Hey everyone and get ready for this chapter. This will be part two of the Babel Tower incident and the end of it as well, I will have Zero show everyone his return and the Black Knights restart their battle against Britannia, along with some more differences to the results. Also, you will now see another instance of Euphie playing a role in the story, I hope you all like it.
25. Plan For Independent Japan.
Within the Tokyo Settlement, a short distance away from Babel Tower was the Chinese Federation consulate, it was a building around a small area in the Settlement that had a Chinese styled palace building made to house the High Eunuch and Xingke, along with the soldiers they brought with them. The consulate itself was actually Chinese Federation soil and was a location that Britannian authority had no jurisdiction. And right now Viceroy Calares was there outside the building while the delegation from the Chinese Federation was inside. Soon Guilford approached Calares and informed him of the situation at Babel Tower.
"The terrorists are staging a counterattack?" Calares asked shocked. "And what's more, you're saying that it's the Black Knights?"
"Yes, we've confirmed the Black Knights are the instigators, reports of both the Guren MK II and the Agravaine have also come up," Guilford said. "Furthermore, it seems that they've managed to capture some of our Knightmares."
"That's disgraceful," Calares said. "This means that the perpetual cease-fire between us and them this past year has been broken, but why today of all days when we were attempting to end their connection with the Chinese Federation?"
"Still, their numbers are small, and this means we have a just cause to counterattack against them." Guilford reasoned. "But if Soul is leading the attack our forces could be in great danger. If I could possibly join the battle."
"No, you're still a guest here and under our protection. As Viceroy, it's my place to go out there." Calares said.
"But…" Guilford replied while Calares turned around to look at the room the High Eunuch was in through a screen door.
"I don't like the spices in Chinese food. However, I might enjoy it." Calares said with a smirk.
"Huh…" Guilford seemed confused.
"A manhunt." Calares clarified.
Babel Tower
Inside a hallway in Babel Tower, A Sutherlands piloted by a soldier was driving through looking for an enemy. At that moment The Guren burst through the wall and grabbed the Sutherland with its Radiant Wave Surger by the Sutherlands head and pinned it to the wall.
"Let me see you burst, Britannian!" Kallen roared before activating the Radiant Wave Surger.
Once activated the Sutherlands started to swell up and exploded, killing the pilot within.
Babel Tower Control Room
"Well done, Q1. Now, head up to level 21." Lelouch ordered while contacting Kallen in the control room.
Lower Floor Of Babel Tower.
On one of the lower floor, a small group of three Sutherlands were driving down the hallway, unbeknownst a Back Knight member was hiding in a spot by the route they were taking and reading to fire an RPG.
"P4, block the stairway," Zero ordered, contacting the Black Knight.
He fired his RPG and it hit a plastic explosive on the ceiling, causing it to detonate and destroying the stairway in front of him.
On a different part of Babel Tower, one Burai piloted by a Black Knight was being chased by three enemy Sutherlands.
"R5, left, 30 degrees," Zero ordered, contacting the Black Knight.
The Burai turned around and aimed a missile launcher at the Sutherlands, after getting at a safe distance it fired missiles at the enemy Sutherlands and destroyed them.
On another part of Babel Tower, Urabe was piloting his Gekka through an empty hallway, with no enemies in sight.
"N1, fire barrage 50 meters ahead angle toward the ceiling," Zero ordered, contacting Urabe.
Urabe had his Gekka aim its Wrist-Mounted Gun at the ceiling above him and opened fire. On the floor above him, there were four enemy Sutherlands and the floor beneath them suddenly collapsed due to Urabe's shooting, thus taking them out.
G1 Mobile Base
Inside the G-1 Mobile Base, a group of five staff officers were on the bridge and looking at the monitor to see the situation of the battle inside Babel Tower. Right now they could see that their side was rapidly losing forces one after another and this caused them to panic.
"Contact lost with Lord Emilio." A staff officer reported.
"Change I.F.F. codes!" A second staff officer ordered.
"We have. Five times already!" A soldier replied.
"Ortiz unit wiped out." A third staff officer reported.
"Outrageous." A fourth staff officer responded.
"Who's directing these terrorists?!" A fifth staff officer asked in a panic.
"What are you doing?" Calares asked entering the bridge.
