Money.

Lelouch, who had already put on the Zero mask, sat in the RV he had fished from the nobles and frowned and meditated, his own behavior was still a little too taken for granted, although it was indeed easy to obtain funds with GEASS, but such a large-scale capital flow problem was indeed easy to attract attention. Sure enough, in the end, they could only take the money of the nobles or merchants and then let them be interrogated by the Britannian Investigation Bureau?

Fortunately, the first payment was only partially paid. In this way, Lelouch is much less stressed.

"Wow, how did you get this thing?"

"It's amazing, there's two floors in there. ”

Terrorists, no, it should be said that several members of the rebels entered the RV one after another, and the bearded face was full of surprised men, and Shinichiro Tamaki sighed: "It is worthy of the nobles of Britannia." ”

"Zero, it's ...... to call us over"

The one who spoke was the last time he met Shota with Zero, and since the last time he went with Zero to meet the Chinese Federation, his intentions towards this Zero have become even stranger. So many weapons that he wanted...... Although the other party has mentioned that they want to work together, no, not to cooperate, but to form a new organization.

"This is our base from now on. ”

When Zero saw a few people come in, he casually pointed to the couch around him and motioned for them to sit down.

"This car is too luxurious, too big. ”

"But that might be a blind spot for the military. ”

After saying this, Kalian, who was Lelouch's classmate, was the eldest lady on the surface, but the girl who was indeed a terrorist behind the scenes, and then focused her attention on the other group of people in the room.

On the wall behind the group of people, there was also a humanoid monster more than 2 meters tall......

"It's ......"

"This is not the ...... of Shinjuku at that time"

“pax－006a。 ”

Zero opened his mouth to explain: "The latest exoskeleton power armor of the Chinese Federation, you should know what the specific combat effectiveness is, right?"

Yesterday, Zero had just finished paying for a power armor, and the Chinese Federation sent the power armor codenamed Houyi, the one that Shota once piloted, along with their team.

"Why is it here......

Karene wanted to step forward to take a closer look at the murder weapon, but those who looked like staff members looked at her with wary eyes.

"Don't be nervous, Doctor. ”

Zero defused the awkward atmosphere and said to the researcher who had come to the randomizer, "This is the driver of this machine." ”

"I need to test. ”

Dr. Zhang, one of the main leaders of the power armor, stayed here - he didn't care if it was safe to stay here, for him, it was important for him to see his crystallization bear fruit.

Of course, they and Zero were only in a partnership - a partnership that had been changed to affiliation after Zero had met with them once last night.

After all...... Zero is not going to keep the nail of the Chinese Federation at bay, what he needs is someone who is completely loyal to him, even if it is through Geass.

"Testing?"

The so-called test is very simple, because with a full set of equipment, as long as you check the data of the body, it is basically OK, but the talent shown by Karen is not inferior to the talent of the previous tester, Oribana Qiandong. Even getting started with the operating system took only an hour......

"Genius ......"

All the people in the technical team looked at Karen who had entered the power armor and practiced basic movements with the eyes of a monster.

"Well...... Anyway, it's boring to be idle, so let's watch TV. ”

Just then, a man turned on the TV.

"How's the scene going?"

"Yes, this is in front of the Kawaguchi Convention Center Hotel, and the hostage prisoners of the hotel claim to be the liberation of Japan, and they currently take the attendees, sightseers, and staff of the Sakuraishi conference centered on Speaker James as hostages, which is the influence of the prisoners, and in addition to tourists, you can also see the students. ”

"Huh?"

Zero glanced at the TV, only to find ...... Inside, members of the student council appeared......

"The leader of the criminal syndicate claimed to be Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe, an old Japanese soldier. ”

"Cut—"

Lelouch gritted his teeth and watched TV, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Breakthrough failed!"

In Conelia's mobile palace, his subordinates watched the signal and reacted, and said to Cornelia sitting on the throne: "The other party has a cannon-like weapon and can't break through!"

"Don't panic!"

Cornelia remained calm on the surface, but in fact she was also in turmoil, because ...... Her sister, the princess of the Empire, Euphemia, is also among the hostages.

"The other party should not know about the existence of Princess Yufemia...... Otherwise, according to the other party's demand, political prisoners will be ......"

"We can't expose our weaknesses!"

Cornelia glared at her lieutenant viciously.

"Didn't you give an order?"

The Kawaguchi Hotel is located in the middle of the lake, on the shore, where the specially dispatched guide technical department, which is the department where Suzaku is located.

