The first thing the second prince did after returning to China was not to return to the palace to report his duties, nor to gather his staff to discuss further plans, but to get into his special car without touching the ground, and only took a single-digit bodyguard to a cemetery on the outskirts of Pendragon.

It wasn't a secret operation, and his itinerary was made public. Naturally, the major media in the country will not let go of this opportunity, and they swarm behind the alert convoy with long guns and short cannons.

The door was pulled open by a Gundam bodyguard in a suit, and Schunezel stepped out holding a young girl by the shoulder. There was a light rain in the gloomy sky, and Shunezel scattered his entourage and walked behind her with an umbrella for the girl.

The girl stopped in front of the brand-new tombstone, bowed her head, and said nothing. Schunezel didn't urge, just waited quietly.

"Olivia, your mother is a hero." Xiu Zaizer whispered in a gentle voice. "She saved you, she... Sacrificed himself and saved everyone. ”

The girl trembled and fell to her knees on the newly turned dirt.

Agatha Turing.

Less than three days after the 49-year-old female doctor finished the political talk program that had a strong reaction, she was shot several times by a drunken stranger who broke into her home.

When the neighbor heard the gunshots and called the police, the murderer did not run away or hide, just shouted crazy things like "Long live the emperor" and "This ** should go to hell" before the victim's door walked around. Pulling out of his backpack a prepared vicious banner with the words "The witch is dead" written on it in red dye, he held it in his hand and waved it until the police officers who arrived at the scene pressed him to the ground.

And this sensational murder case has completely cut off official information since the murderer was sent to the police station, and the identity of the murderer has not been announced. The media was barred from reporting on the case, and the police system was silent, as if a powerful force above both was trying to suppress the matter.

What this power is, everyone actually knows very well.

Army.

Soon, the gossip began to spread on the Internet, and it became more and more outrageous, and there was even a theory that this was the first stage of the domestic purge of the military department———— nipped dissident opinion leaders in the bud. Some innocent people wonder if the army will really go to such a point? And whenever such a question is raised, someone in the reply always pretends to mysteriously post a link ———— video of the bloody crackdown on students at the Governor's Office in Tokyo a year ago.

See?!

There is nothing that the army cannot do!

A bunch of bastards! Parasites that suck people's fat and people's cream! In Japan, if you are taught a lesson by a group of terrorists, you will kill students to vent your anger! After being defeated by ZERO, he left the people of the empire behind and fled back to his country with his tail between his legs! Now, it was for this woman, and the poor mother had said a word to them, and sent an assassin to kill her?!!

When did our country, Holy Britannia, become such a virtue?

Our soldiers, when did they become like no one and no ghost?!

I said it won't be long before we're going to have to beg ZERO to free us!

For a time, the public was indignant, and various protests were held four times across the country.

The most radical was still the students, who immediately unified the protest slogan, "SHOOTME! COWARD!】。

Put "Shoot me!" Coward! This sentence was printed on their shirts, and some of them even drew targets on their heads, so they blocked the gate of the local government hand in hand, and they were very prepared to be heroic here.

As the incident intensified, the spokesman of the military department had no choice but to come forward to clarify the facts———— and announced that the person was indeed killed by someone from the military department, but this was only the personal behavior of a lieutenant with mental problems, and the army never issued a password to kill him in any form.

How could the people eat this set———— so why did they hide it in the first place? Why don't you let the murderer come out and speak? Do you really think we're going to believe this kind of flawed rhetoric?!

The military department was miserable.

Yes, why hide the truth when you know this? What a shot in the foot!

At this point, if you don't get a few black pots, you can't explain, and your official position can't be lower. Judging from the scale of the incident, it is very likely that it will be stabbed to the top, and several members of the committee are very hanging.

This matter is just the beginning, and it is in the early stage of the outbreak stage, and no one knows how to uncover it.

Except for one person.

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"Dr. Agatha Turing."

Although the funeral had long since ended, the second prince apparently thought that this shabby burial ceremony was not enough to set off the woman's dedication and sacrifice. He took out the eulogy he had prepared, faced the cameras of the media, and spoke bitterly.

"A wise man, a teacher. She teaches and educates people, and has used her wisdom to serve this country for twenty years.

She is a warrior who is not afraid of danger, she is not afraid of power, and when everyone chooses to be silent, she chooses to stand up and expose the truth.

