Time passed quickly. While Di Xue went off to carry out her own plan, Lelouch and Jiu Ming set about another matter.
Curiously tugging at the specialized spacesuit he was wearing, Lelouch glanced at the communicator on Jiu Ming's ear and asked, "Isn't this a little too hasty?"
After asking, he turned back to look at the beautiful blue planet floating in the pitch-black cosmos. This was Earth. Looking at the Moon from Earth and looking at Earth from the Moon were simply not on the same level.
It was his first time seeing such a sight, so naturally he had to savor it properly. And where they currently stood was, of course, the Moon. He found the sensation here passable enough—despite having the physique of a weakling, he could lightly leap three or four meters.
Still, in this environment, once his feet left the ground, he could not help feeling as though he might fall into that black, unfathomable universe. Even though the way they had arrived was incredibly sharp—he had simply followed Jiu Ming into a Gap, and after the scene changed, they were here.
But that did not mean he was unaware of the dangers of space. Standing on a planet was one thing; once exposed to the cosmos, all one could do was wait slowly for death. Whether one suffocated from lack of oxygen or starved to death made little difference.
"How could it be? The timing is just right. Didn't you notice what those aliens were doing?"
Lelouch briefly recalled what he had seen through those two mirrors: the scene of countless robots bustling about... A flash of insight streaked through his mind. "They're preparing to leave this place now?"
"Quite obviously."
"What a decisive choice."
After a brief moment of surprise, Lelouch returned to