Chapter 121: Virus

As usual, Zero, his followers and representatives of Europia, Euro-Britannia and Britannia were gathered in the main tent (the largest tent) to discuss the latest war developments.

"The liberation of Great Britain is progressing well. In Asia Lord Waldstein freed Ulan Bator. And the southern parts of the Caucasus are also free. " Dietard said.

I can't say the same about my homeland.

Todoh thought.

"Insect bites, unfortunately ... Vast areas of the Earth are still in their hands. " General Darlton stated.

"Napoleon did not conquer Europe in a day, it took him several years." It reminded him of Constance, earning a glare from Cornelia, Guinevere and the British present, with the exception of Lelouch and Euphemia.

Even at this juncture they still think of the humiliation of Edinburgh ...

The girl thought as she bit into a slice of cake.

"True… We too will need years to drive out the invaders. But we must not be disheartened! " General Bartley stated.

"I agree, we must win this war at any cost, or there will be no future for the human species." Nonette, a female knight with short gray hair, blue eyes and lipstick, supported him.

"Unfortunately it will not be easy at all…. Those creatures die hard, and have means equal to ours, if not superior. As if that were not enough, I have received unconfirmed reports that the reptilians are in possession of chemical and bacteriological weapons. " Dietard said.

"Can't you be more specific?" Darlton asked him.

"Unfortunately not, also because the aliens haven't used them yet. Ergo, I can't say if this information is accurate or not ... "

Suddenly Euphemia burped and put a hand to her mouth, attracting the attention of those present.

"Are you all right, Euphy?" Her sister Cornelia asked her. Formalisms seemed superfluous to her in that circumstance.

"I… I'm afraid not. I feel strange." Replied the pink-haired girl.

She let out a new belch as her face went red. Everyone stared at her anxiously.

What has she got now?

Lelouch wondered, sincerely worried.

"II ... I have to go!"

Having said this, the girl left the tent, under the increasingly anguished gaze of the other participants in the meeting. But just in time to do it, she fell to her knees and started throwing up.

"What's the matter with her?" Zero asked.

"Hypothesis 1, she is pregnant; hypothesis 2 is ill; hypothesis 3 ... Alien bacteriological weapons have contaminated it. " Nonette said.

"If the third hypothesis is correct what will happen to it?" He asked.

"I am not a doctor, but a member of the knights of round. However…. I had seen similar symptoms in a horror movie, but the name escapes me now. "

"What ... What happened in that movie?" It was Tamaki who asked her that question.

"The… Infected totally lose their rationality, becoming zombie-like. Whoever gets bitten or hurt by them becomes like them. "

A strong fear seized the present, some of whom shot frightened looks at Euphemia who continued to vomit. Some people had approached her, including Shirley, Villetta and Milly, who were staring at the girl in front of them with a mixture of anxiety and worry.

"What nonsense! There is no virus in the world that has such effects! We're not in a horror movie here! " Guinevere exclaimed.

"Is such a thing realistic?" Ohgi asked.

Dietard replied:

"There is no virus, bacterium or parasite on Earth that can have certain effects, at least not on humans. I heard that this happens to some species of insects, or to plants, affected by ... "

"Cut it short!" Todoh urged him.

The reporter snorted.

"As I said, there is no such thing on Earth, but our enemies come from the darkest corner of the universe (from the constellation of the whale I have heard), and are technologically more advanced than us ... Just think of their immense interstellar fleet , which allowed them to reach various planets ... And to subdue them. So it is likely that their bacteriological arsenal, made up of viruses unknown to us, may contain a zombie virus. "

"And my sister would have contracted it?"

"I'm afraid so, princess. I don't know how much time is missing but for sure it will transform. And if my fears are correct, she will begin to attack whoever is around her, spreading the infection. "

Cornelia nodded.

"What should we do to prevent this?" She asked, although she was afraid she already knew the answer.

"Kill her." Nonette answered her.

In response she received a homicidal look.

"Kill my sister? You're joking, right?"

The Knight of Nine stared at her sadly.

"Nelly, I know you care a lot about her. But soon it will become a ... "

She simulated a kind of verse.

