Lelouch's POV

As soon as we get back to the Aurora and have bought Ange, Sylvia, Tusk, and Vivian there, we're in the briefing room discussing details like there's another Earth and DRAGONs - no, genetically modified humans living there. According to Ange, they can be reasoned with, unlike the humans in this Earth we lived in, and suggested to ally with them.

She explained that the DRAGONs' objective is to take back Aura, and if that were to succeed, all energy will be cut off. The humans' flow of Mana will stop, along with the entire world.

Everyone is surprised by this revelation, but not me. I knew that would be the result, and I see Sylvia is taking it well.

With this plan, there's no need to open singularities and use Para-mails. All what the Normas are doing by hunting down DRAGONs is giving more Mana.

I like that plan already.

With Salako's invasion operation failed, I have to come with a good plan for this. Good thing I agree cooperation with the DRAGONs because I hope to give them some fun.

Now the votes are in as Jasmine agreed to the alliance, but Rosalie is not liking it. Also, Jill, or Alektra, is not liking this as well.

Two votes for disagreement.

"I don't care about Aura or whatever. Do you think Libertus will be over just because we save a single DRAGON?" Jill asked with disdain.

"It's worth a try," I replied smugly.

"Who asked for your opinion, smart aleck?" she turned to me as she continued.

She said that killing the man who's playing God, Julio, and destroying the world as the only way to free the Normas. She asked my sister that if she hasn't forgotten about the betrayals that had happened like her country, siblings, and people.

As for the second to the last part, Sylvia looked uneasy about it and I put my hand on her shoulder to give her comfort.

Jill even reminded Ange that she hates all humans enough to destroy this world for its discrimination and prejudice as her goal to achieve. The former noticed how the latter has gone soft, and starts believing the DRAGONs might have brainwashed her.

I noticed Sylvia is pissed about this and wanted to say something about it, but I shake her head of not to make a scene.

Anyway, I'm glad Jasmine and Maggie agreed to it. Now that's two votes for agreement.

We'll call it a tie, and I gotta find some way to break it.

The meeting ends with Jill leaving the room to evaluate our intel and I decided to leave as well.

"Ange... Sylvia... I wanna talk to you two," I requested.

We left the briefing room so I can talk to them privately. First, I decided to go with Ange to the clinic in order to get a head start for the plan to invade her former home. Of course, Sylvia will just be outside because I'm going to tell her this plan for later. After we left the clinic...

"Ange, you can go with Tusk," I told her.

"Right," she agreed before leaving me and Sylvia.

"Lelouch, what was that about?" the latter asked.

"You'll learn when something bad will happen to her," I replied calmly and carefully not to give away my plan until the right time.

"You like surprises, don't you, Lelouch?" Sylvia crossed her arms and gave me a dirty look. "Like how you didn't tell me Angelise knew about my betrayal on that night..."

"Hey, I didn't want you to be more alarmed on my part of her escape, and besides, I'm trying to delay that Clovis-lookalike from coming to Arzenal," I explained firmly.

"I... think that's fair," she realized and looked guilty.

"Anyway, forget about that. Ange forgives you, and that's that," I decided to switch to another topic and I saw her looking down. "Any problems, Sylvia?"

"Salia... Ersha... Chris... they have turned their backs on their own," she responded. "Why?"

"How about I tell you this in my room?"

I led her to my room in this aircraft. I can't wait to leave this vehicle with Jill being all crazy not to trust the DRAGONs in forming an alliance with Ange. We sit on my bed.

"For Salia, I think it's because she hates your sister. It's bad enough that not only she doesn't always get the credit, but also she got shot down by her during the invasion," I explained.

"That makes sense," Sylvia agreed while taking a drinking water.

"As for Ersha, how about I elaborate it in this videotape?"

I pushed one videotape to a player where it showed us that Ersha was crying when the Norma kids died during the invasion at Arzenal. Just then, Julio approached her and revived them, and that caused her allegiance to change.

"I don't believe this..." Sylvia said with chagrin.

"Better believe it, Sylvia," I told her firmly. "Finally, for Chris..."

I eject the tape I showed her, and I played the next one where we saw Chris was shot dead when she attempted to go with Hilda and Rosalie. Julio then revived her, and he had her working for him by manipulating her into believing that they abandoned her.

"That is so wrong," Sylvia is not liking what she just seen.

"That's the truth," I told her.

"What are we going to do, Lelouch? How can we get them fighting on our side?"

Good thing I made a flowchart about this matter, so I showed it to her.

"In Salia's case, there's 95% of impossibility and 5% of possibility. Ersha's has 90% of possibility and 10% of impossibility. Chris' has 95% of impossibility and 5% of possibility."

Just then, I heard my microwave finished heating up our food, so I get it.

"Wanna eat barbecue rice with me?" I requested with a smile.

"Sure, why not?" she agreed.

While having dinner, we talk about my plan.

"How about we start on the 90% possibility for Ersha?" Sylvia questioned.

"I think about killing the kids she's taking care of in her daycare at your former homeland," I suggested.

"WHAT?!" she is not liking the idea.

"Hey, those kids had already died during the invasion, so they're just pawns to make her join him."

"How can you tell that?"

"Elementary, my dear Sylvia. You see, Ersha only agreed to work for Julio because she was grateful he revived the kids. If we were to kill them, I'm sure she would come crying to him and begging to revive them, but he will renege her request."

"Really?"

"Yes, really."

"How about Salia and Chris?"

"I'd say for 5% percent, let them see through Julio. I'm sure he'll eventually betray them. As for Salia, let me handle her while Hilda and Rosalie will handle Chris. To be honest, as for Chris, I don't care what happens to her. She already died from the invasion, so she's just a pawn to make her join him. Whatever Hilda and Rosalie do with her, that's not my problem."

"That's all?"

"That's all," I responded to my plan while I drink water.

"But how will we form the alliance with the DRAGONs? As long as Jill leads the Aurora, we can't get through it," she asked.

"That's what I will ask Tusk of and see what will he do," I responded before I try to leave my room. "Try to sleep, Sylvia. You have a tiring day."

"Okay, I will."

I went to the hangar to see if Tusk is there, and he's really there. After he talked to that female engineer, I saw him getting a small gas canister and looking at the air vent.

"Fix it up really well, huh?" he said.

I know what he is thinking.

"I know what you're thinking, Tusk," I approached him. "You're not the only one who doesn't trust how Jill, or Alektra, is running things here. I can tell by how worried you are."

"You can tell that?" he asked me with curiosity.

"Yes," I replied. "Anyway, I only got six gas masks in the bag, so we can only have six people to leave the place tomorrow. It would be me, you, Ange, Sylvia, Momoka, and Vivian."

"Oh..."

"If those Norma would fight in Jill's way, then be my guest. Just be prepared."

I told him the last three words before leaving the area of this submersible.

Just wait until I make my plans.

Suddenly, my cellphone rang, and I got a text message from my spy on the inside. It said: 'What now?'. I responded to the text, 'Keep an eye on the radar for this ship, and my plan will be set.'

I hope things will go so well.