Chapter 2391 Chapter 2455-2456 Heading to Home Country
After deciding to let the two Knights of the Round take on some of the military affairs, they called the two Knights of the Round directly to the Governor's Mansion without any delay.
After the two young Knights of the Round entered the Governor's Mansion, all they saw along the way were strict guards with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. The Guard Force members who were on guard duty arranged the entire Governor's Mansion to be airtight. This situation, which was like encountering a formidable enemy, immediately made the two Knights of the Round frown.
After entering the mansion, the first person the two Knights of the Round saw was Xiao Ran. After the two Knights of the Round were completely defeated by Xiao Ran, they faced Xiao Ran can be said to be very respectful, especially Jino. After seeing Xiao Ran, he quickly caressed his chest and bent down to say hello, as if Xiao Ran was a big shot. He not only called himself an adult, but also fully showed his respect.
Perhaps because of his personality, Anya's performance was not as exaggerated as Keno's but a little more plain, but at least he still showed respect.
Seeing the two of them and facing their greetings, Xiao Ran just nodded slightly in response, his eyes swept over Anya, and he frowned slightly under the mask and then showed a thoughtful expression.
Jino stood up straight after Xiao Ran replied, nodded to Xiao Ran and asked, "Lord Lelouch, Governor's Mansion, what's going on?"
Xiao Ran motioned for the two of them to follow him and said as he walked, "I discovered a monitor before and learned that some people seemed to be preparing to do harm to Princess Euphemia."
"Huh?" The two Knights of the Round frowned suddenly, and Jino quickly asked, "How is the situation? Has His Highness encountered any danger?"
"It's okay, I have already dealt with that person." Xiao Ran waved his hand and said lightly, "Although he was found and dealt with by me while still in the surveillance stage, it is absolutely unforgivable that they tried to get close to His Highness. In order to ensure the safety of His Highness, Governor's Mansion will completely eliminate martial law from today on, and Your Highness will not leave Governor's Mansion for some time in the future."
Jino asked, "Lord Lelouch, is it Black Knights?"
Anya unconsciously twitched her face when she heard this title. Xiao Ran, who noticed the expression on her face, also smiled inwardly.
"No." Xiao Ran stopped, turned to face the two of them, and said softly, "It's Crimson Knights."
Jino's footsteps paused momentarily, and Anya also looked at Xiao Ran with somewhat surprised eyes, while Xiao Ran said, "I caught the monitor and entered During the interrogation, he claimed to be a member of Crimson Knights, which was consecrated by His Majesty. I learned a lot from him. I think you should know more about this Crimson Knights than me."
"Based on limited intelligence, I know that the empire now needs their power to maintain the stability of various War Zones. At least in this regard, they have indeed done things that are conducive to the stability of the empire. Because of this, I must kill that person as if nothing happened, and I also do not know the identity of the other party."
"But you don't have to worry that me killing that person will cause Crimson Knights to have any estrangement from the empire. It is precisely because I solved him that this matter has completely turned over. If there is really a problem, I can push all the problems to that. For a dead person, we can even say that someone from Black Knights killed him. This tacit knowledge is also a reminder to Crimson Knights, warning them not to mess around."
"But if they know that the monitor they arranged is dead but don't know who killed him, they will probably be suspicious for a while. They won't be sure that we did it, and it won't affect the relationship between the empire and them. After all, Crimson Knights has many opponents, and there are so many people who are also targeting Area 11, right?"
Speaking of this, Xiao Ran paused for a moment, and then said, "Actually, from my point of view, I don't care if they really know that I killed their people. In fact, I am very willing to let them know this, and then let them come to me for trouble." Annoying, because I can never forgive them for monitoring Princess Euphemia. If Crimson Knights was stationed in Area 11, it would have been wiped out by this time. "
Jino and Anya's breaths were stagnant. They had no idea that Xiao Ran would say such words. They were overbearing and unreasonable. Their words were full of disdain for Crimson Knights, as if they didn't care about the overall situation of the empire at all.