"Viceroy…" A soldier said as they all turned to see him enter.
Babel Tower
Back inside Babel Tower, Urabe was still driving his Gekka with his Revolving Break Sword drawn and ready to cut down another enemy.
"So, Zero and Soul really are just students, huh?" Urabe asked himself, within his Knightmare. "Well, he is something special!"
After saying that, Urabe saw an enemy Sutherlands and used his Sword to slash it in two.
On one of the upper floors of Babel Tower, a large number of Black Knights were standing their and Lyre was with them. Sutherlands were brought in front of them and Lyre addressed the Black Knight members before entering one.
"More stolen Sutherlands have been supplied for us to use. Get on them fast and wipe out the enemy!" Lyre ordered them.
At another point on the Tower, a Burai was shooting down an enemy Knightmare.
"With both Zero and Soul here, we can't lose!" A Black Knight said proudly.
Another Burai fired its Slash Harkens at an enemy Sutherland and blew off its head.
"The Black Knights are finally back at full strength!" Another Black Knight said.
"Damn terrorists!" A Britannian soldier said before ejecting from his Knightmare.
Babel Tower Control Room
In the control room, Lelouch was watching the situation of the battle going on in the Tower with the large monitor that showed more enemy signals being lost. He was pleased that everything was going in their favour.
"Shouldn't Viceroy Calares be making his appearance soon?" Lelouch asked himself, feeling confident.
"It's going well," Kallen said appearing beside him, still wearing the bunny costume.
Lelouch turned to see Kallen in the control room with him.
"Kallen, I sent you to level 21," Lelouch said.
"Don't worry, I asked Soul to cover my position and besides, I wanted to be here by your side," Kallen said approaching him. "We're finally alone… Just you and me…"
Kallen looked at him seriously.
Mt Fuji
At the Fuji mines, inside the base where the Kyoto groups rule over, Euphie was standing inside the room at the top of the mines and standing beside her was Kirihara.
"I've just gotten word from Soul. They're going to proceed with the final stage of the operation." Kirihara said.
"I understand, then I should go as well," Euphie said.
"I must ask you though. Are you sure this is what you desire?" Kirihara asked. "If you do this, there will be no going back."
"And what would I achieve if I stopped here," Euphie asked. "I was willing to give up everything I had for the sake of peace between Japan and Britannia, but in all this time I've been made painfully aware that the results have only been one-sided. Britannia never had any intention of accepting a peaceful co-existence with the Japanese."
"You should know that everyone in both the Zone and the Ghettos thinks of you as a saviour on the same calibre as Zero and Soul themselves." Kirihara reminded her. "You've done everything you possibly could do for them."
"Not yet, it's not just Japan, I want to help others as well." Euphie then walked away and began to leave. "That's why I have made my decision, for better or worse, I will fight."
Babel Tower Control Room
Lelouch stood there not concerned, while Kallen was only a few steps away from him wanting to ask him a question that has been on her mind for a year now. "You have a question you wanted to ask me? I must say that's quite the surprise. What did you wanna talk about?" Lelouch asked.
"Lelouch, were you deceiving me right from the very beginning?" Kallen asked.
"About Zero being your classmate or about my Geass power? Which one has offended you?" Lelouch asked.
"Both of them… Tell me this. Did you use your Geass on me like you did the others? Did you twist my mind and my heart and make me follow you?" Kallen asked.
"Hahaha." Lelouch laughed.
"Lelouch!" Kallen said loudly.
"Let me ask you, didn't Soul already answer those questions for you?" Lelouch asked.
"I… I wanted to wait to hear your answer as well before I decided to believe it or not." Kallen said.
"Kallen, Your mind and your heart are yours alone as well as your loyalty and admiration for Zero," Lelouch assured her. "Kallen, you should be proud of what you did. You decided. You made the choice. You chose…Zero. You don't believe me?"
Kallen looked surprised.
Flashback, One Year Ago, Shikine Island
"Logan tell me did you two use us? Use me?" Kallen asked with sadness.
"Of course not." Logan immediately answered. "Kallen you made your choice to follow us because you believed in our words, and how could we have others believe us if we didn't believe it ourselves?" Logan then began to approach her. "Kallen I meant every word, and I know Lelouch would say the same."
