Xiao Ran was calm and composed, as though today was the first time he had met Knight Koji and had never taken him seriously, utterly unconcerned. This was not an act, but Xiao Ran's truest mood and thoughts at that moment. Knight Koji might have believed that he had joined Xiao Ran and Lelouch's faction, but in Xiao Ran's eyes, the Crimson Knights were merely a tool that could be used. If they were obedient and useful, Xiao Ran did not mind sparing their lives, just as he had done with the Overlord Legion, incorporating that legion of unknown scale within the Super Zone as a subordinate legion.
But if the Crimson Knights refused to obey and did things Xiao Ran found difficult to acknowledge or accept, then once their usefulness was exhausted, the Crimson Knights would naturally receive an outcome that ensured they would remember Xiao Ran forever and regard him as a nightmare for the rest of their lives.
So at this point, the Crimson Knights were merely a tool, a tool on the scale of an entire organization. As for the individual members of the Crimson Knights, they were not worth keeping in Xiao Ran's mind, much less receiving any attention. Fundamentally, Xiao Ran had never truly considered the present Crimson Knights to be on his side.
Bismark did not continue with the pleasantries, and Knight Koji likewise did not waste any more time. After Bismark brought up the mecha, he directly led Xiao Ran and Bismark to another building in the base—a cluster of several enormous warehouses built together.
As soon as he entered through the warehouse doors, Xiao Ran saw a red-painted mecha lying sideways on the floor of the warehouse, which stood roughly seventeen or eighteen meters high. It was lying down because it