"Because we're not like the regular army. So it's not our turn. ”

Lloyd, the developer of the lancelot, said in a strange tone, "Her Royal Highness doesn't know what he's thinking. ”

"Among the hostages, there are your classmates, Suzaku. ”

Cecil, the female lieutenant in the commission, said to Suzaku, who was standing on the shore with a melancholy face, "Calm down......"

"Yes. ”

Suzaku nodded, but he didn't look away from the Kawaguchi Hotel, and he hypnotized himself, "I am a member of the organization, and obeying the orders of the organization is the first priority. ”

But the clenched fist betrayed the true thoughts in his heart.

On the other side, somewhere in Tokyo.

"Sir......

"Calm down. ”

The female prefect, dressed in the traditional costume of the Chinese Federation, looked away from the news report and said, "General Li wants us to stand by for the time being. Don't act rashly. ”

She is Li Xingke's adjutant, Zhou Xianglin. She knew very well why her general was there, and even her subordinates didn't know that there was a higher rank than the general in that hotel.

"Britannia has locked everything around it. It's very difficult to sneak in. ”

It is not good news that the subordinate keeps reporting the situation, Zhou Xianglin clenched his fists, and thought in his heart: General, if you were in command, what would you do?

Inside the Kawaguchi Hotel.

"Friends of the Chinese Federation, I'm really embarrassed to involve you this time. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe is not an idiot, he knows that once the people of the Chinese Federation and the European Union are involved in the incident, it will not be beneficial to him at all in the future.

His subordinates returned the identification documents and other materials back to the people of the Chinese Federation, and at this moment, the ambassador of the Chinese Federation, who was in charge of negotiating with the other party, asked, "Can we leave?"

"Ah, I'd love to let you go, but if you go out now, you'll be killed by the Britannians, right?"

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe changed his previous wording and said, "You can just continue to enjoy the banquet here." We're not going to send anyone to spy on you, and we're not going to point guns at our friends. Thank you for your understanding. ”

Li Xingke frowned. It's not the same as saying yes.

"Come on, send our friends downstairs to rest. ”

Shota turned his head to look at the Britannians on the other side, all surrounded by guns, where Mirei and Charlie of the student council were looking at him with pleading eyes......

- Help us, teacher.

- Please.

Especially Xia Li, panic and helplessness have filled her face.

"There are three of my friends there, tourists and students who come here. If you can, can you let them come with me? ”

Shota took a step forward slightly, made his request, and said, "Of course, I think there are many things that the Chinese Federation and your side can cooperate with. ”

“......”

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe turned his head to look over there, and then said, "I'm sorry, this gentleman, although they are civilians, they are Britannians, and they are the ones who dominate us!"

“...... Can ......"

Shota wanted to continue to say something, but Wang Rumi grabbed his sleeve and shook his head at him.

"Dropped our friend downstairs. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe didn't give Shota a chance to say more this time, and the gunmen surrounded him and "escorted" several people out of the room.

"Teacher!"

"Shut up!"

Xia Li's voice behind him and the shouting and scolding of the Japanese made Shota's fists clench uncontrollably, and even his teeth began to tremble slightly.

These damn bunks......

But Li Xingke, who stopped him left and right, and Weaving Spot Qiandong, didn't give him any chance to turn back.

"Bang-"

After going downstairs to the seventh floor, the downstairs room of the banquet hall, the kidnappers stopped keeping an eye on the people, locked the door, and left, while Shota slammed his fist on the wall next to him in some anger. And for some reason, after entering this conference hall, Li Xingke's constricted brows loosened a little.

"You can hold the other party's leader hostage just now. ”

Suddenly speaking, it was Layla, who had been watched by the red dragon, who had been completely abandoned by the group of people in Europe, so she could only follow Shota and the others out of the safe area. At this moment, the six of them reformed a small circle. The rest of the people whispered to them.

"Don't underestimate the determination of the Japanese. ”

Li Xingke glanced at her and said, "The other party came with the determination to die, and it is completely useless to hold one or two people hostage. ”

Since they are here to be hijackers, they will not be able to live even if Britannia fulfills their demands.

Layla had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

After scanning the surroundings, Oribana Chidong said, "There are monitors here. ”

"The usual point of performance. ”

Wang Liumei walked to the side and picked up a cup, poured herself a glass of water, and said, "What is needed now is to think calmly about countermeasures." But ......"

"It's really funny. With my brother, I can do whatever it takes. ”

After accepting the fact that she was taken hostage, Wang Liumei became a little excited, this kind of experience is not something that can be had in ordinary times.

On the contrary, she didn't care at all if her life was in danger.

"Something is wrong. ”

Li Xingke whispered to Shota: "With Conelia's methods, she will definitely ignore the hostages and attack directly. Even if it was the nobles of Britania who were being held hostage, as for us and the people in Europe, it was not what she feared. It's a big deal to push everything to the head of the Japanese liberation front. What was there here that made her dare not act rashly......"

