Corgi naturally had no reason not to believe Xiao Ran's words. After all, the geass abilities displayed by Lelouch had proved that they had the ability to control others. Although Xiao Ran said that he had similar abilities that could make people surrender. With the power of a king, it will not be difficult to conquer all war zones.
By the time Knight Xiao wandered around, it would be like receiving one place after another in his hands. Moreover, Charles, as the Emperor of Butaria, personally gave Xiao Ran the best opportunity to legitimately contact the empire. The best opportunity for bases and military forces in important theaters on the border.
As for the Knights of the Round Table, in the eyes of Corgi and other participants of the Scarlet Knights, it can be said that all the Knights of the Round Table except Knight Xiao are not worth mentioning at all. They are just a few ordinary people who can be dealt with casually. Follow Xiao Together with the Cavaliers, they will eventually end up in a situation where Charles, the meat-packed dog, will never come back.
And the reason why they behaved reluctantly and politely before, and were able to calm down and obey Charles's arrangements to do something, is entirely because the Scarlet Knights really need to use Butaria's place, and they have no idea to use it in Butaria for the time being. Talia does too many things internally that affect its own development, but this does not mean that the people of the Scarlet Knights really have too much respect for the so-called Knights of the Round Table and Emperor Charles.
However, knowing that this world also has incredible powers that can definitely affect the participants, Corgi's mind has become a little calmer. He knows that the participants are not invincible in this world, and they will definitely be able to do things as well. They became more cautious, especially when facing the more unfathomable Xiao Knight. They had already joined Lelouch's coup party, and their attitudes were much more eager, and they guaranteed to cooperate fully. No matter what actions His Highness Lelouch and Knight Xiao take, they also only hope that His Highness Lelouch can come up with a batch of supplies they need as soon as possible to replenish them, so that they can quickly increase more combat power.
As for the machine, Xiao Ran didn't take it away on the spot, and he didn't even see any machine at all. However, Xiao Ran didn't force Corgi to take out the machine now, or let him see it like this. As a participant, Xiao Ran also knew very well that at this time, even the Scarlet Knights might not have the ability to immediately take out a machine and put it in front of him, and it was absolutely impossible to create a machine out of thin air in front of him and Lelouch. to get it out, so now is not the right time.
Moreover, the handover of the machine cannot be carried out directly now. The Blood Knights provided the machine as a bet with the approval of Emperor Charles, and Bimax has always been in charge, so even if the Scarlet Knights want to hand over the machine, it will Only after Charles delivers the supplies promised to them will the Scarlet Knights actually take out the machine and hand it over to Xiao Ran.
This is not because the Scarlet Knights are stingy. In fact, under the current situation, it is not impossible for Corgi to directly take out a machine and hand it over to Knight Xiao. After all, the two sides are already on the same side, but to the outside world, it is still To create a situation where the Scarlet Knights are dissatisfied with Knight Xiao, naturally they cannot take out the machine so easily.
Moreover, Corgi really does not have enough resources for Xiao Ran to unblock a suitable machine from his own legion for the time being. But what kind of machine and what level of machine to unblock should be given to Xiao Knight, Corgi himself They all felt that they needed to think about it carefully, so the matter of the body was postponed for the time being.
When Xiao Ran and Lelouch left the Scarlet Knights' station, Corgi still led someone to send them out of the station in person. Then they were stopped by Xiao Ran and let these people watch them disappear into the night. .
After he was completely away from the Scarlet Knights station and returned to the place where they met before, Lelouch sat down on the stone as if he had lost his breath. All the sweat on his forehead suddenly came out, and he pulled at the edges of his clothes. The collar looked at Xiao Ran with extremely incredible eyes, unsure, unsure, and said in disbelief:
"Is this okay?"
"That's enough." Xiao Ran nodded lightly, slowly squatted in front of Lelouch and patted his shoulder gently: "That's enough. From now on, as long as you are Butalia, The prince is the next emperor, and the Scarlet Knights will definitely follow your orders."
Lelouch was stunned, shook his head and rubbed it hard: "But this is incredible. It was so easy to conquer the Scarlet Knights? And nothing happened? It was done so easily? They didn't even suspect it. Did you accept our request?"
"I still can't believe it. Although geass has been imposed on them, and logically speaking, we can rest assured, they are really so willing to help us? Don't you think they are untrustworthy?"
"Yes." Xiao Ran nodded affirmatively again and said: "These people are the most typical group of speculators. As long as there are big enough interests, they will definitely move in the direction of interests. What can you bring to them?" More benefits, so they choose to support you without hesitation, but if one day you are unable to give them the benefits they want and become a roadblock for them, then they may kick you out without hesitation. open."
"As for whether they are worthy of trust, at least for now, it is completely worth it, and you have also imposed geass on them. From this point of view, even if you don't trust them, you should also trust your own abilities. That's it. After you use your abilities on them, there is actually no possibility of them betraying you, at least before you are put on the throne and before you find a way to get rid of geass, there is no possibility for them to betray you."
"And in the situation just now, it was obvious to them that we had overwhelmed them. From the moment they were unsure of your identity and willing to communicate with you, from that time on they had completely lost control of the situation. Everything is in our hands, and when they recognize your identity, agree and accept your geass, then they will take the initiative to send their power into our hands, and now for them For me, as long as you really have the status of a prince, then nothing will be a problem."
