Vermilion Bird was a little confused by Xiao Ran's question. He didn't know how to answer it at all. Doing it would be wrong, but not doing it would also be wrong. Doing it would give some people a better life, but it would also sacrifice some innocent people. On the other hand, if he didn't do it, both sides would die. This was a choice that Vermilion Bird couldn't make.
On the other hand, Lelouch remained silent because such a thing was definitely possible in the Empire because the people of the Empire didn't treat the civilians of the occupied territories as the same as them. Although the Empire didn't mind showing false benevolence to the outside world during normal times, when their interests were affected, even the pretense would no longer exist.
Vermilion Bird didn't know how to choose. He felt dizzy and retorted loudly in Xiao Ran's direction. "No … Impossible. The Empire wouldn't do such a thing."
"Is that so? Then tell me, who was the one who massacred the civilians?" Xiao Ran smiled faintly and said, "I'll tell you the reason for the massacre for now. It's because the Resistance seized a very dangerous object from Culovis, the girl you saw before. The girl has an extraordinary identity in the Empire, but she was secretly captured by Culovis."
"Once other people in the Empire find out that the girl is in Culovis' hands and has been captured by him, Culovis will be punished cruelly. So in order to hide this matter, Culovis ordered the massacre of the civilians. This is actually the same question I just asked. Are you willing to fight for the interests of the minority and slaughter the civilians who belong to the Empire with you, or are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the future of the majority?"
"Actually, at the end of the day, the Empire is just a country that has been distorted and is stubbornly moving toward a goal under the control of a group of people. Anyone who blocks the way and tries to change the direction must die. If you want to change the Empire based on what you think is the right way, the only thing you can get is death. And do you think you can do it alone? With your strength that can't even kill a chicken, do you really think you have the ability to change this country? "
Xiao Ran's words were heard by Vermilion Bird. However, this stubborn fool had extremely lofty ideals in his heart. He wanted to use the right method to change the Empire and turn it into a society of people. Even though he knew that Xiao Ran was right, in his opinion, it was because the Empire hadn't started to change yet. The Empire could still be changed. Even if some sacrifices were to be made in the process of change, it was unavoidable.
Therefore, Suzaku Suzaku gave Xiao Ran her own answer. "I won't kill civilians, but I will do everything I can to change this country, even if it costs me my life. Because this is the right thing to do, and this is the rule."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a good dog." Xiao Ran shook his head and chuckled as he looked in Luluxiu's direction. He asked, "Say, if this brat were to receive an order from someone in the Empire to kill Nunnally or you, would he do it?"
"What?" Suzaku Suzaku was stunned when she heard the familiar name that Xiao Ran said. She turned her head and looked in the same direction as Xiao Ran. Her body began to tremble slightly. She raised her hand and pointed in Luluxiu's direction. She was stunned and said with a trembling voice, "You … You … Luluxiu? This … How is this possible? How can you be Luluxiu? "
"Sigh." Luluxiu was shocked when Xiao Ran exposed his identity. However, after seeing Suzaku Suzaku's current state, he sighed softly and took off his mask. He looked at Suzaku Suzaku calmly.
"Luluxiu …" Suzaku Suzaku couldn't believe what she was seeing. She was extremely agitated and directly rushed in Luluxiu's direction. She grabbed Luluxiu's collar and said, "How can it be you? How can it be you? Why did you do such a thing?"
"Let go." Luluxiu's tone was extremely cold. He waved his hand and slapped Suzaku Suzaku's hand away. He looked at Xiao Ran with a dark expression and said, "Now you know that I'm the one who killed Culovis. I'm the one who helped the resistance and civilians escape from the Empire's massacre. Now, I'm the one who saved you. I've returned everything I owed you. Now, I'm going to ask you one last time. Are you willing to become my true companion and join the Black Knights?"
Suzaku Suzaku Suzaku's hand was forcefully slapped away. Feeling the pain in her hand, Suzaku Suzaku stared blankly at Luluxiu who she seemed to have never met before. She subconsciously took a step back and didn't notice that she slipped and fell on her butt.
"Luluxiu …"
"Suzaku." Luluxiu breathed softly a few times and took the initiative to reach out to Suzaku Suzaku to pull her up from the ground. "Suzaku, there's nothing to hesitate about. The reason why this world and this country have become like this is all because of the distorted Brittalia. Believe me, it's impossible to change Brittalia from the inside. This country is completely rotten from the inside out."
"If you want to change this country, you can only rely on external forces to destroy it and completely remove the rotten and distorted parts. Even if a war breaks out because of this, this is the only way to rebuild this country from the inside. This is the only way to change this country."
"Vermilion Bird, join us and become our true partner. For me, for the 11th District, for the countless civilians living under the cruel rule of Britalia, let us change this world together."
"Luluxiu …" Suzaku Suzaku slowly lowered his head. After a moment of silence, he gently shook his head. Just like how Luluxiu slapped his hand away, Suzaku Suzaku also slapped Luluxiu's hand away and stood up from the ground. "No, I won't join you. Your actions will only increase the conflict between Britalia and the 11th District. It will only cause more innocent people to be involved in this conflict. It will only make the Empire angrier and their attitude towards the 11th District worse. It will also cause the civilians who were originally able to live to lose their living environment completely. Joining you will only bring about war. I won't join you. I want to use my own methods to change this country …."
