In the reception hall of the Eleventh District Governor's Mansion. Lan
"Zero, do you think this is an ATM that doesn't require a card?"
Cornelia looked at the black-armored man opposite and asked with a not-so-good look on her face.
"I didn't think so."
Lelouch shook his head, denying her statement.
"But that's what you did. You robbed people from the Liberation Front. Now on the Liberation Front, the Four Holy Swords are preparing to go to war with you, but you asked me to help you solve the problem. Do you think this is possible?
Or do you think there is a monster hiding in my shadow, and since I can't do anything with it now, you can use it to threaten and manipulate me? "
Cornelia is not someone who is easily manipulated. Although she has been manipulated twice by threats, she can do it one way or the other. Lan
If Zero really thought that he could control her like a nanny by taking control of her life, then she would not mind fighting to the death with him.
"The Liberation Front is also one of the biggest reasons for the instability of the Britannian Empire's rule over District 11. I have come to you and am ready to cooperate with you to deal with that group of aggressive terrorists. I think This is something that is beneficial to both of us, and there is no situation where anyone is threatening the other or manipulating the other, so why would you use such a reason to reject me?"
Lelouch looked at the other party in no hurry, and even took the time to control the mask under the helmet on his head and taste the black tea poured for him by the maid of the Governor's Mansion.
"An enemy of an enemy may not always be a friend. Compared to the Liberation Front, your zero threat is greater than this.
Instead of stepping in to help you, I might as well just sit back and watch the fight between you two, and maybe I'll be able to benefit from it. "
Cornelia said with a cold snort.
"Don't be stupid, I am destined not to let you benefit from the situation. Now, either you choose to help me and let us solve the troubles on the liberation front, or I take the initiative to give in and not only surrender to the liberation front If the people on the front surrender, they will also help the people on the liberation front to deal with you people on the Britannia side." Lan
Lelouch knew that in the face of the imminent counterattack of the Four Holy Swords, he could not surrender and retreat, nor could he let District 11 continue to fall into chaos, but others did not know his situation, so he could A bargaining chip to fight for based on reason.
Therefore, he moved the problem to Cornelia. Either Cornelia chose to help him deal with four of the six families in Kyoto behind the Liberation Front, or he directly defected to the Liberation Front and dealt with them. Tania's side.
The current situation is somewhat like a triangle of restraint. Lelouch can control Cornelia, and Cornelia can control four of the six families in Kyoto. And the liberation front supported by four of the six families in Kyoto can secretly The means used were not something that Lelouch could handle alone.
"Do you believe I'm going to kill you here?"
Cornelia threatened.
"Then do you believe that after you kill me, you and others will be buried with me?"
Lelouch asked in return. Lan
"The Six Families of Kyoto are not easy to move."
Cornelia was silent for a while before speaking.
"They represent the surrender faction. If we touch them without any reason, it will also shake our rule in District 11."
"In other words, as long as there is a legitimate reason, you can move. Then do you think that for such reasons as liaising with resistance organizations and secretly providing materials and funds to the liberation front, you can move?"
Lelouch asked.
"You have to rely on evidence to speak. If you just make empty words and try to move them by making groundless accusations, that's not enough. Do you have any evidence?"
Cornelia asked, which meant that she had agreed to help Lelouch, but she was just going along with the flow. Lan
"Of course I have the evidence. There are six companies in Kyoto that have secretly made delivery lists of some important supplies over the years. They clearly indicate the type of goods, time, location, delivery person and other evidence. All you have to do is check the physical evidence. You can definitely find solid evidence.”
Lelouch was already prepared and handed over a document he had brought.
"How do you have these things?"
Cornelia looked through it and asked, but she immediately realized that she had asked a stupid question.
The Kirihara and Kagezaki families among the six families in Kyoto did not hide that they were clearly helping the Black Abyss Knights to transport supplies.
In this case, it is really not too difficult to get this material delivery list from the other four of the six former allies in Kyoto.
