Chapter 143 What kind of country is Orb?

On February 71, CE 2, Aslan and the new masked man Nigel fell into the Earth's sphere.

They rushed to the base of the Desert Tiger Bartfield.

Successfully connected with the local underground organization of the East Asian Army, at the suggestion of Li Chengzhi and the invitation of Ashman who was extremely interested in hooking up with a new rich man.
Cagalli stood beside the Desert Dawn's base, and she watched with a complicated expression as one transport vehicle after another drove in.

Is this the foundation of a great country?
Even if it is an occupied area or a ZAFT-controlled area, as long as the big country wants.

It is easy to raise such a huge amount of supplies and deliver them quickly, safely and accurately.

At this moment, Cagalli, who usually appears naive and impulsive, and a girl who has always been proud of her homeland, Orb, truly realized the differences between countries.

The soul and worldview have been severely impacted!
"Kagari, what's wrong with you?"

Ahmed couldn't find the person he loved anywhere in the base, so he moved among the extremely lively crowd and finally found the person he was looking for.

Just looking at the other person's complicated expression, Ahmed didn't know why she was like this.

With the support of East Asia, one of the most powerful countries in the world, Desert Dawn, to which he belonged, was on the verge of upgrading its muskets to cannons.

Development and growth are just around the corner. Shouldn't we be happy at this moment?
"No, it's nothing."

Hearing Ahmed's question, Cagalli concealed her expression which was not in line with the current situation.

After passively experiencing a baptism of knowledge called the heritage of a great country, Cagalli turned her head and looked at the camp that was filled with noise and a cheerful atmosphere.

Although she is a person with no political sense, Cagalli instinctively feels that from today on, perhaps everyone in Desert Dawn still has this organization.

There will be earth-shaking changes compared to when I first came here!

No matter which aspect it is.

"Where is Chief Ashman?" Kagali asked Ahmed with a smile.

"I am discussing things with that guy Wang Hu and the instructor sent by Dongya at the command center."

Since Cagalli had always shown that she didn't like Wang Hu very much, Ahmed also showed that he didn't like Wang Hu very much.

"Got it. I'll go over and talk to Chief Ashman about something."

After getting an expected answer, Cagalli's eyes showed a hint of deep thought.

He judged directly rather than by reason, coupled with Wang Hu's grand plan that he heard in the Desert Tiger's mansion.

She felt it was time to go home and have a good talk with her father.

Taking a step forward, Cagalli, who had something on her mind, ignored Ahmed, who was looking at her with admiring eyes.

He just walked slowly forward, wondering whether the decision he was making was correct.

"Cagali?" Ahmed, who was left behind by the girl, suddenly felt that the girl in front of him was so far away from him.

Clearly within reach, yet it feels like there is a huge distance between us.
Cagalli, who was thinking about her own things, of course had no idea what was going on in the mind of the dark-skinned boy behind her. Along the way, she witnessed everyone in the camp being as happy as if they were celebrating a holiday.

She became more and more determined in her thoughts and soon came to the command center.

In fact, it is no different from the tents of ordinary members in the surrounding area.

"Okay, then the future of Desert Dawn depends on you."

As soon as she opened the curtain and entered the tent, Cagalli saw Ashman's face beaming as he patted his chest and made a promise with the instructor who came from East Asia to support him.

"We will definitely cooperate with you in terms of training and later tactical strategies."

Looking at Ashman who was different from what she remembered, Cagalli sighed softly.

"Cagali?" The people who were chatting in the tent seemed to notice the girl's presence because of her sigh.

"Come on, our goddess of victory, let me introduce a few of them to you."

With his usual smile on his face, Ashman called over to Cagalli, wanting to introduce her to the East Asian Army's instructor.

"No thanks." Cagalli refused with a smile, then looked at Wang Hu who was standing next to the East Asian Army instructor.

After thinking for a while, Cagalli said simply.

"Chief Ashman, I want to leave with the Archangel ship."

"what?"

His face froze instantly. Ashman did not expect the girl to say such a thing at this moment.

Just as the East Asian Army's support and instructors arrived, Cagalli came in. This was a difficult time in the early stages of the organization.

The girl who came like timely rain to help the organization overcome difficulties is about to leave?

How would outsiders view him as the leader? How would outsiders view the newly arrived instructor from the East Asian Army?
Wouldn't people think that Ashman had turned his back on me once I crossed the bridge?
"Cagalli, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"

Ashman considered this both for the sake of maintaining stability and for his personal prestige.

He felt that Cagalli should not be allowed to leave at this time, so Ashman tried his best to keep her.

"Not really. Everyone in the organization is very nice to me, and I feel very happy here."

Shaking her head, Cagalli had made up her mind and no one could change her mind.

Moreover, she was not very smart and didn't know the possible impact of leaving at this time.

As she couldn't speak out in front of the East Asian Army instructor, Ashenman became more and more anxious.

Naturally, the conversation between the two people that followed was completely incomprehensible and could not be considered a serious conversation at all.

As they were chatting, they were actually stuck in a stalemate. One of them wanted to leave, while the other refused to let go.

"Cagali, do you want to go back and persuade your father?"