Jino smiled and did not dare to answer, Anya also lowered his head slightly and remained silent, but Xiao Ran continued, "I know you guys come over here Area 11 and It's not entirely because of the special mission. There must be other tasks on my shoulders. I don't care about these things, but since you are in Area 11 now, you need to do something for Area 11."
"I have received His Highness's permission to hand over the Command Authority part of the Area 11 garrison to you. One of you will be responsible for the security of the Sakura Stone mining area, and the other is responsible for the city garrison. It is up to you to decide who goes where. But one thing is that after you take over this part of the Command Authority, you must also become familiar with the entire Area 11 garrison as soon as possible, and take over all Command Authority at the critical moment to deal with any emergencies."
Xiao Ran raised his hand and pointed in the front direction. "Her Highness is inside. You go and talk to her in person. I won't accompany you if I have something else to do."
After saying that, Xiao Ran ignored the two Knights of the Round who were much higher than him in terms of status. He turned around and left and quickly disappeared from the eyes of the two people. It was also seen that Jino was stunned for a long time without reacting. After a while, Jino smacked his lips and looked at Anya: "Hey, we seem to be Knights of the Round, right? Why do I feel that he is Knights of the Round, and we are just knight attendants?"
Anya rolled his eyes at Jino and said dullly, "Then you must be able to beat him first."
Jino immediately closed his mouth and stopped talking, pulling Anya into the room that Xiao Ran pointed to before.
The two left Governor's Mansion not long after. According to their own wishes, Jino will go to the mining area to be responsible for the security of Sakura Stone mining, and Anya will take over the garrison defense inside the city Command Authority. As for another guy Guildford who seems to have been forgotten, he was also given to Jino as his deputy and was sent to the mining area together.
However, from the beginning, Xiao Ran and Euphemia never considered that Guildford, a subordinate of Cornelia, would take over part of the garrison Command Authority. They had found a lot of chores for this guy to do before, but now they finally let this guy do it. The guy did some serious work, but was sent to the mining area. Finally, he no longer had the chance to be an eyesore in front of Xiao Ran. However, since Xiao Ran defeated Keno, Guildford was very sensible and never appeared in front of Xiao Ran again.
Xiao Ran did not go to find Euphemia with Jino and Anya because he now had to take care of arranging the Governor's Mansion guard force, examine the entire Governor's Mansion from the perspective of a participant, and then arrange corresponding sentries and surveillance in the corresponding places to organize the entire Except for the interior of the mansion, Governor's Mansion has included everything in the monitoring and defense network. As long as someone makes any trouble, they can react immediately. This arrangement and the installation of various monitoring equipment took two days to completely complete all the arrangements. Then Xiao Ran once again got into the special agent's side and completed the upgrade of Variable Fighter as quickly as possible.
But within two days, Xiao Ran received a notice from Saki Maski and hurriedly left the special mission and returned to the Governor's Mansion. This time, it was not only who came back Euphemia and Saki were present, and two Knights of the Round Keno, Anya, and Guildford also appeared in the Governor's Mansion.
After seeing Xiao Ran, Guildford took the initiative to salute Xiao Ran with a complicated look on his face. Keno and Anya also caressed their chests and saluted Xiao Ran bent down, and Euphemia gave a noble salute to Xiao Ran with a smile on his face. Seeing everyone's performance, Xiao Ran immediately understood what was going on.
After taking a look at everyone present, Xiao Ran said, "Your Highness, has the canonization of Knights of the Round from our country arrived?"
Euphemia smiled and nodded, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you. From today on, you will be the empire's new Knights of the Round Lelouch Xiao. There is no ranking for the time being. The empire just informed us that you should go to Imperial Headquarters immediately to receive the official knight canonization and reward."
Xiao Ran nodded slightly. "Now?"
"Well, now." Euphemia said, "The plane has been prepared for you. Bismark in the country said that he will pick you up in person. Everything that should be arranged there has been arranged, so you'd better rush there as soon as possible."
"Okay." Xiao Ran nodded decisively without hesitation. "Then I'll prepare and leave later."
