Chapter 57: Betrayal
"That's too much!" Char closed the webpage and slapped the table with hatred, "Even a hundred years later, as long as this novel's still existing, my reputation will not recover. Haman, can't we block this novel on the Internet?"
"The source address is not from ZAFT, and it's all spread privately, so it's almost impossible to block it. It's the same as when you frame up Clyne, and it won't work even we set your own name as the forbidden word." Haman put away her phone. She also just finished reading the latest chapter, "It's spreading panic amongst the people, do you have a clue who did it?"
"It could be anyone. But the person actually knows all this… I'm clueless." Char looked a little grumpy, "It even involved Mineva in! Inexcusable!"
Mineva was a little frightened by Char's appearance and held Haman's coat in fear. Haman patted Mineva's head and looked at the man in front of her with a complicated look.
"Char, if, I mean if." Haman asked, holding the last hope, "What are you going to do if you get brought down by this 'rumor'? What are Mineva and I going to do?"
"I'll leave PLANT and find another way, there must be a way out." Char stood up and paced, not noticing that Haman's mental state was a little abnormal, "You can take Mineva to the moon, telling Lingus everything, and then don't come back."
"But I can still keep trying, right?" Haman watched Char walk back and forth, her heart sinking more and more with his steps, "Even if you're gone, Mineva is someone from the Zabi family. I can inherit your political legacy in her name. I alone can continue to achieve our-"
"How can you put Mineva in danger!" Char chided loudly, "She must go to the moon, she must stay in the safest place."
"The so-called safest place is the side of a man you have only met a few times, that's how convinced you are that Lingus will not retaliate against Mineva." Haman looked at Char in despair, "Then let me tell you too, I am also so convinced that you will be brought down by the author of this novel."
"Can you explain that again, Haman?" Char was finally alerted, "What do you mean?"
"Miss Karn didn't mean anything else." Zala pushed the door in, and Creuset followed closely behind him with a team of soliders, "She believes you will be brought down by the author of this novel, and to prevent it, Miss Karn decided to come to the forefront herself. Aznable, you didn't notice me until I was at the door. It seems that your NT ability isn't that good."
"Zala, are you going to break the agreement?" Char looked at the soldiers and calmly walked in front of Mineva to shield her behind him, "Don't think that you can do what I can do."
This wasn't normal, this was his base camp, and Zala had managed to bring in a team of soldiers without his permission. It could only mean one thing: there was a mole.
"I never wanted to break the agreement. As long as I can get my revenge, whether you want me to take the blame or you want to be the Speaker, it's up to you. But I understand from Creuset that Genesis' goal seems to be the destruction of the Earth's ecosystem?" Zala gazed hideously into Char's eyes, "Are you qualified to say something like violating our agreement?"
"Please don't look at me with that fierce look, Senator Aznable." Creuset waved his hand gracefully, "There is no wall in the world that is impervious, and I only just heard about it. Why don't you think about who you've told about your plans?"
Creuset has said so much, and Char knew what he meant. He just didn't understand it.
"As the only person who understands me, are you going to betray me?" Char turned his head sideways and let out a low, angry roar, "Haman!"
"The only one who understands you? Betrayal? Hahaha." Haman burst out laughing as if she had heard something comical, "I never betrayed you. You betrayed us first, didn't you?"
"Do you believe in all that nonsense written-"
"Is there any point in lying between NTs, Char?" Haman's voice turned cold, not at all the innocent and lovely look she had before, "I can't believe I was so stupid. I didn't recognize that I was just a tool to you. I'm afraid that in your mind, I'm less important to Mineva and Lingus. You can try denying it with your sincerity."
"You are different." Char searched hard for a reasonable explanation, "You are also very important to me, but those two are more special."
"She is in fact your daughter, right?" Haman glanced covertly at Mineva behind him and Char's eyes widened in shock, "You know what's the most important thing when it comes to taking advantage of a female? It's making her think that you love her the most, but you're not doing that. Char, I can't even continue to fool myself."
"But we have a cause in common -"
"Your cause, not ours. I was just your chosen babysitter… No, the babysitter should be Lingus, and I was just a temporary chief bodyguard." Haman laughed at herself, "I can't believe you made me feel jealous of a man! You're a failure, Char."
"So for that, you betrayed me!?" Char looked at Zala, and then looked at her with hatred, "Have you forgotten the secrets I told you? Do you know what you're about to do?!"
"I told you, it's not me who betrayed, it's you. I never believed in that Antarctic sea monster story, it was only you who I believed in." Haman pulled Mineva toward her. Being pointed by guns, Char couldn't do anything, "His Excellency, NT is prone to do impulsive things when betrayed, that's the conclusion you came to yourself, don't you remember?"
"Senator Aznable got sick and couldn't work, and Miss Karn will take over his position." Zala nodded to Haman, "Our agreement is the same as before, but with a different executor."
"Mineva!" Char watched as Haman took Mineva out of the room and turned his head to Zala, "Do you think my faction will obey Haman so easily?"
"Don't worry, I'll help Miss Karn. After all, as a PLANT citizen, I don't want to see my homeland divided after my death." Zala couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw Char's surprised look, "Is that strange? After I did these, I don't expect that I can continue to live, along with my whole faction will fall apart. PLANT needs a new force. Don't look down on me, remember whose student I am."