After listening for a while, Wang Hu couldn't help but stand up and say that if these two continued to quarrel, the situation might become completely deadlocked.

"Yeah." After glancing at Wang Hu, Kagali nodded.

"I've been away from home for a long time. There are some things I want to go back and talk to my father about."

"Oh." Wang Hu nodded slightly and thought quickly in his mind, then he said to Ashman, "Let me talk to Cagalli, how about you go out first?"

Hearing this, Ashman looked at Wang Hu, and after thinking for a while, he walked out first.

After everyone in the tent had left, Wang Hu pointed out to Cagalli the possible misunderstanding that might be caused by her leaving Desert Dawn at this time.

"Ah?" After Wang Hu's explanation, the girl was shocked. She had never expected that her departure would bring such consequences.

"Heh, sure enough."

Looking at the girl's reaction, Wang Hu naturally knew that she was not putting on a fake show for him.

But given the other party's current situation, is it really possible to convince her father, known as the Lion of Orb, to join her plan?
"What kind of country is Orb?" Wang Hu suddenly asked Cagalli this question.

"A beautiful, peaceful and strong country."

Cagalli said the first two adjectives quickly, but when it came to the second one, a powerful country, the girl seemed a little hesitant.

If the reinforcements from the East Asian Army had not been seen today, Cagalli would have been able to blurt out the adjective after that.

But the scenes she saw today seemed to have shattered her glorified filter of Orb.

"Then do you know what kind of country Riob is in my eyes?"

Noticing the hesitation in Kagali's tone, Wang Hu smiled and continued.

"What kind?" Cagalli was curious about what Wang Hu thought of his own country.

“A country that is not worthy of its position.”

Wang Hu uttered the comment softly, and he saw the furious little lioness as he wished.

"What?" With eyes wide open, Cagalli had expected that Wang Hu would not say anything nice.

After all, in Heliopolis, the guy in front of him didn't treat Orb very well.

But the girl didn't expect that the other party would dare to make such a comment in front of her.
With her fists clenched, Cagalli really wanted to punch Wang Hu in the face a few times to make him think carefully about how he should evaluate Orb.

"The Aurora Society also has a mass accelerator for exploring the universe."

Facing the furious girl, Wang Hu raised two fingers.

"A small country should have the self-awareness of a small country. If it tries to get involved in areas that only big countries can enter, it will eventually suffer retribution."

"Is something wrong?"

Kagalli developed a favorable impression of Wang Hu after Wang Hu made such a statement.

He was completely thrown under the girl's feet, and she wanted to step on him hard a few times.

I must be blind to have a crush on a guy like this!

Cagalli questioned with red eyes.

"Just because Orb is not a great power, is it wrong to want to explore the universe and protect the country?"

"You actually admit that Orb is not a big country." Wang Hu showed a surprised expression.

"What do you mean!"

Cagalli became more and more angry at Wang Hu's expression, which seemed surprised but was actually mocking. She couldn't control the anger in her heart anymore.

"What does Aub want?"

When Cagalli rushed over, Wang Hu showed an extremely cold expression in front of the girl.

"What?"

After a moment of shock, Kagali stopped moving forward in front of Wang Hu's murderous expression.

The girl was like an animal in nature that had encountered its natural enemy and became frozen.

"It's not wrong for a country to want to protect itself, and it's also not wrong for a country to want to achieve long-term development."

"However, in today's era, in the current historical trend, the productivity of the Aurora Society has seriously exceeded the size of the Orb nation."

Staring at Cagalli who was in a stiff state, Wang Hu stared at her and asked.

"As the fifth largest military production organization in the Earth Sphere after the three major countries and PLANT, can it really be said that the Aurora Corporation exists to protect Orb?"

"This..." Cagalli felt dry-mouthed and was unable to answer this question. After all, she didn't know much about Orb's political affairs.

"The three major countries have one mass accelerator each, and the only other is Orb."

Without giving Cagalli's brain any time to react, Wang Hu asked questions rapidly.

"It took the efforts of the three major countries to build the mass accelerator. Do you know how much manpower and material resources were invested in it?"

"Compared to this, what can Orb use to build a mass accelerator? Space development is a field that only powerful countries are qualified to dabble in."

"Where do Orb get the resources? Where do they get the confidence to build a mass accelerator and enter the universe without hindering the development of their own country?"

"Where did it come from?"

Yes, because of Wang Hu’s question, Cagalli began to reflect on the mass accelerator and the Aurora Society.

Orb was proud of the Aurora Society, and its significance in existence, as well as the manufacture of the mass accelerator, but Orb did not slow down its own development for this reason.

On the contrary, whether before or now, Orb has always been thriving.

In the past, Kagali would only think that this was due to her father's good governance of the country, but Wang Hu was right about one thing.

The size of Orb is there, and the internal market environment is so small that it is impossible to calculate the economic accounts.

"You should know the production capacity of Shuguang Society, right?" Wang Hu asked, tapping Cagalli's little head.

"I'm not sure." Cagalli's mind was in a mess and she couldn't answer.

"Let's put it this way. If we count each person in Orb, every household will become an arsenal."

(End of this chapter)