[Code Geass] Irregular 25

Chapter 25 – 24. Zero

When Karen received a polite ‘voice’ call from the sour booth, she looked at Lelouch’s arm that she was holding onto.
Different? She said that the person she suspected was not the ‘owner of the voice’?

She said, ‘I made a mistake.’

Karen was desperate. Even so, she saw the figure of him who had spoken to her in a way that made her doubt.

Why?

‘Did he say that to me?’

She said as if she didn’t care on the earpiece as Karen was lost in the flood of doubts that were brewing in her head.

[So that you can come alone to the observatory of the old Tokyo Tower.]

Karen, who came to her senses at the words of the voice, asked urgently.
She was holding Lelouch’s wrist through the shower curtain, so if she said anything suspicious, Lelouch would have no choice but to arouse suspicion, but Karen, who had already lost her composure, couldn’t afford to pay attention to such details.

“Who are you? The thing that stopped the fight… Hey! Don’t hang up!”

The voice was firm. She quickly said what she had to say and immediately hung up on her. Why? Because she considered tracking? So how did you know I was here and call you? That a person who can pinpoint where I am with such precision just hangs up after saying something out of fear of tracking?

No.

The voice comes out this way because you know that you are now in the position of ‘A’.

As Karen twisted her body in excitement, her receiver line moved greatly and the curtain that formed the wall between herself and Lelouch was pushed back. Because of her voice, Karen didn’t know that the curtains had been removed because she was looking at the wall of the shower booth, and Lelouch’s silhouette was also reflected through the curtains. And neither of them realized that the curtain had been removed and the wall was gone, as he turned her head away to avoid peeping at Karen’s body through the cracks that had been revealed as he grabbed her by the wrist.

“Did you stop fighting?”

At Lelouch’s question, Karen finally came to her senses. Lelouch is not a voice. She talked about the battle in front of him. What should I excuse? Karen’s mind was complicated again.
Lelouch, whether aware of Karen’s feelings or not, continued her words.

“Are you a pretty scary friend?”
“That story…”
“Shall I guess?”
“Huh?”

Karen’s heart skipped a beat at Lelouch’s bold words. What? Lelouch, who wasn’t even the owner of the voice, already figured out his identity? If so, it was clear that he was truly a genius, as the academy said.
Karen was nervous. She was the key to what she would say to Lelouch.

“Are you talking about internet games?”
“Huh?”

Karen is dumbfounded. Is this how it goes? Certainly, no matter how many ordinary students have heard the story I have been talking about, it is Resistance. From their point of view, they couldn’t be suspected of being terrorists. Karen shouldn’t miss the opportunity. The sentences that sprung up in her head she spewed out of her mouth at random.

“Yeah right. I was always at home.”

It was a moment when the setting up of a sickly lady was helpful. Karen wondered if this situation was truly a gift from God, and when she was greatly relieved, she naturally let go of Lelouch’s wrist. Lelouch held the wrist that had escaped from Karen’s grip with his other hand and continued.

“That’s why I told you not to bring up the story of Shinjuku. There are strange people on the Internet who intentionally show a video to a child like you if you mention it.”

Ah.

Karen was fooled. It was no different from her praise that her own concept performance was that good, so she felt proud inside Karen.

“But there is. Can you see everything?”

At Lelouch’s words, Karen looked back. As she turned her body toward the wall to answer the phone, Karen’s face turned white when she finally realized what was going on.

Slender shoulders. Narrow waist. Buttocks like a full moon and slender legs without a single scar extending underneath. Everything was being shown to Lelouch. Lelouch turned his back to avoid looking at Karen, who seemed to be a gentleman.

Seeing Karen, who closed her eyes tightly in embarrassment and didn’t say anything, Lelouch let out a sigh of relief so Karen couldn’t hear her. One of these has been resolved.

“I won’t tell anyone. Come out and see.”

Lelouch left the bathroom after Karen didn’t respond.
Sitting in her shower, Karen shook her head in embarrassment when she heard the bathroom door slam shut.

“It wasn’t.”

She told Ougi that she had a suspicious person, but she didn’t. Originally, she should have been ashamed of her mistake, but fortunately. It was because the voice called directly and made an appointment.
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Lelouch and Nanari’s servant, Sayoko Shinozaki, pressed the button on the recorder she was holding with a blank expression. When one of the four buttons was pressed, the recorded voice came out.

