"No matter how flowery the words, they can't hide the sharp blade beneath."
Albert watched Leiman's image on the television, speaking gravely.
All that talk about citizen safety was purely for the UN officials funding the guy.
Leiman's purpose was no different from other Travelers—everything aimed to completely overturn this world's fate.
"So this is the guy."
At that moment, Natsuki arrived at the office. Seeing Leiman's face on the television, he crossed his arms.
"Correct." Albert looked at him, standing up. "Zachary Leiman. American biotechnology expert, MIT professor."
"Backed by numerous financial giants. Recently, he even gained UN support, promoting his unmanned Jaegers worldwide."
"Unmanned Jaegers weren't supposed to appear until 2035. Their emergence now proves this guy is one of the outsiders."
According to the original historical trajectory, unmanned Jaegers would only be developed in 2035 by an organization called Shao Industries, with Dr. Newton deeply involved in the program.
"Unmanned Jaegers are completely different from our Jaegers. Their construction utilizes Kaiju body tissue. Appearing at this point in time means that guy may be using even more Kaiju biological material."
Albert frowned.
"That Knifehead that attacked the Shatterdome—I suspect it was his creation, but its internal programming was actively destroyed at the end. No direct evidence."
Hearing this, Natsuki shook his head.
"No need to make it complicated."
"Tell me where the guy is. I'll have a chat with him personally."
Face-to-face confrontation was the fastest way to confirm someone's identity.
As long as they could confirm the other party was a Traveler and not an ordinary human, things would be simple.
"But that's exactly the problem." Albert said.
"He's extremely cautious, hasn't exposed his location publicly. Even news interviews use recordings."
When executing missions, Travelers wouldn't easily expose their identity or location unless absolutely certain.
Because they were in competition with each other.
"Right now, the only thing we can confirm is that his unmanned Jaegers are already in transit."
"Once all his Jaegers are in position, he'll probably show his true colors." Albert analyzed. "Moreover, some unmanned Jaegers are already deployed."
He suspected using massive numbers of unmanned Jaegers to destroy each nation's key infrastructure was Leiman's next objective.
Although control of these Jaegers rested with the military, Leiman would definitely leave himself a backdoor.
If they excluded top-tier combat power like Natsuki, humanity's remaining armed forces truly couldn't stop him. At most they could trade blow for blow in mutual destruction.
At that moment—
Marshal Stacker, who'd been standing by the window, suddenly sighed.
"I thought after closing the Breach, all this would be over."
The Pacific waters were exceptionally calm today.
He'd fantasized countless times about his plan succeeding, but he'd never imagined that even after success, he'd still face new challenges.
"I truly cannot imagine what you outsiders are, or what kind of organization stands behind you."
Given the special circumstances, Albert had informed Marshal Stacker that he was a Traveler.
Even now, Marshal Stacker hadn't fully processed it.
Travelers... the world's fate... Space-Time Source Energy... the Ultraman investigating this matter... Any single one of these was enough to severely impact his worldview.
He knew he'd been drawn into an even larger vortex.
No... all of humanity had been drawn into an even larger vortex.
"Marshal, I know all this is hard for you to understand."
"But right now, at least please believe Mr. Natsuki and I are on your side."
"Facts are always more convincing than words." Albert said earnestly.
They'd faced the Precursors together, fought all the way into the Breach, and achieved victory. These were established facts.
They'd face what came next together as well.
"I know." Marshal Stacker looked at him and nodded.
But gravity still lingered between his brows.
"Zachary Leiman—when he first proposed the unmanned Jaeger program, I expressed my opposition."
"But I never expected... things would become this complicated."
"He's now funded and protected by the UN. If we rashly try to stop his actions at this point, we'd be making enemies of the United Nations."
This incident differed from Kaiju events.
They weren't facing powerful Kaiju, but people.
"Moreover, our Jaegers sustained considerable damage in the last battle."
"Only Crimson Typhoon and Gipsy Danger still have combat capability." Marshal Stacker frowned.
Cherno Alpha had lost both arms with severely damaged outer armor. Striker Eureka was completely lost inside the Breach.
The Shaolin Rogue Natsuki brought back was also missing an arm, its outer armor damaged to no small degree by the battle's aftershocks.
"Two Jaegers can't possibly handle fifty."
Their current situation was difficult.
Moreover, they had no legitimate reason to stop Leiman.
Having just dealt with Kaiju, now turning their weapons toward humans—the already exhausted Marshal Stacker couldn't adapt immediately.
Conflicts between people were far more complex than conflicts between people and Kaiju.
"It's fine."
At that moment, Natsuki looked at him, speaking earnestly.
"He can't hide."
"You just need to get his location from the UN or whoever. Leave everything else to me."
"A fox can never hide its tail forever."
Since Leiman was a Traveler, Natsuki had countless methods to make him show his fox tail.
Hide for a moment? Could he hide forever?
If he used extreme methods—even searching the entire Earth wouldn't take Natsuki much time.
"Or... let me meet with the UN leadership first."
Right now, the vast majority of Earth's people still didn't know the one who truly destroyed the Breach was a giant.
Leiman might think he'd been extremely cautious.
But he absolutely couldn't imagine what kind of force was now hunting him.
When it came to ferreting out Leiman, the experienced Natsuki had countless methods.
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