No one would have expected that the attack and defense of Mt. Fuji, known in history as the "Ten Day War", would end in a peaceful way between the two sides.

The Empire and the Black Knights, no, more precisely, Schunezel and Ilan united their tone and took all the sins

The blame is on Kyoto.

[In this war, the Empire, the Black Knights, the Japanese, and all three parties are victims. Due to Kyoto deliberately

Concealing the true destructive power of the Super Bomb (Apocalypse) project, leaving the Black Knights unaware

under the war with the Empire. The Empire also misjudged the situation, mistakenly believing that the plan came from the Black Knights

A war of extermination was waged on the premise of any negotiations. Until the second prince Shunazel and the deputy commander of the Black Knights,

Eastland, the thirteenth prince of the former empire, negotiated urgently at the last moment, and finally prevented the destruction of human civilization

Dan's fate. The Kyoto conspiracy was revealed, and the mastermind was all ambushed. 】

This is the official message, and the few words that bring this war that changes the world pattern aside. Switch to weekdays

Even if the mainstream media united front reads the same speech according to the script, the lace tabloid online media will also show up

Miraculous digging out of it, or "deciphering" something gimmicky. But this time is different, not only

It was the Empire, including the Federation, and all the regimes on Earth that had not yet been touched by the three poles that shut up

Death order, world opinion has never been so unified, only the group of liberals in the EU are unrestrained, holding leaves in their mouths

The son lets his mind fly to the fullest, praising and deprecating the current situation.

It is said to be "peace of words", but as long as you are not blind, anyone can see that this is the empire popping out of some stone crack

The terrorist organization smashed a mouth full of teeth, and reluctantly spit out the big fat meat that had been chewed for eight years in Area 11.

No one spoke.

No one dares to define this war at this time. No one, including Japan, knew what was going to happen next

What the. Changes in the world pattern throughout the ages have always been the result of the struggle between major powers, and there has never been a single weakness

The situation of a small country choking the world by the throat is unlikely to be contemplated by even the best strategists

Clearly against logic, the world was overwhelmed and turned off all the volumes at the same time.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for one person's voice, waiting for that person to give conditions, to give variables.

ZERO。

Ten days have passed since the Battle of Mt. Fuji, and ZERO has yet to make any announcements.

It was as if the world had evaporated, and according to his hard-line attitude in the past, such an important speech as the Declaration of the Founding of the People's Republic of China should have been

It was announced at the same time that the invaders packed up and got out, but the fact was that it was a group of temporary officials cobbled together by the Black Knights

While efforts were being made to calm the post-war situation in Japan and prevent the country from falling into a second turmoil, ZERO himself never did

Make any statements.

The news of ZERO's death spread far and wide. The shock was so great that it even overshadowed the imperial prince

The fact that you are in the Resistance. The public sentiment in District 11, which was already restless to the extreme, was even more precarious, as if it was a little fire

Stars can be detonated.

Where's ZERO? It has become a common question in people's minds.

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The smell of disinfectant water, the sound of footsteps outside the door, and the deliberately muffled voice・・・・・・

Vital signs monitoring devices are ticking.

Starting with the index finger of the right hand, try to bend the contact thumb in turn to confirm the touch, then the toes...

It's still there.

There is no strength in the whole body, and the nervous system seems to be still in disorder, and the speed of processing instructions is unusually slow

, punctuated spasms bring tingling.

There is no sign of being restrained.

The faint sound of breathing.

Someone is on their side.

Now I am afraid that I will not be able to subdue even an ordinary person with bare hands.

Do you want to pretend to wait until the other party leaves?

"I'm sorry for you."

The sound of the book being closed, followed by a long sigh.

"The first thing a normal person should do when they get up should be to open their eyes, right?"

"Brother Huang?"

Ilan opened his eyes and tried to focus on the figure next to him, and after a long time, he finally confirmed the other party's identity

Portion. Then he shifted his gaze and looked at his surroundings.

Whether it was the hospital or not was uncertain, but there was no doubt that he was lying in the ward. It looks like the medical care is quite luxurious,

This is not something that can be provided by underground clinics in settlements. It should be a VIP ward in the concession dedicated to serving dignitaries.

"Cut..." Ilan muttered.

"This was the ward when Cullovis was recuperating, what other specifications do you want?"

"It's not a hardware problem..."

Ilan struggled to roll over, his back to his brother, and that's when he realized how many lines he had on him.

"Software?"

"You."

"Huh?" Lelouch didn't understand what this guy was talking about at all.

"The ward, the lights, the man who came back to life, who was physically and mentally weak, woke up and found that there was still a man next to him. Don't you think this is worse than waking up alone? Ilan rubbed his eyes and muttered

Road.

Lu Luxiu pressed his forehead and tried to control his feelings.

"I'm so sorry for you!"

"Well, that's okay."

Ilan accepted the other party's apology lightly.

There was silence in the room, and it was a long moment before Ilan hesitated to ask.

"Where's Karen..."