"Where do you want to attack with Genesis?" Char quickly calmed down, "The Federation headquarters?"
"You are worthy to be Deikun's son." Zala gave him an approving look, "That was the plan, but thanks to Creuset's reminder, we first had to eliminate the target that posed the greatest threat to Genesis. That's right, there's no way the moon would allow PLANT to have such a super weapon. However, as long as we attack the moon's capital before they take out that 'monster', there won't be a problem. It's not just me, Miss Karn also thinks it's feasible."
"This building's communication has been cut off, so there's no need to do anything unnecessary." Looking at Char, Creuset pleasantly reminded him, "We all know about the secret communication between Lingus and you."
Char sat back in his chair helplessly, struggling to find a way to break the situation. It was then that he realized how serious a matter it was to lose Haman.
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Ade looked at the ∀ Gundam and the beam pods flying around in the video and wondered if he was relying too much on Alice, not even exercising his spatial awareness much at all. But this is overwhelmingly dependent on talent, and the exercise can play an extremely limited role. He previously tried to operate six beam pods at the same time by himself, and it took him a long time to get used to, but Amuro seemed to become skilled in a while.
"How about it, can you learn this movement mode?" He asked Alice out loud, "Which is more useful? This or that video from Kira?"
"Both are quite difficult to learn, and the movement patterns are very complicated. " Alice's voice sounded downhearted, "Ade, am I not doing well enough? That's why Ade took these videos for me to learn? I will try harder. "
Alice has grown up very quickly lately, talking in a more and more human way, but accordingly becoming more and more sensitive. For example, this time, he got a bunch of good things from Anaheim to help Alice upgrade, but Alice felt that he was disliking her bad performance.
"How can it be! Alice is the best!" He has never coaxed any other girl in his life, only Alice, "The D.R.A.G.O.N system and drones are easy to be attacked, so I'm specifically looking for these videos, thinking that you may need them. You don't have to force yourself to learn. We can delete them all. I like the Alice at present most."
"No, don't delete them, I need them!" Alice at once braced herself up, "Ade, I will learn from them and become more powerful! I will not let anyone hurt Ade!"
"I believe in your learning ability, it will be no problem." He remembered the old days and showed a nostalgic look, "Do you remember when I just fished you out of Anaheim's patent warehouse? At that time, you couldn't even speak in the second person, and you could only call me by my first name. It hasn't really been that long since that time…"
"I also like to call by Ade's name now." Alice said happily, "Whenever shouting Ade name, well, there is a feeling that we are connected? That's why I like Ade to call me by my name, too. I always feel that 'you' are a very ambiguous term of endearment and I don't like it."
"Then I'll try to call Alice by your first name more often." He smiled, "By the way, Amuro suggested that I should add a psycho-frame in the cockpit, the T-shaped thing I showed you last time. What do you think?"
"So you're still planning to change the beam pods?" Alice became upset again, "I can only do the music player."
"I will never equip beam pods on Inle. Alice is my only choice, I promise." By the way, is Alice's mental age now raised or lowered? "It's Amuro let me bring one just in case, saying that it might be able to save my life at the critical moment. Sigh, I have a very inauspicious feeling. With this thing, I'm feeling I'm going to push the falling satellite soon or later."
"I support Ade's decision!" Alice did not understand the second half of Ade's words, but she never dwelled on this, "Has Miss Lacus gone back?"
"No, you don't have to ask it every time." Alice also always asked this kind of question when C.C. lived with him, "Don't worry, I will come to see you as long as I'm free."
"Well, I believe Ade." It's difficult to understand Alice's mood from her voice at present, "It's time for Ade to go home again. Miss Lacus must be preparing for dinner. Ade, see you tomorrow. Oh no, I can't see you tomorrow, and I can't see you the day after tomorrow. It's okay, I'll wait for Ade, Alice won't give Ade any trouble …"
"… See you tomorrow." He sighed with guilt, "I'll see you tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. I promise. I'm leaving. Alice?"
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow!" Alice said gleefully, "I'll see you tomorrow, Ade!"
By the time he got home, Lacus had just made dinner and was setting the table. He washed his hands and sat down at the table.
"Well, Lacus." He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I might be a little late tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I'll let you know in advance if I can't make it back in time for dinner."
"That's okay, your work is the most important." Lacus showed a smile, "You can let me know if you need to. It's okay if you come back later."
"Well, thanks." He nodded, having the feeling of being surrounded by guilt.
He didn't talk to Lacus much after dinner, and got into bed a little early. He read a book for a while, then he checked his email again after browsing Anaheim's tech forums. Alice and Lacus's problem was solved just by checking one of the emails, because the content of the email was too lurid.
"ZAFT will use their Gamma Ray Burst Cannon to sneak attack on the moon capital. Time unknown."
Ade tapped his head with some headache. Although Lacus doesn't know it, it seems that Genesis really exists, and it's going to shoot at the moon. It seems impossible to sleep tonight, and I hope Loran is still awake too.
It certainly wasn't his inside man at ZAFT, and he didn't even know why this person told him this, but the signature did lend credibility to the email - the person one seat apart from you at the concert.
"…Haman?"
