Zero, the incarnation of Lelouch, left with Shumu Suzaku. Xiao Ran also disappeared into the crowd and quickly disappeared on the road where a huge chaos had just occurred. Following Lelouch, Shumu Suzaku was included. A total of five people quickly left the city ring and headed for the city ruins outside the ring.
The sun has not yet risen. Compared with the bright lights of the city in the ring, the entire ruins are completely dark. In a collapsed low-rise building among the ruins, Lelouch's incarnation The members of the resistance organization that Zero contacted have occupied all parties. They are either staying together in twos and threes chatting about Zero's incredible move of rescuing Shumu Suzaku, or they are hiding in various places where they are not easily found and monitoring with a serious look on their face. The situation outside.
Xiao Ran followed Lelouch and others to this location, and entered the central area of the building without anyone noticing, a space with a collapsed roof and ruins.
When following Lelouch and others to the ruins of the building, Xiao Ran had already recognized several other people who participated in the Shumu Suzaku rescue operation with Lelouch. One of them was apparently the one Xiao Ran had rescued in the truck. The long-haired man, this man with long hair, is also the leader of this resistance organization.
In addition to the long-haired man, the girl with red hair was also someone Xiao Ran had seen in the truck. Her name was Kallen, and the last one was a young man with a head similar to that of an airplane, who should be In the normal development of the plot, Fan Yao takes over as the leader of the resistance organization. He is a young man, and he can barely be regarded as a bastard who stepped on Lelouch to rise to power.
Xiao Ran's eyes did not stay on these temporarily insignificant people, but followed Lelouch and Shumu Suzaku into the center of the building where only the two of them existed, and looked at Lelouch and Shumu Suzaku in the darkness. performance.
The zero that Lelouch transformed into stood on a high place with his back to the moon, making his figure become a bit taller under the support of the moon. Then, in the empty and complex environment around him, Lelouch went through certain changes. The voice also rang in Shumu Zhuque's ears: "You should understand the empire's approach after this incident, Private Shumu, even without any evidence, as long as the situation is favorable to them , then they will use any means to harm anyone."
"Butalia is decaying now. If you want to change the world, become my companion and join the Black Knights."
Shumu Suzaku looked at the dark shadow under the moonlight, but his face was completely righteous and serious: "It's you, it should be you."
Lelouch was stunned when he heard Shumu Suzaku's words: "What?"
Shumu Suzaku did not answer Lelouch's words, but said in a positive tone: "I believe you killed Prince Kurovis, and only someone like you has a speed that makes me unable to react. Only then did you have the ability to sneak into the place where Prince Crowvis is and kill him without being discovered by others. You said your name is Lelouch, right? Why do you want to kill someone who has nothing to do with you? Prince Kurovis.”
"Huh?" Lelouch's emotions that had just been brewing were directly knocked into confusion by Shumu Suzaku's mindless words. The eyes in the mask were all puzzled question marks, but he soon realized what Shumu Suzaku was. He couldn't help but twitching the corner of his mouth slightly as he recognized who he was, and said: "It seems that you have recognized the wrong person, Private Shumu. I don't know who Lelouch you are talking about, but Kurovis is indeed He died in my hands, and since this is war, there is no need for any reason to kill an enemy general."
Shumu Suzaku's brows wrinkled, but I have to say that Shumu Suzaku is indeed a very stubborn person in his heart. Even though Lelouch denied that he was 'Lelouch', in Shumu Suzaku's view, this was clearly A cover-up.
Lelouch denied that he was Lelouch, which made Xiao Ran, who was watching all this happen in the dark, couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He felt that Lelouch and Shumu Suzaku, you said yours, and I said mine. The picture feels quite interesting.
He didn't get an accurate answer from Lelouch, but the stubborn Suzaku Shumu believed that zero was Lelouch. No matter how Lelouch explained, it was useless. As for the answer from zero or Lelouch, Shuzaku couldn't believe it. But Mu Zhuque said: "What about the poisonous gas? Civilians are not enemies. Why should we take civilians as hostages?"
Lelouch said calmly: "This is just a bluff during negotiations, and the result is very obvious. No one was injured or died."
"The result... is it?" Shumu Suzaku sighed bitterly in his heart, but Lelouch did not notice the dissatisfaction and disdain behind this sigh, but stretched out his hand towards Shumu Suzaku again He stopped: "Butalia is a country that is not worthy of your allegiance. Come on, join the Black Knights and become my companion, and let us change this decadent world together."
"Perhaps you are right. This country is indeed not worthy of my allegiance, especially after knowing that they massacre civilians mercilessly." Shumu Suzaku raised his head, with a determined expression on his face. Expression: "That's why I want to change it into a country worthy of my allegiance, and change it in the right way from within Butalia."
"I think using the wrong method will not bring any valuable results to this world or this country. Relying on external forces and war will always bring destruction and sacrifice, and more innocent people will be involved. , so I want to change this country from within, in the right way."
After saying that, Shumu Suzaku turned around and took steps to leave. Lelouch seemed to be stunned for a moment because he heard Shumu Suzaku's heart. It was not until Shumu Suzaku took several steps that he came back to his senses. Come on, he shouted: "Stop, where are you going!"
"In an hour the military court will convene, and I will go to trial. For the sake of District 11, and for the sake of District 11 and the honorary Butalia people. If I don't go, they will have the opportunity to use this excuse to oppress them." ."
Lelouch was stunned: "But you will die!"
"I'm not afraid." Shumu Suzaku stopped and turned to look at where Lelouch was: "Because this is the rule. I can't let more people who finally get a peaceful life just because of my own life." District 1 and honorary Butalia people have suffered because of me.”