Kallen was surprised and looked torn, she wanted to believe him but wasn't sure if she could and that fact upset her.
Flashback End
Kallen realized his words coincided with what Logan had told her before and now decided she could believe them.
"I wanted to believe… So much that I become a slave." Kallen said distraught.
"I see," Lelouch said with sympathy.
"But, the ones that I believe in are Zero and Soul, just them." Kallen insisted. "It's not you, Lelouch! And I told Logan the same!"
"Well fine with me and I'm sure Logan would say the same," Lelouch said walking away unconcerned. "By the way, are you ever going to change out of those clothes?"
Kallen looked down, realized she was still wearing the bunny/prostitute costume and became embarrassed.
"Don't look at me, you pervert!" Kallen said while covering her chest.
"Oh, is that the way you talk to Zero now?" Lelouch asked amused.
"I'm saying it to you, Lelouch!" Kallen argued.
"Very well then," Lelouch said casually before he heard someone contact him and turned on his earbud. "…Go ahead."
"Britannian reinforcements are here," C.C informed him.
Sky's Above The Tokyo Settlement
Flying above the Tokyo Settlement are a gigantic number of aerial Britannian Forces that were seen on the monitor in the control room and all of them were converging at Babel Tower. The numbers were so great that they practically blanketed the sky, they could be seen by everyone, including the Black Knight inside Babel Tower, the citizens around the area, and even those at Ashford Academy.
Babel Tower
"There's zillions of them." A Black Knight inside a Burai said worriedly. "What'll we do?!"
"We can't beat this many. There's no chance!" Another Black Knight inside a Sutherland said afraid.
Ashford Academy
Back at Ashford, Shirley, Milly, Rivalz, and even Villetta were outside the school building and looking up at all the air forces in the sky.
"What's happening over there?" Shirley asked unsurely.
G1 Mobile Base
Inside the G-1 bridge, Calares was sitting on his throne and leading the operation, the monitor showed the air forces had reached Babel Tower.
"Special Weapon Britannian 4 has begun to drop." A staff officer reported.
"Show the Chinese Federation, show them our emperor's might, the overwhelming power of our Holy Britannian Empire!" Calares declared confident.
"Yes, My Lord." All those in the G-1 said in unison.
Babel Tower
The air forces soon released their VLOG's and a great number of Sutherlands dropped down on top of Babel Tower. They broke in through the walls and windows and started to swarm every floor in the building. In the control room, Kallen and Lelouch were able to see the forces invade on the large monitor.
"They're coming in from above, too," Kallen said concerned.
Lelouch removed his blazer and placed it over Kallen.
"That's right. Viceroy Calares must have arrived. Escape would be difficult. That's why…I'm going to win." Lelouch said confidently.
G1 Mobile Base
On the monitor in the G-1, it showed the Britannian forces that had swarmed Babel Tower were covering almost every floor in the building.
"Assault Team 2 now has control up to floor J." A staff officer reported.
"That leaves only one escape route the Black knights can use." A second staff officer reported.
The monitor showed that there was only one floor in the building that they hadn't taken control of.
"And our main fighting force is right there waiting for them," Calares said pleased.
As Calares said, the G-1 along with a small number of Sutherlands were stationed on the bridge contacting Babel Tower to the highway and was in front of the only remaining exit.
"Yes, sir. We just need to drive them out." A third staff officer said.
"Set up our broadcast link quickly," Calares ordered them. "We'll make the extermination of these terrorists a media event."
Babel Tower
Lelouch was now alone in the control room and was entering a stolen Sutherland himself.
"The Britannians must feel certain of their victory." Lelouch said as the cockpit closed and he contacted C.C. "That clears all tasks at hand. All that's left is your level, right?"
"We'll be finished in ten minutes," C.C responded as she and other troops are placing sensors and plastic explosives around areas of the building.
"That works out perfectly. Me and R.R will do what we can here to buy you time." Soul contacted.
"What about Diethard's set up?" C.C asked.
"The system is still running. I've already prepared the setup." Lelouch responded.
"Then we'll begin, Euphemia's already at her position as well." Soul informed them.
"Very well, let's finish up. Everything is going according to plan." Lelouch said confidently.
