Saki Maski, who had already changed into a green Combat Suit, walked from the car to Xiao Ran, who was standing in black Variable Fighter. Xiao Ran looked at the brand new pure black Variable Fighter in front of him. Even with the mask on, he could see a helpless smile on his lips.
Shaking his head, Xiao Ran turned to look at Saki Maski: "Lelouch's Black Knights over there will definitely appear, but in this situation, it is estimated that there will be some confusion in the middle. Sorry, I don't know much about the character of Knights of the Round, but Guildford definitely doesn't care about the lives of the hostages inside and launches a strong attack, which may affect Black Knights's debut."
"I will influence Euphemia to avoid a strong attack as much as possible to give Black Knights a chance to try to rescue all the hostages so that Euphemia can hand over a complete answer sheet. However, the power of Black Knights is too weak after all. Your mission this time The mission is to ensure the safety of Black Knights, especially Lelouch. Although there is only one D-class mecha, there is nothing we can do. If we encounter any situation, I will create more opportunities for you. If there is no other way, give up Lelouch."
"But be careful, I don't know if there will be participants, so be sure to stay safe, your safety is the most important thing no matter what happens."
Saki Maski 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 Saki Maski's hair, nodded with a smile, turned around and left, got into the car, and then drove towards the venue where the accident happened.
After Saki Maski watched the Xiao Ran vehicle evacuate and disappear from his sight, he turned around and jumped on the black Variable Fighter. After putting on his helmet, he turned on the various systems of the aircraft one by one. As the black fighter jet sprayed strong airflow from below, he slowly raised his head 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 on 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 kind of Xiao Ran that belonged to Britannia and acted as a wartime Command Post's special land battleship, in the eyes of Xiao Ran, is quite crude and can be called a rag. Apart from serving as Command Post and the 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, Euphemia was sitting on the only chair on the high platform at the rear. It was rare. With a serious face, in front of her, Deputy Governor Moyasu, Guildford, 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 the direction of Xiao Ran.
When Euphemia saw Xiao Ran, there was obvious joy in his eyes. Moyasu had become Deputy Governor. Even though he had surrendered to Xiao Ran both physically and mentally, he was still facing Xiao Ran calmly at this moment. Gently chin, Guildford pushed his eyes, glanced at Xiao Ran, and then focused his attention on the screen displayed on the desktop again. As for the other people, all wearing casual clothes, they seemed a little out of place in this situation, and they were looking up and down at Xiao Ran with interest.
The leader Xiao Ran can be seen at a glance. He is one of the guys with a goatee. He looks about thirty years old. Although he is wearing casual clothes, you can still see the strong military atmosphere on his body. As for the other two people, they also hold their heads high, but when they see 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 Euphemia's side, caressed his chest and bent slightly. "Sorry, I'm late."
"It doesn't matter, I just arrived not long ago." Euphemia shook his head quickly, stood up and helped Xiao Ran who was bowing slightly, then grabbed Xiao Ran's arm and walked to the table showing the live scene, and introduced to the few in casual clothes, " Lord Bismark, let me introduce to you, this is my Personal Knight, Lelouch·Xiao, Mr. Knight, and this is one of my father's most trusted Knights of the Round, Bismark·Waldstein."
"These two are subordinates of Knight Bismark." Euphemia looked at the other two people again, but after a pause, he only said, "This time we are here to escort the research materials of the special mission."
Xiao Ran nodded and smiled slightly at Bismark and the two people behind him, "Nice to meet you, Knight Bismark."
Looking at it from a close distance, Bismark has only one eye open, and the left eye is tightly closed as if it is blind, leaving some special stitching marks. Now many people with knight status regard this first knight as Emperor Charles as their target. He also has many huge rights, such as choosing a region to manage by himself, monitoring the words and deeds of the princes and reporting to the emperor. These are the unique rights possessed by this knight.
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.
Bismark was also looking at Xiao Ran, looking at the black uniform Xiao Ran was wearing, and said with a slight smile, "Lelouch·Xiao? A good name. I have heard your name often during this period. The previous record of flying Lancelot has caused a lot of discussion among us pilots. 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 Knights of the Round. Why have you been willing to remain unknown before this?"
These words were simply accusing Xiao Ran of having an ulterior motive and deliberately approaching Euphemia, but Euphemia, a kind-hearted girl, could not understand the meaning of Bismark's words at all.
Xiao Ran was very calm, so calm that Bismark could not see any fluctuations in Xiao Ran, and Xiao Ran also said in a very normal tone, "Nothing special. It's just because I don't like it. I have no interest in bullying those who are defenseless, and I don't like too many people who regard life as nothing. I will only rely on my own will to serve whom I want to serve and when I want to serve. No one can force me to do something I don't like."