[Looks like you were safe, Q-1]

Sayoko, who had been quietly listening to her voice, opened Lelouch’s desk drawer and hid the tape recorder. Returning to the living room, Sayoko only then let go of her dazed expression.

What was it Why was I standing in the living room?
It felt like my memories had been completely blown away at some point, and that was true. Until I was standing in the living room, I had no memory of anything before that.

“It’s strange.”

Ashford family supermaid. The 37th generation successor of the Shinozaki style of ninjutsu. Self-proclaimed SP.

The supermaid, who was secretly protecting Lelouch Vi Britannia and Nanaribi Britannia under the Ashford family’s orders, tilted her head.

What kind of origami should I teach Nanari lady today?
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After guiding Karen, who had changed into Lelouch’s clothes after her shower, Lelouch explained to Karen her work at the student council.

Karen put on a subtle expression when she said that there was occasional paperwork or that most of the activities were event planning.

She did little to no avail on the subject of the student council.

“Something like swapping roles between men and women, or a never-silence party… Like wearing a swimsuit and taking classes?”
“… What is it?”
“President, it’s a hobby. Be prepared for this, because you will soon face it.”

Karen sighed at Lelouch’s explanation. She said it was event planning, so I thought it would be something like preparing for cultural assets, but what the hell is the head of student council president Mirei?
It was a mindset like living life to the fullest to enjoy it.
With such thoughts in mind, when we arrived at the hall where the student council members were gathered, they greeted Lelouch and Karen. Nana-ri opened her mouth as if she was in big trouble.

“Brother. It was a big deal.”
“Why? What’s the matter?”

When Lelouch asked, curious about Nanari’s words, Mirei, who was watching TV with a serious expression, explained instead.

“His Highness Clovis is dead.”
“…”

Know. Because Lelouch himself killed it. I knew it would take time to sort things out due to his sudden death, but it seems that the situation has finally been sorted out now.

Karen, who was listening next to Lelouch, was startled. It was the first time she had heard of it. She recalled the voice of Clovis, who stopped the fighting during the Shinjuku Massacre. It was correct to assume that the killing took place after that.

The fact that the Britannia royal family had been murdered while they were talking about Shinjuku, Karen felt that her mind was complicated again.

‘Clovis is the governor of Area 11. Now that he’s dead, the Imperial mainland will send someone else. Since he was a prince, he must send someone who would not bow down even compared to him.’

While Karen was thinking about that, Lelouch was looking at Nanari with a worried expression. No matter how abandoned the royal family, Clovis was a person who was close to himself and Nanari when he was young.

Since Lelouch’s mother, Empress Marianne, was such a competitive person, it was surprising that there were people who did not respect the Empress Marianne at the time, but Clovis was one of the few young Lelouch’s chess opponents.

Although Lelouch always won.

“Brother…”

Lelouch came to his senses at the sound of Nanari’s voice calling him with an uneasy expression. Lelouch, who approached and held Nanari’s hand tightly, also focused on the news on TV.

On TV, Marquis Jeremiah was holding a press conference.

[His Highness Clovis has passed away. During the battle with Eleven… He died for peace and justice.]

Jeremiah on TV clenched her fists.

[We must suppress our sorrow and accept Your Highness’ will. New information just came in.]

Jeremiah caught her breath once.

[The man suspected of killing Her Highness Clovis has been arrested.]

At the point where I said that, the screen of the TV was switched. A woman who appeared to be a news announcer sat at her desk and continued her explanation.

[According to the announcement, the arrested are honorary Britannians.]

The screen has been switched. I saw a brown-haired man in a prison uniform being led away by soldiers. Lelouch doubted his eyes.

“No way!”

[Private Class Kururugi Suzaku. The suspect is Krurugi Szak, an honorary Britannia from Eleven.]

Lelouch made a shocked expression. Crurugi Szak. The one and only true friend of himself and Nanari who was sold to Japan from Britannia. When he first gained this power he was shot instead of his friend who was knocked out.

He is also the only son of Genbu Kururugi, the last Prime Minister of Japan.

“Oh… Brother… “

Lelouch came to his senses. I saw Nanari holding his own hand tightly.
Nanari knew Suzaku well and also knew Clovis well. Lelouch made up his mind when he saw Nanari, who had a different kind of heart than he did.