At a lower floor, the Agravaine along with a smaller but well-equipped Knightmare frame were moving through the hallway and heading to meet up with Zero, the other Knightmare was Gold and Red in colour and, like the Lancelot, has two Factsphere Sensors which are mounted within its shoulders. It also is equipped with Slash Harkens, although there are only two, which are mounted on both of the hips. Its fixed MVS are shaped like spears instead of traditional long swords, and both can be attached at the hilts to form a double-bladed MVS lance. It is also incorporated a type of armament called the Needle Blazer. This fixed device is located in both of its elbows. It works by emitting a short-range blast of highly focused energy that can penetrate through a Knightmares armour with devastating effect, so powerful in fact, it can often pierce through destroying Frame and killing the pilot instantly. The Unit is also equipped with a second set of Landspinners which are mounted in its shoulders, as well as having the two standard-issue Landspinners located on the feet, which have also had their mud/dirt guards removed so the Frame can now instantly switch their position from forward to backwards facing. Though an odd feature at first glance, the addition of these extra Landspinners ultimately gives the Knightmare much more mobility, as it is able to achieve far greater evasive manoeuvres than what other Knightmares would be capable of using only two Landspinners.
Piloting this Knightmare was R.R.
"All we need to do now is reach Zero and wait for the plan to wrap up," Soul said contacting R.R.
"Right, but what if we ran into Britannian forces?" R.R asked.
"Simple, we take them out as usual," Soul answered.
The two continued their advance.
Babel Tower Upper Floor
Back on the floor, Lelouch was on, Kallen and Urabe had arrived in their Knightmares and stopped in front of him.
"Zero, wait's the word on the plan?" Urabe asked.
"I just got word, after a few minutes we'll be ready," Lelouch replied.
"Understood, and on another note, you shouldn't be concerned about your identity, I'm the only one who knows, and I promise to keep that secret with me to the grave," Urabe assured him. "Zero, I don't care if you're really a student or what your background is. And I know you and Soul meant it when you would change Japan for the better. All I know is that we need your help to give the Japanese hope, and hope is what our people need.
"Urabe…" Kallen spoke.
"You needn't worry about that Urabe," Lelouch said getting their attention. "I was never concerned with you knowing about who I am behind the mask. Because the Black Knights have still been operating successfully and because Soul also showed you his face, I'm not worried about trusting you on this because I know you are someone I can trust to keep it confidential."
Urabe was taken aback then nodded. "I see… I am grateful."
"He's right though." A voice spoke out.
The three of them looked to see the Agravaine, along with the Knightmare R.R was piloting appeared.
"Hope is what the people need, that's why our mission is to turn despair into hope." Soul proclaimed.
"Indeed, I'm glad you both made it," Lelouch said.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," R.R said.
"R.R? What is that Knightmare?" Lelouch asked.
"This is the Vincent. You weren't around to know this, but this is a mass-produced Knightmare Frame based on the Lancelot." R.R said. "We acquired it a short time ago and I've been using it on missions like this."
"I see, that is interesting," Lelouch said. "Still, I'd like to learn more of it later. In the meantime…"
Babel Tower Lower Floor
A few minutes later C.C and the rest of the Black Knights had finished their preparations, just in time for Lelouch to contact her.
"C.C, Aren't you finished preparing the level yet?" Lelouch contacted.
"You called at the perfect time. We are all finished here." C.C responded.
Babel Tower Upper Floor
"Then it is done." Lelouch then held up a control switch and turned to the others. "Everyone, brace yourself for impact, with this. Hope begins now!"
Lelouch pushed the button and with that, a series of explosions are set off around the building and cause the entire foundation to fall apart, the Knightmare all over the Tower start to lose balance and everything around the building both inside and out begin to tremor while rubble and debris start to fall all around them.
G1 Mobile Base
Even inside the bridge aboard the G-1, Calares and his men could feel the tremors and realized that bombs had been used.
"Damn, terrorists! A suicide attack! Uncivilized monkeys!" Calares growled, angrily.
Babel Tower
Back inside the tower, members of the Britannian Army could feel the tremors as well and more of the Knightmares along with the soldiers were begin lost because of the collapsing building.
"All units lost. Contact lost…with all units!" A soldier said loudly, contacting the rest.
"Wh-What the… Aaah?!" Another soldier before the floor beneath him gave away.
