"I can only see two people," he said.

Leaning against the dilapidated rock wall of the tunnel, watching the scene around the corner through the fiber-optic camera, the purple-haired girl sighed softly.

"But the heartbeat meter shows four people, and judging by the location shown on the device, the other two should be behind the half-open wall." The girl on the other end replied softly.

"That's why it's a problem, it's not just an underground tunnel from the old Japanese period, but from the perspective of structure and configuration, it's obvious that it has a certain degree of congestion."

By underestimating the strength of the walls, small-caliber weapons that were originally prepared to facilitate silencing now showed a weakness of insufficient firepower.

"Do you want to use it?" Mia pulled out from her waist what looked like a circular tape measure with musical note symbols printed on it.

"To be honest, I don't like the feeling. Of all the inventions of His Highness, this is the most unbearable. The companion replied with a wry smile.

Seeing the reactions of her companions, as if thinking of something interesting, Mia couldn't help but let out a mischievous smile.

"I don't like it either." Having said that, the girl did not hesitate to pull out the mechanism that appeared to be a firing pin, and then gently rolled it in the direction where the Black Knights were, and the fast and skillful movements did not look like what she said she said.

At the same time, the four pulled down the triangular tactical goggles on their heads and stared intently at the trajectory of the device. Half-crouched, holding the firearm in his hand tightly.

'Ding~Ding~Ding~'

The grinding sound of metal objects rolling on the uneven ground caught the attention of the Black Knights who were guarding the place.

"What's that?" Looking at the rolling object, one of them asked suspiciously.

"Who knows...," the companion grumbled boringly.

Gradually, the object gets closer and slower. Eventually, the object, which had lost its inertial support, came to a halt after a few spins in front of the two men's feet.

Just as one of them was about to crouch down to check, the object in front of him suddenly burst into a burst of red light.

Although it is bright, it is surprisingly not dazzling, but it doesn't matter anymore. Because, at the moment when the bright light broke out, the ears suddenly became unusually silent, and the slight sound of air currents and water that could still be heard completely disappeared, as if all the sounds in the world had been deprived.

"What happened?" Originally, what he wanted to say was only crossed in his mind, his mouth was closed up and down, and it was just useless to shout loudly with all his might. The inexplicable fear could not be suppressed in his heart, so he anxiously turned his head to look at his companion.

The same look of surprise, the mouth kept opening and closing, as if he was saying something to himself. Behind the two, two other companions who also sensed that the situation was abnormal also rushed over, and everyone's faces showed panicked expressions.

But soon, he didn't have to worry about it. The companion's head suddenly splashed a bright red blood arrow from the side, and the time seemed to be infinitely extended, and the blood flew slowly in the air, and the companion with a stunned expression collapsed to the side.

Immediately afterward, he felt a huge force hit his head. There was the same blankness in his eyes as his companion, perhaps because everything was so silent.

The red glow gradually dimmed, then faded.

"It's so uncomfortable, suddenly falling into a world without sound, and that irrepressible fear that I can't get used to no matter how many times." Mia, who came to the corpse, patted her ears.

[Aren't you having a good time? Her companions looked at her with suspicion in their eyes.

"This is the Eagle's Nest, and all the teams report in order." At his feet, the walkie-talkie of the Black Knights suddenly sounded.

"Ahh Mia gently kicked the walkie-talkie on her toes, then looked at her companion in dismay.

"Repeat, this is the Eagle's Nest, and all the teams report in order." The tone on the intercom was full of determination.

"There's really trouble now!" Mia quickly shouted into her walkie-talkie, "Captain, they've discovered our invasion!" ”

"What's going on?" Lelaina's voice came over the intercom.

"It's supposed to be a regular contact, the exact time is not clear, but we unfortunately bumped into each other."

Regular contact and code words, although simple and ancient, are very practical, even with the development of technology today.

"Damn." A low grumble.

"Everyone sped up the search and fired freely." It has become inevitable that a covert intrusion will turn into a strong attack.

"Understood."

................

"Yagami, it's past the contact time, and the security staff at the door didn't respond on time."

The Black Knights, sitting in front of a pile of old-fashioned electronic devices, said to Yagami Yagami, who was in charge of the guards.

"Huh?" Yagami secretly screamed badly, and suddenly stood up from his seat and snatched the walkie-talkie.

"Blackbird One, this is the Eagle's Nest, please answer."

“.....”

"Blackbird One, this is the Eagle's Nest, damn it, please answer!"

“.....”

"Damn, we've got company!" Yagami's nerves tensed suddenly, but instead of blindly giving orders to his subordinates, he continued to call by radio.

"The intruder found out, and everyone immediately went on alert!"

"This is the Eagle's Nest, and all the teams report in order." First of all, it is necessary to find out where the other party has invaded and how many personnel you have available.