Bismark emphasized his tone and asked deliberately, "Is this the same as His Majesty the Emperor's order?"
Xiao Ran laughed, not politely at all, and did not directly answer Bismark's question. He just said, "Princess Euphemia is very kind and wants to fundamentally solve the conflict between Area 11 and Britannia, and wants to bring life to those People who are poor and struggling and struggling on the edge of life and death have a way to survive and a better life. I very much agree with Princess Euphemia's ideals and direction of governance, and I am willing to devote all my strength to the power of Princess Euphemia, and I will not let anyone pollute the kindness and innocence that Euphemia has now."
"Even if the whole world is in ruins, as long as Princess Euphemia wants to make Area 11 better, then I will also use all my strength to make Area 11 a real peach garden."
Xiao Ran didn't answer, that's the best answer. He didn't say that the emperor only said Euphemia, which also means telling Bismark, yes, even if it's Emperor Charles's order, no one can force me if I don't want to do it, but for What Euphemia wants to do has the same goal as him, so he will do whatever Euphemia wants to do, and if someone wants to influence Euphemia to order him, it is simply impossible, and they will 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.
Bismark 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, not many people would talk to him as directly as Xiao Ran.
Duyan looked at Xiao Ran for a moment, and finally laughed, nodded, but did not continue the topic. Instead, he turned to face the desktop showing the floor plan of the venue and surroundings, and asked, "Knight Lelouch, do you have any opinion on the current situation? After His Highness comes, please tell us not to 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 Euphemia: "It is not difficult to solve the current problem, it just depends on how far Princess Euphemia wants to achieve."
Euphemia was stunned, tilting his head and looking at Xiao Ran as if asking what Xiao Ran meant. Seeing this, Xiao Ran also smiled slightly and said, "There are difficulties in how to deal with it. There is a simple way. The simple way is to ignore the safety of all the hostages inside and carry out a strong attack, and completely eliminate the rebels inside without making any compromises. This will cause minimal losses and maximum casualties. The losses are ours, but the casualties are innocent. I do not recommend this, Your Highness."
"Because if this is the case, cruel methods will only bring greater resistance and make Area 11 more chaotic. At the same time, many innocent people will lose their lives. You who issued this order will gain more hatred, not only the hatred of Area 11 people, but also the hatred of the families of the innocent hostages."
"You can't do this. The hostages inside are all innocent." Euphemia shook his head without hesitation and asked, "What about the difficult method?"
"Negotiation." Xiao Ran spit out two words, glanced at Bismark and Guildford who had not spoken, and said, "Start negotiating with the other party, but reject all the other party's demands, but through this negotiation, your true wish and the governance goal you hope to achieve will be conveyed to every corner of Area 11 through news and broadcasts."
"Let everyone, whether they are Britannia people or Area 11 people, understand that His Highness hopes that Area 11 can become better, that war will disappear forever in Area 11, and that everyone, including Area 11 people, can get equality and a better life."
Guildford pushed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I don't think this alone will make the terrorists inside give up the hostages in their hands and surrender willingly. You haven't said how to solve the current problem."
"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 force the empire to make any compromise through terrorist activities, no matter how many sacrifices are made for it."
Bismark did not speak, but from his position he definitely agreed with Guildford's idea, which was to attack, storm, and completely suppress and eliminate all terrorists regardless of the hostages inside.
Xiao Ran shook his head. "If His Highness wants Area 11 to truly realize Peace and Co-Prosperity's dream, then the current negotiation is absolutely necessary. Yimei's oppression will only bring about Resistance, a combination of strength and softness is the real way, and this incident is the best opportunity for the entire Area 11 to truly understand Princess Euphemia and develop support for Princess Euphemia."
"Of course, Guildford is right. 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 with his hand, and said, "The venue is built under the rocks behind, so there is no way out. The other party's idea is also very simple. If you don't succeed, you will be punished. At least in the end, even if you fail, it will arouse more people's hatred of Britannia. At the same time, it can also attract a group of Britannia people who regard themselves as noble and the envoys of other countries to die together."
"If you want to rescue, you must first know all the conditions inside. However, of 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 force attack, the final result is nothing more than losing both sides. As long as bombs are set up on the main road, a frontal force attack will have no effect."
"And I have reason to believe that the rebels have deployed absolutely tight defenses near the venue. If they are carried by air, they will be shot down directly by the air defense means there. If they send special troops to dive across the lake, they will be killed by the ambushed rebels."
"As for the last passage, the pipeline under the main road, there is no room for evasion. If it were me, I would not only equip it with large-scale weapons of mass destruction, but also place bombs around the outside of the pipeline. As long as someone enters from here, they can defend it with ease. It is also the most impossible road 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. Guildford had a hint of astringency on his face.