The explosions continued to detonate and were now exploding even around the exterior of the Tower. A whole section of the building proceeds to be ripped off from the rest along, taking the Britannian forces and even the blimp with it, while the Black Knights got to a safe location in the Basement.
Kallen saw the location the falling Tower would fall upon on the monitor of her Knightmare.
"That's it. The tower will smash the enemies above us and crush them as it falls!" Kallen deduced.
"Not just that." Lelouch contacted, surprising her.
As the section falls downwards it proceeds to plummet towards the G-1 and the forces around it.
G1 Mobile Base
Calares looks on in shock and horror at the falling building about to crush him to death.
"No, it can't be!" Calares cried out in disbelief.
Babel Tower
Lelouch looks on within his Knightmare pleased.
"Your mistake was sealing off your escape route. And signalling your location like that made you so easy to target." Lelouch thought satisfied.
G1 Mobile Base
"AAAHHHHHH!" Calares screams out one last scream as the building lands and crushes him and all his mean to death.
"HAHAHA." Lelouch laughs at the scene. "Goodbye, Viceroy Calares…"
Soul turns to the rest of them. "Now everyone, move out! The time is now!"
All the Black Knights roar out in agreement and move forward.
Area 11 Government Bureau
Inside a monitoring room in the Area Eleven government bureau a group of soldiers were watching the situation on a large screen and are now in disarray over the fact that the Viceroy was now dead and were panicking about what they should do.
"The Viceroy has been killed?" A soldier asked shocked.
"Where's Lord Cornwell?" A second soldier asked in a panic.
"He was with the Viceroy." A third soldier answered.
"Then, who's next in the chain of command?" The third soldier asked upset.
"The minister of internal affairs." A fourth soldier answered with reluctance.
"A civil servant in charge now?!" A fifth soldier replied in a panic.
"This is no time to panic. I am taking command." Guilford called out entering the room with the Glaston Knights, Bart, Alfred, David, Claudio, and Edgar at his side. "This is not a grab for political power. It's a temporary measure. I swear it in the name of my princess. I ask for your cooperation."
"The princess?" A soldier asked.
"Does he mean Princess Cornelia?" Another soldier asked.
"In that case…" A third soldier said with a nod.
"…Right." The third soldier also nodded.
"Yes, My Lord." They all said in unison as they stood up and saluted to Guilford.
"Thank you. I am grateful to you." Guilford said before turning around to address the Glaston Knights. "Now then, I'll go to the scene to direct emergency rescue operations. Alfred, you contact the police. Bart, you remain here…"
Soon all the screens in the room were covered by static, as they cleared up the Glaston Knights all looked surprised by what was now on the large screen.
"But that's?" Alfred spoke shocked.
"What's wrong?" Guilford asked as he turned to see the screen for himself.
As he looked the static around the screen completely cleared up and what was shown was noneother than Zero. Lelouch's Zero costume was also slightly different, for one the top edges of the mask was spikier and the purple jumpsuit was now a formal suit with the same colour scheme and design. He was standing behind a Chinese mark symbolizing the Chinese Federation.
"I am Zero!" Zero declared.
"What the hell?" Guilford said more shocked than anyone.
Streets Of The Tokyo Settlement
Around the Tokyo Settlement, the same video-fed was being shown on every screen, including TV screens, large screens and even on Cell-phones, because of this every citizen on the streets and in houses could see it for themselves and was completely surprised themselves.
"Isn't that Zero?" A female Citizen asked surprised.
"No way…" A male Citizen asked surprised.
"I thought he disappeared." Another male Citizen said surprised.
"How could this happen?" A third male Citizen asked.
"Does this mean that Zero is back, it can't be?" A second female Citizen asked, seeing the video from her phone.
"People of Japan. I have returned!" Zero declared while holding his arms out.
Media Broadcasting Station
At the broadcasting station, the Britannian media was trying to cut the video fed, but weren't able to.
"Kill the video!" The Chief of the station desperately told one of the representatives.
"I can't! It won't take my access code!" The media representative said still trying.
Chinese Federation
In a room somewhere in the Chinese Federation, Diethard was there along with Sayoko and Rakshata. Once the broadcast started it the same video appeared on a miniature TV on the table next to him and Diethard immediately grabbed it.