War is fought by intelligence, and this cannot be ignored when we are at an advantage or a disadvantage.

"Repeat, this is the Eagle's Nest, and all the teams report in order."

“.....”

"We had four groups that lost contact, namely Yamada, Ariohara, Tanaka, and Ono. The Ino team and the Origasa team are exchanging fire..... No.... Communication is interrupted! In less than a minute, the team member in charge of intelligence summarized the situation.

"Damn, that's fast! Looks like they've given up on stealth infiltration and have instead stormed. Yagami threw away the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"Inform Zero that Emperor ** has found this place, and it is recommended to abandon this point."

"Everyone, with weapons, we're going to build a defensive line in Area C!"

For a moment, the originally quiet base was covered with various orders and footsteps.

.......

"Actually, I'm curious. Will you be chosen? Kamiyu spoke first.

"That woman doesn't have any hatred for the Empire, she doesn't care at all whether the Empire is destroyed or not."

Lelouch is now very glad that he didn't show his true face directly, and he knew his true identity there. However, judging from the current situation, as I expected, this woman who did not say a word of truth at least did not betray the contractor.

[It seems that he knows a lot of things that he doesn't know, and yes, judging by some words, she and Kamiyu have known each other for a long time....]

Just thinking about it makes me feel shocked, how old was Kamiyu at that time?

"Looks like you don't know that." Even if he couldn't see Zero's expression, Kamiyu could guess what kind of expression the other party was at the moment.

"So, how much do you know about Geass?"

"How much do you know?" Lelouch didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

As an interrogator, he seems to have been led by the nose by the other party from the beginning. So he chose to sacrifice a little bit of intelligence to take back the initiative. In fact, Lelouch himself wanted to know what Geass really was.

"You don't know what you know." Kamiyu began to ponder.

"In this case, the Geass Capable Person should only be used as a prop to achieve the plan, and I don't know what she and the Emperor are up to... No, it should be said, what is she trying to do? ”

Lelouch didn't get an answer, and considered whether to use Geass on Kamiyu. Judging from the situation just now, it is not easy to face Camillo alone.

[No, if he has the ability of Geass, why would he be so easily restrained by us?] Lelouch suddenly broke out in a cold sweat when he finally thought of this.

"In the name of Zero!" The left eye socket of the mask automatically unfolds, revealing a red bird pattern.

"Originally, I just wanted to catch Zero, a Geass ability, but now I found out that there are two Geass talents, which is really unexpected." As he spoke, a bright red glow erupted from under Kamiyu's feet.

"Call Me Slave ....."

However, nothing that was imagined happened in any way. Kamiyu was still smiling at herself.

"What!?"

Lelouch felt bad in his heart, and what surprised him even more was that the layer of level 5 tempered glass in front of him was quickly covered by cracks, and then suddenly shattered. The air in front of me seemed to be shaking, and I wanted to attack it myself.

"Lord Zero! There are intruders. A shout brought Lelouch back to his senses.

Lelouch immediately reacted, slammed the red button in front of the platform, and turned around and ran out the door. A puff of green smoke rose from the room where Kamiyu was.

"This little trick!" Kamiyu smiled disdainfully, and the gas was kept three feet away from him.

However, just as Lelouch ran out, the eyes of the black knight guarding the door glowed slightly red.

“Zero... Leave.... Press....", turned around and punched the button behind his back.

'Boom~'

The whole underground began to tremble as if there had been an earthquake, and the light of the fire and the air swept the man guarding the doorway into it.

"This is...."Lelouch looked at the violent explosion behind him in astonishment.

"I see...."Lelouxiu, who came to his senses, suddenly thought that this seemed to be an arrangement he had made in advance in order to solve the threat of Mao.

"Although he was saved because of this, but this time he didn't ask anything at all. After killing Kamiyu, the activities of the Black Knights will become extremely difficult in the future. ”

The feeling that Camillo gave him just now was deeply oppressive, it was definitely not Geass's ability, and Lelouch at least knew that Geass's ability would never be able to affect objects other than people. But before that, he also had to solve the problem of that invading force ...

"It's not my style to change plans halfway~" In the smoke and dust, Kamiyu stood unscathed in the center after the explosion, and the hair in his hand was suddenly wearing Zero's clothes.

"Is it the ability of the command system to be based on sight and sound as the medium.... You can't do any of them, but it's a very convenient ability. If it weren't for the "dark garden", a device that can block air vibrations, I wonder what would have happened. ”

Camillo didn't rush to catch up with Lelouch, but thought quietly.

"Well~ It's a pity that I didn't catch Zero, but catching a Geass ability can be regarded as achieving the original goal." There was no regret on Kamiyu's face, or more of an interesting expectation.

"Next, you have to behave well~Zero...."The last Zero has an obvious deep meaning.

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I don't know what Lelouch was when he saw that Meow was still alive....