Shumu Zhuque was a little confused by Xiao Ran's question. He didn't know how to answer such a question. It would be wrong to do it, and it would be wrong not to do it. If you do it, some people can have a better life, but it will Sacrifice another group of innocent people, and if you don't do it, both parties will die. This kind of choice is simply impossible for Shumu Suzaku.
Lelouch, on the other hand, was silent, because such a thing was absolutely possible in the empire, because the people in the empire simply did not regard any civilians in the occupied areas as the same people as them, even though they usually The empire doesn't mind showing false kindness to the outside world, but when their interests are impacted, even the falsehood will cease to exist.
Shumu Suzaku didn't know how to choose, and he retorted loudly in Xiao Ran's direction with a dizziness: "No...impossible, the empire will not do such a thing."
"Really? Then tell me, who was responsible for the massacre of civilians before?" Xiao Ran smiled faintly and said: "Let me tell you the reason for the massacre, because the resistance organization seized a very important weapon from Kurovese. The dangerous thing is the girl you saw before, and that girl has an extraordinary and special status in the empire, but she was secretly captured by Kurovis."
"Once other people in the empire know about this and know that the girl is in the hands of Kurovis and is captured by him, then Kurovis will be punished very cruelly, so in order to conceal this matter , Kurovis ordered the massacre of civilian areas, and this is actually the same as the question I just raised. Are you willing to fight for the interests of a few people, to massacre those civilians who originally belonged to the same country as you, or are you willing to Sacrifice yourself for the future of more people.”
"In fact, in the final analysis, the empire is just a distorted country that is moving towards a goal under the control of a group of people. Anyone who blocks the way and wants to change the direction will die. If you want to simply start from If you try to change things internally in what you think is the right way, then the only thing you can get is death, and it’s just you? With your power that can’t even kill a chicken, do you really think you have the ability to change this? nation?"
Shumu Zhuque heard Xiao Ran's words in his heart, but this stubborn fool had extremely lofty ideals in his heart. He wanted to change the empire in the right way and turn the empire into a river crab society. Even though he knew in his heart that Xiao Ran was right, but In his opinion, it is because this country has not begun to change, this country can still be changed, and even a slight sacrifice in the process of change is inevitable.
Therefore, Shumu Zhuque also gave Xiao Ran his own answer: "I will not do anything to massacre civilians, but I will do everything possible to change this country, even if it costs my life, because this is the right thing to do." This is the rule.”
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a good dog." Xiao Ran shook his head, looked in the direction of Lelouch with a smile, and asked, "What do you think, if this kid receives an order from someone in the empire one day? , and if he were asked to kill Nunnally or you, would he do it?"
"What?" Shumu Zhuque couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the familiar name Xiao Ran said, but suddenly he turned his head and looked in the same direction as Xiao Ran's eyes. His body began to tremble slightly, and he raised his hand to point. Looking in the direction of Lelouch, he was stunned, unbelievable, and said tremblingly: "You... you... Lelouch? How... how is it possible, how can you be Lelouch."
"Hey." Lelouch was shocked at first when Xiao Ran revealed his identity, but after seeing Shumu Suzaku's current appearance, he sighed softly and took off his mask, looking at Shumu Suzaku calmly.
"Lelouch..." Shumu Suzaku couldn't believe what he saw in his eyes. He seemed extremely excited and rushed directly in the direction of Lelouch, and then grabbed Lelouch by the collar. Get up: "How could it be you, how could it be you, why did you do this, why did you do such a thing!"
"Let go." Lelouch's tone was extremely cold, and he waved Shumu Suzaku's hand away. With a sullen face, he first glanced at Xiao Ran, who completely broke his plan of not wanting to expose him, and then spoke to Shumu in a low voice. Suzaku said: "Now you know, I was the one who killed Kurovis. It was me who helped the resistance organizations and civilians escape from the empire's massacre. I am the one who saved you now. I owe you for this." All is returned to you, and now I ask you one last time, if you are willing to become my true companion and join the Black Knights."
The hand was forcefully opened, and there was a soft bang in the empty space. Feeling the pain in the hand, Shumu Suzaku stared blankly at the Lelouch in front of him who seemed to have never known him before, and there was no movement under his feet. He consciously took a step back, but he didn't notice that his feet slipped and he fell to the ground.
"Lelouch… "
"Suzaku." Lelouch breathed softly a few times, and proactively stretched out his hand towards Shumu Suzaku to pull him up from the ground: "Suzaku, there is nothing worth hesitating about. There is still this world and this country. The reason why it is what it is now is all because of the distorted Butalia. Believe me, it is simply impossible to change Butalia from the inside. This country has been transformed from the inside out. It’s all rotten.”
"If you want to change this country, you can only use external forces to destroy it and completely remove the corrupt and distorted parts. Even if a war breaks out because of this, only in this way can you destroy this country and eliminate all the bad things. Having the opportunity to rebuild this country from within is the only way to change this country."
"Suzaku, join us and become our true partner. For me, for District 11, and for the countless civilians living under Butalia's brutal rule, let us change the world together."
"Lelouch..." Shumu Suzaku slowly lowered his head, was silent for a while, and shook his head gently. Just like Lelouch opened his hand just now, Shumu Suzaku also waved away Lelouch and gave him a hand. He stretched out his hand and stood up from the ground: "No, I will not join you. Your actions will only increase more conflicts between Butalia and District 11, and will only make more innocent people If many people are swept into this conflict, it will only make the empire angrier and its attitude toward District 11 will become worse. It will also cause those civilians who were originally able to live to completely lose the environment in which they can live. Joining you can bring There is only war, I will not join you, I will use my own method to change this country... "
"Next time we meet, Lelouch... we will be enemies..."
