Under the worried eyes of the black riders, the chief and deputy commanders got into the car sent by Kyoto to pick up ZERO.

The journey from Shinjuku to Mt. Fuji took only two and a half hours before the war, but the journey was stretched to four hours because the post-war transportation system was almost completely destroyed and the drivers chose hidden paths.

Bai Mao, who learned of this, immediately looked at Lu Lu with begging eyes. Although separated by two layers of glass, Lelouch could still feel the other party's fiery "please" eyes. As a last resort, I had to knock on the rear window of the cab and give the driver a geass.

Ilan decisively took off his helmet, spread it softly on the saddle, and sighed with satisfaction.

"Are you okay?" Lelouch frowned and tapped his head at an inconspicuous little black dot in the corner of the roof of the car. It had already been stabbed by Ilan.

"It's okay, it's okay." Bai Mao smiled and waved his hand. "If you put it in such an obvious place, it's just a smoke bomb. That camera was meant to be discovered by us, this..."

Ilan pinched out a small piece of thread from his pocket, and at the bottom was connected to a small inconspicuous camera, which seemed to have been ripped off roughly.

"This is the main one."

I don't even know when he did it・・・・・・

Seeing that his younger brother had been cleaned up, Lu Luxiu didn't say anything, took off his helmet and put it aside.

"I'm afraid those who don't die will be unhappy." Lu Luxiu cocked Erlang's legs

"How could it be, they would only be suspicious if they sat honestly for four hours."

"Huh?"

"It should be that no one has ever seen what ZERO looks like, even if they take a random double and wear this outfit, they can't judge, so showing their abilities properly will reassure them."

"Hmph." Lelouch snorted noncommittally.

Ilan took out a telegram from the inside of his shirt and read it again with a smile.

"Satisfaction with the recent actions of the Black Knights is no longer enough to describe the feelings of the Disdainful Society. We have learned that your organization is in the process of expanding recently, and we hope that you will have the privilege of meeting with Mr. ZERO to do our part. If you can reach a direct cooperation agreement with your organization, from now on, if you need it, you can't do it... ”

"・・・・・・ Yilan" Lelouch opened his mouth thoughtfully, not as if he was listening to the other party's words.

"Huh?"

"This is really a stake."

"That's right." Ilan was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Brother Huang, there are too many people who can't let go."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm afraid of death, there's no pejorative, it's just human." Bai Mao nodded, acting like a confidant sister.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm not like the royal brother." Bai Mao shrugged his shoulders, looking indifferent. "The one who can kill me is long dead."

"I wish I could have your inexplicable confidence." Lelouch shook his head self-deprecatingly.

The royal brother will also say kind words, this kind of thing, no one will want it・・・・・・

White Fur smiled bitterly and withdrew the telegram to his chest.

"Let's meet them, this feast."

The confusion in Lelouxiu's eyes was fleeting, and it was replaced by a chilling killing intent.

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【3 days ago】

Conelia stood in front of a large wall of tempered glass, staring blankly at the mountains in the distance, half covered by various excavation facilities.

The two attendants behind him, Dalton and Guildford, were standing behind Cornelia with their hands behind their backs, watching warily at the bottomless shadow ahead.

"Your Excellency, I've kept you waiting."

The old voice sounded from the shadows, and in the darkness, a dozen or so figures loomed forward.

"His Royal Highness Lao Jia came in person, I don't know what to advise."

“・・・・・・”

Conelia didn't turn around, her brow furrowing.

The scar-faced man swept around the hall with undisguised contempt, grinning disdainfully, as if he didn't care that he was in the enemy's den, and that he was at an absolute disadvantage in numbers.

"The six dignified Kyoto families won't be so depressed that they can't even pay the electricity bill, right?" Dalton sarcastically. "Her Royal Highness the princess drove in person, didn't she even dare to come out to meet her?"

"The body of rotten wood, the legs and feet are inconvenient, please forgive the princess."

The other party's answer was neither humble nor arrogant.

"・・・・・・ since the establishment of the 11th arrondissement, the Society and the successive Governors have been in contact with each other through negotiators, and both sides felt that there was no need to get to know each other more deeply if they were only business partners. ・・・Not to meet, good for everyone. Please also ask Your Highness Haihan. The voice replied.

