Corgi felt a little dizzy. The situation was developing so fast that he was unable to accept it. Not long ago, he received a message from his men saying that they were ambushed and needed reinforcements. After he sent out reinforcements, some time passed and his men sent another message, saying that reinforcements were not needed because there was an ambush on the road. Then he learned that Xiao Ran chose to cut off the rear in order to protect his men and lost contact.
Then I got the news about Xiao Ran, and I knew that Xiao Ran had taken down the entire Rebel Army alone. What happened in the middle? At this time, Corgi's heart was quite complicated. The people he sent out became the hindrance, and others not only allowed the retreat to return safely, but also captured the enemy. It felt like the situation became completely different without doing anything. Is this the feeling of hanging up with your thighs? Although it's very confusing, why does it feel so good for no reason?
Cornelia's mood was not as complicated as Corgi's. Although he was surprised after hearing Xiao Ran's explanation, he saw that Xiao Ran was still communicating with him safely, so he knew that what Xiao Ran said was not false, otherwise there would be no chance of communicating with them.
However, Cornelia was not so reassured, and asked with some worry, "That's it? Just a gambling battle determines the success or failure of a force, seizing the ownership of such a large area from our hands? Aren't you worried that they will regret it? Even if they return, the most you can do is launch a retaliatory counterattack against them, but what if you can't find anyone? What if they set up a trap specifically for you?"
Xiao Ran said calmly, "They can't bear my anger. If I can take down the strongest among them and all their combat power once, I can also take them down a second time, but the next time they won't be as friendly as now. Before they regret it, they must first consider whether they can withstand the loss of more than 60% of all combat power and all high-end combat power. If they are not mentally prepared, then they will not have the possibility of regretting it."
Cornelia still wanted to speak, but Xiao Ran held her words in his heart. "Okay, this matter has been decided. Lelouch will personally go over and reach a cooperation agreement with the other party, but if we can completely conquer the other party, it is of course the best result. Next, we will speed up the occupation of the areas that Rebel Army withdrew. We must completely occupy these places before the EU can react."
"Move the main force to the front with the EU. The previous strategic formation against the EU remains unchanged. Crimson Knights will continue to harass and destroy it in depth. However, in addition to defending the newly acquired territory, all the extra forces will be invested there."
"Huh." Cornelia took a deep breath several times and nodded. "I will send people to investigate the situation first. As soon as I am sure that Rebel Army's power has withdrawn, I will immediately send people to seize those areas as soon as possible."
"Yeah."
Corgi's mouth twitched. A legion lost more than 60% of its personnel, plus the total loss of high-end combat power such as the regiment leader. This is a loss that no Participant Legion dares to bear. Therefore, as long as it does not violate the mission, the other party will not dare to choose to resist. Even if it violates the mission, they will try every means to mitigate it. As long as the other party is not deliberately seeking death or is absolutely sure, then they will definitely not go against Xiao Ran.
However, Xiao Ran went out for such a trip, although Corgi did not see with his own eyes what happened at that time, but judging from the current results, Xiao Ran must be very powerful, and more powerful than he imagined, and Xiao Ran arranged for him to send people there Picking up Lelouch, and then protecting Lelouch in the past to contact Rebel Army, Corgi felt that he could take this opportunity to have a good communication with the other legion. After all, he would be working under the same boss from now on, and he might be able to trick other legions.
Xiao Ran nodded and stopped chatting with Cornelia. He sat in the cockpit and said without any change in the angle of his eyes, "Corgi, some parts of this aircraft were damaged during the battle. When I return, I will send someone to pick up the aircraft and repair it as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll send someone over right away."
He hung up the communication with the two of them, and used this communication to report that they were safe and stabilize the morale of the military, so that they would not be thrown into chaos just because of such a small situation. Then Xiao Ran was delayed for a while and drove Mazinger Kaiser back to the front-line base, and then handed over the machine body. Those who were already waiting in the front-line base, but before that, Xiao Ran had already removed the small BITs adhered to various parts of the body. After all, those things could not be handed over to Crimson Knights. As for the removed small BITs, they were temporarily hidden in the place where they were removed.
After sending the machine away, Xiao Ran returned to his office and asked his secretary to call Cornelia over. Perhaps there were too many things to deal with. After receiving the notice from Xiao Ran, Cornelia entered Xiao Ran's office almost an hour later. When she came, she saw Xiao Ran sitting on the chair without even the slightest movement. Not only that, when she saw Xiao Ran, she used her sixth sense as a woman to vaguely notice that the Xiao Ran in front of her seemed a little different from before. There was an aura about him that she had never felt before, a bit cold and indifferent.
"Coming."
Not only did he feel cold, but even the words he spoke made Cornelia feel a sense of indifference. After nodding, Cornelia walked into Xiao Ran, with an expression of doubt and worry on his face. He approached Xiao Ran and asked, "It feels like something is not right with you. Could it be that you were injured in the battle with those people?"
"Those people can't hurt me." Xiao Ran said this calmly, but what he said is indeed the truth. Although he is only driving a machine like Mazinger Kaiser, if Mazinger Kaiser is really damaged or suffers a heavy blow, he can directly enter Quantum Field to avoid all attacks. It is really not easy to injure Xiao Ran in his current state.
"What about you?"
Xiao Ran shook his head. "It doesn't matter, you don't need to worry. My current situation is indeed different from normal, but it is definitely not because of the injury. I use a special secret technique, which will greatly improve my ability during the activation process, and then there will be a certain degree of weakness depending on the activation time, so the next work here will be left to you alone. With my current situation, it will take at least a day or two to recover."
