"If someone infiltrated the Governor's Mansion, Saki, all you needed to do was protect Euphemia. If you weren't absolutely certain you could kill them in a single strike, then do not act rashly. At least until the Variable Fighter was complete, we had no real strength to contend with the other participants. Before then, we couldn't expose our identity as participants."
"I know." Saki Maski's expression turned slightly serious as well. She understood the current situation. For any group of participants, having great personal strength but no mecha to pilot was a problem. Encountering someone without mecha was manageable; at least there was still a chance to kill them in one blow. But if that chance was missed and the other participants summoned their mecha, Xiao Ran might still have the ability to self-destruct and take them down with him. If she was not fully prepared, however, she could only either die or flee. After all, she was not that bomb-crazed maniac El-Elf.
At that moment, Saki truly missed the days when Luo and El-Elf were around. One could create a mecha from nothing even without one, and could even dismantle mecha barehanded. The other was a top-tier intelligence and operations specialist who could bury an entire army with a single trap. If those two had come on this mission with Xiao Ran instead of her, things would probably have been completely different by now, with them firmly holding the upper hand.
But unfortunately, there were no ifs. In their current situation, Xiao Ran could only stir up trouble openly and use Lelouch's name to see if he could win the support of some participants. In secret, he had to use the Black Knights to draw in other participants, while relying on the Black Knights and the Special Dispatch to