The Black Knights' cafeteria is always full of laughter. A group of old men, including dozens of women, had lunch together in the flying swear words and meat jokes to enhance revolutionary friendship, and they were happy and close to each other.

But today is different, "dead silence" floats above the cafeteria like substance, and hundreds of people sit in silence as if they have been given a gag order, without a single sound.

Sadness, excitement, pride, dismay, shame, anger, hatred, and other emotions were mixed together, churning and fighting in their minds, so that no one knew what to do at the moment, only staring blankly at the plate in front of them.

The cafeteria, which was supposed to hold a thousand people, was full just two hours ago. But just after just one hundred and twenty dividends, sixty percent of the seats are empty.

They're dead. I'm alive.

This is a lingering thought in everyone's mind, anger and sadness are used here to be a little subtle, and if you want to say, "shame" is more appropriate.

It was an almost disorganized battle, and the sacrifices of these comrades were all voluntary, as such・・・・・・

Why, I'm still alive?

Why wasn't it me who died?

Why didn't I rush in at that time?

Am I a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death?

"That's it!"

A figure slapped his face and jumped onto the table.

"I know what you're thinking, it's not your fault, okay? No, your head is flooded, okay? How can it be a shame to live? Do you have to be happy if everyone dies? Isn't it the end of Japan if we die? ”

When everyone saw the deputy commander say this, they all nodded wiltedly.

Ilan sighed.

One thousand dozen two hundred thousand!

Win!

Inflicted 600 self-losses and annihilated more than 100,000 enemies!

This unprecedented number is placed under your noses, but one by one you are as devastated as if you have suffered a defeat.

These guys are simply unreasonable.

At this time, people will envy those extremist religious organizations, and there is no such thing as low morale, and complete brainwashing can even kill the instinctive fear of death in human beings. Even if a comrade-in-arms dies, it is just a matter of entering heaven first to enjoy happiness.

"Well, now I'm ordering, as deputy commander: for an hour, everyone must feed me and lie down. If I can't sleep, I will go to the town committee to ask for sleeping pills, and everyone should sleep for at least twelve hours. Starting tomorrow, for a week, you will be deprived of a qiē time to eat, rest, and even to defecate. Cornelia's harassment will be uninterrupted twenty-four hours a day. They had enough men to go up the hill in shifts, but we didn't have enough men to defend in shifts. The high tension of the nerves will make your fatigue three times faster, and from day three, I have no doubt that some of you will faint in the cockpit in the crossfire. I have no doubt that there will be a few of you who will die suddenly of extreme exhaustion. From the fourth day onwards, everyone, including me, will be awake on medication, and the pain signals of every part of the body will be amplified tenfold by the stimulation of hormones. At that time, you will no longer feel sorry for your comrades-in-arms, you will be jealous of them, and you will feel that life is worse than death. I can tell you very responsibly, they are the lucky ones, and you unlucky ones have won the lottery and signed the lottery! ”

After hearing this threat, the eyes of this group of trembling M finally regained a little brightness. After a bang, he began to bow his head and shave rice.

These guys who don't eat turnips and eat sticks・・・・・・

White Fur shook his head, jumped off the table, and kicked the chair leg of the boy next to him.

"Kimura."

"Yes!"

The young man was excited, hurriedly stood up behind his hands, and swallowed the meal hard.

"Starting with you, everyone tells a joke."

"Yes! ・・・Hey? ”

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Katase was furious, but he was not stupid, and he gave the order to retreat at the same time that Fujido cut off communication with the headquarters. One hundred and ten remaining guards protected the headquarters, and took the head of ZERO, which was borrowed here, into the forest behind without looking back. It wasn't until he could no longer see the smoke and dust in the distance, and there was not half a signal on the radar, that Katase ordered a halt to the army. To be on the safe side, he sent a few more scouts in the direction of the battlefield.

Just now, ZERO had a conversation with him on a closed-circuit phone and rescued Katase from the brink of collapse. ACCORDING TO ZERO, HE HAD A WAY TO "BRING THE JAPANESE LIBERATION FRONT BACK TO LIFE." ”

Back?