"Weak?" Cornelia's heart skipped a beat, and Xiao Ran's expression suddenly became a little complicated. He took a deep look at Xiao Ran and slowly closed his eyes. He exhaled softly and sighed, "I know, I will handle the matter here, and I will also hide your weakness. It's really strange. At this time, I should take advantage of your weakness and deal with you, but I find that I can't do such a thing at all."
Xiao Ran was silent for a moment and then said, "What kind of answer do you want to get from me? Is it to tell you that this is because you are controlled by my GEASS, or to tell you that the thoughts in your heart are completely your own true thoughts. I can't answer this question for you. Maybe it's just one of the two, but maybe it's both."
"Haha." Cornelia laughed, crossed his arms to make his chest appear more upright, and said with a slight disdain in his tone, "I feel that I only have control. Do you think that we just slept a few times and then I started to fall in love with you? Don't be too sentimental."
Xiao Ran did not answer Cornelia, but slowly stood up from the chair. "The next step is left to you."
After the words fell, Cornelia's eyes suddenly stared in disbelief. The hands he held unconsciously loosened and then squeezed tightly. He watched helplessly as the figure in front of him turned into countless light spots and slowly dissipated, like magic. Disappeared in front of her, as if the person she was talking to just now was just a phantom of her own imagination. Until all the light spots in the room disappeared, Cornelia also stood there for a long time without coming back to her senses.
A long time passed before Cornelia woke up from that inexplicable state and murmured to himself, "Is this... still a human? Is this really a human... What on earth is this guy?"
Xiao Ran, who disappeared into the office, condensed his body and appeared in his room in the next moment. The moment he sat on the bed, he lost contact with the Quantum Assimilation state. Then the strong back softened all of a sudden. He stretched out his hand weakly and took off his mask. He leaned softly on the bed and breathed softly.
It didn't take too long to activate Quantum Assimilation this time, and the battles I experienced were not very intense. It's just that without the help of Solar Furnace, some of the successors were unable to do enough. In the past, Xiao Ran had to be weak for a long time when using Quantum Assimilation. The more intense the battle, the more time it took to be weak, and the subsequent weak reaction was also quite uncomfortable.
However, as Xiao Ran masters Quantum Assimilation, a series of sequelae caused by weakness are gradually alleviated. Using Quantum Assimilation in a short period of time will not cause coma. In this situation, after being promoted to S-class Pilot, Innovator Bloodline has been advanced and integrated with Solar Furnace. The side effects are also much weaker, and the recovery speed is much faster.
In the current state, there was no need for him to tell Cornelia that it would take a day or two. It was estimated that he would be able to recover after a night's rest. One of the main reasons for Quantum Assimilation's discomfort was that Mental Power consumed too much. Although Xiao Ran now also consumed a lot of Mental Power, it had not reached the level where he could not recover.
The reason why I told Cornelia like this is not to deliberately test Cornelia. It is impossible for Cornelia who is controlled by GEASS to hurt or betray him. Even now, Cornelia has no idea what her mind is like after being controlled by GEASS. There are some other things in it that make her even less likely to hurt. Xiao Ran, so Xiao Ran did this just in the hope that Cornelia would be temporarily unable to participate in combat and command, because even if the sequelae disappeared, it would take a day or two for Mental Power to completely recover and become the strongest combat power at full status, and it would probably take at least that long to repair the Mazinger Kaiser.
No matter how mild the sequelae were, they did make Xiao Ran feel tired and weak. Not long after lying on the bed, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Xiao Ran slowly opened his eyes and his eyes changed from dazed to clear. He shook his head slightly and sat up from the bed. Then he looked at a corner of the room. A slim figure was sitting in front of a small round table that was not too big. He had his legs crossed, holding a pen in one hand and operating a tablet with the other. At the same time, headphones were hung on his ears and he whispered from time to time.
Xiao Ran's movement of sitting up was also noticed by the slim figure. After taking a look at Xiao Ran, he said something to the earphones, then took off the earphones and turned them off. He stood up and walked to Xiao Ran. He frowned slightly and looked at Xiao Ran: "I woke up, how do you feel?"
"It's much better than expected." Xiao Ran rubbed his head that didn't hurt, looked at the woman in front of him and asked, "When did you come."
Cornelia shook his hair and said dissatisfiedly, "I've been here for a long time, and you didn't notice me coming at all. I've been here to handle official business and didn't wake you up. It seems that the sequelae are more serious than I expected. If you were in your normal state, even the slightest movement would not escape your ears."
"Haha, it was indeed more serious than expected. I didn't even know you had been here for so long." Xiao Ran smiled, but his heart sank slightly. Although the sequelae were alleviated, the fact that he had no sense of Outside World after falling asleep was indeed a big problem.
The previous weakness after turning on Quantum Assimilation was almost always accompanied by someone. Those are completely trustworthy people. Although Cornelia can be trusted, it is still a bit inappropriate. For various reasons There are all reasons. For example, Cornelia doesn't even have the ability to protect himself, which is a big problem. This also reminds Xiao Ran that he must pay attention to this situation next time. He was indeed a little careless this time.
Xiao Ran didn't know Cornelia's thoughts, but seeing Xiao Ran's nonchalant smiling expression, the dissatisfied expression on Cornelia's face became even louder. He raised his voice slightly and said seriously, "Since you know there is a problem, don't do such a thing next time. Britannia is not the only one who can fight."