[Code Geass] Irregular 56

Chapter 56 – 55. The Black Knights

Shirley was excited. The scenery I saw for the first time through the window of the train was unfamiliar. The seats on the train, which I deliberately paid a rather large fee for, were spacious and comfortable. At the table in the middle, there were snacks and drinks prepared in advance before boarding the train.

“Um. This is the first time I’ve left the Tokyo concession!”
“It would have been nice if Lelouch could have come too, right?”
“Eek!”

Mirei Ashford looked at Shirley with a mischievous grin. Why is Shirley so cute? It was so cute that she couldn’t hide any of her feelings. Mirei shook her hand at Shirley, who grew more and more confused.

“Well, something like this is fine. Let’s talk about the whole thing today while passing the day? There are things like talking about the boy you like.”
“Is there anyone? The chairman has someone like that…”

Shirley glared at her, she asked. As far as she knew, she didn’t like the president, she knew. She was but she was herself. A person who has already been caught by everyone except the person concerned. Mirei shrugged her shoulders.

“Well?”
“…”

If she does it for some reason, maybe she will only have a black history. Shirley guessed. She acted like a president of Mirei who likes to make other people’s black history.

The train entered the tunnel. Suddenly, the surroundings became dark. The light would come on right away, but it seemed to take a little while for the light to come on.

“Omg!”

As it suddenly darkened, Nina, who was with her, gasped in her breath, soaking in her fear. Entering the tunnel was in line with the sound of escaping her concession. Mirei, who already knew that Nina was afraid of the ghetto and Eleven, took Nina’s hand as soon as she entered the tunnel.

“It’s okay. They said that Lake Kawaguchi has a lot of Britannia tourists, so it’s safe. It’s not as scary as the ghetto.”
“Still…”

Nina’s anxiety did not subside. She was like a character who was losing money by listening to her stories while not usually asserting herself well. Mirei smiled confidently to show her trustworthy side.

“Because I’ll stay with you. I won’t leave you alone this time.”
“Yes”

Nina, who finally felt at ease with Mirei’s confident consolation, eased her expression of fear. And the train crossed the tunnel and headed out of the concession. Mount Fuji, the largest producer of sakuradite in Japan. The train ran to Lake Kawaguchi, a lake created by the eruption of Mount Fuji in front of it.

“Wow…”

Upon exiting the tunnel, Shirley exclaimed at the majesty of Mt. Fuji in front of her.

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

When the automatic door opened, the luxurious room inside was revealed. It was a sight that could not be seen in the Shinjuk ghetto. Ougi Group’s leader, Ougi, saw it and exclaimed.

“Why is that? Come in.”

The interior of the vehicle was spacious. Starting with the automatic door, there was a circular sofa and a table in the middle. In the center of the sofa, I saw Zero sitting cross-legged. As the Ougi group entered, Zero continued.

“This is our hideout from now on.”
“What do you mean, is it okay to think that you’re on our side from now on?”

At Ougi’s question, Zero nodded his head. Perhaps because of the mask, the nod was not accurate.

“Ah. We are colleagues.”

After receiving Zero’s confirmation, Ougi felt at ease. The original members who followed him, Yoshida, Minami, and Karen. Sugiyama and Tamaki entered last. Tamaki, who is usually frivolous, exclaimed as soon as he entered.

“It’s amazing~ What is it? This.”

It was definitely a very luxurious and large party car. I had heard that the nobles of Britannia used party cars like that to secretly invite women to play inside. Ougi looked inside the car and asked Zero. How did Zero get something like this?

“How the hell do you do this?”
“He handed it over to me at my request. A playful noble.”
“You asked…”

Ougi judged that Zero did not want to explain properly, but it was true. Zero. Lelouch was right in what he asked for. Gears to the nobles of the playful concession.

“It’s okay. There’s nothing to be caught behind.”
“Hey. Doesn’t it have a second floor? Isn’t it too big? This car.”

Even Yoshida made a fuss about her. It seemed to be paying the price of hanging out with Tamaki often. Ougi had a sore bone. Karen, the youngest here, is also restraining herself as much as possible with her cautious expression, but seeing the two older guys wandering around, she felt the desire to scold her as the leader of the resistance well.

“But on the other hand, being too big can be a blind spot.”

Karen was saying what she felt. Ougi also agreed. What Britannian would think that the Resistance would use such a large party vehicle as a hideout? The atmosphere gradually became more and more friendly. Minami, who is not as serious as Ougi, but has a serious personality, also had an excited voice.

“This vehicle has a TV.”

There was a TV in front of the sofa close to the entrance, and a remote control was placed on the sofa opposite it. Sitting on the sofa, Minami naturally turned on the TV.

[How is the situation at the site?]
“What?”

The news was playing on the TV. Seeing that it says live in the upper left corner, it was a live broadcast. The woman who appeared to be a reporter was talking in the background of a hotel built right in the middle of a large lake.

[This is in front of the Convention Center Hotel on Lake Kawaguchi. The terrorists who occupied the hotel announced themselves as the General Liberation Front…]

“Under?”

Tamaki, who was watching the news, made a stupid noise. Resistance members flocked in front of the TV. Sitting on the innermost round sofa, Zero was looking at the Ogi group who were preoccupied with the TV.