Katase is not so much a soldier, but his brain circuits have been trained like a politician. It only took him a second for him to react -- ZERO was going to take advantage of the fire to rob and eat the liberation front.

The taste under the fence is not pleasant, not to mention that the other party is still the most unpleasant popular fried chicken ZERO, but there is no free lunch in the world, and if you want to keep the incense of the organization and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback, this is also the only way. Now I can't bargain with it at all.

Katase decided to compromise first.

After tidying up his feelings, Katase returned to his desk.

Three polite knocks at the door.

"Please come in."

The black broom star walked into Katase's office without hurry, and closed the door with his backhand.

"Major General." ZERO owes a debt.

"ZERO, can you elaborate on your plan?"

Lelouch went down from the wall to decorate the Japanese sword, Katase's personal collection, and looked at it with great interest.

"Solution? What's the solution? ZERO SAID AS HE PUT THE KNIFE BACK ON THE SHELF, AND TOOK THE ONE BELOW TO PLAY WITH.

Katase instantly felt the urge to shoot this bastard.

"You just said a plan to bring the Japanese liberation front back to life!"

"Ah, that." Like the master here, Lelouch sat on the sofa with a big grin, and crossed Erlang's legs. "Lie to you."

"What?!" Katase's brain suddenly froze. "You're not going to..."

"Annexation of your organization? No, I'm not at all interested in the Japanese liberation front. Your deposit zài is more of a hassle for me. ”

At this point, Katase finally became alert, and slowly pressed his right hand on the pistol at his waist.

"Bringing the dead back to life or something, you don't really believe it, do you?" Lelouch didn't seem to hear the soft sound of the holster being picked out. Pull out a section of the knife and gently brush your fingers over the inscription on the blade. "There are only about 100 people left in the organization of 10,000 people, and the remnants are less than one percent, if the rest are the backbone of the organization, there is still a chance, but those who survive are your guards. The system has been destroyed, and the commander-in-chief is only a mediocre person, so the gods can't save it. ”

"・・・・・・ ZERO, you're not here just to sarcastically me, are you?"

Katase placed the gun on the table, aiming it at Lelouch.

"What does this mean? It was Mr. Fujido who did not obey the order, the six families of Kyoto who ordered you to participate in the war, and it was Conelia who annihilated your organization. And you're pointing a gun at me right now? ”

"I listen to you fart !!"

Katase slapped the table and stood up.

"You think I don't know about your little abacus with Kyoto?! You two wolf bèi treacherous things! I'm afraid that there will be one more spoils after the matter is completed! You've been planning for me to die here! Knowing that the liberation front is completely wiped out, you can't close your smiling mouths, right?! Me, Soichiro Katase! He joined the army at the age of eighteen and served Japan for thirty-seven years! I've been fighting for this country all my life! You've only been fighting for a few days?! Now you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and you are ruthless?! All right! I'm going to..."

"If the number of defeats can also be used as a capital to show off, I will bow down."

Lelouch chuckled dismissively.

"Bastard! You..."

"But it seems that I underestimated you, I didn't expect you to think of such a step." Lelouch shook his head regretfully. "Unfortunately, you still didn't guess everything."

"What do you mean・・・・・・

"Don't you think it's still too much for two people to share the spoils?"

Katase felt a chill creep up his spine.

"Are you planning to get rid of ・・・・・・ even in Kyoto?"

"Exactly." Lelouch nodded unapologetically. "There can only be one voice in the Japan of the future, my voice."

"Why do you want to sue me for this..."

"Why..." Lelouch smiled self-deprecatingly. "I guess I'm soft-hearted again."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't want you to be unjustly killed.

From today onwards, a stupid decision you made before, a spineless concession, a wasted amount of money, and every defeat you have fought in the past seven years will be erased. I promise that your stain will not be recorded in any historical sources or textbooks. And those last ten minutes, the ten minutes that sacrificed themselves to protect the Japanese people, will be written about. People will only remember a Japanese liberation front that fought to the last soldier, a group of great soldiers who sacrificed their lives for righteousness. And your name will represent this heroic moment.

