Chapter 2413: First Meeting
Xiao Ran's reminder to Luciano and Monica was merely standard procedure. Logically speaking, a long-distance transfer operation like this could very well be intercepted or attacked by Hostile Faction forces. Of course, while the entire route would basically pass through Britannia's current sphere of influence, that did not mean an attack was impossible. Besides, this world was unlike the original one. There were now so many participants who acted without regard for cost or consequences; anything could happen.
He reminded them in the hope that, should they truly come under attack, they would be able to board their own units as quickly as possible and protect themselves. As for everyone else, Xiao Ran could only do his best to preserve their lives if something really happened.
The conversation that followed mostly consisted of Xiao Ran asking Luciano and Monica about the specific process of the upcoming operation. He had no idea how this mission had been arranged. No one had told him, and he had not asked anyone. He had only just learned from the two of them where they were heading today. For Xiao Ran, the commander of this operation, to know so little was strange no matter how one looked at it.
Thus, after learning that Xiao Ran did not even know the direction of their next steps, Luciano and Monica both showed surprise and confusion. But Monica, with her gentle expression, seemed to understand something very quickly. She suddenly realized it and said to Xiao Ran, "We were notified that Knight Lelouch would be responsible for all the mission arrangements, but we only knew that the first destination would be Area 19, where Princess Cornelia is stationed. The specific arrangements afterward would be your responsibility. We just didn't expect that even you didn't