"That's it! The Ω(omega) line that I set up! And the only one besides Soul who knows about it …is Zero!" Diethard said ecstatic and lifting up the TV. "Yes, I knew you would return!"
Area 11 Chinese Federation Consulate
"Hear me, Britannia! All you who have power, heed my words carefully." Zero declared. "I am burdened by sorrow. So much time has passed in my absence and yet Britannia remains the same, hatred, discrimination, a refusal to lay down arms. Malicious deeds carried out in an attempt to destroy our hope. The same abhorrent interplay of tragedy and comedy. The people still suffer, Britannia still bares their fangs at us. That is why it was necessary to retaliate. We of the Black Knights will no longer remain silent, rather we will continue to grow our rebellion and make our stand! It begins today with the divine punishment I have brought upon the inept and foolish Viceroy Calares."
"Zero is correct!" Soul declared appearing next to Zero and standing beside him. "People of Japan! Long have we waited, through our struggles and effort to protect our freedom, we waited for the day when we could stop struggling and fight back, and that time has finally come! No more shall we remain as bystanders trying to maintain a state of ceasefire, instead we will take back our country and bring down Britannia!"
A Lounge In The Britannia Capital Pendragon
Inside a Lounge within the city of Pendragon that was reserved for the Knights of the Round were members of that very order of Knights, right now there were seven of them in that room. The Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein, the Knight of Three Gino Weinberg, The Knight of Six Anya Alstreim, The Knight of Nine Nonette Enneagram, The Knight of Ten Luciano Bradley, The Knight of Twelve Monica Krushevsky. Even Suzaku was there, now being the Knight of Seven. Currently, they were all watching the broadcast themselves.
"Man oh man, the Kings of the Elevens sure are fired up," Gino commented, turning to Suzaku."Right, Suzaku? They even got back Zero."
Suzaku just watched the broadcast with a determined expression.
Area 11 Government Bureau
Back at the government bureau, those in the monitoring room were finally able to track the signal on where the broadcast was coming from.
"Got it. The signal's coming from the Chinese Federation consulate." A soldier reported.
The others gasped at that information.
"Chinese Federation?" Claudio asked.
"Has he defected?" Alfred asked.
"No, remember they were originally on their side so it makes sense." David pointed out.
Guilford glared at the situation.
"They broke through our encirclement," Guilford said before gasping. "Of course! They've stayed inside the fallen building. They've made Babel Tower itself their pathway." He was referring to the fact that the Black Knights hid in the basement of Babel Tower while it was exploding and afterwards because the section of the fallen building lead straight to the consulate they used it as a roadway to reach the consulate. "But, what about the Chinese Federation? Did they plan this out with them beforehand? Is that possible?"
A Lounge In The Britannia Capital Pendragon
"What do you think Suzaku?" Gino asked placing an arm around Suzaku's shoulder. "You would know better than anyone, is that really Zero?"
Suzaku nodded. "Yes, there can be no doubt."
"Well, then they're our enemies again since they broke the terms of the ceasefire." Gino decided. "And if that's the case, if we'd just go over there and storm the consulate…"
"…Then we'd be breaking our treaty with them, risking an international incident." Suzaku reminded him.
"He's saying that he's Zero, and Zero and Soul killed our royals. That gives this equal status with the EU war." Gino pointed out.
"It's a slippery slope either way," Anya said bored.
Chinese Federation Consulate
Within the consulate, in the room they were broadcasting was Kallen, Lyre, Urabe, Xingke, Gao Hai, R.R, and other members of the Black Knights, in front of them were Zero and Soul who were giving their message to the world.
"Killing the viceroy and securing our escape route, he was able to do both at the same time." Kallen thought.
"Such cunning audacity is impressive…" Xingke thought watching Zero.
Area Eleven Government Bureau
"It's Zero. The real one!" Guilford said angrily watching the broadcast.
Chinese Federation Consulate
"We hereby declare our independence from Britannia!" Zero announced. "But don't take this to mean the resurrection of your fallen nation, we will not turn back the hands of time! The new Japan we go on to build shall be one broad enough to accept all peoples history and ideologies, where the strong shall not reign over the weak." Zero then held out his arms again. "And it shall be called, the United States of Japan!"
Chinese Federation
"They've done it, this is the birth of a nation," Diethard said watching with excitement.
