Rukino Saki, who had already changed into a green combat uniform, walked from the car to Xiao Ran, who was standing on the black transforming fighter. Xiao Ran looked at the brand new pure black transforming fighter in front of him, and even with the mask on, he could see the corners of his mouth trembling. He smiled helplessly.
Xiao Ran shook his head and turned to look at Rukino Saki: "The Black Knights on Lelouch's side will definitely appear, but now this situation is probably going to be a little troublesome. I don't know the character of the Knight of the Round Table, but Kil I definitely won’t care about the lives of the hostages inside and launch a strong attack, as it will most likely affect the Black Knights’ ascendance.”
"I will affect Euphilia's old ability to avoid the strong attack, leaving opportunities for the Black Knights, and try to rescue all the hostages so that Euphilia can hand over a complete answer, but the power of the Black Knights is too great after all. Weak, your mission this time is to ensure the safety of the Black Knights, especially Lelouch. Although it is only a D-class machine, there is nothing you can do. If you encounter any situation, I will create more opportunities for you. There is really no way. If you can, just give up on Lelouch."
"But be careful, I don't know if there will be participants, so be sure to pay attention to safety. No matter what happens, your safety is the most important thing."
Rukino Saki smiled slightly at Xiao Ran, put his hands in front of him and nodded lightly: "I know, if the situation is not right, I will give up Lelouch."
Xiao Ran reached out and touched Rukino Saki's hair, nodded with a smile, turned around and left, got into the car, and then drove all the way towards the venue where the accident happened.
After Rukino Saki watched Xiao Ran's vehicle evacuate and disappear from his sight, he turned around and jumped on the black deformed fighter. After putting on his helmet, he turned on the various systems of the body one by one, and as the black fighter jet sprayed out from underneath The strong air flow slowly rose up and rushed directly towards the sky.
Xiao Ran was racing all the way, but it still took about forty minutes to reach the destination and board the purple land battleship.
Under the leadership of the soldiers in the ship, Xiao Ran went to the control room at the highest point of the land battleship. This was also the first time that Xiao Ran had real contact with this special land battleship owned by Butaria that served as a wartime command post. , a rather crude thing in Xiao Ran's eyes, and it could be called a rag. Apart from serving as a command post and commander's camp, I really don't know what purpose such a thing has.
When Xiao Ran entered the control room, many people had already entered the control room. In addition to the normal staff, Euphilia was sitting on the only chair on the high platform at the end with a rare serious look on her face. , and in front of her, Deputy Governor Moyas, Kilian, and several other people were surrounding a rectangular table and looking at the screen displayed on the table and saying something.
Xiao Ran, a tall figure, walked in, and everyone's eyes immediately turned in Xiao Ran's direction.
Euphilia's eyes clearly showed a hint of joy when she saw Xiao Ran. Moyas, who has become the deputy governor, even though he has surrendered to Xiao Ran both physically and mentally, at this moment, he just nodded gently towards Xiao Ran calmly. , as for Kilian, he pushed his eyes, glanced at Xiao, and then focused his attention on the screen displayed on the desktop again. As for the other people, they were all wearing casual clothes, which seemed a little out of place in this kind of honesty. , was looking up and down with interest at Xiao Ran who had just appeared.
The leader among them, Xiao Ran, could be seen at a glance. He was one of the guys with a goatee. He looked about thirty years old. Although he was wearing casual clothes, he had a strong military aura. As for The other two people also held their heads high, but when they saw these two people, Xiao Ran's eyes under the mask narrowed slightly.
"Your Highness." Xiao Ran quickly scanned everyone in the command room, but acted extremely calm. He walked to Euphilia's side, caressed her chest and bent slightly: "Sorry, I'm late."
"It doesn't matter, I just arrived not long ago." Euphilia quickly stood up and helped Xiao Ran, who was bowing slightly, and then grabbed Xiao Ran's arm and walked to the table showing the face. , and introduced to those in casual clothes: "Mr. Bimax, let me introduce to you. This is my exclusive knight, Lelouch Xiao. Mr. Knight, this is one of the knights of the Round Table that my father trusts most. One, Bimarck Swaldstein.”
