ZERO, the incarnation of Lelouch, left with Suzaku Kururugi. Xiao Ran also disappeared into the crowd and quickly disappeared on the road where a huge chaos had just occurred. Following Lelouch and Suzaku Kururugi, a total of five people quickly left the city ring and headed for the city ruins outside the ring.
The sun has not yet risen. Compared with the bright lights of the city in the ring, the entire ruins are completely dark. In a collapsed low-rise building among the ruins, Lelouch transformed into the Resistance Organization that ZERO contacted. The members of E have occupied all parties. They are either staying together in twos and threes and chatting about ZERO's incredible move to rescue Suzaku Kururugi, or they are hiding in various places that are not easily found and monitoring the situation outside with serious faces.
Xiao Ran followed Lelouch and others to this location, and entered the central area of the building without anyone noticing, a space with collapsed ruins.
When following Lelouch and others to the ruins of the building, Xiao Ran had already recognized several other people who participated in the Suzaku Kururugi rescue operation with Lelouch. One of them was the long-haired man who was rescued by Xiao Ran in the truck. This man with long hair was also the leader of Resistance Organization.
In addition to this long-haired man, the girl with red hair was also someone Xiao Ran had seen in the truck. Her name was Kallen, and the last one was a young man with a head similar to that of an airplane., it should be Shinichiro Tamaki who took over as the leader of Resistance Organization in the normal development of the plot. He is a character who is like a young man, and can barely be regarded as a bastard who stepped on Lelouch to become the leader.
Xiao Ran's eyes did not stay on these temporarily insignificant people, but followed Lelouch and Suzaku Kururugi into the center of the building where only the two of them existed, watching the performances of Lelouch and Suzaku Kururugi in the darkness.
The ZERO that Lelouch transformed into stood on a high place with his back to the moon, making his figure become a bit taller under the support of the moon. Then, in the empty and complex environment around him, the voice of Lelouch that had undergone certain changes also It rang in Suzaku Kururugi's ears. "You should understand the empire's approach after this incident, Private Shumu. Even if there is no evidence, as long as the situation is favorable to them, they will use any means to harm anyone."
"Now Butalia is decaying. If you want to change the world, become my companion and join Black Knights."
Suzaku Kururugi looked at the dark shadow under the moonlight with a completely righteous and serious expression. "It's you, it should be you."
Lelouch was stunned when he heard Suzaku Kururugi's words. "What?"
Suzaku Kururugi did not answer Lelouch's words, but said in a positive tone, "I believe that Prince Clovis was killed by you. Only someone like you who has a speed that makes me unable to react can This ability can sneak into the place where Prince Clovis is and kill him without being discovered by others. You said that your name is Lelouch, right? Why do you want to kill Prince Clovis who has nothing to do with you."
"Huh?" The emotion that Lelouch had just brewed was directly knocked into confusion by Suzaku Kururugi's mindless words. The eyes in the mask were all puzzled question marks, but he soon realized that Suzaku Kururugi recognized him. Who couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and said, "It seems that you have mistakenly recognized the person, Private Shumu. I don't know who Lelouch you are talking about, but Clovis did die in my hands. Moreover, this is war, and there is no need for any reason to kill the enemy general."
Suzaku Kururugi frowned, but I have to say that Suzaku Kururugi is indeed a very stubborn person at heart. Even though Lelouch denied that he was 'Lelouch', in Suzaku Kururugi's view, this was clearly a cover-up.
Lelouch denied that he was Lelouch, which made Xiao Ran, who was watching all this happen in the dark, couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He felt that the picture of Lelouch and Suzaku Kururugi was quite interesting.
I didn't get an accurate answer from Lelouch, but the stubborn Suzaku Kururugi believed that ZERO was Lelouch, no matter what Lelouch did Explanations were useless, but in response to ZERO or Lelouch's answer, Suzaku Kururugi said, "What about the poison gas? Civilians are not enemies. Why should we take civilians as hostages?"
Lelouch said calmly, "This is just a bluff during negotiations, and the result is very obvious. No one was injured or died."
"The result... is it?" Suzaku Kururugi sighed with bitterness in his heart, but Lelouch did not notice the dissatisfaction and disdain behind this sigh, but moved towards Suzaku Kururugi once again stretched out his hand. "Butalia is a country that is not worthy of your allegiance. Come on, join Black Knights as my companion, and let us change this decadent world together."
"Maybe you are right. This country is indeed not worthy of my allegiance, especially after knowing that they massacred civilians without mercy." Suzaku Kururugi raised his head, with a determined expression on his face. "That's why I want to change it into a country worthy of my allegiance, and change it in the right way from within Butalia."
"I believe that using the wrong method will not bring any valuable results to the world or this country. Relying on external forces and war will always bring destruction and sacrifice, and will involve more innocent people. Therefore, I want to change this country from within, using the right way."
With that said, Suzaku Kururugi turned around and took steps to leave. Lelouch seemed to be stunned for a moment because he heard Suzaku Kururugi's heart. It wasn't until Suzaku Kururugi came back to his senses after taking several steps and shouted, "Stop, where are you going!"
"Military Court will be in court in an hour, and I will go to trial, for Area 11, and for Area 11 people and honorary Butalia people. If I don't go, they will have the opportunity to use this excuse to oppress them."
Lelouch was shocked. "But you will die!"
"I'm not afraid." Suzaku Kururugi stopped and turned to look at where Lelouch was. "Because this is the rule. I cannot let more Area 11 people and honorary Butalia people who have finally found a peaceful life be affected because of me because of my own life."