"Zombie! Everything that makes her human will be destroyed: every memory, every thought, her conscience ... She will become a ferocious beast, ready to tear apart anyone who comes within range, including you, spreading the infection. And we can't allow it. "

Cornelia did not initially reply. In her heart she felt dying: Euphemia, her beloved younger sister, was being consumed by an extraterrestrial virus. And there was no way to save her, from what she understood. Human science still could not cure certain terrestrial diseases, how could it remedy an alien, literally unknown?

"Okay ..." She said simply.

"Who ... Who will take care of ..." Kaguya tried to ask, saddened.

"I'll do it!" Zero said.

"Are you sure?" Ohgi asked him.

"Yup. I prefer to get my hands dirty more than to leave certain tasks to another. "Was the answer.

If the king does not move, the subjects will not follow him ...

Meanwhile he was thinking.

He walked over to his half-sister.

"Give me your gun." He told her.

She obeyed, handing him the weapon. He moves away under the gaze of those present, who felt conflicting thoughts.

In order to avoid the outbreak of an epidemic on the island, he is willing to kill his own sister with his own hands ...

Todoh thought.

Lelouch ...

Ohgi thought.

Never misses an opportunity to shed British blood, the terrorist ...

Guinevere thought.

It's like in that dream ... It was a premonitory dream!

Cornelia thought, her eyes filled with pain.


He went out of the tent, but realized that Euphemia was not there.

"Where did she go?" He asked.

"She escape." Shirley answered him.

"In what direction?"

"Towards East!"

Without even thanking, he set out in pursuit.

Forgive me, Euphy…. But there is no other way. Either you or all of us.

He thought, pained.

It broke his heart to have to kill his sister, one of the people he cared about most. A girl with a sweet and kind soul, different from other members of her family.

First Nunnally, then Suzaku ... And now I'll lose Euphemia too!


He found her just outside the camp: she had turned her back and was trudging.

"Euphy!" I call her.

"Don't get close! Stay away from me!" She exclaimed.

"Please stop!"

The girl stopped, turning in his direction. The face looked swollen and the redness had increased.

"Please don't come near! I'm a monster! I'm a monster…"

He didn't reply. he wanted to comfort her in some way, tell her that everything would be fine, but in that circumstance it would have been a colossal lie. Suddenly Euphemia threw up again, then began to emit an angry, inhuman sound. He pointed the gun at her.

"I'm sorry."


A shot rang out in the air.

"What the hell was that?" Shirley asked.

" Zero shot Princess Euphemia ..." Villetta replied.

"But why?" Milly asked, shocked.

"We will find out soon."

After a few minutes, in fact, Zero returned. The people in the camp asked him some questions about what had happened, but he didn't seem to want to answer. At least until Villetta barred his way.

"Did you shoot the princess?" He asked him.

"Yup."

"Did you kill her?"

"Yup…"

"Why? I thought you were the defender of the innocent! How can you have committed such a cruel deed? " Shirley asked him.

Lelouch turned to her.

"I will not accept criticism from those who have abandoned a girl confined to a wheelchair to feed the aliens!" He retorted furiously.

"We were forced! And now answer the question! " Milly demanded.

"I had no choice! You've seen it too, haven't you? "

"Yes, she was sick."

"It wasn't a normal disease, an alien virus was turning her into a kind of zombie!"

"An alien virus? And where does it come from? "

"It is the work of the reptilians! They want to subdue us using biological weapons! "

"And I'm afraid it's not over ..." Todoh said, coming out of the tent.

"What would you say?" The masked man asked him.

"Some time ago, when Japan was still an independent state, I met a scientist, Orochimaru, director of Riken, one of the main national research centers, a great friend of the late Prime Minister Kururugi, Atsushi Sawasaki and other politicians. He designed viruses, bacteriological weapons. "

"So?"

"He explained to me a little about how viruses work. In particular that they could be transmitted in various ways, including by air. "

"Are you saying that the virus that infected Euphemia ..."

"I'm afraid it's a virus that spreads through the air. In this case it could have infected other people, who sooner or later will transform themselves. "

A dull silence fell upon those present, all frightened by what they had just heard.