"Aren't you afraid that I will wipe out the other two families as well?" Lan
Although there is no record of the participation of the Kirihara and Kagezaki families on the list in hand, the six Kyoto families can be considered to be in the same boat after the surrender. If the Kirihara and Kagezaki families were not involved in the past, Cornelia absolutely doesn't believe it when it comes to delivering supplies to the Liberation Front.
The only possibility is that the six families in Kyoto have now split into two parts. One part has defected to the Black Abyss Knights, that is, the Federation, while the other part has not defected to the Black Abyss Knights and is even in a hostile situation with the Black Abyss Knights. .
Cornelia didn't understand what was going on inside, but she could tell from the current situation, but she didn't know what the other two families' weight was on Zero's side.
"It doesn't matter to me if we suppress them all together. Even if these inherent rights classes continue to cooperate, their own selfishness will be much greater than the power we have cultivated ourselves.
However, as you just said, we need to adopt gentle methods towards the forces that sincerely surrender to us in order to stabilize people's hearts.
Therefore, the other two families can be eliminated, but I do not recommend that you do so. Keeping them will not only facilitate you to receive the forces of the other four families to be eliminated, but also facilitate me to use them as a buffer zone for continued cooperation with you in the future... …”
Before coming, Lelouch had already met with the heads of the Kirihara family and the Kagezaki family. After confirming that they wanted to join the Federation, or the national master, they had already divided their families, but it was Some of the fire was smuggled to the Federation, while the rest bet their fate on the future. Lan
In other words, if the teachings of the Moral God Cult can spread in District 11 and change the situation of discrimination and unfair treatment of people in District 11, then these people will be ready to die. Prepare.
In a sense, the Kirihara and Kagezaki families, plus Kagura Ye, are also a group of lunatics, but their ideas are not extreme. They are a group of alternative idealists who hope to find a way for their nation. New way out.
Cornelia thought for a long time and nodded in agreement with Lelouch's suggestion, but she also made her own request: "Zero, I can agree to cooperate with you on this matter, but I need to know your true identity!"
Part of Cornelia's compromise with Lelouch was out of helplessness as her own safety was being held hostage, but part of it was out of curiosity to explore the truth behind it.
She was somewhat confused about the root cause of the secret mobilization of the army at the highest level in Britannia.
Previously, she wanted to return to the capital to meet her father to ask why, but she was rejected by the capital. She was assigned to be the deputy governor of District 11 without even meeting her father, Charles.
On the surface, he is the deputy governor, but in fact, some of his responsibilities include temporarily settling the Britannia Army troops mobilized from various regions. Lan
【true colors? Did Princess Cornelia guess something? Did I expose something? It’s Euphemia...]
Thinking of this, Lelouch's thoughts paused.
[Forget it, I will ask her some things about my mother and concubine anyway, and it will be a matter of time before her true identity is revealed. 】
"Yes, but only after it's done!"
Lelouch nodded and made a condition.
"That `s a deal."
After taking a deep look at Zero, Cornelia agreed. Lan
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That afternoon, Clovis received the news that he was celebrating his birthday and planned to hold a banquet.
"Sister Huang, my birthday is still more than half a year away!"
Clovis came over.
"Then consider me, the elder sister, and now I'm organizing a make-up banquet for you, the younger brother."
Cornelia didn't care what her younger brother thought. The birthday party was just a pretext to gather the heads of the four targeted families out of the six families in Kyoto.
As for whether it has any effect, let's put it this way. As far as Cornelia knows, since Clovis became the governor of District 11 four years ago, every time he held a birthday party, others would show their respect and come to attend. This is true even for the heads of the six Kyoto families. Lan
The reason is also very simple, that is, her royal brother Clovis is a sensual guy. He pays great attention to appearance and is a petty person. Others are afraid of offending him and being put in his shoes.
"Second Princess..."
"What?"
"I didn't expect you to have such a gentle and feminine side!"
Clovis said with some emotion.
Hearing this, Cornelia's face turned dark, she pointed at the door of the room and shouted: "Get out!"
