[Code Geass] Irregular 55

Chapter 55 – 54. The Saitama Ghetto Massacre

Bitten by his army, Cornelia sent out her own bodyguard. Lelouch laughed at Cornelia. She wanted to trample on her belief that the situation could be resolved if the SS were sent out.

Lelouch immediately picked up the radio.

“This is Zero. Only N-1 recovers the identification signal. Act like the Britannia unit.”

It’s like bait.

Cornelia checked Lelouch’s bait with her radar. The staff around them made a fuss.

“It could be a fallen soldier. We need to send a relief force right now.”

At her staff officer’s remark, Cornelia shook her head.

“Kill him. I gave an order to retreat, but he doesn’t listen.”

[Yes Your Highness]

Glaston of Guildford rushed to the object that was listening over the radio and sending out identification signals. A large lance was mercilessly thrust into Sutherland’s cockpit without even checking who the opponent was. The resistance riding inside was also unable to scream and had no choice but to die instantly. Lelouch was amazed. Kill without checking? Then.

“N-2 send a signal again and retreat to the old hospital. R-1 and R-2 hide and shoot the pursuing enemies.”

[I get it.]

The resistance aboard the captured Sutherland responded to Lelouch’s instructions. Cornelia looked at the identified signal once again, she pondered.

Is it a signal again? That means…

As she pondered, Cornelia again gave instructions to her bodyguards.

“There is an ambush in front of it. Reinforce Gloucester and surround it.”

At Cornelia’s command, three Gloucesters appeared behind the Gloucester, which was tracking the identification signal. It seemed to be trying to surround the place where the identification signal was heading. Lelouch, who was checking the radar, finally got a strange feeling. Your opponent was playing chess with you right now.

Won’t you follow me? Dangerous.

“R-1, R-2, Hurry up and retreat!”

Cornelia checked her radar. She made a siege of Gloucester to check it, but when she got to where the identification signal was, she saw nothing. It became fun

Did you read this number? Maybe you’re really dealing with Zero.

Lelouch gradually lost his mind. There was a huge difference between myself and the other person.

“P-2, N-3 turn to the enemy’s rear. What are you doing? Respond!”

I couldn’t hear the radio.

“P-2! N-3! Shit. B-1 B-5 you guys go.”

[Do not joke! There’s no way we can win against Cornelia’s bodyguards!]

Even though Sutherland was captured and given to the Resistance, even though he gave the strength to fight, the Resistance, who lost their will to fight, ventured to escape. There were no people who properly obeyed Lelouch’s orders.

“Surrender! I will not resist any longer!”

“Help me!”

Gilford reported the situation to Cornelia. In front of him, the Resistance, who had been resisting so long before, stood with their hands up.

Cornelia was not troubled. They were the ones who fell for Zero’s trick and killed the Britannia soldiers. Besides, she couldn’t believe her intention to surrender. The opponent is not a soldier, but a resistance. Geneva Convention? We don’t have to keep what they don’t. A grim order was given.

“Don’t let them live. Kill them.”

Gilford had no doubts. If Cornelia had ordered it, it must have been for a reason. He is the spearhead of the empire. It is Cornelia’s knight. Her self-worth shines through when she works properly as a sword.
The minigun attached to Gloucester’s chest part spewed fire. The Resistance, who had lost the will to resist, was swept away. Not a single person survived.

Lelouch was frustrated. Little by little, communication was not working properly. He was completely unaware of the situation at the scene, and it was as if he was fighting using only radar.

“P-6, P-8! What happened! B-7! We need to cover N-4!”

[This is B-7! Found another prey! I have to get rid of this one first!]

Lelouch wanted to faint.

“No! It’s bait! B-7! Obey orders!”

[What are you talking about! If we don’t get rid of it now…]

“Stand back! We’ll attack from above! B-7 command!”

[Aaah!]

The radio was cut off leaving only the last words of death. Lelouch looked at the radio with disgust. Stupid guy But he couldn’t afford to be stunned. As he continued, the situation turned against him.

“B-8, report the situation there.”