"These two are subordinates of Knight Bimax." Euphilia looked at the other two people again, but after a pause, she only said: "This time, we are here to escort the research materials of the special mission."
Xiao Ran nodded and smiled slightly at Bimax and the two people behind him: "Nice to meet you, Knight Bimax."
Looking closely, Bimax has only one eye open, and the left eye is tightly closed as if he is blind, leaving some special suture marks. For this first knight canonized by Emperor Charles, many things are now Many people with the status of knights regard it as their goal to pursue, and they have many huge rights, such as letting the region be managed by themselves, monitoring the words and deeds of the princes and reporting to the emperor. These are all the knights have. Exclusive rights owned.
But when Xiao Ran faced this knight with great power, he had no intention of complimenting him. He simply said a polite word and stopped talking.
Bimax was also looking at Xiao Ran, looking at the black uniform Xiao Ran was wearing, and said with a slight smile: "Lelouch Xiao? That's a good name. I've heard of your name during this period. I was driving Lancelot before." His special record has caused a lot of discussion among us in the Air Force, and he is indeed a very powerful pilot."
"But I'm very curious. With such strength, you are enough to become a pillar of the empire, and you even have the strength to become a Knight of the Round Table. Why have you been willing to remain unknown before this?"
These words were simply accusing Xiao Ran of having an ulterior motive and deliberately getting close to Euphilia, but Euphilia, a kind-hearted girl, could not understand the meaning of Bimax's words at all.
Xiao Ran was very calm, so calm that Bimax could not see any fluctuations in Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran also said in a very normal tone: "It's nothing special, just because I don't like it. I have no interest in bullying those defenseless people." People, and I don’t like too many people who regard life as nothing. I will only rely on my own will to serve who I want to serve and when I want to serve. No one can force me to do something I don’t like.”
Bimax emphasized his tone and asked deliberately: "Is this also the order of His Majesty the Emperor?"
Xiao Ran smiled, not politely at all, and did not answer Bimax's question directly. He just said: "Her Highness Euphilia is very kind and wants to fundamentally solve the problem between District 11 and Butaria." Conflict, I want to bring a way of survival and a better life to those who live in poverty and difficulty, and are struggling on the edge of life and death. I very much agree with Her Highness Euphilia’s ideals and direction of governance, and I am willing to work for Her Highness Euphilia. I will give all my strength and will not let anyone pollute the kindness and innocence that Euphilia now possesses."
"Even if the whole world is in ruins, as long as Your Highness Euphilia wants to make District 11 a better place, then I will also use all my power to turn District 11 into a real peach garden."
Xiao Ran didn't answer, that was the best answer. He didn't say the emperor, only said Euphilia, which also meant to tell Bimax, yes, even if it is the order of Emperor Charles, no one can force me if I don't want to do it, but for What Euphilia wants to do also has the same goal as him, so he will do whatever Euphilia wants to do, and if someone wants to influence Euphilia to order him, that is basically It's impossible, and you'll also suffer from his hostility.
Finally, he pointed out that I don't care about things in other places, and other people should not mess with me. Although the words were polite and calm, the meaning expressed in the words was actually very tough.
Bimax understood most of the meaning of these words, at least the basic meaning, and was stunned for a moment. Now that he is in a high position, there are not many people who can be as direct with him as Xiao Ran. Speak.
Duanyan looked at Xiao Ran for a moment, and finally laughed, nodded, but did not continue the topic. Instead, he turned to face the table next to him that showed the plan of the situation around him, and asked again: "Then Knight Lelouch, what about the situation?" Do you have any opinion on the current situation? After His Highness comes, let us not take any action in a hurry. I hope we can wait until you come. Now that you are here, how are you going to solve the current problem?"
Xiao Ran turned to face Euphilia: "It is not difficult to solve the current problem, it just depends on how far Her Highness Euphilia wants to achieve."
