Chapter 355: Calculations from All Sides
Murrue smiled as she looked at Tolle beside her, then sincerely said to Mu, "Congratulations, Mu. You should just accept them.
We're all soldiers, and we're all adults. There's no need to worry about all those complicated formalities."
Jean and Rena also spoke in unison, "That's right, we don't mind at all, so you don't need to worry about those little details either."
Mu looked at Murrue somewhat awkwardly, but when he looked at Jean and Rena's faces, he suddenly realized that they were quite attractive too, and, as if possessed, he nodded.
When Jean and Rena saw that Mu had agreed, they happily each gave him a passionate kiss.
Tolle also laughed and sighed, thinking that with Mu standing in front taking the heat, he himself would be able to openly have multiple women from now on. After all, with Mu setting the precedent, others wouldn't have anything to say, right? Simply perfect.
Off to the side, Edward suddenly felt as if something was missing inside him, and his face turned dejected.
However, John Kelly in the corner silently pushed up his glasses and said, "I'm already thoroughly disappointed in the Earth Alliance. In order to end the war as soon as possible, I don't mind taking this opportunity to join Orb."
Edward also said dispiritedly, "Fine, fine. I don't like the Atlantic Federation's style anyway. Since I'll be piloting a mobile suit no matter where I go, I'll join you in Orb as well."
And just like that, the work of persuading the prisoners to defect was smoothly completed.
On the other side, Azrael had also met that traitor from the Dawn Society. Looking at the data he brought, Azrael burst into wild laughter and muttered to himself, "Hahaha, so that's how it is. No wonder Orb has been so unexpectedly troublesome. So they had this kind of technology. The person who invented this really is a genius."
Then Azrael asked the traitor, "Hey, do you know who developed these two systems?"
The traitor answered timidly, "Lord Azrael, they were all invented by that soldier named Tolle Koenig."
"So it's that Tolle again. I previously sent four people to capture him, and none of them ever came back. They must have all failed. What a pity. If he can't be used by me, then I'll just have to destroy him."
At this moment, the neo DG Cells had already completely hidden and assimilated the mobile suits of the three Earth Alliance aces as well as this warship.
Watching through the surveillance, Tolle clenched his teeth inwardly and thought, So it's you, Azrael. I already knew you were trash, but I didn't expect you to be scheming against me this whole time. Too bad you'll never imagine that everything you're doing is already under my control.
If you didn't still have some use, and if killing you too early wouldn't ruin the fun, you'd have already died in some gutter somewhere.
But all of a sudden, Tolle came up with a "wicked" plan.
"Nami, is there a way to let me directly take over an assimilated person's body without them knowing, and even experience their bodily sensations?
"And after I cancel the control, can you make them return to normal and believe that everything they did while I was controlling them was their own will and thoughts?"
"Master, directly taking over an assimilated person's body and experiencing their physical sensations is no problem.
"But after the control is released, without erasing their memory, it's not possible to make them completely unaware or to make them believe it was all their own actions.
"During your control, some of your memories might even leak into them as a side effect.
"Unless they are completely assimilated and used as your puppet, that's the only way to make it foolproof."
After thinking for a moment, Tolle continued, "Then after I take control of an assimilated person, you take over afterward and have them act according to the script I set and their original way of thinking. That won't be a problem, right?"
"Master, that will absolutely not be a problem at all."
With a sinister grin, Tolle thought, Azrael, I'll let you go for now. When the time comes, I'll assimilate and control you myself.
After reviewing the data for a while, Azrael said to the Atlantic Federation commander, "We'll all pull back to the base. Three days from now, we'll return to continue the campaign against Orb. I hope you'll be able to give me even more surprises by then."
The commander stepped forward and looked at the data for the PX System and the Intelligent Auxiliary System, asking curiously, "Are these technologies really that useful?"
"Yes, extremely useful. Paired with a biological CPU, they're simply perfect.
"Of course, ordinary people can use them too, so within three days we'll install them on all our mobile suits.
"Let those hypocrites in Orb get a taste of the things they themselves created."
"Fine. Then arrange it as soon as possible. The longer we delay, the more disadvantageous it is for us. After all, ZAFT is still eyeing us like a tiger watching its prey."
"Don't worry. Next time, we'll definitely take Orb."
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On Orb's side, the Archangel, various warships, and mobile suits had all begun intensive repair work.
The Flight-Pack for the Strike Gundam had also been completed. Since it was made from Gundanium alloy from the Wing Gundam world, it was much lighter than ordinary machines.
Even with the Flight-Pack equipped, it was still far lighter than the original Strike Gundam, and its internal frame was also much sturdier.
Looking at its test data, Tolle said to Erica, "This Flight-Pack has extremely strong defensive power, and it's a real beast. Ordinary people won't be able to handle it."
Erica nodded. "Yes. Just the acceleration alone is too much for normal soldiers. Only you and your special forces can handle it."
Unfortunately, I won't be piloting this machine for long. I still have to go to ZAFT to steal more machines.
Thinking of Cagalli, and of how Uzumi would soon blow himself up, it was time to put her crash-course power transfer on the schedule.
So Tolle said to Nami, "Set up a normal mode that will let Cagalli pilot this machine with her current physical abilities."
"Understood, Master. Nami guarantees completion of the task."
On the other side, Kira and Athrun were chatting, with Murrue, Mu, Dearka, and the others from the Archangel watching from the side.
Only Cagalli, the little tiger, brought them coffee and sat beside them, listening to their intimate conversation.
Athrun looked at Kira with deep feeling and said, "Kira, how about I let ZAFT send troops to support Orb, to help fend off the Earth Alliance?"
Kira rejected Athrun's kindness. "No, Athrun. We won't accept military aid from ZAFT."
Athrun asked worriedly, "But… that way you'll have it very hard…"
Kira answered resolutely, "I know. I know it'll be very hard, but there's no other choice.
"I think it's just as Cagalli's father, Lord Uzumi, said.
"If Orb joins the Earth Alliance, the Atlantic Federation will use its power to attack P.L.A.N.T.
"And if it joins ZAFT, it's the same thing—Orb's enemy just changes.
"In that case, there's no other way. And I'm already tired of that kind of fighting, so…"
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