"The next time we meet, Lulu … we will be enemies …"
Xiao Ran was stunned when he heard Suzaku Suzaku's words. Nowadays, there were very few things that could make Xiao Ran stunned. However, a fool like Suzaku Suzaku almost made Xiao Ran forget what he was doing.
Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows and looked at the guy with incomparably firm beliefs with a strange expression. He suddenly felt that this fool seemed to be worthy of admiration. Although in Xiao Ran's opinion, Suzaku Suzaku Suzaku's choice was really stupid and was destined to embark on a lonely path that others wouldn't understand. However, to be able to persist in his choice and ideals and not be affected by any external factors, this was really admirable.
Xiao Ran slowly walked to the side of the two and looked at Suzaku Suzaku Suzaku with a strange expression. "This kind of weirdo who is rushing to be someone's loyal dog is really rare now. Of course, this is really admirable. If the object of loyalty can be changed to me, then I will admire such a person very much. Should I say that he has a pure heart, or should I say that he is stubborn? Or perhaps it is because he has lofty ideals that he can be so firm in his own ideas. Even if he is his friend's enemy, even if he is the enemy of the world, it is admirable but also extremely laughable. What do you think, Luluxiu?"
"It's indeed admirable, but it's also a stupid choice." Luluxiu held his mask with his right hand while covering his eyes with his left hand. He didn't have much patience with this friend of his, especially after his identity had been exposed. This was because Vermilion Bird had become a dangerous factor that could affect his future plans and his and Nunnally's safety.
Luluxiu didn't want to use normal methods to convince Vermilion Bird. Instead, he was going to use GEASS's power to deal with Vermilion Bird. He could either use GEASS's power to make Vermilion Bird forget what happened today, or he could use GEASS's power to make Vermilion Bird his slave.
And now, even though Luluxiu had made up his mind to use GEASS's power on Vermilion Bird, he couldn't decide how to do it.
Luluxiu might hesitate, but Xiao Ran wouldn't. To him, Vermilion Bird could indeed be a useful tool. He also had a way to turn Vermilion Bird into a tool, but if Vermilion Bird was really stubborn, Xiao Ran wouldn't show any mercy to Vermilion Bird. Besides, Vermilion Bird was someone who had nothing to do with him to begin with.
"There's about an hour before the trial starts. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the military court from here, so I will use the remaining 40 minutes to change you." The corners of Xiao Ran's mouth curled up slightly. He reached out and slowly took off the sunglasses on his face, revealing a pair of dazzling eyes in the dark.
The same bird-shaped rune appeared in his eyes at the same time. Under Luluxiu's astonished gaze, the bird-shaped rune seemed to have flown out of Xiao Ran's eyes. It was accompanied by a huge mental pressure that enveloped Vermilion Bird. In an instant, Vermilion Bird's eyes turned blank. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and a timid expression appeared on his face.
“GEASS！？” Lu Luxiu muttered to himself as he looked into Xiao Ran's eyes. Although Xiao Ran was not the one who was using the Geass power to exert pressure on Lu Luxiu, Xiao Ran's immense mental strength and the Geass power's domain nature made Lu Luxiu feel the immense pressure that Xiao Ran was emitting. He even felt the urge to lower his head, kneel, and submit to Xiao Ran, not daring to look at her directly.
"Kneel!" Xiao Ran yelled. Vermilion Bird was at a loss and timid. It knelt on the ground as if it did not understand the situation at all. Xiao Ran only used mental pressure and the GEASS's ability. Under the influence of his huge mental strength, the GEASS's power was almost unleashed to the extreme. Xiao Ran did not even need to use psychokinesis or mental shock to make the Vermilion Bird's mind collapse. It was forced to submit to Xiao Ran's mental pressure.
After using this ability, although Xiao Ran's expression did not change much, he frowned slightly. He did not really use his GEASS (King's Strength), so he did not really understand the function of this ability. This time, Xiao Ran truly understood the effect of this ability.
The so-called active effect of this ability was the forced submission of the target. However, this kind of submission had a certain time limit and distance. If Xiao Ran stopped using this ability on the Vermilion Bird, and the Vermilion Bird was too far away from Xiao Ran and completely out of the range of his mental strength, then the Vermilion Bird would gradually return to normal and finally break free from the state of submission. However, with Xiao Ran's mental strength, it would not be easy to completely break free from the state of submission. It would take a very long time.
However, if the Vermilion Bird was constantly within the range of Xiao Ran's mental strength, it would basically be impossible for it to recover from the influence of Xiao Ran's power. Such an active ability seemed to be a little weak due to the limitation of distance and time limit. Moreover, the extent of its influence was not direct. The strongest effect would only occur when the Vermilion Bird had just been hit. According to Xiao Ran's estimation, the Vermilion Bird would gradually regain its senses in about a few minutes and clearly know what it was doing. However, it would still be affected by Xiao Ran. Although it could not completely obey Xiao Ran's orders without loyalty, at least it would not dare to point its sword at Xiao Ran. Of course, Xiao Ran might not be able to do anything to the Vermilion Bird.
Compared to Luluxiu's hard control ability, Xiao Ran's GEASS active ability could only be said to be soft control. However, this active effect had another function, and that was to leave a shadow in the heart of the user. The longer the shadow was affected, the faster it would grow until it became the most majestic figure in the heart of the Vermilion Bird. It would gradually change its mind and become the most loyal subordinate of Xiao Ran. It was at least several times faster than simply using the passive effect to influence change.
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