[Members of the Sakuradite distribution council, tourists who were there, and several employees are being held hostage. This is the video sent from the culprit. Not only Chairman James, but also students are shown.]

“Uh?”
“Eh?”
“Eek!?”

A strange exclamation burst out at the Ougi group who were watching it. Seeing their sudden surprise, Zero suddenly wondered what she was surprised to see.

On TV, Shirley, Mirei and Nina were held captive with the others on their knees with their hands on their heads. Here, Karen was initially embarrassed, but she was there to be more embarrassing.

Even when she is on her knees, she looks very tall. A solid muscular body that can be called a murder weapon. Plain face. Even in the situation where her life was threatened, the calmness made her laugh.
Karen was taken aback by the sight of Woojin, but she immediately turned a concerned expression.

“Student meeting…”

Zero, who was sitting on the circular sofa inside her, not paying attention to the TV, listened to Karen.

[The leader of the crime group is a former Japanese soldier identified as Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe. Sakuradite, which is indispensable for the production of room temperature superconductors, is an important strategic material directly related to world security. Here, Area 11 is the largest producer of sakuradite, and the supply in the market is as high as 70%. The international distribution ratio of sakuradite is determined at the Sakuradite producer meeting held here every year. It is no exaggeration to say that the result is the power balance itself between Britannia and other countries. The terrorists seem to have come up with the means of occupying the hotel in view of the great interest of international public opinion about this meeting.]

“Why is that bastard over there? Somehow I haven’t seen him in the ghetto lately!”

Tamaki shouted. Zero, unable to contain his curiosity, got up and walked towards the Ougi group.

“What’s going on?”
“There is someone we know in a hotel occupied by the Japan Liberation Front.

At Ougi’s words, Lelouch, Zero thought. Are you talking about Gamwoojin? I heard that you will be recognized as an official cadet once your status as an international student enrolled at Ashford Academy and your naturalization are decided. Is he over there?

Zero remembered. His movements during the previous cat incident were unimaginable to humans. When I first saw him in the ghetto, I thought he wouldn’t be that important, but now he’s different.
There was no way to know why he, who was helping the resistance, suddenly entered Ashford Academy as an international student in the Commonwealth of China. It was hard for him to even ask. It was because I wasn’t that close with Kam Woo-jin yet.

“You mean that big guy? What’s he like?”

Zero asked casually. Knowing him in the Ougi Group means that you may know his information. Tamaki answered Zero’s question.

“That guy. He says he’s Korean, but he’s a mixed blood between a Chinese man and a Japanese woman. In Shinjuku, he’s called a mongrel.”
“Is it?”

It was the moment when Woojin’s past was revealed. But how did you become so close with Suzaku? More than a month has passed since Woojin entered the school. Like Suzaku, Woojin rarely went to school. When he came to school, he was seen talking to Shirley and Karen, but hardly anyone else. When he asked Suzaku, he only heard that they belonged to the same engineering department. Besides, Suzaku also had a feeling that he was difficult, so he couldn’t carelessly ask.

It was a little different here. When Tamaki saw Ugin’s face, his body trembled.

“He’s a monster. He killed 7 Britannian soldiers with his bare hands in less than 10 seconds. No… Did he use a pistol?”
“What?”

Lelouch was taken aback. The truth about Ujin that Tamaki told me was surprising. During the Shinjukugeto Massacre, Britannia soldiers suddenly burst into the warehouse. Woo-jin came from behind and killed and helped 7 Britannia soldiers in an instant.

‘The talent that needs to be recruited is certain.’

Lelouch thought so. But how? Woojin’s personality itself doesn’t fit well with him. He was first judged as a person who disliked long conversations. He seems to hate men too. How do you know? When he saved Suzaku from being accused of the murder of Prince Clovis, he said something for no reason and then ate a double curse. At that time, Lelouch thought that he should not do business with Woo-jin.

Besides, Woojin is already the one who used Geass at the time of the cat incident.

‘It’s a headache.’

In addition, Mirei, Nina, and Shirley belong to the same student council. I don’t know how he became a hostage like Woojin, but he has to be saved. But how? The Resistance and the Japan Liberation Front are the same people fighting for the liberation of Japan. First of all, I had to bake and boil the resistance from the same Japanese people.

“They’re in trouble.”
“Huh?”
“Oh? Did you hear?”
“What are you talking about?”

Lelouch asked while watching Tamaki talking to himself in front of the TV. Did you get in trouble? Who are you talking about? Hostage?

“You know him. He’s a ‘mongrel’ and he can’t touch anyone in the ghetto.”
“Why?”
“That’s right… When I was bored, I went into the gang in the ghetto by myself and killed them all. The Sakuradite black marketer was also trying to scam him, but 20 or so people attacked him, and 6 people died in an instant and ran away.”
“…”

What is this unreal story?

“But the problem is that this guy is hot-tempered. If you can’t stand it, will you go on a rampage whether or not the hostage dies?”

Lelouch thought she heard it wrong.

“What?”
“I can go on a rampage regardless of the hostages.”
“Under… “

It’s a big deal.