Immortal from the villains of Gundam Seed

Chapter 140 The Director of the Blue Cosmos
While struggling with how to respond to Rhode's question, Balterfield was ready to directly say that Aisha cooked it.

Kira, who was like a cherub at this time, at least for him now, just gave him the opportunity to change the subject.

After entering the door, he looked at it politely and could not see the breath of war at all.

Bright sunlight directly diffuses into this spacious, gorgeous and comfortable European-style reception room.

Kira's eyes were quickly drawn to a fake fossil ornament on the fireplace.

"Evidence 01, have you seen the real thing?"

Naturally bypassing Rhodes who made him unable to get off the stage, he held a cup of coffee.

Balterfield asked as he walked up to Kira who was staring at the ornament.

"No." Not knowing himself has become the perfect shield for Tiger to avoid embarrassing questions.

Kira answered his question honestly.

Regarding this evidence 01, the religious belief in the earth circle since ancient times has collapsed.

It is also a frequent visitor on the hot search list in the earth circle for a long time.

Kira still has an impression of this, which is why he was immediately attracted by this imitation after entering the door.

As for the real thing, Kira glanced at Rhodes who was drinking coffee. If it was him, he should have seen it, right?

After thanking him, he took a sip of the coffee that Balterfield handed over to him.

"It's so bitter." Kira really couldn't appreciate the tiger's taste.

"Hahaha."

Let out a burst of hearty laughter, looking at the boy in front of him who is not used to drinking coffee without sugar or milk.

I don't know why it looks more pleasing to the eye, especially when there is a contrast next to it.

After Balterfield had just been run over by Rhodes, his slightly depressed mood instantly improved a lot.

With a hearty smile, he continued to ask Kira.

"Why do you say this is a whale fossil? Does it look that much like a whale?"

"I don't know."

Not used to such bitter coffee, Kira thought about it and replied truthfully, Kira put it aside politely.

"It looks like a pair of wings anyway, right? But why do whales have wings?"

Point to the pair of wing-like things on top of the whale-like fossils on the ornament.

Balterfelt sat back on the sofa, and also put the coffee on the coffee table in front of him.

He asked Rhodes this time.

"The official claim is evidence of cosmic life from outer space."

After taking another sip of coffee, Rhodes directly gave the answer according to the script.

"Well, unexpectedly, you are a guy who knows how to taste the taste of an adult man."

Seeing that he seemed to like his coffee very much, seeing that Kira also sat down, he asked again. "What about you, what do you think it is?"

This time he asked Kira.

"This." Looking at the two people in front of him in embarrassment, Kira couldn't tell why for the time being.

"So what do you think it should be?"

At this time, Rhodes spoke out to ease Kira's embarrassment, and he asked Balterfield directly.

"Actually." Picking up the coffee cup and smelling the aroma, Tiger seemed to be stumped by this question.

"It's really difficult to force people to say what it is, and sometimes it's a trouble to look forward to it."

"Or maybe this thing is the real root of the war?"

"Heh." With a chuckle, Rhodes drank the coffee in front of him.

"Empty and meaningless philosophical thoughts, rambling nonsense, but I think I have a very high-level language."

Putting the empty cup in front of Balterfield, he slowly pushed the cup down to the ground with the palm of his hand.

There was a crisp cracking sound, and Rhodes looked at the tiger whose face became serious because of his words and movements.

"Mr. Balterfelt, what do you think of my breaking a glass?"

Without speaking, he picked up his own coffee and sipped it, and Balterfield also put away his cynical smile from before.

"that!"

The tense atmosphere made Kira feel uneasy for a while, and he tried to say something to relieve the almost frozen air in the scene.

"Look, Mr. Tiger, I broke a glass, and then I need the cleaning crew to come and clean it, and then I have to buy a new one."

"Then the manufacturers who make the cups have new orders, workers can continue to work, and the transport and retail business can operate normally."

However, Rhodes didn't give the kind-hearted Kira a chance to ease the atmosphere, and talked on his own.

"A small cup can bring so many employment opportunities, and benefit a series of people in this production and sales chain."

"Instead of discussing a fossil, it is better to discuss this broken cup. Isn't it more meaningful?"

"Also, have you seen the skull of a rabbit? Before considering the real appearance of the rabbit, the imaginary picture reconstructed from the skull is like a beast."

"Just looking at the restoration picture, who can associate that thing with the cute rabbit?"

"In the same way, a fossil is just a fossil. We can think about the story behind it in our spare time, but it cannot bear such a heavy infamy as a scapegoat for war."

"Instead of looking for plausible reasons, it is better to do the current thing well in a down-to-earth manner."

Facing Rhodes' aggressiveness, Balterfield put down the cup in his mouth, smiled dumbly but said very freely.

"Surreal Darwinists are always so embarrassing."

Looking at the fossils on the fireplace, he tried to go back to the topic again.

"Don't you wonder how that thing came from? Human beings have been lonely in this universe for a long time."

"138.2 billion years, compared with the time of the universe, human beings today are as ridiculous as children."

"A civilization that can't even get out of the solar system can't talk about loneliness."

Taking a deep breath, Rhode's face became serious.

At this moment, he feels like a pioneer of human civilization walking alone on a wasteland that no one has stepped on.

"Imagine me and you as a civilization, we discover each other, or one of them discovers the other first, and the discovered one does not know that it has been discovered."

"In this way, as the first to take the initiative, I will face two problems, to communicate or not to communicate."

"I'm not sure about your level of technology, so communication will face a huge risk, because communication will definitely reveal the position of civilization."

"In addition to the poor communication between different intelligent species in the early stage, misunderstanding and suspicion must be unavoidable problems between the first two different civilizations."

"In addition, due to the technological explosion brought about by communication, the universe has a history of 138.2 billion years, and it only took 66 years for humans to go from the first airplane to the first landing on the moon."

"I came here full of goodwill, but what I get back is not necessarily a gift of flowers. Now the abyss of independent stable development and infinite fear is unknown. Which one will you choose?"

"The law of the black forest of the universe" In Kira's completely confused eyes, Barterfield understood Rhodes' meaning.

"Survival is the first element of civilization. Civilization continues to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains the same."

"Instead of exploring treasures that are not yet known, and you don't know that you won't find them in the end, it's better to get the treasures that you can get now, even if they don't belong to you now."

"You're not just talking about that fossil, you're talking about us, Mr. Gabriel, the director of Blue Cosmos!"

(End of this chapter)