At this moment, he didn't say this as ZERO, but in the voice of Lelouch and Suzaku when they talked, just like in Ashford Academy.

"I hope you will help us defeat Britannia. In this way, that brutal and corrupt country will disappear, and we will create a new and peaceful world. ”

Once, on a rainy day seven years ago, a teenager confessed that another teenager was his only friend and said the same thing to him, saving Nanali.

"If the two of us join forces, there's nothing we can't do—"

Suzaku only felt that the scene in front of him was so familiar. Once, the young Suzaku agreed to this request, because it was the request of his first friend, and he swore mentally that he would do it no matter what. But—

"What a joke!"

After simply refusing, Suzaku retorted again.

…… The things they were dressed in were different, and their experiences were very different, so the two embarked on very different paths. Lelouch, who showed a kind expression, sank his face unwillingly.

Suzaku continued.

"It's Yuffie who should be teaming up. If you can work together with Yufie, the world will-"

Lelouch's tone returned to flatness.

"We're joining forces right now to create a new world."

"New World!?"

Suzaku's irrepressible anger suddenly surged up.

Just now—what did this man say......

It was obvious that he had used such a despicable power as Geass to distort Yufie's will. even denied Yufpe's self, can it explain everything in these two simple sentences?

Suzaku continued.

"And what does Geass mean!? You deceived Yuffie and hid your true identity from Nanali and everyone, how can you let me help you make your wish come true! ”

"Idiot!"

A flame of anger burned in Lelouch's eyes.

"Who told you some nonsense, Yuffie decided to help me unconditionally after learning that I had been living with Nanali for eight years! And I don't want to be an emperor by doing this, I just want to create a gentle and beautiful world for Nanali to live happily!! ”

"What......"

"Bastard! Who the hell told you about such a thing as GEASS?! ”

"Really?"

Suzaku looked at Lelouch with puzzled eyes.

Wrong!

Geass really exists! If it didn't exist, those things simply couldn't be explained! Forcing an explanation would only be too far-fetched!

Shinjuku, Narita, and I'm at that time, and Yuffie couldn't explain many, many things.

Everything was wrong. Whether it's that incident seven years ago, or Nanali's thing. But about this man, it's all his fault. I shouldn't have regarded this man as a friend, I shouldn't have trusted him so much, I shouldn't think that he was the most important person.

You shouldn't have thought about protecting him, everything was wrong.

Suzaku looked at Lelouch with a flame burning in his eyes.

"Sure enough, you're still lying to me!"

Without you, this war would not have happened at all! Yuffie will not be convicted of treason at all!

If I catch you and hand it over to His Majesty the Emperor of Britannia, I should be able to absolve Yuffie of his fault! And this war will also end!

Lelouch, people like you shouldn't exist at all!

Lelouch watched Suzaku's face change, and finally showed a resentful look at himself.

"Suzaku, you don't think about it?!"

"People like you have been abandoned by the world! Nanali has me! She doesn't need you at all!! ”

Hearing this last sentence, Lelouch lost the last trace of rationality like Suzaku.

This is the only thing that he can never forgive Suzaku. For Lelouch, defiling this reason was an unforgivable sin. No matter who the other party is, there is no forgiveness. Even if he is a friend who has the same remorse as himself, even if it is Suzaku.

He originally wanted to convince Suzaku and didn't want to use Geass to tarnish their friendship.

But now there is no way.

Lelouch lifted his cloak and pulled his pistol from his bosom.

"Suzaku!!"

"Lelouch!!"

Suzaku also roared and pounced on Lelouch.

Lelouch smiled triumphantly.

The next moment, a red eye entered Suzaku's line of sight.

A marvelous imprint emerges.

Eyeball.

In the eyeballs.

As if eroded from within, it spread in Lelouch's originally clear pupils.

It was like an immortal bird that had been reborn from the ashes.

The glow from the depths of the left eye has an eerie red glow.

Then, Lelouch commanded in a deep voice.

"Elucius In the name of Vi Britannia, you are commanded to obey me forever! ”

Moment!

The world is turned upside down.

Everything in reality fades away with the wind, turning into a strange and enigmatic peace. Resolve all contradictions and reconstruct an ideal world that is like a two-way mirror that cannot be understood by all the consciousness of reality.

The firebird with wings spread flew from Lelouch's pupils into the eyes of the Suzaku of the Pivot Tree, distorting his will, his mind, and his world.

Suzaku's brown eyes glowed with a faint red light from time to time, and a look of struggle seemed to appear on his face.

"How... Can ......"

In less than two seconds, Suzaku regained its composure.

He put his right hand on his chest towards Lelouxiu, bowed his head and knelt down on one knee and said calmly.

“Yes，Your Highness.。”

Lelouch's violet eyes, flashing with a cold light, stared coldly at Suzaku.

"Suzaku, this is what you forced me!! I won't waste your talents, I'll drain every drop of your sweat and blood! Until you die! Hahaha......"

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The darkness in the sky will soon fade, and the dawn will come.

The battle continues in a state of one advance and one retreat. In the battle in front of the government hall, once the frontline troops led by Fujido approached the outer wall, Avalon's garrison defense cannons would strafe along with the gun batteries of the government hall to force them back.

At this stage, the Black Knights' initial offensive came to naught, and the battle between the two armies began to show signs of a war of attrition. Sometimes, the British army, which only had to defend, took advantage of the situation.

Lelouch, who was observing the ground war through the surveillance monitor in the school conference room, showed a bold smile.

"The defense is really strong."

Zhang Yu reminded with a communicator.

"Now is not the time to say cool things."

Lelouch turned his head to look at the battle situation on the strategic thumbnail on the other side.

"Yes, the enemy's aviation has already been dispatched."

As he said, the point of light of the bombers flashing in the northwest direction was gradually approaching the battlefield. It wasn't reinforcements from Britain itself, but reinforcements from other bases in Area 11.

Although there are not many of them, they also pose a certain threat to the Black Knights.

Originally, the Black Knights did not have air forces of their own, and although they had some of the anti-air weapons requisitioned from the captured British military facilities, if the air supremacy over the concession was controlled by the enemy, it would form a rather unfavorable situation in the battle situation.

The only thing I could rely on was the black Lancelot, which had just been loaded with a hovering device.