"Lord Lelouch." Keno suddenly raised his hand and spoke, "This time, in addition to accepting the formal canonization, you had to accept or challenge other Knights of the Round as usual. However, you have defeated me before, so I don't know what this challenge will be like. It is best to bring your body with you, and then you will have to accept various military application assessments such as strategy, command, etc. If you fail, you will be left in the country to study for a period of time."
"There is also the ranking of the knights. In addition to judging by strength, another important factor that determines the ranking is the size of the contribution. So maybe Lord Lelouch you will be sent to a certain immediately. War Zone, in addition to making corresponding achievements, is also an opportunity to show your strength as Knights of the Round to the outside world. Through this opportunity, more people can recognize your identity as Knights of the Round."
Xiao Ran nodded slowly and groaned. "I have no objection to going to War Zone. Since I have become Knights of the Round, this is also my responsibility. However, after I leave, you must assist Princess Euphemia in maintaining the reform and stability of Area 11. I will also try my best to rush back to Area 11 as soon as possible."
"There is another question. Although I am a knight, I actually do not have my own Custom Mecha. In this case, will I be sent to War Zone for combat and command?"
Guildford probably knows what is going on with Xiao Ran, and knows that Lancelot is not a special machine for Xiao Ran, and now Xiao Ran has been established as Knights of the Round's identity and rights are completely above him, so it is inconvenient to say more meaningless words at this time. After hearing Xiao Ran's words, he also frowned slightly, and suddenly felt that this issue seemed a bit embarrassing.
However, Jino and Anya did not know this situation. Jino asked with some confusion, "Isn't that Lancelot your machine, Lord Lelouch? If there is no machine, the empire should also make corresponding arrangements."
"I just borrowed it. That machine has a designated pilot, which is my second disciple Suzaku Kururugi." Xiao Ran shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, Princess Euphemia also knows very well that Lancelot The body is not suitable for me. Although that body is completely sufficient for a pilot of the Suzaku level, it is a great limitation for me. The body knights with the same performance as the Lancelot and weaker than the Lancelot are not suitable for me to use."
"In fact, the effective combat time when I pilot that aircraft will not exceed ten minutes. That means that if I cannot end the battle within ten minutes while driving that aircraft, I will also lose my combat capability."
"Ten minutes!?" Jino's expression suddenly became a little weird. He looked at Xiao Ran up and down, not knowing what he was thinking of.
Euphemia did not let this doubt bother everyone for too long, and took the initiative to explain it to everyone, "I know this, and I also heard from Mr. Lloyd that Lancelot cannot withstand the operation of Mr. Knight. After this time at most, the body will directly collapse and lose its combat capability."
"The operational ability to collapse the machine!?"
All of a sudden, Jino, Anya, and Guildford all looked at Xiao Ran with stunned eyes, but soon Guildford seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly said, "So Knight Xiao, the reason why you have been on special missions during this period is because of this?"
Xiao Ran glanced at Guildford full of Providence Gundam, but there was no emotion in his words: "Yes, Tepa is developing a new project, and Lloyd hopes that I can become the test pilot of the new project's airframe. During this time, I also participated in the research and development of the project at Tepa. After all, I also hope to have such an airframe that can bring out my full strength."
"The first test machine also needs to be adjusted accordingly based on my operating habits and abilities. There are a lot of things to do."
Jino and Anya looked at each other in confusion. They both felt that they were becoming more and more confused about Xiao Ran's strength.
Xiao Ran shook his head. "Forget it, let's not talk about this problem for now. I will be able to get a suitable machine after the special mission has the results. Before that, I can only use other machines for the time being. There should be machines of corresponding grade in my country that I can use temporarily."
Euphemia also felt a little headache about the Xiao Ran body, but there is really no solution now, so we can only take it one step at a time. After thinking about it, Euphemia said, "If it doesn't work, This time when you go to your home country, bring Suzaku Kururugi with you, and by the way, bring Lancelot with you. If you really need to use the machine body, Suzaku Kururugi should be able to have some effect."
"Shall we take Suzaku there?" Xiao Ran thought for a while, then shook his head. "Now is not the time, but we should indeed bring some people to help with the attack. I will just take Jeremiah and Vireta there. Saki, Guard Force will leave it to you to take charge."
"Yeah."