Lelouch of the Rebellion RX: Demonic Knights

by Tyrant Overlord Killidia

Instead of making a push to take the Tokyo Settlement in the aftermath of the SAZ massacre, Lelouch decided to abandon Nunnally and become Zero full-time. When the Emperor tries to intercept Lelouch, he Geasses his father into erasing all of his memories save that Zero leads the Black Knights and that he desires to destroy Britannia. Rated for future violence and language.

3. Forbidden City or Idiotic Negotiating?

Vermillion Forbidden City, Chinese Federation, March, 2018.

It was quite a surprise for Odysseus to find out that Tianzi had found out about the Britannian Empire's attempt to neutralize the Black Knights and her response was to call off the marriage as soon as the Crown Prince of Britannia had arrived. Of course, Schneizel was still furious that a Raikou had managed to severely damage his flagship by using what Camelot now called a Mega Chaos Mine instead of regular ammunition even though he had also been declared 'Persona Non Grata' in the Chinese Federation. Ordinarily, the Blaze Luminous shielding system could stop attacks from even a Gloucester, but it had proved ineffective against such a large Chaos Mine and worse, the Mega Chaos Mine used Sakuradite-Enhanced shrapnel. Even now, four months since the Skirmish at Himichal Pradesh, the Avalon was still being repaired.

The Mega Chaos Mine is a much larger variation of the standard Chaos Mine, being launched from a Raikou instead of thrown by an ordinary Knightmare. Due to its size and the liquid Sakuradite inside, the shrapnel content and firepower of a Mega Chaos Mine is equal to that of 100 Sakuradite-Enhanced Chaos Mines. It is extremely powerful and can lay waste to entire Mobile Battalions and airships, but its use is limited against single targets unless unleashed at close range. Only the Black Knights use the Mega Chaos Mine as a Raikou artillery cannon is required to fire its spherical container to where it can inflict the most damage. The Mega Chaos Mine is also very sensitive to Oxygen and will unleash its shrapnel once it is released from its container.

At a negotiations table in the Empress's residence sat a Britannian diplomat, Kyoshiro Tohdoh, Tianzi, Zheng Na, Li Xingke, and Tamaki. They were busy discussing the Skirmish at Himichal Pradesh and at the moment, things were going absolutely nowhere. Tamaki had been quite adamant in believing that the Britannians were planning to invade the Chinese Federation and that the attempt to neutralize the Black Knights had only been a prelude to the main invasion.

"I honestly don't know what you're talking about. The Empire is not considering invasion of the Federation." the diplomat said.

"Bullshit! The Britannian troops that were fought by the Black Knights at the Himichal Pradesh safehouse, including me, were all Special Forces! The only reason we're even alive is because radar had picked them up long before their arrival and we set up a proper defense!" Tamaki yelled at the diplomat.

Meanwhile in another room, Naoto was busy reading with Kallen while negotiations were occurring. Honestly, he was sure that they would break down before the end of the day and Britannia would get a war coming. After he had his injuries patched up at another safehouse, Naoto had told Kallen that during the botched mission that had gotten him 'killed' in the past, he had ducked out at the last minute and sent a body double to lead the resistance cell for that mission. He had broken down and considered himself a coward afterward because he couldn't tell anyone or else his cover would have been blown. After making the Britannians believe that he was dead with the body double, Naoto had gotten onto a small motorboat and fled to the Chinese Federation. He had immediately joined the PMC and served in it up to when the Skirmish at Himichal Pradesh occurred.

Naoto was now a member of the Black Knights, but he and Kallen weren't on speaking terms until Febuary. That was when her aloofness was replaced with relief that her brother was still alive. Kallen had told Naoto on what had happened with the resistance cell since his body double died. Naoto was pleased to hear that Kallen had continued to attend Ashford Academy up until the SAZ massacre while putting up a 'sickly girl' act while helping the resistance cell, even when Zero had taken control.

While wandering through Shanghai, C.C. had made it a point to keep a low profile and had managed to figure out that trouble was brewing at the Forbidden City. She had a lot of things to think about and decided that she should find Lelouch when he had mysteriously disappeared along with all of the Black Knights. She knew that he was alive, even though a public television broadcast sent by Diethard Ried had convinced many people otherwise by showing someone who looked like Lelouch Lamperouge being executed by the Black Knights on the charge of 'being a Britannian spy.' Once at the Vermillion Forbidden City two days later, C.C. had been told by Kallen and Tamaki that Zero would arrive in two more days as his presence was required for a war council that Tianzi was gathering. Apparently Tianzi was going to declare war on Britannia now that the time that the Black Knights had left Britannia alone for had passed and she needed every good strategist in the Federation on the war council, including Harsha and Zero.