Why did she EXPOSE Cloud as a lying grifter?

This game is arguably TOO big. I just want to get on with the story, I don’t want to spend ten hours exploring a new region and doing 50 “intel” quests. I get they put a lot of effort into creating a big open beautiful world but I really just want to get on with the story. I just finished Corel region and I’m at Gongaga and they already hit me with all this optional stuff. And I’m completely ignoring Chadley’s VR battles and the all the endless mini games