"Transaction? Or in my identity?" Lelouch was silent for a moment, frowning slightly and said: "What exactly do you want to do? This transaction will not be in my identity as zero, which means that to complete this deal, Do you have to use my identity as the prince?"
"Sit down first." Xiao Ran smiled and sat down on a stone next to the campfire without hesitation. Lelouch frowned and sat down in his original position, while Rumino walked to the side and started. She was on guard, not because she couldn't hear the next conversation, but to prevent anyone from hearing the next conversation between Xiao Ran and Lelouch.
After Lelouch sat down, he asked directly: "What do you think? Who are you making this transaction with?"
"Listen to me first." Xiao Ran pressed his left hand to signal Lelouch not to worry, and said, "The one who wants to make a deal with us is the Scarlet Knights who sent people to monitor Euphilia before."
"What? It's them?" Lelouch's face suddenly showed a look of astonishment, but then he frowned and looked at Xiao Ran: "Have you already been in contact with them?"
"No, I didn't even say anything." Xiao Ran shook his head, and Lelouch was even more puzzled when he heard Xiao Ran's words: "Then why do you want to trade with them? How do you know that they will definitely agree to us? A deal? And with such an organization?”
"Because they have the power that we desperately need now and they have joined Butaria but have no loyalty to Charles, there is a premise that a deal can be made."
Xiao Ran saw the puzzled expression on Lelouch's face and knew that Lelouch was not optimistic about reaching a deal with the Scarlet Knights. At the same time, Xiao Ran also knew that Lelouch did not understand the Scarlet Knights at all, let alone What do the participants represent after joining the camp, so it is impossible to believe this inexplicable Scarlet Knights, nor do they think they can get anything from the transaction with the Scarlet Knights.
Shaking his head, Xiao Ran said to Lelouch: "Let me explain the current situation to you first."
Lelouch nodded and looked at Xiao Ran very seriously with his eyes, and Xiao Ran also said: "First of all, I probably already know that there should be ten organizations like the Scarlet Knights in the whole world. These ten are similar to Both organizations of the Scarlet Knights have powerful power, but they are almost completely opposed to each other. After they began to be active on the world stage, they joined different forces and fought for these forces without stopping. "
"As for why they have to join other forces when they have power, it's because of resources. They need forces to provide them with enough resources to develop themselves, but before they develop, they don't have more power to challenge a real It is a big country, so it can only commit itself to these forces to obtain more resources to develop itself.”
"What you have to understand is that these organizations have many next-generation super machines in their hands. These machines are the real power itself. But to activate these machines, extremely huge Sakura Stone resources are needed to drive them. Without Sakura Stone, Under the premise, what they can do is extremely limited, and they do not have the conditions to rely on their existing power to have a full-scale conflict with a big country such as Butaria. This is why they want to monitor Euphilia, thinking The real reason to control Euphelia and achieve control of District 11.”
"And this Scarlet Knights is the one among the ten organizations that chose to join Butaria. Apart from the Scarlet Knights, no organization is joining Butaria, and the Scarlet Knights have not left. Butaria has the possibility of joining other forces, and other organizations that have already selected forces will not allow the Scarlet Knights to join other forces to divide their resources. This also causes the Scarlet Knights to become truly powerful. Then we can only cling tightly to Butaria with no possibility of leaving, and the Scarlet Knights will also not allow another organization to join Butaria to compete for the resources they deserve."
"However, they can only rely on Butalia, but they have no loyalty to Charles at all. It can only be regarded as an employment relationship, and other organizations are also relying on various forces to develop and grow. , the Scarlet Knights also have to do the same thing to strengthen themselves, so the current seemingly harmonious situation will not last too long, but it will not be too short either."
"In a short period of time, they will only use force in exchange for resources, and then use the resources to obtain more powerful power, and then obtain more resources in this cycle. But after a long time, when they obtain the most resources and the most With strong power, at that time they can directly abandon Butaria, or even control Butaria in turn, becoming their war tool to eliminate other organizations."
"Charles may have guessed this, so he blocked the resources of the Scarlet Knights very hard. This caused the Scarlet Knights to lose the opportunity to quickly expand their power. It is also the key reason for the discord between the two parties."
"The current situation is that these ten organizations are playing a game to compete for the entire world. They need strategy, resources, and everything else to slowly develop and expand themselves, acquire more resources and territory, and then eliminate them. Eliminate other organizations, develop from basic weapons to super weapons, try to gain more advantages and finally win."
"But they are also maggots, gnawing at Butaria's flesh and blood inside Butaria, until they backfire and become the real controller. After one of the organizations truly grows, because of the relationship between them The conflict will lead to a life-destroying war in this world until the last party wins, so for the sake of this world, these organizations will inevitably become our enemies."
"Now these ten organizations have more or less engaged in armed conflicts due to the hostile relationship between the forces they joined, but they have been limited to a certain level acceptable to all parties because they are unwilling to suffer casualties before gaining strength. They also didn’t want to be picked off by other organizations, so they reached a strange balance and focused on development.”