"Also, thank you for saving me. I won't say anything about you or what happened that day. It's not for you, but for Area 11 and my close friends. I won't be implicated because of you and me."
"Bah bang bang!"
A burst of applause suddenly sounded in the empty space, which immediately shocked Lelouch. Suzaku Kururugi, who was about to leave, looked in the direction of the applause and looked wary.
Along with crisp footsteps echoing in the space, a figure slowly walked out of the darkness at this time, allowing itself to appear under the moonlight, completely exposed to the eyes of Suzaku Kururugi and Lelouch, who transformed into ZERO.
"It's such a touching friendship, I almost feel like I can't help crying."
"Is it you!?" Suzaku Kururugi saw clearly the figure that was completely exposed in the moonlight. With an expression of astonishment on his face, he also turned his head to look in the direction of ZERO. He suddenly understood that his previous guess was simply wrong.
Lelouch frowned slightly behind the mask. "Why are you here."
When Suzaku Kururugi heard ZERO's words, he immediately looked at Xiao Ran, the fake Lelouch, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Lelouch, you are indeed in the same group."
Lelouch, who was wearing a mask, felt like he had eaten shit. Although Suzaku Kururugi was talking to Xiao Ran, he was calling his name and telling the truth. This For a moment, Lelouch wanted to take off his mask, lift Suzaku Kururugi's neck, point at himself and say: I am Lelouch, I am Lelouch, yes, we are in the same group!
The person who applauded and appeared in front of the two of them was Xiao Ran. After taking a look at Suzaku Kururugi, Xiao Ran's eyes were on Lelouch. He didn't care about the questions raised by Lelouch, but just said, "I want it. If you get the other person's approval, you will naturally have to gain the other person's trust. For this guy, you are a person who is not trustworthy at all, so no matter what you say, he will not believe it or agree. Now do you know the reason why you can't win him over? If you want the other person to trust you at least, you should also give the other person a reason to trust."
After saying this, Xiao Ran took his eyes away from Lelouch and focused on Suzaku Kururugi. He chuckled and said, "I have to say that your idea is really naive, and it's also quite interesting. You actually recognized that guy as me. I almost didn't laugh when I saw it."
Suzaku Kururugi gritted his teeth and didn't speak, and Xiao Ran didn't care whether Suzaku Kururugi wanted to say anything. He just continued to talk to himself, "As for what you said, the method to change the empire, in my opinion, there is no difference between you and the guy next to you. There is only a radius of eight liang. Whether you change it from the inside, change it from the outside, or what means, in fact, in my opinion, it is not that important at all."
"Your choice is like 1+2=3, or 2+1=3. There is no difference at all, and there is no right or wrong. The truly correct way should be to use a certain method to achieve the correct result, and the entire process is correct."
"Then what is right, for the empire and Area 11, is to make changes while allowing ordinary people in Area 11 to have the opportunity to truly be equal and live freely under the sky, so that the empire can truly recognize the rights that civilians in these so-called colonies should have, so that people on both sides can sincerely To recognize the other party, we must try our best to avoid sacrifices that should not occur, instead of using hatred and dominance to achieve integration. The decaying empire must also change from within and establish a new system that is more suitable for the current situation. Area 11 cannot face the empire with hatred, even if so much pain has happened."
"Of course it is not easy to achieve this step. There are too many difficulties that need to be solved. Just as the empire thinks, after paying so much and sacrificing so much, why should it give Area 11 people who have no effect at all a comfortable life after occupying Area 11, and consume the resources that should be enjoyed by the Butalia people."
"For the people of Area 11, why did Butalia occupy their country, bring them war and harm, and now deprive them of their original life."
"This is a conflict between two classes, a conflict between two nations and countries. These two points are just an analogy I made, but there are more problems that are hidden deeper, many, many, all of these problems, Suzaku Kururugi, do you really think that you can really solve these problems with your naive idea and working alone?"
"I can tell you that this is impossible. You can't do it, and neither can the guy with the mask over there. The whole world is full of hatred now. The role that one person, two people, or even a group of people can play in this world is very small. Hatred and conflicts cannot be resolved, and they will never be completed. Therefore, these things will appear in this world all the time, because you can never really change other people's minds. You can suppress dissatisfaction and hatred today, but one day dissatisfaction and hatred will still break out, because you simply do not have the ability to eliminate it forever."
Lelouch fell into deep thought. What Xiao Ran said did make sense, and it did make him think of a lot of things. However, even if what Xiao Ran said didn't make sense, Lelouch would never choose to refute it at this time.
On the contrary, Suzaku Kururugi was stunned at first, and then still stunned. He seemed not to understand what Xiao Ran wanted to express. His eyes were a little blank, but at least he understood what Xiao Ran said. If you want to change the empire and Area 11, it is absolutely not enough to rely on him alone, but even if you understand this sentence, Suzaku Kururugi has no intention of joining Lelouch in his heart.
"What a fool." Xiao Ran looked at the confused expression on Suzaku Kururugi's face and couldn't help but shook his head, and asked Suzaku Kururugi: "Boy, let me ask you a question, if one day the empire you are loyal to asks you to kill a group of unarmed Area 11 civilians, they told you that as long as you kill these people, more Area 11 civilians will have a better life in the future, so what will you do? And if you refuse at that time, someone else will take over your task and kill more civilians, and those who should have a better life will also die. What will you do?"
"Me?" Suzaku Kururugi was stunned. His first reaction was to refuse. But after listening to all Xiao Ran said, Suzaku Kururugi's face became even more dull. He looked at Xiao Ran blankly, not knowing what decision to make.