumi was no longer in the mood to care about Red's little tricks, so he agreed using official rhetoric. After all, he couldn't just slam the table and say that Red was cursing Orb.

Seeing that Uzumi was so cooperative, Red continued to make requests.

"By the way, since I'm in Orb now, Representative Uzummi, please let me meet the people from the Archangel. Don't worry, I just want to see an old friend and say hello, and by the way, go to the Aurora Society to meet Director Erica Simmons. I have been friends with her for a long time."

(End of this chapter)