"But before they become our enemies, before they take the initiative to break the balance, the Scarlet Knights can be used by you and me because of what they need. And once the transaction is successful, we will replace Charles's position to restrict them and promote They started this war before they gained more power, breaking the balance between them. Starting the war when they were weak would minimize losses and cause them more consumption. Besides, you and me, Hold the thing that controls them, geass.”
Lelouch lowered his head as he listened and began to think. He roughly understood what Xiao Ran said. To put it simply, these ten opposing organizations have formed a strategic game for the entire world, and they are all ready to wait until they are almost developed. After that, they launched a general offensive to win the final victory, but Lelouch didn't know what the purpose of these organizations was for, to become a god? Or become the ruler of this world
Lelouch felt that Xiao Ran must know more, but he knew better that Xiao Ran would definitely not say anything, and from the past to the present, all of Xiao Ran's performances showed that he could be trusted, and he rarely interfered with the Black Knights. Not only did it directly help the Black Knights strengthen a group of people, but they also brought out some very special technologies.
But the technologies of these machines, the medicines that can enhance human physical fitness, made Lelouch feel something similar to the tissue in Xiao Ran's body from Xiao Ran's body.
After thinking about it, Lelouch felt that some questions should be asked clearly, especially if he wanted to reach a deal with the Scarlet Knights, then these questions should be asked clearly.
Raising his head, Lelouch looked at Xiao Ran and asked, "What is your relationship with these people and these organizations? Are you from the same place?"
Xiao Ran nodded gently: "It can be said that we are from the same place, but it can also be said that we are not. There is no relationship between us. As smart as you are, I think you should feel it. I have always been on guard against these people. This world brings more destruction, and it is for this reason that you develop the Black Knights."
"Let me ask you, do you know where geass's power comes from?"
Lelouch was puzzled: "Isn't it just...?"
"No, it's just a terminal, but not the real source of power." Xiao Ran shook his head and said to Lelouch: "There are countless ruins all over the world. It's unclear when these ruins were built. It has been verified and possesses extremely terrifying power. Once activated, it will be enough to control the entire world and all human beings."
"The power of geass comes from these ruins, from another world behind the gate of the ruins, a world called. This world is completely different from the world you are exposed to now. It is a collection of human consciousness, which can also be said to be Things like Alaya or Gaia, although I know these things, I don’t know the real situation there.”
"To open the world that the ruins come into contact with, you must first control a system called the Sword of Akasha. However, there should be some conditions required to control this system. I am not sure about this. If possible, you can actually think The purpose of those organizations is to compete for the Sword of Akasha. The emergence of these organizations is also related to this. I am the protector who protects the Sword of Akasha from being used by anyone. The Sword of Akasha is our only connection. That’s probably what it means, but whether you believe it or not is up to you.”
Lelouch took a deep look at Xiao Ran and suddenly smiled: "I don't think you need to lie to me. Although I don't particularly understand what you said, and I haven't explained clearly what the connection is between you and those people, but at least So far, you are a trustworthy person."
"Then what are we going to do next."
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded. Although most of what he said to Lelouch just now were lies, these words were also the only reasons that Xiao Ran could think of at the moment.
"This is what I think." Xiao Ran said: "What the other party really needs and depends on is the resources and human support of the country of Butaria, but they want to control the country in turn, and currently they do not have this Strength and ability, and they don’t care who the leader of this country is. What they really care about is who among Butalia can bring them more resources, and they can even use their own force for this.”
"So you can use your identity as a prince and directly represent Nunnally and Euphilia to reach a deal with them. We will provide them with more resources they need and agree to other conditions, and they will Give us the force we need and assist us in our rebellion, and then you or Nunnally will become the new emperor."
Lelouch nodded and asked: "How can we ensure that the deal will be completed and that they will not leak the secret?"
"This group of people can do anything as long as there is profit. When Charles blocked their resources, we stood up and gave them more resources. They naturally knew which side to choose." Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes and said: " And I have a way to control them, and your geass can also control them, so I don’t have any worries about this."
"What happens after that?"
Xiao Ran's lips curled up: "After that, you need to attract the hatred of the entire world to them, break the balance between these ten organizations and force them to go to war. At the same time, you can also use the emperor's power to explosively expand the Black Knights. On the surface, the Black Knights were established as the saviors of the world. When the fight between them was about to end, all organizations were wiped out in one fell swoop. Butaria's current hatred and conflicts could all be transferred to them, and Black The Knights will naturally become the most transcendent organization in the world and achieve our original goals."
"As for all the technologies needed to develop strength, I will hand them over to you unconditionally."
After listening to this, Lelouch thought carefully. Xiao Ran's idea was just a general idea, and there were not many details. But from this general view, there is indeed a possibility of successful implementation, and it is still very high, but there are some serious problems that should be solved. How to deal with it was not mentioned at all.
Lelouch asked: "This is just one direction. I don't think there is any problem. But overthrowing Charles and putting me or Nunnally on the throne does not guarantee that Butaria will be loyal to us."
"Geass." Xiao Ran stretched out his hand and tapped Lelouch gently: "As long as you issue an order to approve you as the emperor, or you can obtain the allegiance of these opponents through me, it will be no problem. Those Knights of the Round Table, I guess You will soon become my loyal subordinates."