"You say... 'business partner'?" Dalton smiled dangerously like a beast. "Do you think you, the Kyoto Six, are doing business with the Empire?"

There was a long silence.

"I also want to ask Her Royal Highness the princess what she summoned the contemptible people to do."

The old man in the shadows stiffly changed the subject.

“・・・・・・ZERO。”

Cornelia finally spoke coldly, as if she didn't want to say a word of nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"Give him to me."

“ZERO？” The voice asked, confused.

"Don't challenge my patience, especially now."

Cornelia looked out the window at Mt. Fuji, but she didn't have the slightest intention to enjoy the scenery, and her fists gradually clenched.

"Taizo Kirihara, give me ZERO."

The voice was silent for a moment, then finally spoke.

"You know it's me?"

“・・・・・・”

"I'm very sorry for Her Royal Highness the Princess, but the Despicable Society is really with that terrorist..."

"One last time."

Cornelia interrupted, a hint of tyranny in her voice.

She's had enough of doing tai chi with these Orientals.

Kyoto Six, the empire will take you a lot, see how you repay the empire.

Your pets, trampling on the majesty of the Empire, killing my brother, and subjecting me to all kinds of humiliation, my loyal soldiers... My sister・・・・・・

My sibling sister・・・・・・

Euphemia ・・・・・

"One last time... don't challenge my patience."

Guildford glanced worriedly.

He could clearly feel that the princess had reached a critical point. It is extremely unwise to go to such a place where dirt and dirt are hidden with a body of gold, and if it were to attack here・・・・・・

Kirihara Taizo spoke.

"Your Royal Highness, we really don't have the slightest connection with that terrorist. I'm so sorry that you've come here, but as a sign of filial piety, I'd like to present it on behalf of Kyoto..."

Cornelia turned sharply, her cloak rattling from the blow. The tyrannical aura twisted that beautiful face into a terrible shape. The Witch of the Empire strode over to the place where the voice was, the sound of her boots hitting the ground echoing through the vast space like a death knell.

"Stop!"

There was a sound of metal tapping around them, and the dozen or so figures brushed their weapons and pointed them at Cornelia.

"Stop !!" Kirihara Taizo shouted.

"Your Highness the Princess!"

Guildford had just taken a step when he was stopped by the scar-faced man next to him raising his hand.

"General Dalton!"

The scarface man shook his head and grinned.

"Don't spoil the princess."

As she spoke, the princess had already walked to the beaded curtain of the sedan chair, staring at the figure in the sedan chair deadly, her teeth clenched.

"Your Excellency the Governor, under the Viceroy, woo ?!!"

Without waiting for the other to speak, Cornelia reached in, grabbed the other man by the collar and dragged him out, and brought it to her.

With fiery killing intent, he looked at the other party's old face.

"GIVE ME ZERO."

Although the voice is soft, it is like a poisonous snake spitting out letters, which makes people's spines numb.

“・・・・・・”

The old man was stunned, panting, but gritted his teeth and said nothing.

The princess slowly raised her hand menacingly, as if the bodyguards who were holding weapons around her did not exist at all.

A flash of white light followed, followed by a muffled howl.

Conelia punched the old man in the mouth with a backhand. An old bone could not withstand the full force of the angry soldier's punch, half of his teeth and blood foamed out, and his jaw was tilted to the side, no doubt broken. The princess's white gloves were dyed bright red.

Where did everyone think that the dignified princess of the Cornelia Empire would actually attack an old man, and they were all stunned in an instant.

"Tongyuan Gong!"

Finally, a black-clad bodyguard couldn't help it, rushed forward, raised his submachine gun and pointed it at Cornelia.

"Let Him !!"

Tongyuan, who came back to his senses, was in a hurry, wanting to stop this group of hot-blooded guys, but he couldn't say anything anyway, and could only let out a vague wail.

If Cornelia has the slightest accident here, Japan will be finished!

Before he could speak, the gunshots had already sounded, and Tong Yuan's mind suddenly went blank.