While waiting for a radio call, a communication came in first from Britannia’s command vehicle.

[Operation ended. Changed to the 4th formation of the entire army.]

Lelouch couldn’t think. Was he subdued? Already? So simple?

His body trembled with anger and resentment. He wasn’t even game. His self-loathing surged.

Cornelia was relaxed. Cornelia, sitting cross-legged in the head seat of her command car, was elated. This was the difference between herself and the guy named Zero.

It wouldn’t have been possible to do it like it was in Shinjuku. Or maybe she didn’t know that the guy she was dealing with wasn’t zero. She did not rule out the possibility that it was a fake impersonation. But she was fine Because she would know at any moment.

Lelouch broke out in a cold sweat. The gap between Cornelia and herself was not something she could overcome alone. It was a different issue than that.

‘This is organization. It’s too big a difference.’

The difference in organizational power made the difference between winning and losing. Cornelia’s soldiers fully obeyed Cornelia’s orders. Her own resistance did not. There was no trust in each other, no bond. As the situation becomes disadvantageous and life is in danger, the relationship is broken without any help. It was a battle that had to be lost.

[Notify all Nightmare pilots. Open the hatch and reveal her face.]

“Omg!”

Lelouch was startled. How? Fear filled his whole body. And that quickly turned into anger. That Cornelia had been playing with her, she realized now.

Cornelia let out a sneer of her own. She must have been distraught by now. Now, it’s her turn to see the face of the guy who killed her brother.

“Repeat. Pilot, open power hatch and show your face.”

Cornelia thought. It was in this command vehicle that Clovis died. Zero? Came into the command vehicle dressed like that and didn’t get caught? Don’t joke Absolute Zero did not arrive in his command vehicle, fully outfitted. That’s an impossible story.

He took Sutherland from the Britannian Army, and of course he must have entered hiding his identity. Otherwise, Zero had no chance of killing Clovis inside the command vehicle. In the end, there were two parts that could be inferred. Either Zero infiltrated and assassinated him in disguise, or the Britannian army, not Zero, betrayed him.

It didn’t matter how it happened. If today’s victory is a victory from Zero, then Zero dies today. It is nonsense to wage a war without one’s own forces. The opponent did not know the reality. War was not chess. Each person fighting is a person with feelings and thoughts. Soldier? Soldiers are a group that deals with violence, trained to listen to orders. The difference between a soldier and a resistance is that flying.

Lelouch thought. He had to come up with a way to survive in this place. If you die here, that’s it. He probably won’t kill if he sees his face. He would only be repatriated to his home country and sacrificed once again as a scapegoat for diplomacy. The same goes for Nanari. Nanari is an uncomfortable child unlike herself who is fine. If he was judged useless, he could be disposed of.

Even if he doesn’t wear Zero’s mask, his true identity is revealed. Lelouch Vi Britannia. The 11th prince of the Britannian Empire, who was sent to Japan but was caught up in the war and is believed to have died. What if he uses Gears? Stupid. Even if the other person did not get off the Nightmare, it was possible to verify his identity and face. Gears cannot be used against opponents riding in Nightmare. It is a power that can only be achieved through direct eye contact. Then to the infantry or other pilots? Realistically unreasonable There are too many opponents and there is no way to make them look this way. Then? Break through after a preemptive strike? He himself can move the Nightmare, but he is not skilled enough to fight. The opponent is Cornelia’s bodyguard. They are a notorious armed group even within Britannia. Mainly on the enemy side.

[Open the hatch. It’s your turn.]
“Omg!”

While he was thinking about it, Lelouch’s turn came. Lelouch was troubled. Should I open the hatch?

[What are you doing? Hurry up and open the hatch.]
“That’s… The hatch just got a little weird…”

It was a lame excuse even to Lelouch himself. The answer came right back.

[I get it. Then I will open it Turn around.]

If the hatch isn’t frozen, you should be able to rip it off. There are many ways to fix it. Anyway, Nightmare Sutherland is a Nightmare that can be mass-produced after modularization. It is made by manufacturing parts and assembling them. It was a different aircraft from the 7th generation Nightmare Frame Lancelot created by the Special Dispatch Direction Technology Department. It is an incense weapon. It is still the only aircraft in the world that has not undergone any modularization. The Sutherland is an aircraft that can be airlifted and replaced if a part is broken at any time.