When this war is over, I will build a martyr's cemetery for the liberation front, right at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Your sculpture will be set up at the main entrance.

'ZERO's great comrade-in-arms, Soichiro Katase', will become your nickname and will be praised by the world from generation to generation.

Well, Major General..."

Lelouch stood up and gently placed the gorgeous wakasha in front of Katase.

"Please kill yourself."

The dry and cracked earth has not yet dissipated its heat. The sun shone directly on the land without hindrance, and the rising heat distorted the distant scene as if thousands of souls were struggling in pain.

Put your ears to the ground and you can hear the wails of humans.

The last vestiges of the sacred beauty of Mt. Fuji in the distance have been destroyed, and the mountain is covered with scars from explosions of all sizes, as ugly as the surface of the moon. The smoke had not yet cleared, as if an ominous dark cloud had hung over it, making it even more terrifying.

This is the closest place to hell on the planet.

The ground beneath your feet is the gateway to the world where karma burns.

A purple-haired woman stood quietly in the center of this forbidden area of life, quietly looking at the drained dirt in her hand.

With a slight grip, it turned into dust, slipped through his fingers, and dissipated into the wind.

It's hard to imagine that just a few hours ago, it was a wooded forest.

It's hard to imagine that just a few hours ago, hundreds of thousands of lives were standing here.

It is hard to imagine that Guildford, the man who obviously has the strength to make the enemy fearful, but the mother and mother are unusually gentle, the most loyal knight in the world, are buried on such an ugly battlefield.

Not a single bone remained, and it turned to dust.

Lying in the hospital bed, in the back, helpless, like an ant completely wiped out from this world.

There is no more dishonorable way for a warrior to die.

"Guildford ・・・・・"

Cornelia whispered.

Twelve years have passed, and since he joined the army at the age of fifteen, Guildford has followed him to the north and south for a full twelve years. From a stunned young man to a reliable man, from a flat head to a ponytail, with glasses. Wounded, bleeding. The only thing that remains constant is his loyalty.

Although he has never opened his mouth, as a general, he can be accompanied by such a knight・・・・・・ what more can he ask for.

Cornelia closed her eyes.

Still no real feeling.

It seems that the voice of "Princess, it's too dangerous here" will sound behind him in the next second. It seems that as long as you turn around, you will see his worried face.

"Princess."

Cornelia's body stiffened, and she slowly turned her head, but behind her was the big man with the scarred face.

"Hmm." The princess sighed softly.

"Let's go back to camp, we've been within range for too long. If it is found・・・・・・"

"Well, you can go back first."

"Your Highness the Princess!"

Dalton was anxious, ignoring etiquette, and stepped forward to grasp Cornelia's arm, but was glared back by the other party.

"Don't worry. We've been discovered, and because of that, it's safe. ”

The big man didn't understand, and looked at the lord with a puzzled face.

"ZERO... No, that oily guy won't kill me." Cornelia turned her head and muttered as she looked at Mt. Fuji in the distance.

Oily and slippery guys?

That Glasgow driver?

That guy...

"That guy is more than just ZERO's subordinate, he has the right to act as he wishes, to set up the battle situation on his own, and even to make the decision not to kill me. He's with me, no, he's had a holiday with the whole royal family. He wasn't a careerist, he was an avenger.

He won't let me die, he needs me alive・・・・・・ he wants me to live... to see the empire turn to ashes. ”

Even a martial artist like Dalton couldn't help but shiver when he heard this.

"A personal vendetta? Princess, do you know him? ”

Cornelia's brow furrowed slightly, and her sharp gaze seemed to penetrate the mountain, focusing on a certain figure. She knew, she could feel it, and the other party was watching her at this time. Countless thoughts flashed through my mind, and my eyes gradually became dazed.

"Maybe ・・・・・・"