Chapter 26: Indiscreet ears.

Chiburijima Island, 7:45 am

Lelouch and CC were sitting side by side, both chained. Neither of them spoke. To break that silence was the green-haired girl, who said:

"I wanted to protect you!"

In response, the boy spat on the ground.

"Killing Kallen? Blaming me for her murder? Or revealing my true identity?"

"Kallen represented a risk! She could have revealed your secret to someone, and then you would have been in trouble!"

"But would I be safe now?"

"It's your fault! You attacked me, throwing words of hatred in my face! Just me, who has helped you on several occasions! Remember it's also my merit if you got this far!"

"I'm in chains ..."

"I gave you the geass! Without that you would have died in Shinjuku, killed by the British soldiers!"

"I risk death even now. If Todoh and the others find that my geass are real they will be afraid of me, and the fear will turn into hate, with all the consequences of the case."

"If only you had been at the game, instead of getting caught up in the emotion, they would still think Cornelia is the culprit!"

"It wouldn't have worked anyway ... They know it was you who persuaded Tamaki and Kento to rape her."

"I was convinced she would kill them and then flee ... So nobody would know about my involvement."

"And if she had denied the murder of Kallen no one would have believed her ... A clever plan. But she just stomped them before running away."

" Not everything turns out as it should..."

"In any case, Cornelia needs me alive."

"To fuck her?"

"Sometimes your language reminds me of a longshoreman..."

"You did not answer my question."

"I need her as a pilot."

"Pilot?"

"Kallen was our best driver… By killing her, you deprived us black knights of a fundamental element. Now I have to replace her, and Cornelia is the best choice, as a formidable warrior."

CC smiled mockingly.

"She would never have accepted ... And you could not have resorted to geass. You used it once to interrogate her."

"Somehow I would have persuaded her. I'm good with words."

"But now she is on the run."

"For now ... She can't go far, she is stuck on this island."

"She could get a boat."

"Nobody will ever provide it, the Japanese hate the British. Even if he manages to steal one and leave the island, she risks becoming an target for the aliens."

CC smiled.

"Smart as always ..."

That said, she licked his cheek sensually, but he pulled away.

"No, CC ... You don't have the right. You killed Kallen in cold blood. "

"It was for your sake."

"Any relationship between you and me is destroyed forever."

"Would you like to kill me?"

"Killing an immortal witch ... It is equivalent to break my head against a wall.."


Interesting…

Meanwhile, Rakshata thought, who had overheard the whole conversation.


"Kyushu and Hokkaido have fallen ... Honshu still resists, but it won't last long." Dietard explained.

"And abroad?" Todoh asked.

"The Chinese Federation is increasingly in difficulty, it has lost Korea, the islands, the coast, Indochina and almost all of India. In Europe confusion reigns, also due to the Smilas coup. Euro-Britannia is fending off aliens in Siberia, and Britannia, albeit with some difficulty, is also keeping up with them. The same cannot be said of Australia." The reporter replied.

"No wonder ... Britannia is an empire that has many wars behind it ... Its soldiers are the most efficient in the world." Ohgi commented.

"Cornelia hasn't been found yet?" Nagisa asked, wearing a spare uniform.

"The research team has not yet returned." Replied the reporter.

"And Zero? Is what I have heard true? Who is a British prince and who hypnotizes people through a power called geass? And who killed Kallen?" Tamaki asked, who had a bandaged hand.

"Lelouch vi Britannia, a former British prince exiled to Japan eight years ago after the murder of his mother, Marianne. He wore Zero's mask to track down those responsible for the crime and destroy the empire of Britannia. As for geass he even denied that it exists. Same speech for the crime, of which he accused CC. The problem is that we don't know if he is sincere or not ... " The man of miracles said.

"Changing the subject ... The 6 Kyoto families should arrive here during the day. They are our main backers, we can't let anything happen to them ... "Dietard said.

At that moment Rakshata also came, who said:

"Lelouch is exonerated, the murderer is CC."

"Are you sure?" Todoh was doubtful.

"I heard it from herself. She acted on her own initiative, Zero knew nothing about it."

"And what about geass?" It was Ohgi who asked that question.

"Nothing but a hoax, moreover ridiculous."

"It's better this way ... I didn't like the idea of being maneuvered."

"I guess there is no reason now to keep him tied."

"Okay, Rakshata ... Free him."

"And what about CC?"

"Kill her."

"I am a scientist, not a murderer."

"It will mean that I will take care of it. But not now, not right now. The priority is to make the archipelago defensible and I intend to do it as soon as possible."

"Okay ... I'm going."

You owe me a favor, dear Zero ...

Meanwhile, the Indian woman thought.