When Euphemia first met Lelouch, she realized that this Zero was Lelouch, a woman's terrible intuition.

"Euphemia, this building has been bombed, you can leave with the hostages. I'll leave this zero to me. Duran smiled.

Although Euphemia was worried about her brother, she was relieved to see Duran's reassuring look at her.

By the time Euphemia had gone with all the men, Duran and Lelouch were still standing facing each other.

"You're the detective?"

"It's not that, it's the detective who arrested you. You should know that your skills are not my match, so you should surrender. ”

Lelouch could see Duran through the mask, and he was ready to geass. It's just that he now wants to see how well the detective knows about himself, "Don't you use your reasoning?"

"Of course you can if you want to hear it. ”

"I don't have much time, so you can pick the important ones. "Later, Lelouch will announce the formation of the Black Knights.

"Okay, then I'll make a long story short. Duran paused before continuing, "Zero, you are Lelouch, the eleventh prince of Britannia. ”

Nani Lelouch was shocked, he didn't expect Duran to be so direct.

"I can imagine the silent and shocked expression under your mask, the expression of many criminals I capture. Lelouch, are you surprised how the hell did I know who you are?"

"How do you know?" Lelouch felt as if Duran had a mind reading technique, and nothing escaped his eyes.

"It's very simple, I investigated the information, you and your sister were sent here as hostages ten years ago, and then your whereabouts are unknown. Coupled with the surprised expression of the third prince before he died, it was easy to guess that it was you. But don't worry, I didn't tell anyone else, because I'm a member of the Chinese Federation, and I'm happy to see you Britannia fight. ”

This man is terrible, and Lelouch is wary of Duran.

"I can help you defeat Britannia, and then our Chinese Federation will accept the benefits of all the colonial districts of Britannia. ”

Duran didn't hide his intentions in the slightest, which made Lelouch frown.

Lelouch rebelled against his homeland only out of hatred for his father, and only in the later years did he overthrow the tyranny for the sake of peace, but he never considered the interests of the country from beginning to end, because he considered himself to belong to no country anymore.

"Willing, or unwilling?"

"What if you want to, and what if you don't?"

"If you want, I will give you a lot of help, weapons technology and even personnel. If you don't want to, I'll kill you. ”

"Delusional!" Lelouch opened the geass, "never reveal my identity, return to the Chinese Federation by myself, and never set foot in the territory of Japan." ”

Lelouch used Geass on Duran, with no effect.

Duran hit Lelouch on the back of the head, and Lelouch collapsed, but did not faint.

Duran took out the clothes he had prepared that were identical to Zero's, quickly put them on, and now he was going to announce the formation of the Black Knights in place of Lelouch.

"Lelouch, struggle, struggle in the whirlpool of fate, you will find yourself so small, so vulnerable, you can't protect anyone, you can't fight for anything, the only thing you can do is stand on the sidelines, just like now, watch the wheels of history run over you. Duran's words were like a sharp sword piercing Lelouch's chest, preventing him from breathing.

The gaffer is in place and the photographer is ready.

Duran walked out, "Are you ready to face the world?"

Karen feels like Zero is a different person, but this is not the time to pursue it. Just nodding along with everyone.

The group stood side by side.

"For the sake of justice, for the sake of saving the weak, our Black Knights were established today. Pray, O weak, and we will be messengers of righteousness and bring you hope. We will be with you. Duran stood in the light and proclaimed in a high-pitched voice, "We are the Black Knights. ”

Big news again.

Lelouch watched feebly as a qiē unfolded, as if his soul had been drained by Duran. Fate is too cruel.

Of course, Duran wouldn't leave Lelouch there, he didn't want to bully high school students, he wanted Lelouch to grow up faster. Although the methods are somewhat cruel, the path chosen by Lelouch is itself cruel.

The road is full of killing and sorrow, and if you don't have a little resilience, you can't get to the end. Duran is working on his resilience right now. At this moment, Duran is Lelouch's teacher on the road of life.

"How does it feel?"

Lelouch was still very weak, and Duran's methods were not ordinary, beating him to the point that he could not use all his strength.

"What the hell are you going to do?" Lelouch's face was very ugly, he thought he was going to be finished?

"You may encounter this kind of thing many times in the future, you may be surrounded by an army, and you think that you will be all right with Geass? You are too young, too naïve, and sometimes stupid. "You think you can overthrow Britannia alone? ”

In the original book, if C.C. hadn't rescued him several times, Lelouch would have died a long time ago. Now C.C. won't come to help, so Duran has to step in himself.

Lelouch still didn't speak, he was still thinking in his mind what he was going to do? What happened was far more exaggerated than he imagined, Geass was useless, and his life and death were in the hands of the other party.

"How's it going? You come to overthrow Britannia, and we, the Chinese Federation, come to accept all the interests of Britannia in the world. Have you thought about it? If you refuse this time, you may really die. ”

Damn, he was completely driven to a dead end, and Lelouch was secretly anxious in his heart, but he couldn't see any other way than acceptance.

"Leluxiu, I forgot to tell you, Nanali's Pikachu was sent by me, and her body was also healed by me with a dragon ball that can make any wish. ”

"What?!" Lelouch couldn't believe it, but he knew that Duran didn't need to lie. So he said that he and his sister's situation had always been known to him?

"I've said a long time ago, you're too weak, if you want to achieve your dreams and protect your sister. You need my help. Of course, you can also think of this as a fair trade. Say your answer. ”

"Okay, I promise you!" It's all come to this point, and Lelouch can only agree.

"Good, to get off to a good start. Lelouch, now I'll tell you my real name, I'm Duran, code name D, I'm a detective, a member of the Chinese Federation. ”

Lelouch didn't introduce himself, because all of his qiē was mastered by Duran.

"As a person with two identities, a stand-in is essential, and you also need a bodyguard. Your skills are terrible. You come with me. ”

Lelouch followed Duran out of the house, only to find that it was not outdoors outside the door, but a research institute with a completely different style from the previous room.

"Here?"

"This is the 11 districts of the Chinese Federal Academy of Sciences, and it is also the development center of smart electronic instruments and artificial intelligence. I brought you here today to find you an assistant. ”

"How do you know I'm going to say yes?" said nothing to Lelouch before he was brought here.

"Because this is where corpses can also be destroyed!" Duran smiled.

"Giving you a machine assistant that you can choose your own gender, age, and skills you know. You can design your ideal assistant. ”

It seems that although Lelouch has only seen C.C. a few times, he has a deep image of C.C., and even added pizza-making skills to the machine.

Duran snickered on the side, his daughter was really attractive. Feel free to sympathize with Lelouch.

ps: The new book "I Am the Empress" asks for attention.