With a stunned expression, the bodyguard slowly fell, and a small black hole abruptly appeared in his head.

The smoke from the muzzle of Cornelia's gun had not yet cleared.

The rest of the bodyguards watched this scene in amazement, and in their professional instincts, they pointed their guns at Cornelia.

"Shoot!"

Cornelia shouted, but her eyes never took off the half-dead old man.

"Shoot!! None of them have a seed?! ”

"Xuan... ・・・Yes・・Stand down!! ・・・Hmm! ”

The old man struggled to say a word. But he didn't want to, and as soon as the words fell, Cornelia smashed the butt of a gun in his face again.

At this time, where does the princess still have the noble temperament of the battlefield Valkyrie, but she is like a beast that has been driven to a dead end.

"Who allowed you to interject?! I'M TALKING WHO ALLOWED YOU AN ELEVEN TO INTERJECT?! ”

A gun was pointed at another bodyguard.

"Three seconds, shoot, or step back."

Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Don't don't, don't, please, don't shoot no matter what!!

Kirigen prayed wholeheartedly to the gods of the sky.

Looking at the woman with the momentum of a hungry hell ghost, the black-clothed bodyguards swallowed their saliva and slowly retreated into the shadows.

"Kirihara Taizo, I don't know what kind of governor you negotiated with before, but I'm not the kind of idiot who will leave satisfied after taking the money, nor am I the kind of careless person who is willing to fight with you to show his aristocratic temperament. I'm a soldier, and I like white knives in and red knives out. Now, I am the governor of District 11, and you, no matter where you come from, no matter how deeply involved you are with the Empire, as long as you are still Eleven, you are not qualified to negotiate terms with me, with your master. ”

Grabbing the other party's collar again, he brought the bloody face to himself.

"'Business partner'? What are you kidding, just a two-faced inferior person like you is still worthy of being a business partner of the empire? A little bit of color, do you really think you can be an equal to the Britannians? The empire has kept you until now, given you the current qiē, and given you the property of the rich country, and you don't know how to repay but want to rebel?! Still want to bite the master?!

This is your last chance.

Leave ZERO to me.

MORE THAN THAT, YOU'LL HAVE TO PROVE TO ME THAT THE MAN IS ZERO HIMSELF. If I find out that you have found a substitute for the dead at random・・・・・・ you, Taizo Kirihara, can apologize to me for seppuku.

One week.

I don't care what excuses you have, no matter what means you use, if he doesn't show up with me after a week・・・・・・

I will make all the people associated with the six families of Kyoto disappear from this earth. Even if the right to inherit the throne is abolished, it will not hesitate! ”

Letting go of his fingers, Kiriyuan's body collapsed to the ground like rags, making a muffled sound.

"Answer."

Cornelia said coldly.

Tong Yuan struggled for a long time, and finally let out a moan similar to "yes".

Cornelia slowly took off the blood-stained glove and threw it in front of Tong Yuan.

"Let's go."

The princess simply turned around and ordered the two of them, and walked vigorously towards the exit.

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There is also an advantage to getting older, that is, as the body declines, the pain nerves will gradually become numb.

Tong Yuan slurred his words and retreated from his subordinates who wanted to come up and help him up.

Something hot spread across the face, seeping into the wound on the face, a burn-like sting.

It would have been nice if I had died in that war seven years ago.

It's been seven years, whether he is called a traitor, or he is regarded as a shameless person who tends to be inflammatory, he never cares, he sticks to his beliefs. It should be because this is a great cause, and he is making sacrifices for the sake of this country and the Japanese. He is willing to accept these stigmaties・・・・・・

Maneuvering between the various forces of the empire, selling smiling faces and holding banknotes, he fought for a little living space for the Japanese resistance forces.

It's a humiliating thing, but...

It is only to this day that he recognizes his identity for once.

Remove the covetous yellow and white things in his pocket, just as a "person・・・・・

He's... just an ELEVEN.

Is that how it feels?

Violence, but no right to resist・・・・・・

Is this what it feels like to be an inferior human being?

ELEVEN・・・・・・

"Ahh!!!!!!!h

Tears and blood mingled, and the old man curled up on the ground, wailing heartbreakingly.