When Xiao Ran heard Shumu Zhuque's words, he was stunned for a moment. Nowadays, there are very few things that can make Xiao Ran stunned, but a fool like Shumu Zhuque made Xiao Ran almost forget what he was doing. .
He raised his eyebrows and looked at the guy with extremely firm beliefs with a strange expression. Xiao Ran suddenly felt that this idiot seemed to have something worthy of admiration from others, although in Xiao Ran's opinion, Shumu Suzaku's choice was really stupid. , is destined to embark on a lonely path that is not understood by others, but it is really admirable to be able to stick to one's own choices and ideals and not be affected by any external factors.
Xiao Ran slowly walked to the side of the two of them, looked at Shumu Zhuque with a strange expression and said: "There are really very few people who stick to each other and rush to be someone else's loyal dog. Of course, this is really admirable. , if the object of allegiance could be replaced by me, then I would admire such a person very much. Should I say he has a pure heart, or should I say he is stubborn, or maybe it is because he has lofty ideals that he can be loyal to me? My thoughts are so firm, even if I am an enemy of my friends, even if I am an enemy of the world, it is admirable but also extremely ridiculous, what do you think, Lelouch?"
"It is indeed worthy of admiration, but this is also the choice of an idiot." Lelouch held his mask with his right hand, covered his eyes with his left hand and looked at Shumu Suzaku. For this friend who only knows how to get into trouble, especially after he has been exposed Without revealing his identity, Lelouch no longer has much patience with him. This is because Shumu Suzaku has now become a dangerous factor that can affect his future plans and the safety of him and Nunnally. .
The last time he was rejected by Shumu Suzaku, Lelouch no longer wanted to persuade Shumu Suzaku in the normal way, but was planning to use the power of geass to deal with Shumu Suzaku, or use the power of geass to make Shumu Suzaku forget about the present. What happened, he would never be able to tell what happened today, or he would use the power of geass to make Shumu Suzaku completely his slave.
Now, although Lelouch had made up his mind to use the power of geass on Shumu Suzaku, he hesitated for a moment on how to use it.
Lelouch would hesitate, but Xiao Ran would not hesitate. For him, the Shumu Suzaku could indeed be a useful tool. He also had a way to turn the Shumu Suzaku into a tool, but if it was really stubborn, Xiao Ran would definitely He would not show any mercy to Shumu Suzaku, a person who had nothing to do with him in the first place.
"There is still almost an hour before the trial starts. It takes about twenty minutes to get from this place to the military court, so I will change you in the remaining forty minutes." Xiao Ran raised the corners of his mouth slightly and stretched out his hand to slowly touch his face. He took off his sunglasses, revealing his eyes that glowed brilliantly in the darkness.
And in these eyes, the same bird runes appeared at the same time. In Lelouch's stunned gaze, the bird-like runes seemed to fly out of Xiao Ran's eyes, accompanied by huge mental pressure. It shrouded Shumu Zhuque's body, and in an instant, Shumu Zhuque's eyes became blank, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his face showed an even more cowardly expression.
"Geass!?" Lelouch looked into Xiao Ran's eyes and murmured to himself. Although the target of Xiao Ran's real pressure and the target of using geass power was not Lelouch, Xiao Ran's huge mental power, coupled with geass Due to the domain nature of power, Lelouch on the side also felt the huge sense of oppression emanating from Xiao Ran's body, and even felt the urge to lower his head and kneel down that made him dare not look directly. A different feeling of wanting to surrender to Xiao Ran.
"Kneel down!" Xiao Ran shouted softly. Shumu Zhuque was confused and cowardly, as if he didn't understand the situation at all and knelt on the ground. Xiao Ran, who only used mental oppression and geass ability, under the huge mental power Under the influence of geass, the power of geass was almost brought to the extreme. Xiao Ran did not even use the ability of telekinesis or psychic impact, but Shumu Suzaku's heart collapsed and he was forcibly subdued under Xiao Ran's pressure.
As for Xiao Ran, who had used this ability, although the expression on his face did not change much, he frowned slightly. He did not really use the power of his geass king, and could not really understand the function of this power. This use also allowed Xiao Ran to truly understand the effect of this ability.
There is nothing wrong with the description of the so-called active effect of this power, forcibly subduing the user, but this kind of subjugation has a certain timeliness and distance. If Xiao Ran stops using this ability on Shumu Suzaku, and Shumu Suzaku If he is too far away from Xiao Ran and completely out of the influence of Xiao Ran's mental power, then the subdued Shumu Suzaku will gradually return to normal and finally break free from the subdued state. However, considering Xiao Ran's mental strength, I think It is not easy to completely break free, and the time will become very long.
However, if you have been within the influence of Xiao Ran's mental power, there is basically not much possibility to recover from the influence of Xiao Ran's power. Such active ability seems to be a bit useless under the limitations of distance and timeliness, and it can affect The degree is not direct. The strongest impact is just now after the impact. According to Xiao Ran's estimate, Shumu Suzaku will gradually regain his senses in about a few minutes and clearly know what he is doing, but also He would still be influenced by Xiao Ran. Without loyalty, although he would not be able to act in full compliance with Xiao Ran's orders, he would at least dare not point his sword at Xiao Ran. Of course, Xiao Ran would not necessarily be able to do anything with Suzaku.
Compared with the hard control of Lelouch's power, Xiao Ran's geass' active ability can only be said to be soft control. However, this active effect has another function, which is to leave a shadow in the heart of the user, and then The longer it is affected, the shadow will grow rapidly until it becomes the most majestic figure in Shumu Zhuque's heart, gradually changing his mind and becoming the most loyal subordinate to Xiao Ran. Compared with simply using passive effects, To affect change, the speed must be at least countless times faster.