From the day Suzaku Zhuque entered the special mission, the frequency of Kilford's appearance in front of Xiao Ran became exactly the same as that of Euphilia. In other words, whenever Euphilia and Xiao Ran met, Kilford would inevitably appear. Will appear next to Euphilia, completely eliminating the possibility of Xiao Ran and Euphilia meeting alone.
But that's all Kilford can do. Without getting the position of deputy governor, Kilford has no way to influence and operate the affairs of District 11, even if he wants to influence the deputy governor of District 11. The governor, but who is the deputy governor? He will not pay attention to this guy at all.
And the most important thing is that although Kilford can guarantee to appear when Euphilia and Xiao Ran meet, he can't guard against Rukino Saki. It is not convenient for Kilford to follow them many times between the two girls. As a A gentleman and a nobleman, Kilford did not allow himself to eavesdrop on the two girls.
This also means that although Xiao Ran will no longer exert influence on Euphilia, Rukino Saki will implement this influence on Xiao Ran's behalf. After following Xiao Ran for so long, he will not be aware of Xiao Ran's thoughts and actions. , Rukino Saki is definitely one of the people who knows Xiao Ran best. Even if Xiao Ran doesn't rely on his words personally, the effect is exactly the same.
Kilford had no idea what to do about this, but fortunately Euphilia gave him the status of a guest, and he was able to review all the official documents of District 11 from Euphilia's hands, although he was not given the opportunity to do so. Kilford is arranging other specific positions, and Kilford is not suitable to occupy the positions of other people in District 11, so all he can do is to find and fill the vacancies for Euphilia, but the final result is Nothing can help, because all the official documents will be processed by Xiao Ran and Rukino Saki before being handed over to Euphilia for secondary 'processing'. It should be said that it is for study. The official documents that Kilford got Even if he had the original intention, there really was nothing he needed to do anymore.
However, Kilford still has a certain degree of pride. At least he has never said anything wrong about Xiao Ran in front of Euphilia. At least from this point of view, aside from Xiao Ran and his somewhat hostile attitude, this person at least In terms of character, he is still passable.
Kilford thought that he was competing with Xiao Ran in a battle of wits and courage, but Xiao Ran never paid attention to this guy. With Rukino Saki following Euphilia, Xiao Ran could handle other things with peace of mind, either. Playing with Nunnally in her free time, slowly eliminating the obstacles in Nunnally's mind, her little life seemed to be relatively leisurely.
But in fact, Xiao Ran has never really relaxed. He is collecting information about the entire world through the Guards all the time, judging where there are suspected participants, and whether there are other participants within the empire. How big is the size of the legion of those participants? Analyzing this data takes up almost one-third of Xiao Ran's daily working time.
When analyzing data, Xiao Ran will inevitably go to the Guards camp every day. In addition to receiving the collected information, Xiao Ran will also guide the Guards pilots for training in the Guards camp. Although Xiao Ran It seems that not much effort is spent on the Guards, but the training schedule of the Guards is full. Starting in the morning, including Jeremiah, they will get up for training courses, physical training, and tactical training. Driving training fills the daily routine of these pilots. When they are no longer needed for missions, it is basically impossible for the pilots in the Guards to leave the camp.
But for people like Jeremiah, although they are a little tired, their life is quite fulfilling, especially with the gratitude of Euphilia and Xiao Ran for not dealing with the Kurovese incident. Everyone in the Guards is 100% enthusiastic about their missions, training and work, and with Xiao Ranlai providing personal guidance to each pilot, these people are able to fly at a speed that is visible to the naked eye every day. is growing.
Judging from the collected information, many situations were indeed discovered. For example, there was internal chaos in the mysterious country across the coast. Two groups of people chose the emperor's camp and the powerful minister's camp, and a huge conflict broke out. On the surface, There have been several battles under the calm. If nothing else goes wrong, the two groups should be two different legions, fighting happily on the land of Guanghan over there.
Judging from the collected information, it is true that machines that do not belong to this world appeared to fight, but what made Xiao Ran a little strange was that the conflict there seemed to be suppressed to a very subtle level, and did not appear too much. High-level machines are almost as good as B-level machines, including when Cornelia was attacked before. Otherwise, if an A-level machine appeared, Cornelia would probably have died instead of injured.
The emergence of these new machines has also caused some disturbances in many forces in this world, but currently the most direct impact on Xiao Ran is on Lloyd's side. The special agent received an order from the empire headquarters to speed up Lancelot's recovery. Development and redevelopment, as well as supporting development requirements for weapons and equipment.
Taking this opportunity, Lloyd happened to send back to the empire headquarters the answer that Lancelot was basically completed and only the final test was left. He also submitted a new project catalog, which included new armor materials, new kf A complete series of technical catalogs using pure energy weapons, brand-new body structures, etc.
A few hours after this catalog was submitted, Lloyd was directly forced to participate in a remote video conference, and it was also the first time for Xiao Ran to see the emperor of the Butaria Empire at such a 'close' distance. , as well as Xiuzenair, who serves as the prime minister, and the first prince Odisseus, who is extremely mediocre and unreputable in all aspects as the crown prince.
It's just that Xiao Ran can see the real leaders of Butalia who are present through the screen, but these leaders cannot see Xiao Ran through the video. In addition to these people, there are several other powerful figures in the empire. People from the Academy of Sciences also attended the meeting and listened to Lloyd's report during the meeting.
It is worth mentioning that such a meeting that affected the top leaders of the Butaria Empire could only be held via video under such circumstances, and one party to the meeting was in District 11, but was responsible for Euphilia, the governor of District 11, had no idea about this meeting.
The place where Lloyd conducted the video conference was in his office, and the outside of the office was basically sealed off. Cecil and Shumu Suzaku were standing outside the door guarding it. Well, it was very, very strict. of blockade.