"Just like they always said they would," Rakshata said amused. "Those two always know how to surprise everyone."
Ashford Academy
Inside the Student Council room at Ashford, the members of the Student Council along with Villetta were also watching the broadcast, though Milly, Shirley and Rivalz were all either shocked or unsure, Villetta just glared at the screen with hate in her eyes.
"Terrorists forming a nation?" Villetta thought surprised.
Chinese Federation Consulate
"Starting from this moment, the USJ will be a nation that opposes Britannia rule and will accept those who share our desire for change!" Soul declared. "Race, ideology and religion will not matter. Being a citizen will have but one requirement, to do that which is just!"
"I agree with those ideals completely and also desire change!" A voice called out in agreement. Then to the shock of almost everyone who was watching the one who spoke and stood in front of the camera taking her place beside Zero and Soul was Euphie herself.
"I am Euphemia, the former Third Princess of Britannia and now one of the heads of the Specially Administrated Zone of Japan. I stand before you all now to make my own declaration, for so long all I ever desired was to give the Japanese back their home, something that was unjustly taken from them. But no matter how I tried to do so in a peaceful manner all I was given in return was hatred and retaliation. So if a peaceful approach isn't an option then I have but one choice left." She then looked on with determination. "I hereby declare that both myself and the Special Zone sever all ties with Britannia, for this day fourth we are a part of the United States of Japan!"
Area Eleven Government Bureau
Everyone listening was completely at a loss for words, silence filled the room as none of them ever could have predicted Euphie to make such a declaration and to the whole world no less.
"Is she serious?" David asked shocked.
"How could she?" Bart asked in disbelief.
"Princess…" Guilford thought distraught.
A Lab Somewhere In Cambodia
At a lab in Cambodia working under the Totomo Agency was Schneizel's research team, at that location was another screen playing the broadcast and seeing it was a dishevelled Nina who was dressed a researcher herself, with an insane look on her face.
"Princess Euphemia…Why?" Nina asked, almost losing herself.
A Lounge In The Britannia Capital Pendragon
"Woah! No way!" Gino said surprised. "I didn't think she'd go that far."
"Not really that surprising," Luciano said off-handed. "Princess Treachery finally showed her true colours, that's all."
"You okay Suzaku?" Gino asked. "This must be tough since you used to be her Knight."
"I'm fine, don't worry," Suzaku said. "I knew from the start, this was the only outcome."
Chinese Federation Consulate
Now outside the consulate were a group of Britannia soldiers who were preparing to storm their way inside. Standing before them Xingke holding onto his Sword, determined to stop them.
"I trust you understand the consequences if you force your way in." Xingke threatened.
The soldiers stopped and lowered their guns.
"All right. We'll settle this in diplomatic chambers later." The leading soldier said begrudgingly.
Xingke then thought to himself. "Zero… I thought just having Soul was enough, but now. There can be no doubt, he's proven they'll both be useful to us."
Chinese Federation Military Compound
Inside a small room within a military compound at the Chinese Federation were Todoh and Ohgi, they both also watched the broadcast and looked as if they were deep in thought. Ohgi then turned to face Todoh.
"General Todoh, it's time," Ohgi said.
"Then, should I inform the others, Deputy Commander?" Todoh asked.
"Ohgi nodded. "Yeah, gather everyone. The Black Knights are going back to Japan."
To Be Continued
And that's the chapter. First, this goes without saying but yes, Kirihara is also still alive, he was one of the leaders of the Zone along with the others and he's also on board for this fight. And I decided to not kill Urabe because when you think about it, how would I in this situation, everything went as planned. Plus after waiting a year Kallen finally got her answer about whether Zero was using her or not.
Now to address the major part. Euphie is a part of the Rebellion, I decided since Charles had her kidnapped and Geass'd, not to mention she saw how her Zone didn't help like she wanted she decided enough was enough it's time to choose a side, and personally I think Euphie would side with them then go back to being a figurehead. And now Zero and Soul decided to build their nation, in this case, both the Japanese inside the Zone and out will be onboard, after a year of abuse from Britannia I don't think there are any Elevens that are pro-Britannia at this point.
Anyways thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed, if you want more leave a review, if you like the story click the follow/favourite, and as always have an awesome day.