After Xiao Ran handed the information on AS units and the Lambda Driver to Lelouch, the latter trusted him even more. To be able to produce something that could truly change the entire world without asking for anything in return—if Lelouch still could not sense Xiao Ran's sincerity, then he would be little better than an idiot.
After hearing Xiao Ran's words, Lelouch nodded. "Wake them up first."
Xiao Ran walked over to the vehicle and slapped the three men awake one by one. Waking people whose minds had suffered such a shock was not easy. The instant they regained consciousness, they had no time to do anything else. They could only clutch their heads and groan. The pain in their heads left their awareness muddled and drained them of all strength; even the sounds they made could only be described as moans.
Lelouch stood before the vehicle. Seeing the three men clutching their heads and groaning in pain, he gave Xiao Ran a strange look. "What did you do to them? Why are they like this?"
Xiao Ran shook his head. "It's an application of Mental Power. Once your mind becomes strong enough, you can use it to strike at someone else's mind. It's a simple method of attacking through the strength of one's Mental Power. They're like this because their Mental Power is too weak."
Xiao Ran kicked one of the three and said, "Talk. Who are you? Why did you infiltrate the Special Administrative Region and monitor Princess Euphemia?"
The three men truly were suffering terribly. It felt as though their heads were about to explode, worse than the headache after a drunken binge. Xiao Ran had experienced that sensation several times himself, so he knew exactly what condition they were in. Although the pain was splitting