But this already went far beyond any answer Lelouch had ever received. Sakuradite technology in this world had long since expanded beyond KMFs. Room-temperature superconductivity had allowed high-powered medical imaging, neural signal tracking, precision prosthetic control, and microfield stimulation devices to mature earlier than in an ordinary industrial world. Britannia itself had made tremendous advances in prosthetics and specialized neurological research. What truly set Great Han apart was how it combined these expensive technologies with traditional Han medicine and Takemi Tae's extraordinarily bold treatment system.
The Goryeo internal affairs official handed him another admission document, personally annotated by Lin Cuo.
"The Regent left this before entering the Hive. Your family member's expenses will be covered by the international common defense medical program."
Lelouch turned to the last page, where another handwritten line appeared at the bottom: "If he finds idleness unbearable, the Southwestern Theater review, the design of Area 11's military structure, and the Second Landing Simulation are all short of people."
"That bastard."
The official asked cautiously, "You mean His Excellency the Regent?"
"He knows perfectly well that the terms I find hardest to refuse are the ones that demand nothing."
If Lin Cuo had demanded his allegiance, Lelouch could have refused on the spot. If Lin Cuo had taken Nunnally hostage, he would have unhesitatingly marked him as an enemy who had to be eliminated.
Instead, Lin Cuo had separated her treatment from politics, then set an entire war plan that might determine humanity's survival beside it, as though saying, You don't have to come, but are you really prepared to let someone else do this for you?
That was harder to deal with than a threat. Hearing her brother's tone, Nunnally actually laughed.
"He seems to understand you very well."
"He's just good at dumping work on