Dawn was now back to his sagne, he had been worried that Cornelia would act directly against the hostages, but now the best time to strike was over. Since she didn't do it just now, it means that she won't take the means of complete destruction.

After all, it was not only the kidnappers who threatened their lives, but also the tiger girl Cornelia outside.

"There's no need to speculate. ”

Shota shook his head and said, "What about the possibility of attacking here from the outside?"

"It's really difficult to tear the encirclement of Britannia first, and then it's really difficult to get in here, it's a very good location, and it's hard to take it without threatening the hostages. I want to annihilate my opponent......"

Li Xingke remembers the design here very clearly.

"Annihilation?"

There was a strange emotion in Layla's tone.

"Put away your humanitarianism. ”

Shota looked at Layla coldly, she was fighting against the Britannians, and the balance in her heart would naturally be on the side of Japan, and the other party had never done anything too much except for injuring a person in the initial demonstration.

"I don't care about Britanans, Japanese, but my friends are there. ”

“......”

"One thing they said was right, even if we could get out of this place. Cornelia won't let us go easily. ”

Li Xingke continued: "With her personality, she must have made a difference in the bottom line of all of us. ”

Xiangtai's identity has been disguised multiple times, but Li Xingke's words are just ordinary changes to the information, if you want to check, Li Xingke's identity is the easiest to expose, after all, he has not never shown his face.

Silence permeated the crowd.

"The encirclement of Cornelia, the hijackers of the Japanese Liberation Front. The hotel is located in the middle of the lake, and there is only one way to get in, which is the transport passage below – which is undoubtedly blocked. ”

Li Xingke spoke.

"But there are many ways out. ”

Shota also spoke.

"Releasing our identity to the Japanese Liberation Front can guarantee us peace of mind. ”

"But after we go out, Cornelia will definitely not let us go, and the people on the liberation front will definitely use us as a life saver. ”

"Diplomatic pressure?"

"I guess it's useless. ”

"Activating all the dark lines can tear open a hole in the Cornelia encirclement. ”

"Is it easy for us to escape?"

"There's only a 30 percent chance of escaping. But if you create chaos......"

"Chaos?"

"For example...... The escape of the hostages, the sinking of the hotel. ”

Shota and Li Xingke began to speak one by one, and started the conversation with a leaping idea. After saying this, the two fell silent again.

"Reveal the identity of the people here to lower the vigilance of the other party. Then kill the other person. ”

After listening to Li Xingke's words, Shota asked rhetorically, "The only difficulty is how to annihilate the opponent. ”

Red Dragon, Li Xingke, and Weaver Qiandong are all good players, and it is definitely not difficult to give each of them a gun and guard an intersection. The premise is that the other side does not dispatch all of them.

"We can't distract each other, but Britannia can. After announcing their identities and entering the command room, they will definitely launch a tentative rescue, and we will do their internal response. ”

Li continued: "There is a good chance of success, the opponent will definitely scatter the defense, I know of a few good defensive places. And...... In this room, there are weapons. Enough to cope with battles of infantry intensity. ”

"Weapons?!"

Wang Liumei asked rhetorically.

"Please don't take our people for idiots. ”

After glancing at the cabinet, Li Xingke whispered, "We have ten rooms in this mansion and have some weapons hidden. Here is one of them. Of course, this was meant to be just in case. ”

"It's worthy of Li Xingke. Shota nodded, it's really nice to have someone behind you.

"Outside, my personnel will disguise themselves as terrorists and cause chaos. As long as we can create chaos here, we have a better chance of success. ”

"Life is the highest priority. There is no problem with the identity being exposed, just transfer immediately. ”

It's a good idea to keep Cornelia helpless by creating chaos inside and out. For this reason, the only thing now is how to deal with these Japanese inside.

This can only be relied on by others.

"Oh, are you going to bet?"

Wang Liumei listened to the conversation between the two and asked, "Sounds interesting." ”

"It's not a bet. ”

Li Xingke turned his head, looked at Wang Liumei and said, "I would never bet on the young master's life. ”

"He's really faithful. ”

Wang Liumei knew that Li Xingke was not on the right path with her, so she didn't say much, just looked at Layla, who had been silent after being reprimanded, and said, "What should she do?"

“...... One is to choose to help us, and the other is to choose to die on the spot. ”

Shota was not interested in pitying Xiangyu at this time, but said to Layla: "After successfully returning to the Chinese Federation with us, I will send someone to send you back to Europe safely." ”

“......”

Layla looked at the man in front of her and his honorable status, and after thinking about it for a while, she could only choose to help him.