"Next door."

"Ward?"

"Hmm."

"Hurt?"

"Hmm."

"How strict is zhòng?"

"Flesh wounds, much better than you, milk and eggs can heal, but now I can't walk."

"Yes・・・・・・"

Ilan's voice was lonely, and Lelouch noticed this and couldn't help but laugh.

"It's not as bad as you think, she sat here every day some time ago, saying she was waiting to feed you a punch. The doctor said you

I might wake up today, so I chased her away. ”

Ilan carefully weighed his physical condition, and finally came up with a knot that would send him back to the west

On the matter, the label of the royal brother "ignorant of customs" was changed to "Engong" in an instant.

"'Some time ago'? Speaking of which, how long did I sleep? ”

"To be precise, it's 'coma', and three hours is a full ten days, and the doctor said that if it is not seen in twenty days

If you wake up, you will only be declared in a vegetative state. ”

"How's my case?"

"There is a deep second-degree burn on the right arm, and there will be a visible scar after healing. There is a certain amount of muscle atrophy, but as long as it recovers

If you exercise and eat properly, you can recover within a few months. Damage to the nervous system and blood vessels may not be possible

In the opposite direction, there may be a lifelong risk of neuralgia and stroke. Lelouch said bluntly.

"It's all for later."

Ilan wasn't too concerned, and it wasn't a loss to him at all.

"Your spleen has been removed."

“・・・・・・”

Ilan didn't speak, reaching out and touching his stomach.

Sure enough, there was a centipede-like suture about ten centimeters under his ribs.

"Your spleen, and a third of your liver, were liquefied when you were brought in. As the human body too

Naturally, the filter organ is also the part with the highest concentration of drugs -- so high that a normal person can die twice. In order to

The only way to prevent spread is excision. After changing the blood three times, I finally saved the remaining liver. All organs are presented

Failure, especially the heart. Normally, it takes at least three months to get out of custody, and the recovery period is more than one year. If you say that, four or five months should be about the same. After the high-intensity work is not impossible, but time

Make a half-fold discount. Eventually, you may not be able to live without a needle or a pill for the rest of your life. ”

Lelouch sighed and closed the medical record in his hand.

"・・・・・・ kidneys?"

"Well, the kidneys are still there."

"Two of them?"

"It's all there."

"Are there any precautions when using it?"

Ilan asked gloomily.

Lelouch flipped through the medical records again.

"I didn't mention it."

"Huhuhuhu・・・・・・"

Ilan rolled over, his hands under his head and looked at the ceiling, joy surging from his waist to his brain, and finally reversed

Reflected on the face.

"What's the deal with that vulgar smile..."

Lu Luxiu raised his forehead and smiled bitterly.

"The factors of production have been preserved." The corners of the white-haired mouth grinned to the root of the ear, overflowing with happiness, as if he had lost his spleen

It's just a mischievous change of hairstyle while asleep.。 He sat up tremblingly with his hands on the edge of the bed. "Now

Let's get down to business! ”

Lelouch sat here like this and waited for himself to wake up, naturally he couldn't have wanted to come to the house, there must have been

Discuss it with yourself.

"What do you want to know?"

"Hmm... How many of us are left?"

"Is it bad news in the first place?" said Lelouch shook his head. "Not counting the two of us, Black Knights

There are a total of eighty-six full members, and only nine drivers remain. ”

Before the uprising, there were hundreds of people, and it was not easy to develop to a thousand people, and now the First World War is back to before the liberation, really

Yes, wait, so ・・・・・・

"District 11 is running on these dozens of people now?"

Eleven Elan is not worried, over the years the settlement has developed its own ecosystem, out of the emperor

The life under the jurisdiction of the country will never deteriorate, and it is okay to leave it alone. But the concession is different, even if it is the emperor

It is not possible for the country to evacuate all its inhabitants in just ten days, no, they don't even have an evacuation plan at that time

It is impossible to work out.

Food, water and electricity, public security, public opinion management, etc., etc., all rely on these dozens of mud legs・・・・・・

Lelouch didn't answer, but threw a thick stack of essays onto the bed.

Elan narrowed her eyes, almost sticking the report to her face, struggling to read it.

Lelouch silently handed over a pair of glasses with a very earthy style.

"I forgot to tell you, the doctor said you might not be able to live without this thing in the future."

Dissatisfied with his lips, Bai Mao still put his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Huh?!"

"What?"

"Reading glasses?" Bai Mao turned his head to look at his brother and asked hesitantly, his expression wonderful.

"What's wrong?"

"Very mixed feelings・・・・・・"

Wearing presbyopia at the age of sixteen, should it be said that fate makes people?

"Aren't you a pragmatist?" Lelouch absentmindedly played with his fingers on the side.

“・・・・・・”

Attention returned to the text in his hand.

Among them, there are such as the number of water, electricity and food consumed daily in the concession, and there is also a general survey of the people's feelings, all of which are horsetails

The results of the concession emergency response team led by the man.

