Chapter 25: Collaborationists.
CC was approaching Lelouch threateningly, when suddenly she was blocked by Todoh, who grabbed her by the arm.
"I didn't give this order!" He warned her.
"Drop me, asshole! I have to kill him now or he'll do more damage!"
"No!"
"Are you hypnotized too, by chance?"
"If I were, I wouldn't have let Lelouch get chained."
"Girl, your haste to kill Lelouch makes me suspicious ... It almost seems that you want to close the mouth of an uncomfortable accuser." Rakshata stated.
"He killed Kallen! It cannot go unpunished! "
"You are the culprit! You killed her in cold blood! " Lelouch retorted, furious.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! Until this matter is cleared up, consider both of you under arrest!" Todoh exclaimed nervously.
Lhasa, 6:30 am
Tianzi was having breakfast with Shinku, Zhou and Miroku.
"I hope you enjoy the food." Said the monk.
The empress nodded, biting into a sandwich with the chocolate cream.
"Glad to know."
He stroked her little head, earning a dirty look from Shinku, who had certainly not forgotten the obscene proposal that the bonze had made to the venerable Tianzi the night before.
"You are Japanese, right?"
"Exactly, Miss Zhou. But the Chinese Federation is my adopted homeland. "
"How long have you lived here?"
"For about 7 years. Ever since Britannia annexed Japan."
"I figured ..."
"At the time, my heart broke when I left my homeland ... But the alternative was to become a number, with all the necessary problems. The first few times were difficult, but since I have lodged here at the monastery, I feel good. "
"Why didn't you escape to the Europia?"
" Europia? I admit I thought about it, but I would have had great difficulty integrating into such a different society ... Furthermore, following the outbreak of the war between the EU and Britain, the European government locked the Japanese in the ghettos, discriminating them as the British do."
"I understand ... It would have been like going from the pan to the embers."
" We risk ending up in the embers anyway." Shinku intervened.
"It refers to aliens, doesn't it?"
"Exactly, Mr. Miroku. Unfortunately the news from the east is not good. Aliens have occupied the entire east coast, including entire peninsula of Korea. They are also rampant in India and Indochina, where they are supported by local separatist movements." The young man explained.
Zhou reached out to her smartphone, showing the other two a video from Weibo, showing a battle between Chinese forces and alien invaders in the city of Agra, famous for hosting the famous Taj Mahal. In the video you could see some T99 tanks and Gun-Ru frames firing at alien armored vehicles. In another scene, a Chinese soldier lying on the ground was beheaded by an Indian rebel.
"Why do Indians help aliens?" Miroku asked, perplexed.
"Because they see them as liberators…. For them the real invaders are us Chinese, who occupy their land."
"Do they really think there is a place for India in alien-dominated Earth?" The monk shook his head skeptically.
"If they seriously think they are crazy or deluded." Shinku gave him support.
"If it goes on at this rate the whole China will fall." The girl said darkly.
Nobody replied to that statement, which could prove tragically realistic.