Xiao Ran stood in a place where the camera could not capture, leaning on the corner with his hands folded and looking at the big screen in front of Lloyd, watching the good show in front of him so quietly that there was no sound at all.
As a sign of respect for His Majesty Emperor Butaria, Lloyd at this end of the video did not sit still, his eyes slightly narrowed and he smiled lazily. It was not until the emperor appeared that he showed a serious look.
A man in military uniform stood up before speaking, bowed slightly towards the emperor who was sitting at the same table, then faced the screen again and said: "Major Lloyd, make sure you conduct the video conference There is no one else but you, and there is no equipment capable of eavesdropping."
Lloyd's eyes are probably a bit small. Even if he looks very serious and solemn, he looks like he is squinting. But Xiao Ran knows that Lloyd's eyes are not that small at all. When this guy was surprised Those eyes are wide enough, but for some reason, they always have the habit of squinting slightly when facing others.
After hearing what the officer said, Lloyd also stroked his chest and bent down very seriously, and said: "Good day to His Majesty the Emperor, and good day to all the officers. I am very sure that I am the only one in this office now, and there is no one else." Presence of eavesdropping equipment.”
After Lloyd's words fell, Xiao Ran looked at the people on the screen with a disdainful smile and nodded one by one. The officer who spoke also picked up a document, looked at the information on the document and said: "Loy Major De, according to the information you submitted, the new generation of KF test machine Lancelot is close to completion. From the data point of view, the Lancelot, which is close to completion, has the performance to crush the existing KF across generations. , whether this can be confirmed.”
"It can be confirmed." Lloyd said seriously: "I think this should have been confirmed through the video records I played. Lancelot was driven by Her Royal Highness Euphilia's exclusive knight Lelouch Xiao. It exerted absolute performance beyond its theoretical performance and destroyed several KFs in at most two seconds."
"Of course, I do not deny that most of the reasons why Lancelot can achieve such performance are due to the pilot, but if Lancelot itself does not have such potential and performance, then no matter how powerful the pilot is, It’s absolutely impossible to do this.”
"With the assistance of Lelouch Xiao Knight, we rewrote the underlying data of Lancelot in depth, supplemented Lancelot's design weaknesses and made modifications. The modified Lancelot Even when driven by an ordinary pilot, it can exert extremely superior performance. Especially in terms of flexibility and drivability, it has theoretical qualities that exceed design expectations. Therefore, I judge Lancelot as the latest generation of KF. , it is already possible for mass production.”
The officer who spoke nodded and confirmed what Lloyd said from the information sent back by Lloyd, but there were still questions that needed to be answered from Lloyd, so he asked: "However, the energy barrier equipped with the energy furnace of the experimental machine Lancelot, judging from your information, does not have the possibility of large-scale mass production. There are also certain problems in mass production of the entire machine. For the first time The first is the cost, and the second is the manufacturing difficulty, so how do you ensure that the mass-produced Lancelot can achieve the same performance as the current experimental Lancelot."
Lloyd smiled leisurely: "Sir, it is my task to develop a new generation of kf and make it practical, but how to mass-produce it is your task. As for the manufacturing cost, this is not the main consideration of the Special Research Institute. The task I was given was to develop the next generation of kf and provide an effective mass production solution, but if the performance of the mass-produced new next-generation kf is weakened due to factors such as mass production, then it will be a bit more than the gain."
"However, I can make some suggestions. If the next generation KF is mass-produced, two versions can be produced at the same time. The first one is a special version for excellent pilots. This version can be equipped with all basic equipment and can be customized according to the individual. Adjustment, and I also think this is the only way to develop military power in the future."
"Using a small number of the most elite super ace pilots to drive special aircraft to gain an advantage from a single point, and then using large-scale mass-produced machines to carry out directional main force. This model of aces combined with mass production has actually been tested, Cornelli This is actually the case with the troops led by His Highness Ya."
"Judging from the video records of Lelouch Xiao Knight, the role that one ace can play is far greater than that of an ordinary pilot, even dozens or hundreds of ordinary pilots cannot match it. Is it possible that a completely Will the price of a special version of the machine be higher than the price of a hundred mass-produced machines?”
"The second part is of course the mass production machine. The new energy furnace cannot be deployed on a large scale due to cost and manufacturing difficulty, but it is feasible to replace the energy source. For large-scale operations, as long as rapid charging can be ensured, There will be no problems in quickly replacing energy sources and being able to sustain a battle without affecting normal combat operations."
"As for the energy shield, this equipment is actually exclusively used by ace-level pilots. In fact, ordinary mass-produced aircraft can use physical armor shields to solve defense problems. As for the materials of the armor, I think I The newly submitted new material research and development plan is sufficient to solve this problem."
"Under the condition of appropriately reducing the configuration of the mass-produced machine, replacing the universal energy source, and using physical shields, I think the cost of mass production should be within an acceptable range. However, if you want to increase military strength, the necessary cost It is also necessary to consume it, and it is currently the only new-generation body that can be mass-produced."
"Whether it is large-scale or small-scale manufacturing, it can at least give us a little more initiative in the military. Especially now that other forces have appeared some new aircraft, we have no other choice but to Create a mass-produced version of Lancelot to compete until a more powerful machine is created.”
The officer who spoke did not speak, but turned to look at His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting on the main seat. His Majesty the Emperor, who had not spoken yet, nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Sir Lloyd is right. , if you want to continue to take the lead in the world, you must maintain the lead in armaments, and necessary investment is also needed. Now that the feasibility of the new Lancelot machine has been confirmed, let's make a batch first and see. .”
"But next, Sir Lloyd, I also hope you can answer me why you need to use teleportation to submit the research plan for an updated type of body."