Chapter 308

Orb territorial waters, the allied fleet led by the Orb Expeditionary Fleet, stopped on the sea surface about 200 kilometers from the Orb mainland. And issued a notice to the Orb government from Orb Prime Minister Cagalli...

First, it announced the treasonous behavior of the Sahaku family, demanded that the government arrest a series of people headed by Unato Roma Seiran, and most of the names on the arrest list were government officials of the Seiran faction.

The reason for the treason charge was naturally colluding with Logos to sell out Orb's interests and signing unfair treaties that undermined Orb's neutrality policy.

At the same time, in the relevant documents submitted to the Orb government, the evidence for the treason charge was also provided very sufficiently; after all, with Wang Liumei, a former Logos bigwig, evidence was something that could be said to be well-prepared, and even if there wasn't any, it could be conjured up for you.

Second, it demanded that the Orb military stop all armed actions and not oppose the entry of the allied fleet into the port for any reason or in any form.

The allied fleet was an armed force escorting the Prime Minister back to the Orb mainland, and all hostile actions against the allied fleet would be regarded as treason and would be armedly annihilated.

The two demands were very critical and grasped the key point of Cagalli regaining power in Orb. But obviously, the Orb government, which had already been mastered by the Seiran faction, would not agree to these two demands so simply, but instead ordered the military to enter a defensive state, attempting to use the Orb mainland as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Cagalli.

Orb mainland, National Defense Headquarters.

Facing their own Prime Minister leading the expeditionary fleet step by step, the command hierarchy of the headquarters was divided into two distinct factions.

One faction was naturally the ruling faction headed by the Seiran family. After the war, these guys took advantage of the power vacuum left by the former Orb Prime Minister Uzumi and a group of bigwigs who self-detonated and sacrificed themselves for the country, and hooked up with the Seiran family, which had interests with Logos. And the Seiran family successfully won over this group of people, hollowing out Cagalli, the successor Prime Minister of Orb who had a marriage contract with Yuna Roma Seiran.

Now facing the menacing allied fleet, this group of people who were afraid of being liquidated were naturally panicked, spreading rumors of "Cagalli selling out the country" in the National Defense Headquarters, attempting to accuse Cagalli of colluding with the Alliance to infringe on Orb's independence and autonomy, and betraying the former Prime Minister Uzumi.

They attempted to use this to deceive the military's morale, let the Orb military pose a confrontational stance toward Cagalli, and hope that Cagalli would be afraid of the consequences, thereby obtaining favorable negotiation conditions.

The outside world changed too fast; in an instant, the behemoth Logos collapsed. How could these high-ranking Orb officials, who were lost in luxury, expect that the day of liquidation would come so soon.

Among them, the most panicked was the head of the Seiran family, Unato Roma Seiran.

Although the confidants in the expeditionary fleet did not send back news, the facts were before his eyes; his son had probably fallen into Cagalli's hands. His life or death was still unknown...

Even the fiancé took action; it seemed that there was no room for maneuver...

And now that Logos was finished, everything was over, and everything was just a futile struggle...

The other faction was Cagalli's supporters or the faction loyal to Uzumi's neutrality philosophy.

These people had been gradually marginalized in the two years after the war because of Cagalli's weakness in internal politics. But now they saw that Prime Minister Cagalli, who had left, had seized control of the expeditionary fleet and was driving in Orb's territorial waters.

This was a very obvious signal for the liquidation of the Seiran faction...

These people who had stood on the sidelines were now gathered together, coldly watching the Seiran faction jumping up and down.

Of course, toward those chaotic orders from the Seiran faction, they naturally engaged in all kinds of passive resistance, which directly led to the entire National Defense Department becoming a mess.

But what could the Seiran faction do?

If they really took action to purge these people, it would be equivalent to forcing Cagalli to take ruthless action to purge the Seiran faction.

Compared to the precarious situation of the Orb National Defense Building, the atmosphere on the Archangel, the flagship of the allied fleet, was much more relaxed.

After successfully crusading against Logos, Li Boyong's prestige reached its peak, with elite troops under his command, support from the three giants of the Alliance behind him, holding the banner of righteousness, and secretly allied with the Three Ships Alliance.

Within the Earth sphere, as long as it was not within ZAFT's sphere of influence, it was all dimensionality-reduction strikes; whoever dared to disobey was a remnant of Logos. The fleet traveled all the way from the Heaven's Base through the Atlantic, past South America, and into the Pacific, cleaning up several military bases that were pro-Logos or had ambiguous attitudes along the way, and also captured a newly completed Destroy Gundam.

Helping Cagalli return to Orb to regain power was simply a piece of cake. What needed attention was taking care of the emotions of the members of the Three Ships Alliance and trying to control the situation to the smallest possible scope.

The most ideal result was that the Seiran faction would obediently give up resistance, Cagalli would return to Orb without a fight, and the local cities would not be affected by the flames of war.

The worst result was that Li Boyong would take action directly and liberate Orb by force. But it would be hard to control the civilian casualties in that case.

On the bridge of the Archangel, in addition to the relevant personnel of the bridge, Li Boyong, Wang Liumei, and Cagalli's party also participated in the pre-battle meeting.

"It's a bit of a headache; as an assault landing ship, the bridge space of this Archangel is really a bit small, and it's really a bit crowded for a meeting." Li Boyong, sitting in the guest seat, first spoke to liven up the atmosphere, and then invited Cagalli to sit in another guest seat: "I hope Representative Ashura will forgive this; I hope we can celebrate the victory in a meeting room on the Orb mainland soon."

"You are too polite." Cagalli sat down calmly, adjusted her sitting posture, and said in a dignified tone not used in private: "Thank you for your army's assistance this time, but I personally hope to celebrate peace, not victory."

"Please rest assured, Prime Minister Ashura; the longing for peace is exactly the motivation for me to throw myself into battle." Li Boyong made his guarantee: "In dealing with the Seiran faction's problems, I will try my best to avoid resorting to force."

"On this point, after listening to your speech, I have no doubt." Cagalli nodded in thanks.

Looking at Cagalli's appearance, Li Boyong sighed slightly in his heart; having experienced so much, this girl had become much more mature and steady.

He originally thought that she would talk nervously about Orb's neutrality theory as soon as she came up, trying to use grand principles to persuade him to remain restrained in his actions against the Seiran family, and even hand over all command to her and let her be fully responsible.

If it were the Cagalli from back then, occupying the experience of being on the Archangel with him, she might really have said such things.

In that case, if there was a disagreement and Cagalli got angry, the scene would be ugly and it would be easy to hurt the friendship between him and the Three Ships Alliance; the real negotiations would probably have to be discussed with Lacus.

But looking at it now, Cagalli performed very well.

It seems it's time to break her defense: "However, I personally have some additional bottom lines, and I hope Representative Ashura can agree."

Cagalli was taken aback, but still took the conversation: "Please speak."

"That is, you must dissolve your marriage contract with Yuna Roma Seiran." Li Boyong smiled, revealing a teasing expression: "If possible, I also hope you can welcome Alex, this excellent talent, back to Orb as soon as possible and conclude a marriage contract with him."

"..." Cagalli's face flushed red, as if she had been teased by a bad uncle.

She had put so much effort into setting up a formal diplomatic occasion and even asked Lacus for a lot of rhetoric, but she was broken by this guy Li Boyong...

I don't know what kind of messy things I'm writing either.

SEED-D, the Chairman won't be fought; let's hurry to the next part.

Let's see if I can water out a SEED 3 when the time comes.