She is a mother, for the sake of her children... She...

Please don't forget that Jì is also one of us, an ordinary Britannian citizen. She is no different from you and me, she works hard every day to provide for this country. She has her family, friends. She has dreams, hopes.

Like you and me, ordinary life is shining brightly. In the darkest of moments, it illuminates our hearts and illuminates our way forward.

Thanks to her sacrifice, 1.3 million Britanans were able to return to their homeland and be reunited with their families.

It is for her sacrifice that we finally see the truth.

We have finally found the enemies of the Empire.

Not the Chinese Federation, not the European Community, not Japan, not the Black Knights, but ourselves.

In our hearts, arrogance and madness.

Quite simply, tragedy will inevitably happen when we put ourselves above others, when we start looking down on other beings and thinking of ourselves as 'exceptions'.

The Roman Empire, the Central Plains Dynasty, and our former motherland, Britain, this simple truth has been verified countless times by history, it is a bloodbathed experience, a lesson heaped with life, and after only a few decades of prosperity, our eyes are blinded again.

When a warrior thinks he is above other beings, he begins to kill indiscriminately. When armies think they are above the people, they trample on other lives———— enemies, or their own people, without any qualms.

When we begin to think of ourselves as God's chosen people, the nation will perish.

This time, it's from within us.

Open your eyes and see who our enemies are.

ZERO, I don't know his name, what he looks like, but in these seven days of conversation I learned what kind of person he is.

No, he is not a terrorist. On the contrary, he is a man with a considerable sense of justice. I told him about the tragedy that had taken place in my country, and after thinking about it, he agreed to release the residents of the concession and return home.

We have repeatedly reported on the damage this man caused, but we have never mentioned one thing, and that is that he never killed a single Britannian civilian. In the aftermath of the Tokyo tragedy, he even took the initiative to protect the residents of the Tokyo Concession.

Yes, you heard it right.

ZERO, from the hands of our army, protect our people.

Even for a second, put yourself in his shoes and see the world.

What would you do if you lived in a settlement, unclothed and hungry?

What would you do if your child was born in that kind of place and there was no future to speak of?

What would you do if your family and friends were slaughtered right in front of you?

Come to think of it, is he really a bad guy? Are we really qualified to blame him for what he did?

As long as we still hold on to this kind of thinking that 'it is someone else who is wrong', today's tragedy will never stop. If we keep denying that the root of the problem lies with ourselves, sooner or later our dynasty will collapse. If we only use violence, of course the other person will only use violence to answer.

Eastland, my younger brother.

The last time I saw him was eight years ago, and it was completely different from the one I remembered him, but I could still strongly feel the kindness in his heart.

That Ilan is now in the enemy camp.

The irony of the facts, tracing back to the roots, is not surprising.

It was we who planted the seeds of hatred in his heart, it was the injustice that happened to him that prompted him to pursue justice, it was the seven years in prison that brought a nine-year-old child...

Cornered to the point where there is no way out·······

Violence will not solve the problem, it will only prove that we are beasts.

Language is the foundation of who we are as human beings, and what distinguishes us from animals.

We fought with the Black Knights for ten days and lost 150,000 soldiers, what was the final result?

We talked to ZERO for a week, and what was the end result?

The world is far from that complicated.

Though the kingdom is great, the belligerent will perish.

It's not too late.

There is still a chance to redeem before we fall into utter madness, before we move towards self-destruction.

We··· I... I won't watch the Empire go down that path.

Ms. Turing, I will never forget what you taught me. May you rest in peace at the feet of God, Amen.

The darkness will pass.

All，Hail··· Britannia。 ”

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Student Council, in Lelouch's room.

"What do you mean by that word?"

C.C sat in front of the TV with his knees crossed, watching the second prince say this, and curiously turned back to ask the two men behind him.

"Huh?" The black one kept frowning and snorted softly.

"It's just a politician who said something stupid and cut off his career, what's the word?"

"'Politics and suicide'."

Ilan, who was sitting on the couch, snapped his fingers.

"That's it! Does that kid mean he doesn't want to do it? ”

"In this way, this is actually not just a political suicide, and this kind of speech is not far from physical suicide." Elan shrugged.

C.C pouted in confusion.

"Then he used his plan to stab you to blackmail the people in the concession to return to China in a beautiful way, just to die a splendid death?"

