"Massacre? Why?"
Before Lelouch could speak, Suzaku Kururugi beside him wore an expression of disbelief. "You said the Imperial Army is massacring the people in the ghettos!? That's impossible! Because of the terrorists, the order should have been to evacuate those civilians!"
"No, Suzaku, it isn't impossible." Lelouch pulled Suzaku back and looked deeply at the girl still lying on her side on the ground. Restrained in a special suit, she could not stand at all. Even her mouth was covered, leaving only her eyes blinking.
"They publicly claimed that poison gas had been stolen. I'm afraid even the people who took her had no idea what they had actually stolen. If they valued her enough to send so many people after her, then her identity must be extremely special—something that absolutely cannot be exposed. Otherwise, if news of her got out, she really would become poison gas to certain people. In that case, it wouldn't be surprising for them to commit a massacre to cover it up."
Xiao Ran nodded. "That is exactly what happened. This girl is extremely special to certain people, and information about her absolutely cannot be leaked. Carrying out a massacre and then declaring that countless people died from a poison gas leak is nothing more than a simple, routine operation."
After saying that, Xiao Ran crouched beside the green-haired girl, C.C. He smiled faintly as he looked at the restrained girl, undid the suit binding her, and said to C.C, "If you're fine, stand up yourself. I know exactly who you are, so there's no need to pretend to be innocent and ignorant in front of me."
C.C silently glanced at Xiao Ran, then slowly rose to her feet and looked toward Lelouch. However, since she still did not understand the situation, she made