"The weapon is in that cabinet. I went out to negotiate with them. When the time comes, I'll send someone to pick it up, and we'll meet again. ”

"Be careful. ”

After Li Xingke said this, he waved to a group of people on the other side, and soon a person came over, and after he said a few words in his ear, the person who was called saluted directly.

"Yes!"

"Let's go. ”

"Shhhh

The door of the conference room was reopened, and the two people outside the door pointed their guns at Li Xingke, who came out.

"I want to see your lieutenant colonel. ”

The majestic aura on Li Xingke's body suddenly opened, and he said to the guards: "He must be very interested in knowing my true identity." ”

"This is really a distinguished guest, a distinguished guest, a distinguished guest......"

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe looked at Li Xingke, who was standing behind a guard in front of him, a little cold sweat flowed slightly on his head, the other party's name was not confirmed at first, but after knowing that his subordinates had verified it through some means, he realized that the person in front of him was ......

He is a general of the Chinese Federation.

Although many of the people captured this time were business elites, in the eyes of Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe, they were just praying mantis in front of the state apparatus. But the military is different, they have a say in the state apparatus.

OK...... Didn't do anything superfluous. Otherwise, if it angers the Chinese Federation, Japan will not be able to wage war against two major powers at the same time.

"I don't know if you're here to ...... Japan."

"You should know. ”

Li Xingke said straight to the point: "The Chinese Federation does not want to see a 11th district controlled by Britannia sitting on this land. ”

"So?"

If you want to say how much good opinion he has for the Chinese Federation, Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe really doesn't have it, after all, the battle a few years ago, it was also the inaction of the Chinese Federation that caused Japan to fall in an instant.

"In addition to the Sakuraishi meeting, I would like to see how many Japanese people are in this country that are worth working with. ”

Li Xingke looked into Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe's eyes and said, "You are also one of our alternates. ”

Perhaps it was Li Xingke's use of cooperation this time to make Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe feel equal status, he relaxed his body slightly, and asked, "Oh?

"Fujido, Zero. ”

Li Xingke directly spit out these two words and said, "Of course, your order is after them. However, if you succeed in this operation, it will surely become another banner for awakening the Japanese, right?"

Li Xingke's words are very realistic, and this kind of realistic words make Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe, a man who is also a soldier, feel even more reassured.

"Hahaha. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe laughed out loud and said, "Then after success, let's talk about cooperation." ”

The other party indicated that they did not identify themselves, and their role in this incident was actually similar. But he deliberately came to show his identity, and he thought that he came with a certain sincerity.

In this regard, the other party has little advantage.

"By the way, one of your companions just now said that you want to take two or three friends from the Britannians, right?" Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe thought for a moment and said, "This little thing, for our partners, we can do. ”

"Thank you then. ”

Resolving the last trace of conflict that may exist, Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe will be more at ease.

"What's the situation outside?" Li Xingke continued, "We have some manpower that can echo each other outside and arrange your retreat. ”

Oh, is the ultimate goal to escape from success?

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe thought he had understood the other party's purpose, and said, "Just now we have already thrown a Britannian downstairs to urge them, as for the possibility of storming here...... Not at all. Hahaha. ”

“......”

Li Xingke was coping with the other party, thinking in his heart.

If he could, he would have no objection to cooperating, including asking the other party to create some chaos when releasing the hostages, and the other party would presumably agree.

But Li Xingke is very clear......

Cornelia will never compromise.

She will definitely storm here, that is, it is impossible for Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe to voluntarily admit defeat and flee.

Then the only way to do this is to "convince" him.

There were four guards in the room, and only one was here......

He was still 4 meters away from Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe's position, and he had a pistol pinned to his waist......

It's too dangerous, so it's okay to look for an opportunity to get closer.

"Huh?"

At this moment, a guard hurried outside, whispering in the ear of Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe for a while.

"There are so many rare customers today. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe had a strange smile on his face and said, "Zero, it's out there too." ”

Night had already fallen on this city, and at this moment, Cornelia and her personal guards surrounded an uninvited guest.

...... standing on a truck

zero！

"See you again, Zero!"

Cornelia looked at the masked cloaked man and said, "Are you also a member of the Japanese Liberation Front, or do you want to help them?" ”

"Cornelia!"

Zero said to Cornelia who raised his sword, "Which side do you choose?"

Cornelia's expression has changed!

That's exactly what happened......

Zero saw Conelia's expression and confirmed his judgment, this guy has loved his sister Yuphimia since he was a child, and until now, she has always been fearless, she has not chosen to attack, then there is only one possibility.

Yuphimia, too, is among the hostages!

"I can save Yufimia!"