"Also, thank you for saving me. I won't say anything about you or what happened that day. It's not for you, but for District 11 and my close friends. I won't be implicated because of you and me. .”
"Bah bang bang!"
A burst of applause suddenly sounded in the empty space, which immediately shocked Lelouch. It also made Shumu Suzaku, who was about to leave, look in the direction of the applause and put on a guarded look.
Along with the crisp footsteps that sounded in the space, a figure slowly walked out of the darkness at this time, allowing himself to appear under the moonlight, completely exposed to the eyes of Shumu Suzaku and Lelouch who transformed into zero.
"It's such a touching friendship, I almost feel like I can't help crying."
"Is it you!?" Shumu Suzaku saw clearly the figure completely exposed in the moonlight. With a look of astonishment on his face, he also turned his head to look in the direction of zero. He suddenly understood that his previous guess was simply wrong. .
Lelouch frowned slightly behind the mask: "Why are you here?"
When Shumu Suzaku heard Zero's words, he immediately looked at Xiao Ran, the fake Lelouch, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Lelouch, you are indeed in the same group."
Lu Lu Xiu, who was wearing a mask, felt as if he had eaten dog shit. Although Shu Mu Suzaku was talking to Xiao Ran, he was calling his name and telling the truth. At this moment, Lu Lu Xiu Lu Xiu wanted to take off his mask, lift Suzaku Suzaku's neck and point at himself and say: I am Le Lu Xiu, I am Le Lu Xiu, yes, we are in the same group!
The person who applauded and appeared in front of the two of them was Xiao Ran. After taking a look at Shumu Suzaku, Xiao Ran focused on Lelouch. He didn't care about the questions raised by Lelouch, but just said : "If you want to gain the recognition of the other party, you must naturally gain the trust of the other party. For this guy, you wearing a mask are a person who is not trustworthy at all, so no matter what you say, he will not believe it or not. I agree, now you know the reason why you can't win him over, at least if you want the other party to trust you, then you should also give the other party a reason to trust."
After saying this, Xiao Ran withdrew his gaze from Lelouch and placed it on Shumu Suzaku. He chuckled and said, "I have to say that your idea is really naive, and it's also quite interesting. He would recognize that guy as me, and I almost didn’t laugh when I saw it.”
Shumu Zhuque gritted his teeth and said nothing, and Xiao Ran didn't care whether Shumu Zhuque wanted to say anything, he just continued to talk to himself: "As for what you said, the way to change the empire, in my opinion you and the people next to you That guy has a radius of only eight liang and there is no difference. Whether it is changing from the inside, changing from the outside, or using methods, in fact, in my opinion, it is not that important at all."
"Your choice is like 1+2=3, or 2+1=3. There is no difference at all, and there is no right or wrong. The truly correct way should be to use a certain method to achieve the correct result. The result, and the entire process, was correct.”
"Then what is right? For the Empire and District 11, it is to make changes while allowing ordinary people in District 11 to have the opportunity to truly be equal and live freely under the sky, so that the Empire can truly recognize these so-called The rights that civilians in colonies should have should allow people on both sides to sincerely recognize each other, and to avoid sacrifices that should not occur as much as possible. Instead of using hatred and domination to achieve integration, the decaying empire must also start from within. Changes have occurred and a new system is established that is more suitable for the current situation. District 11 cannot face the empire with hatred, even though so much pain has happened in the past."
"Of course, it is not easy to achieve this step. There are too many difficulties that need to be solved. Just as the empire believes, after paying so much and sacrificing so much, why should we still have to do it after occupying District 11? Giving those people in District 11 who have no role at all a comfortable life consumes the resources that should be enjoyed by Butalia people."
"For the people in District 11, why did Butalia occupy their country, bring them war and harm, and now deprive them of their original life."
"This is a conflict between two classes, two nations and countries. These two points are just an analogy I made, but there are more problems hidden deeper, many, many, all of these problems, Shu Mu Suzaku, do you really think you can solve these problems with your naive ideas and working alone?"
"I can tell you that this is impossible. You can't do it, and neither can the guy with the mask over there. The whole world is full of hatred now. One person, two people, or even a group of people can do it." The role of this world is very small. Hatred and conflicts cannot be resolved and can never be completely resolved. Therefore, these things will appear in this world all the time because you can never truly change other people's lives. The idea is that you can suppress dissatisfaction and hatred today, but one day dissatisfaction and hatred will still break out, because you simply do not have the ability to eliminate it forever."
Lelouch fell into deep thought. What Xiao Ran said did make sense, and it did make him think of a lot of things. However, even if what Xiao Ran said didn't make sense, Lelouch would never choose to refute it at this time.
On the other hand, Shumu Suzaku was stunned at first, and then still stunned. It seemed that he didn't quite understand what Xiao Ran wanted to express. His eyes were a little blank, but at least he understood what Xiao Ran said. If he wanted to change the empire and Eleven Area, it is absolutely not enough to rely on him alone, but even after understanding this sentence, Shumu Suzaku had no intention of joining Lelouch's side.
"What a fool." Xiao Ran looked at the confused expression on Shumu Zhuque's face and couldn't help but shook his head, and asked Shumu Zhuque: "Boy, let me ask you a question, if one day the empire you are loyal to You are asked to kill a group of unarmed civilians in District 11. They tell you that as long as you kill these people, more civilians in District 11 will have a better life in the future. What will you do? And if at that time If you refuse, then someone else will take over your mission and kill more civilians, and those who should have a better life will die as a result. What will you do?"
"Me?" Shumu Zhuque was stunned. His first reaction was to refuse. But after listening to all Xiao Ran's words, Shumu Zhuque's face became even more dull. He looked at Xiao Ran blankly. I was so dumb that I didn't know what decision to make.