Chapter 2375: Chapters 2423–2424: Recruitment
Other than Xiao Ran, no one in the command room knew what kind of unit that black fighter was. Outside the command room, however, Lloyd was in a KF transport vehicle. When he saw the suddenly appearing black fighter destroy two aerial squads in rapid succession, his glasses nearly fell from his face. He staggered and slammed face-first onto the table.
Suzaku Kururugi, who had been prepared to sortie but never got the chance, was startled as well. He had already been sitting there in a troubled daze, and the sudden commotion left him blankly watching Lloyd's bizarre performance. Cecil shot Lloyd an annoyed look, as though blaming him for startling Suzaku. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, hehe, nothing. The chair was unsteady." Lloyd adjusted his glasses and narrowed his eyes at the black fighter on the screen. He then wiped away the cold sweat that had broken out on his forehead from the fright. His back felt chilled, and he was seized by an inexplicable panic, yet an excited feeling soon welled up within him.
"This is a fighter. That's right, that kind of fighter. This kind of fighter actually appeared—right before my eyes! This performance, this combat power... incredible, simply incredible. So this is how powerful a fighter built from those blueprints can be. Knight Xiao, the things you gave me were truly extraordinary. You've also given the Empire an enormous gift—a gift that would leave anyone who learned of it dead without a burial place. Hahaha."
*What exactly are you trying to do by giving me that technology? What do you want from having me manufacture those units? What is your relationship with the Black Knights? And what role did you play in today's incident, Knight Xiao? You keep giving me more