Xiao Ran's plan had never consisted of just one step. Creating True and False Lelouch was merely one part of it—important, but not indispensable. At worst, he could make Lelouch disappear completely, ensuring that the other Legions could never find any trace of him, then let them begin their Legion war in utter confusion over the mission's name. But Xiao Ran's next step was even wilder, even crazier.
With Lelouch, Xiao Ran would simply be able to seize more initiative during the coming mission period and draw upon more borrowed strength—not only the strength native to this world, but also that of the other Legions. Naturally, only Xiao Ran and Saki would know about True and False Lelouch.
As for the real Lelouch—the young man now standing before Xiao Ran—his eyes flickered twice as he stared at Xiao Ran in disbelief.
Lelouch had no way of determining whether Xiao Ran's words were true or false. Though the half-smile on Xiao Ran's face made it seem as if he were joking, Lelouch could sense a faint certainty and truth in his words, as though Xiao Ran really was named Lelouch as well. Yet Lelouch still felt that Xiao Ran's claim was most likely false. He simply did not know what Xiao Ran was trying to do or what his goal was.
Of course, whether a name was real or fake was not important at the moment. It was merely a person's designation. Since Lelouch did not believe Xiao Ran was truly named Lelouch, he naturally assigned him another special label in his mind—something like Sunglasses Man.
After a moment of silence, Lelouch truly had no idea what Xiao Ran wanted. More importantly, they were currently inside a cargo truck fleeing for its life, and Lelouch did not believe he had any