Chapter 1148: Manabe's Ambition and Future Responsibility

As expected, Seven and Jack's appearance at the ZAT team's headquarters caused a huge sensation internationally.

Although this is not an official diplomatic action by the Kingdom of Light towards the human civilization on Earth, it is enough to make people appreciate many meanings.

For example, why did the Ultra Warriors only visit the ZAT team headquarters? And did the Ultra Warriors really just visit the ZAT team headquarters?

Does this mean that the Kingdom of Sakura has reached some kind of consensus with the Kingdom of Light? Have diplomatic relations been established? And what kind of conversations took place at the ZAT headquarters?

For a time, senior officials from various countries attached great importance to this matter and called the senior officials of the Sakura Country to inquire about the details.

In response to this, Staff Officer Manabe simply responded to the telephone interviewees one by one in an orderly manner, saying whatever he had to say without hiding anything.

However, although Staff Officer Manabe is willing to be completely honest with everyone, he cannot gain the complete trust of others.

Regarding Staff Officer Manabe's remarks, senior national leaders, led by the United States, have always believed that Staff Officer Manabe must be hiding some unknown secret.

The countries led by Long Kingdom simply participated in the fun and did not pay too much attention to the matter.

As for whether it happens secretly... who knows?

Therefore, after Gu Chen finished writing the incident report, he immediately sought out Staff Officer Manabe, trying to learn from him a little bit about the big plan that Staff Officer Manabe was currently carrying out.

"Coach Manabe, can you tell me what you are doing now?"

After submitting the report, Gu Chen poured himself a cup of coffee in a very familiar manner, then sat on the sofa and said to Staff Officer Manabe who was reading the report.

"Isn't this obvious? I'm running for the next Prime Minister of Sakura Country. Don't forget to vote for me. As the highest commander of the Far East Headquarters of the Earth Defense Force, you also have the right to vote, and your vote carries a considerable weight."

Staff Officer Manabe replied without even looking up.

"Hey, Chief of Staff Manabe, you know that's not what I'm asking. Or do you think I don't see that there's nothing wrong with Shinha being the new chief of staff for the Earth Defense Force?"

Hearing this, Gu Chen sighed in his heart and continued.

"You are already the highest commander of the Earth Defense Force Far East Headquarters, why do you still speak without thinking? Can you say these words openly?"

After hearing what Gu Chen said, Staff Officer Manabe raised his head and gave Gu Chen a look that showed he was disappointed with his friend.

"Sorry, sorry, I really don't like the beating around the bush here. I prefer to be direct, so please give me a definite answer. If it's not convenient to tell me, I won't ask."

Receiving the look from Chief of Staff Manabe, Gu Chen waved his hand and apologized insincerely.

"You kid, it seems that I did the right thing by not letting you get involved."

Seeing Gu Chen's attitude, Staff Officer Manabe immediately closed the report in his hand and put it aside in annoyance.

Then, Staff Officer Manabe stood up and poured himself a cup of coffee, then sat on the sofa opposite Gu Chen, muttering, "Look at you, you even make me pour the coffee myself, you have no sense at all."

"Hey hey hey..."

In response to this, Gu Chen immediately opened his mouth and started grinning foolishly.

It’s not that he doesn’t understand or that he doesn’t have any sense, he just doesn’t like that way of getting along.

If Gu Chen really had to learn the ways of the world, it would only make the relationship between him and Chief of Staff Manabe become estranged.

"I won't tell you more. You want to do big things, and I want to do it too. But I'm not as ambitious as you, thinking of becoming rich overnight. I have limited abilities, so I can only work hard within my capacity."

Staff Officer Manabe wasn't really blaming Gu Chen for his lack of tact. After complaining a bit, he got to the point.

"Can you tell me a little more?"

Gu Chen asked curiously.

"With the advent of the new century, the interstellar age is accelerating towards humans, which can be easily seen from the increasingly frequent invasions by aliens. In addition, as you said in your report, the situation in the universe is not as optimistic as we previously imagined. So if we humans don't make changes, it will be too late."

"If we want human civilization to gain a firm foothold in the universe in the interstellar era, a unified regime is inevitable. But it is almost impossible to form a unified regime for more than 200 countries and regions on Earth in a short period of time, so I plan to settle for the second best option and first form a partial regime unification through the form of a cultural circle, and then work slowly."

"Then the question is, what cultural circle do you think is the largest cultural circle in the world?"

As soon as Staff Officer Manabe came up, he dropped a bombshell that made Gu Chen's head buzz.

As for Staff Officer Manabe's last question, what else could it be other than the Han cultural circle?

So the big thing that Chief of Staff Manabe is doing now is to integrate the political powers in East Asia?

If you think about it carefully, this is indeed much simpler than directly unifying the global regime. After all, the entire East Asian cultural circle is deeply influenced by Chinese culture. Under the current situation, it may really be possible to achieve it.

"The plan has already begun, but the resistance is huge, so you should keep in mind what I said to you today, understand?"

Seeing that Gu Chen was so surprised that he was speechless, Staff Officer Manabe then spoke up and solemnly reminded him.

"understand……"

Gu Chen quickly drank a sip of coffee to calm himself down and nodded.

"That's good to understand, but you have to be mentally prepared. If I can't make the plan a success, you will have to take over and carry it forward. So you don't have much time to relax like this. You're almost thirty, and you have at most ten years left. Maybe you will have to be the backbone of the plan."

Staff Officer Manabe nodded, then his expression relaxed and he spoke.

"Officer Manabe, what you said is..."

Hearing this, Gu Chen's expression suddenly froze. Could he handle such a big thing?

"Xiao Gu, I'm old and I can't do this for many more years."

However, in the face of Gu Chen's implicit resistance and refusal, Staff Officer Manabe simply said this sentence lightly, and directly silenced Gu Chen.

Upon closer inspection, Chief of Staff Manabe, who originally had black hair, now has gray hair and the wrinkles on his face have become deeper.

"If you want to accomplish great things, you always have to make sacrifices. Xiao Gu, whether you like it or not, you will have to take on some responsibilities sooner or later. Or are you afraid?"

Looking at Gu Chen who had fallen into silence, Staff Officer Manabe spoke in a calm tone.

Finally, he drank the coffee in the cup.