Lelouch was stunned, and then shook his head: "Of course I know the power of geass. If we had done all this step by step and controlled it one by one with geass' ability, then maybe I wouldn't have this ability. It's like I've done all this, but it's like a moonlight in the mirror, but after just one conversation, they even took the initiative to let me use geass's ability. This makes me feel a little too vain, you just Aren't you worried that they are immune to my geass ability just like you? And then betray us at the most critical moment?"
Xiao Ran's brows raised. Lelouch thought that all this was too simple, so he thought it was fake and couldn't believe it. However, Xiao Ran could understand him. After all, these things that happened were really smooth and a bit unbelievable. , and the existence of an example of him being immune to geass abilities would indeed make Lelouch, who was accustomed to being cautious, feel unreal, and not sure whether the people of the Scarlet Knights were really trustworthy.
Xiao Ran thought about this, was silent for a moment, and then said: "You can rest assured that their mental power is not strong enough to ignore geass, so you don't have to worry about this, and even if it's for Sakura Shi, they We will definitely cooperate with all our actions in the future.”
Lelouch nodded, trusting Xiao Ran's words, and Lelouch also had sufficient confidence in his geass ability, not to mention what Xiao Ran said, if the Scarlet Knights need more Sakura Shi, then it is definitely more suitable to cooperate with them than with Charles.
After calming down a little, Lelouch gradually began to calm down and asked: "Then what are you going to do next? As you said, take advantage of this opportunity to go to various war zones to control those people as much as possible. region, but this is a good thing, at least it can maintain the border situation when there are huge changes within the country."
"But what about District 11? If we really want to get more cherry stones from District 11, it's not an easy task for us. And now there is a Knight of the Round Table who has been arranged by you to mine cherry stones. Area, the Black Knights alone have no way to obtain the Sakura Stone from them, and they cannot obtain the Sakura Stone by seizing it, otherwise the Blood Knights will definitely doubt whether we really control District 11. "
"Furthermore, the scale of cherry stone mining is also limited. If I want to allocate the existing cherry stone mining share to the Scarlet Knights, I have no way to do it for the time being. Even Euphilia does not have the right to allocate it. Sakurashi’s quota.”
Xiao Ran stood up and nodded slightly: "So next we need to completely control the eleventh area, at least control the cherry stone mining area, and mine more without affecting the existing mining quota. Handing over the cherry stone to the Scarlet Knights is actually not that difficult based on your geass ability. The difficulty is actually how to cover it all up and pretend that nothing happened."
"Geass..." Lelouch lowered his head and gently clenched his fists, then whispered: "Do we still need to control more people..."
Xiao Ran groaned: "You can make a good plan after you go back, and I will come up with a proper solution as soon as possible. The deputy governor of District 11 is also one of ours now. If there is any situation, he will give all his strength." The support is only from Euphilia's side... It's better to hide it from her first. If it doesn't work, we can only put a time lag and hand over the cherry stones that have been mined to the Scarlet Knights to enhance their combat power. It also shows our sincerity.”
"After this batch of cherry stones that should be delivered to the empire is found to be in short supply, it is estimated that the emperor of this country will have changed by then. By then, these small problems will not matter. In this case, all you need to consider is what to do Carry out these cherry stones and give them to the Scarlet Knights. As for the Knight of the Round Table, just control him directly to recognize you as the only emperor."
Lelouch nodded, with a thoughtful expression on his face: "I'll think about it."
Xiao Ran didn't speak anymore but raised his head. A black deformed fighter plane emitting green light particles slowly landed not far from the two of them. When the cockpit cover of the fighter plane opened, Rukino Saki also jumped out of it. He came out and walked to Xiao Ran, glanced at the two of them first, and then smiled slightly: "Is the matter done?"
"Yes." Xiao Ran smiled at Rukino Saki and said: "It's almost done. The Scarlet Knights will join Lelouch's camp from now on, and will fully cooperate with us to push Lelouch into the army. The throne.”
Saki squinted her eyes and smiled. She was able to win over the current mission situation. No, it should be said that she deceived a legion with more combat power to use as her own force. It can be said that it helped her and Xiao Ran. It is very big, and at the same time it can influence this legion to do more things, and it can better hide Xiao Ran and her true identity behind the shadow of the Scarlet Knights.
And with the help of the Scarlet Knights, it will be more convenient for Xiao Ran to control Butalia. Once Lelouch takes the position of emperor, the entire empire's resources will be completely controlled by Under Xiao Ran's control, as for Lelouch who might become the emperor? Or Nunnally, who was treated by Xiao Ran, or Euphilia, the current governor of District 11. No matter which of these three people eventually becomes the real ruler of Butaria, there is still no way to escape. With Xiao Ran's influence and behind-the-scenes control, Xiao Ran actually controlled the entire country.
With the full support of the entire Butalia, and the help of the Scarlet Knights who have been deceived by Xiao Ran into a fool, the threat posed by the other participating legions will become very small. Small, the Scarlet Knights will become the most natural, fearless and brave shield, buying the most time for Xiao Ran's true goal.
As long as the body that Xiao Ran needs is manufactured and all the military power of Butalia is gathered, all the legions participating in this mission will tremble at Xiao Ran's feet, feeling the fear and shadow brought by the big devil. Anyone who dares to resist will only face an outcome where victory is impossible.