The two stared into each other's eyes, the flash of hatred and anger clearly visible and not concealed in the slightest.
Strauss had always been a man of systems and order since the very first day he began working as a UEC special agent. He was often reassigned between departments under the UEC to help stabilize or even suppress the governors of city-states, who showed signs of seeking independence from the UEC.
In a world without countries, where nationalism was an obsolete concept, almost everything seemed designed to make human life harder, especially the existence of mutants who sought to reduce humans to nothing more than livestock.
Strauss believed in the UEC's vision: to unite all of humanity under a single front and restore human dominance over the planet.
Manifesto, on the other hand, was a hero who thrived within the current UEC system. He sought maximum gain with minimal effort, exploiting loopholes and taking advantage of the system whenever an opportunity arose.
