"Let's go." Seeing Suzaku successfully draw away the nearby attention, Lelouch immediately rose to his feet. Rather than running around like a headless fly, he chose a destination with a clear purpose.
The center of Divine Root Island... that was naturally where the security would be tightest. As for finding the highest-ranking leader here and negotiating?
Lelouch gave a bitter smile. With such a massive operation underway, how could mere negotiations possibly resolve the issue so easily? The ideal scenario would be to find the person in charge and seize an opportunity to use his Geass.
Inside the cave, the little black cat lightly rested one paw on the Super Energy Crystal beside it. The covetous expression on its face made it seem as though it might bite into the crystal at any moment... But constrained by its size, tempting as the thing was, it simply could not swallow it in one bite. In the end, the little black cat wore a regretful expression.
It shifted its attention to a pile of ordinary High-Energy Crystals by its feet. These crystals had been cut into smaller pieces, like little candy beans to it.
The entire cave was silent. The Geass-wielding boy on the ground did not dare make any rash moves either. He could not tell whether acting now gave him any chance of success. With that strange bead capable of releasing lightning, the odds of succeeding were far too low.
His Geass only worked on living beings; it was utterly useless against other phenomena. So long as someone was prepared, a sniper rifle outside the range of his Geass could easily take his life...
If this cat were a little stingier, it could simply strike him with a few bolts of lightning right now. Fine—flesh and blood definitely could not