[I can’t do that.]
“… All right.”

Lelouch gritted his teeth and replied. There was no way. Are you getting caught here? Haven’t done anything right yet. The one that killed Clovis in the Shinjukugeto? Is that really the greatest achievement of my life?

“Right now…”
[It’s zero! Found Zero!]

Lelouch was taken aback. Zero is himself? When I checked the situation by raising my head, it was there. Really zero.

Zero was standing on the railing of the building that had become His Majesty. Being alone didn’t change. Seeing Zero stand firm without anyone bringing him, Britannia soldiers aimed their guns at him. Cornelia thought. Why does that guy show up so easily? In the middle of enemy lines? Her own prediction seemed correct.

“As expected, Zero seems to have the personality I identified.”

Cornelia was sure. That guy was a narcissistic criminal to himself. In the middle of enemy lines, wandering around alone with no one there.

Due to the sudden appearance of Zero, the pilots who opened Nightmare’s hatch to show their faces closed the hatch again and started moving. Naturally, Lelouch came to a situation where he didn’t have to open the hatch. You have to catch this gap.

[Besiege Zero! Sniper fire!]

Zero on the railing did nothing but stared at the Britannia soldiers. Bullets started flying. Sparks flew on the railing where Zero was standing. Dozens of bullets flew at once and swept the railing where Zero was standing. Zero slowly fell backwards and fell out of the building.

Gilford, who was quietly watching it, asked his master.

“Princess. What would you like to do?”
[Possibility of a trap?]
“I can think of it.”

If there was no corner to believe, there was absolutely no reason to haunt the enemy camp alone. Guilford’s doubts were natural. And besides, he had no way of knowing if it was him or not.

“What is certain is that, according to the Governor-General’s analysis, he is a person with high pride.”

Cornelia thought that the report meant no pursuit.

“Then let’s chase after it.”
“Yes. The fact that he deliberately showed up at the enemy’s headquarters must have been because he had secured an escape route.”
“You are saying that you are sure of yourself.”
“That’s right.”

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Lelouch was in the midst of chaos, abandoning Nightmare and fleeing into the sewer. Due to the sudden appearance of an unknown Zero, he was able to make an escape. It would not be strange to say that it was really luck.

It is different from Clovis. Is that Cornelia? Lelouch decided that the method he had in mind was not very effective. He felt that when he went back he would have to start all over again. He conceded. He was looking at the world too lightly. He had to properly posit his opponent. The opponent is Britannia. It is a superpower that controls a third of the world.

Zero was standing in front of Lelouch, who was running like that.

“Why did you get it?”

Lelouch asked naturally. Because he knew who that Zero was.

“That’s why I told you? If you die, you’ll be in trouble.”

When Zero took off his mask, the green hair he had been suppressing poured down, revealing a cat-like face. It was C.C.

Lelouch felt unfair. He was self-evident that he had lost. But…

“If the conditions were the same, I wouldn’t have lost.”
“A loser’s excuse.”

C.C was laughing at Lelouch. Lelouch had nothing to say. Because he was right. Looking at Lelouch, who lowered his head, C.C opened his mouth.

“Gathering that much condition is also an ability.”

Lelouch clenched his fists. I was so angry. It wasn’t because of C.C.’S vitriol that stuck to his bone. He was angry at himself for creating this situation. He had to be different. He wanted to kill his old self. You want the destruction of Britannia? With just this kind of mindset? It had to be different. In the current situation, it was not enough to hit a rock with an egg. It was as if he, an egg, was charging into the continent of Britannia.

“Then I’ll collect them.”

Lelouch glared at C.C. As if chewing and swallowing it, growling. C.C, who was laughing at Lelouch and throwing Zero’s mask into the air while playing with it, looked back at Lelouch’s voice.

“I will make my army…Human…A country that will not be defeated by Britannia.”