"I want to... Probably not. ”

Bai Mao smiled awkwardly and spread his hands.

C.C turned his suspicious gaze to Lelouch, who had a bad face and had not seen his trademark stinky face for a year.

"Yangmou."

"Huh?"

"Kill two birds with one stone."

"Speak English."

C.C hated the atmosphere where he was the person with the lowest IQ in the room.

Lelouch twisted his head to the side and sighed hatefully.

"To put it simply... First, he stole our signboard. ”

"'Justice'?"

The black-bellied man nodded.

"He doesn't have to dirty his hands, and he will naturally get a piece of the pie for what we have worked hard for. In public opinion, he has tied us to him, and instead of attacking him, we have to speak for him at times. For example, for example, I have to thank him for his statement today······"

"Hmmm... And second? ”

"Defending as an offense, he hindered our movement by retreating. He gave 'hope' to the people in the other numbered districts, that this man could make a change. This is the most direct blow, and those who were originally prepared to fight with the empire may now choose to wait and see, and our plan to get out of Japan... will be hit hard. If he does a little more, he even proposes a numbered district affirmative action bill, first draw a big pie for people to see, and then discuss it in Congress for 20 years, without spending a penny of delay... If he succeeds, he is a hero, and the strength of the empire is not diminished in the slightest. If it fails, it's none of his business, it's all the emperor's fault······"

"Finally..." Ilan picked up what his brother hadn't finished. "He has openly declared war on the emperor."

Although he said that he wanted to kill the emperor, he didn't expect to move so fast and boldly.

It won't be long before the spearhead of the country will be pointed at the 'root of the disease' implied by Schunezel———— imperial power.

With the current popularity of Schunezel, as long as the emperor falls, Schunezel will undoubtedly be pushed to the pinnacle of power by the people, and when the time comes, whether it is the president, the prime minister, or the chairman, as long as the name is changed, he will still be the emperor.

But the problem is that just by public opinion and these demonstrations... Is it really possible to bring down Charles?

Is it really possible to overthrow the millennia of imperial power in Britain?

As it stands... Possibilities······ Less than 1 in 10,000.

Violence is the only viable means of bringing down Charles, and it must be the most extreme of violence. The Emperor not only has the most powerful army in the world, but also his elite troops, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Order of ———— ultimate weapon.

Popular uprisings, revolutions and the like have no chance and can be suppressed in a matter of hours.

Schunezel······

Prime Minister is actually the most bitter position in the empire, and it sounds very majestic under one person and above 10,000 people, but the problem is that there is still one person above you. All the rights of the prime minister are granted by the imperial power, and if you want to take it back, you only need the emperor to move his mouth.

In the imperial system, it is divided into three major branches: government, commerce, and military. The prime minister is in charge of the government, the military department governs the army, and the money is controlled by the eight major families and the aristocratic class, and the three systems do not interfere with each other, and the apex is the final decision of the imperial power, which can be said to be a perfect pyramid shape.

As for the post of prime minister, he has neither soldiers nor money, and the rights in his hands are still borrowed, just a part-time job. A prime minister is simply commonplace in the empire, without the slightest resistance, and it is a miracle that Schunezel has been able to sit in this position for so long.

So... Without hard power as a background, why does he think that the emperor will not dare to touch him?

What other cards does he have······

If this was only the first step in his plan to seize power, then the next... No, he doesn't have time anymore, as soon as he comes on the field, he has already had a showdown with his Lao Tzu in the open, I'm going to overthrow you, the emperor has no reason to not be him except for his brain burning and wanting to watch the play.

So... There's only one possibility.

He wanted the emperor to depose him.

But... This can only further arouse public opinion, and in fact will not hurt the emperor in the slightest.

Ilan didn't believe that Honezel was so stupid.

Did he see where he couldn't see······

My Mind... Will there be dead spots too?

This feeling of not being able to figure out what his opponent was doing was so bad that, for the first time ever, Ilan wanted the Emperor to win.

C.C looked at the two brothers behind him, one dragging his chin and the other biting his fingers, both of them looked like they were frowning and bitter and hateful. She could see through their skulls the gears spinning rapidly until they overheated.

The girl silently took out her mobile phone and pressed the shutter on the two of them, leaving evidence for him to laugh at in the future.