No one saw this scene that reflected the deep love between siblings. When the Lieutenant Governor planned to host a birthday party for the Governor that he had not been able to attend in the past, no one outside doubted the affection between the royal siblings of the Brittanian Empire. . Lan
Although the Konoe, Ichijo, Nijo, and Kinoshita families felt a little strange, the invitation letters were all sent to them. In order not to offend the governor and deputy governor openly, they could only bring people over to celebrate each other's birthdays. .
Not surprisingly, as soon as the heads of the family arrived in the Tokyo concession area, they were directly arrested by Cornelia on charges of collaborating with the enemy.
And Britannia's army in District 11, under the leadership of the other two leading parties, quickly took control of the direct forces under the control of the four families.
On Honshu Island, the Liberation Front had just received the first batch of materials to expand its peripheral members by two thousand. The Four Holy Swords organization, which was now in charge, suddenly found that the financial backer behind it had fallen, and the remaining supplies were directly blocked.
"Mr. Todo, what should we do now?"
The Four Holy Swordsmen who came over to ask had sad expressions on their faces, but the real question they asked was whether they wanted to raid and rescue the financial backer.
"People must be saved (if we don't save them, the liberation front cannot survive), but how to save them is a big problem." Lan
Todo Kaishiro had a headache, and the logistics terminal was directly blocked. He had never encountered such a disadvantaged situation in his life.
"How much supplies do we have now, and how long can we last?"
he asks.
"The supplies are only for one week. If we cut down on clothing and diet, it can last for about half a month."
Chiba Nagisa replied that within the Four Holy Swords, she is responsible for logistics management.
“Districting is just slow death.”
Bu Bu Qiaoxue said so. Lan
"But if you directly fight to save people now, there is a high probability that it will be a dead end."
Asahina realized and analyzed.
"Britannia's official regime in District 11 dares to spread the news of the arrests of the four major families. I'm afraid they are waiting for us to rescue people. It is just a trap."
"Then what should we do now? If we don't save it, we will be out of supplies in half a month at most."
"It's all the fault of those arrested guys. They want to use us as swordsmen. The supplies are usually enough. If there are enough supplies left now, we will have more time to think about countermeasures. "
Just when the Four Holy Swords had a headache and didn't know what to do, and as the leader of the Four Holy Swords, Kaishiro Toudo was preparing to fight, they suddenly received news that according to rumors, the Kyoto Six had completely surrendered to the Britannia Empire. Communications between the other two families.
Emperor Kagakuraya and Zero appeared on the screen, talking to the senior management of the Four Holy Swords headed by Kaishiro Toudo for more than an hour. The Four Holy Swords organization, which had been cut off from supplies, changed its original shape under a situation of half threat and half inducement. He took a hostile stance and joined the Black Abyss Knights. Lan
It turned out that Kaishiro Todo's declaration of war was actually only done under the coercion of the Four Families of Kyoto. He and the Four Holy Swords themselves had no intention of helping the people of District 11, rebuilding their living environment, and providing relief to the large number of unemployed people. It means that the Knights of the Black Abyss, where people from District 11 work, are hostile.
Of course, there are worries, that is, they are worried that what the four Kyoto families who were arrested may be true, the Knights of the Black Abyss and the remaining two Kyoto families who have not been arrested are actually just fights between Britannia and the Federation. Under the guise, they have completely surrendered to the Brittanian Empire or the Federation, and they are the ones who lead the party in preparing to exploit their compatriots even more.
It's a pity that neither Kaishiro Toudo nor the Four Holy Swords organization he leads have any choice but to use such useless harsh words as "If things are not like this, they will rebel". Under the persuasion of the princess, she gave up her final resistance.
Before the turmoil broke out, some members of the rogue resistance organization on Honshu Island died unconsciously in their sleep and were transformed into black abyss demons, thus ending.
The Liberation Front was completely liberated. Lelouch formally unified the members of the Liberation Front who had gathered together, and the organization was renamed [The Eleventh District Branch of the Moral God Cult], and the Knights of the Black Abyss became the Guardian Order.