"Hmm, let the original personnel keep the concession running? That's the only way to do it, but we'll do it

Isn't there enough people to supervise? Wait... The public security system is also the original team?! Keep the police knighmare?! In case someone takes the lead..."

"No, it won't." Lelouch said with a smile. "The police are our people now."

Ilan was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered his imperial brother's cheating skills.

"It's so convenient."

Ilan relieved himself and buried himself in the file again.

Thanks to the prestige of ZERO, District 11 is still under control in general, and there is no too much turmoil, nor is it

The aborigines rushed into the concession.

"But this kind of checks and balances without a fulcrum is by no means a long-term solution, and the 11th area has been out of gear for eight years

For a long time, even the component of the provisional government will take at least a month or more, in this situation of power vacuum

Any mutation can occur. It is imperative that every effort be made to issue a founding declaration to end this power vacuum

to show the fact that ZERO is already in control of Japan. Stabilize people's hearts, and more importantly, stabilize the attitude of the three poles...

'When was this reported?' ”

"Today."

"Huh?" Ilan tilted his head inexplicably.

"I've only been getting it for a while."

"Shouldn't there be such a thing as the Declaration of the Founding of the People's Republic of China being issued as soon as possible?"

"I know." Lelouch sighed, got up and walked to the bed, slightly lifting the curtains to look outside. "Question

It's out of you. ”

"My identity?"

Ilan recalled his last national speech and suddenly felt that this matter was difficult to handle.

"You need a new image, you need to be accepted by the Japanese. There are Britannes in the Black Knights

has already made the people fall through the glasses, not to mention that the second-in-command of the organization is actually the prince of the empire. This kind of thing is once handled

If it is not handled well, it will definitely cause an uproar in public opinion and turn the tide of the people. The worst way is something too vague and abandoned

Pass. The people's trust in the Black Knights and ZERO will be shaken, and they will even be made up of who they are fighting for

Doubts of war. But... On the contrary, if it is handled properly, if it is properly advertised..."

"If you want to make it big..." Elan touched her chin and nodded approvingly.

"Yes, it's not just you, Suzaku's identity needs to be repositioned, and you can help each other. imperial

The prince and the prince of Japan, the same tragic fate, the same fragmented childhood, the same hatred, the same

The enemy, who had endured the same humiliation for seven years, finally came together to fight for the people of this land...

I want to be able to implant this impression in their brains..."

"Popularity is increasing instead of decreasing!" Ilan clapped his hands and gladly accepted the proposal. "So you need to proclaim the founding of the country

The two of us were standing next to you when the words were spoken, weren't we? That's when public opinion is at its highest, just say, 'United people.'"

The country was founded', and the fanatical crowd would accept it... What's wrong? ”

Finding that Lelouch was looking at him a little strangely, Ilan tilted his head inexplicably.

"Ah, no... I thought you'd be disgusted with this proposal, and use your background to gain sympathy."

"It's all said," Elan shrugged. "I'm a pragmatist."

"Hmm・・・・・・ how long do you need it?"

"Right now."

Yilan gave a thumbs up with difficulty, and the spring breeze was full of spring.

"Tomorrow, this place still needs to be cleared, and the security measures are not in place yet, so it can be arranged by this time tomorrow

Almost. Lelouch nodded.

"Here? Ay? In the hospital? ”

Ilan was confused again. Even if you are in a hurry, you have to find a decent place, at least a certain sign

Sex buildings do.

"Hospital?" Lelouch couldn't help but laugh. "Who said this was a hospital?"

With that, Lelouch opened the curtains of the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

The dazzling sunlight shook Yilan's eyes for a while, and after a moment of adaptation, the scenery outside the window gradually appeared in her eyes.

There is no doubt that this is the Tokyo Concession -- the rows of buildings, the well-organized streets, the gymnasium,

The school, the factory, the bay in the distance, the blue sky, until the end of the view, the sea and the sky meet. A qiē is so familiar

and at the same time so strange.

I was looking down on the panorama of Tokyo from an unprecedented angle, and it was a wonderful feeling that seemed to be right in front of me

This bustling city, this scenery is created for this window, as if you are a painting in front of your eyes

Cloth. Being in the middle of it, I just want people to walk to the window, behind their hands, with a smile, to appreciate, to plan, to go

Construction ・・・・・・

"The Governor's Mansion?"

"You guessed it."

Lelouch leaned against the window, looking out the window with his arms folded, a victorious smile on his face.

"Do you feel it? What are the so-called 'rights'? ”

"It's coming." Ilan muttered.

It was only at this moment that he had the first real sense of "this is my country".

I see.

This is the so-called "Jiangshan".

The ultimate dream of men, how many heroes throughout the ages have bent their waists and dried bones all over the mountains, just for this picture.

Just for this one look.

Ilan closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, and laughed.

"Huh?"

"If you watch it for too long, you'll be blind."

Ilan fell back into bed after speaking, and made up for sleep.