Euphilia was stunned, tilting her head and looking at Xiao Ran as if asking what Xiao Ran meant. Seeing this, Xiao Ran also smiled slightly and said: "There are some difficult methods and some simple ones. The simple method is to make people Ignoring the safety of all the hostages inside and carrying out a strong attack without any compromise to completely eliminate the rebels inside will bring minimal losses and maximum casualties. The losses are ours, but the casualties are innocent. I do not recommend it to you, Your Highness. Do this."
"Because if this is the case, cruel methods will only bring greater resistance and make District 11 more chaotic. At the same time, many innocent people will lose their lives, so that you who issued this order will gain more. The hatred is not only the hatred of the people in District 11, but also the hatred of the families of those innocent hostages."
"You can't do this. The hostages inside are all innocent." Euphilia asked without hesitation: "What about the difficult method?"
"Negotiation." Xiao Ran spat out two words, glanced at Bimax and Kiran who had not spoken, and said: "Start negotiating with the other party, but reject all the other party's requests, but you have to pass this time The negotiations will convey Your Highness’s true wishes and the governance goals you hope to achieve to every corner of District 11 through the news and radio.”
"Let both the Butarians and the people in District 11 understand that His Highness hopes that District 11 can become better, that the war will disappear forever in District 11, and that everyone, including the people in District 11, We can all get equality and a better life."
Kiran rolled his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I don't think that this alone can make the terrorists inside give up the hostages in their hands and come out willingly to surrender. You have not said how to solve the current situation. question."
"And I don't agree to any negotiations with the rebels. All the rebels must know through this incident that the empire's authority cannot be provoked and will never accept any threats. Let everyone know that no one can pass Terror to force the Empire to make any compromise, no matter how much sacrifice it requires."
Bimax did not speak, but with his sincerity he must have agreed with Kiran's idea, which was to attack, storm, and completely suppress and eliminate all terrorists regardless of the hostages inside.
Xiao Ranye: "If His Highness wants to truly achieve the dream of peace and co-prosperity in District 11, then the current negotiation is absolutely necessary. Yimei's oppression will only bring resistance, and the combination of strength and softness is the real kingly way, and This incident is the best opportunity for the entire District 11 to truly get to know Her Highness Euphilia and develop support for Her Highness Euphilia."
"Of course, what Kieran said is correct. The other party will not surrender because of absolute rejection of negotiations, and it may even anger them, so they need to be prepared."
Xiao Ran looked at the flat screen on the desktop, clicked several places on the screen, and said: "The city is built under the rocks behind, so there is no escape route. The other party's idea is also very simple. If it doesn't succeed, it will be easy." Chengren, at least even if he fails in the end, it will arouse more people's hatred of Butaria, and at the same time, he can draw a group of Butaria people who regard themselves as noble and envoys from other countries to die together."
"If you want to rescue, you must first know all the conditions inside. However, among the three roads entering the venue, two bridges have been closed and cannot be passed. The only one that can be used is the main road. But even if it is a forced attack, the final result will be nothing more than In other words, both sides will suffer losses. As long as bombs are set up on the main road, a frontal attack will have no effect."
"And I have reason to believe that the rebels have deployed absolutely tight defense methods near the venue. If they are carried by air, they will probably be shot down directly by the air defense means there. It will also be useful to send special troops to dive across the lake. The ambushed rebels were targeted and killed."
"As for the last passage, the pipe under the main road, there is no room for dodge. If it were me, I would not only equip it with large-scale weapons of mass destruction, but I would also place bombs outside the pipe. As long as someone enters from here, It is completely possible to hold on while waiting for work, and it is also the most impossible path to pass."
"So, given these factors, it seems to you that there is really no other way besides a strong attack. After all, the hostages are indeed in the opponent's hands."
After Xiao Ran finished speaking, he slowly raised his head. No one around him spoke at this time, but looked at Xiao Ran with bright eyes. There was even a hint of astringency on Kilian's face.