Gundam, driving a mass-produced machine will change the world

Chapter 76 Barney
Regardless of how Amuro is going to appease Frau, Eli has now left the scene and found the man in prison.

"I've already found out his name. It's Barnard Watzman. He's here for NT-1."

When Eli arrived, he had already been interrogated.

This Barnard had no intention of being stubborn.

After all, the cargo ship he was driving was actually loaded with a dismantled Zeon MS.
In this situation, continuing to be stubborn will only wear out the patience of the federal army.

Eli nodded to the man, opened the prison door and walked in.

"Barnard... that's too much trouble. I'll just call you Barney."

Eli walked in and found a place to sit down. After looking around, he spoke casually.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

It is true that Barney is one of his nicknames, but he would only call himself that if they are familiar with him.

Who is this federal army officer in front of him?
"Okay, let's stop chatting here. I have a question for you. 'People abandoned by the Federation', do you mean the theory of abandoned people in the universe?"

"Is it fun to ask questions when you already know the answer?"

Strictly speaking, the theory of the universe abandoning its people is not a view specifically proposed by anyone, but a collection of resentment from the universe's residents.

Before the Universal Century, the Earth was under great pressure due to its excessive population.

To this end, several major countries in the world at that time united to establish the Earth Federation and began to migrate to the universe.

At the beginning, the Federation established a special border immigration bureau to attract the lower-class people on the earth at that time to participate in the immigration plan by offering interest-free housing loans, certain tax exemptions, education and medical insurance.

Because of the relatively generous policy benefits, many people do see it as a possibility for turning their lives around.

But soon, as more and more colonial satellites were built and the immigrant population grew, the Earth Federation soon fell into a financial crisis.

To this end, the federal government separated the Border Immigration Bureau from the federal system and turned it into a private enterprise.

Then, just like a common operation in the stock market, the independent immigration bureau could no longer bear the pressure and declared bankruptcy.

The federal government then stepped in and announced that the Immigration Bureau would be reorganized into the Space Immigration Commune.

Correspondingly, most of the preferential policies implemented by the government in the past have been abolished.

At the same time, the federal government began to implement a forced immigration policy. It can be said that everyone except the elite class was subject to forced immigration.

The colonial satellite, which was originally quite spacious, was suddenly flooded with people and became overcrowded.

Even so, the federal government is only willing to give it a city-level administrative level, and it does not even have a channel to participate in the federal parliament to put forward its demands.

Over time, the people in the universe called themselves the abandoned people of the universe.

"What? You know this very well, don't you?"

Barney, lying on a single bed with an ultra-thin mattress, continued to smile mockingly at Eli, who had just expressed his understanding of the theory of the abandoned people in the universe.

Obviously, Eli's understanding was deep enough.

Even Barney felt that the other party understood him better than he did.

But so what? To be a lieutenant at this age, he must be a well-connected guy, and he cannot personally understand the inhabitants of the universe.

Barney thought as he folded his hands behind his head.

"Is that so? It seems that Zeon has exempted you from tax. If you are still using this as an excuse to enter the battlefield."

Eli stroked his chin.

Eli, who is about to turn 20, has gradually grown stubble on his chin.

"you!"

Barney's composure was broken in a second, and the indifferent attitude he had just deliberately put on disappeared.

Where does the tax exemption come from in Zeon? Facing the Federation with the size of a side ship, the Zabi family's own consortium is a bit tight.

The government has been levying more and more taxes and levies, to the point where even joining the army is not enough to exempt you from all taxes.

In this case, Barney's joining the army actually has little to do with patriotism.

It is more to reduce the burden on the family.

The health protein mentioned earlier has even become a staple food for many ordinary families. Just by looking at Barney's expression, Eli knew what the actual situation was.

"Anyway, if I don't join the Zeon Army, why should I join the Federation? Even if Zeon has some problems now, it's the Federation's fault anyway."

Barney said this angrily.

In fact, he did not have much hatred towards the Federation.

For him, being a soldier is more of a profession.

Eli didn't argue.

The Federation is indeed a bit inhumane in this regard...

But what is even more regrettable is that even if the Federation is aware of this situation, there is no way to solve it for the time being.

Because of the One Year War, the Federation's finances were in crisis.

It can even be said that if this continues, the federation will declare bankruptcy.

So let alone improving the living environment of the colonies, even post-war reconstruction is difficult to guarantee.

What's more, there is now a huge gap in the relationship between the Earth Federation and the inhabitants of the universe.

"Well, there's nothing more to say at this point."

"Of course you are not a resident of the universe."

Barney closed his eyes and lay down again.

"I am from the island of Ifesho."

Barney opened his eyes again and looked at the indifferent Eli.

Then he turned over wordlessly and faced the wall.

Eli lowered his head and looked at Barney's slightly trembling cheek.

Eli felt a little relieved.

It seems that Zeon itself has also begun to feel tired of war.

Barney, just like the person in the movie he watched in his previous life, was not poisoned by Zeon or swallowed by the war.

Still have a passionate heart.

"Just stay here. We don't have time to transfer you to other places for the time being."

Eli stood up and walked towards the door.

"Hey... I'm sorry about what you've been through."

Barney was still facing the wall, as if he was not the one speaking just now.

Eli paused for a moment, and finally said nothing.

But when he was leaving and closing the prison door, he looked back at the guy in the red pilot jacket for the last time.

Come to think of it, Barney and I are the same age, both only nineteen years old.

"Eli, did you ask anything?"

As soon as I went out, I saw Sera waiting there.

She didn't really care about the outcome of the interrogation, she just wanted to use it as a topic of conversation.

"He was just a sacrificed soldier. How much could he know?"

Eli said this to Sera as they walked side by side.

It's like the entire Cyclops team didn't know that if they failed to destroy NT-1, Zeon would launch a nuclear bomb.

In terms of being inhuman, Zeon is still better.

At least the current federation will not be so radical.

(End of this chapter)