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"Very good, P3, blow up the bridge and cut off the passage." With the order given, several Sunderland tanks beneath the cable-stayed highway bridge connecting the Tokyo Concession and the Saitama concentration camp used solid explosives to secure the bridge piers, moved to a safe distance, and then detonated the explosives. After losing the supporting piers, the cable-stayed bridge collapsed under its own weight, and the Sunderland tanks and heavy tanks deployed on it fell into the water. Fortunately, the Sunderland's cockpit could operate underwater; otherwise, the drivers would have drowned.

"Location 17 has been destroyed, and Harry's team has lost communication," the intelligence officer immediately reported.

"That's enough. Order a full retreat. There's no point in continuing the fight." Cornelia calmly issued the order for a full retreat as she watched the British army's identification signals gradually disappear.

"Retreat? Forgive my bluntness, but my men can still fight." The officers of the General Staff, like gamblers who had lost everything, were prepared to gamble with the lives of the British soldiers in the hope of regaining their dignity and honor.

Seeing the disgraceful behavior of the officers in the General Staff, Summit sneered and said, "Is this how Area 11 operates? It seems that His Highness Clovis's death is related to you." With that, Summit ignored the red-eyed officers in the General Staff and stood in front of Cornelia, saying, "Your Highness, please allow me to launch an attack."

“Yes.” Cornelia immediately nodded with a smile, then looked at the envious staff officer and said, “We can’t fight like this.”

"Notify the entire army: evacuate the concentration camp immediately. Formation is not important. Evacuate the concentration camp immediately." Dalton's voice came through the communicator to every soldier.

"What a boring thing. As long as I blend into the retreating troops... Cornelia, I'll be by your side in no time. The conditions have been met so quickly..." Lelouch said with a smirk as he tapped the icon representing Cornelia's command ship on the screen upon hearing Dalton's order.

In Lelouch's bedroom, C.C., with the pizza box as her pillow, tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

"So he really is that person's son. But that type is very dangerous. Lelouch, to prevent you brothers from fighting so soon..." C.C. said with a bored smile while lying on the bed. Sensing that Lelouch might be in danger, she quickly got out of bed and said, "I know, who do you think I am!" As she spoke, she took off her clothes, changed into ZERO's suit, put on a cloak, and put on a mask.

Chapter 322 ZERO's Defeat

Under Cornelia's orders, Lelouch easily infiltrated the retreating Knightmare forces, arriving within 100 meters of her. As he brought the Sunderland to a stop, a black Knightmare, resembling an ancient, heavily armored general, charged directly out of the army's ranks. Behind it were several of Cornelia's personal guards' 'Gloucester's', causing Lelouch to be momentarily stunned. He hadn't expected Cornelia to entrust victory to an unfamiliar Knightmare. Thanks to Britain's deliberate propaganda, Summit's 'Fallen Angel' had left a deep impression on everyone's minds, so Lelouch didn't immediately recognize it as the Knightmare piloted by the Empire's Second Knight.

Seeing this, Lelouch couldn't help but smile mockingly. "Trying so hard, Cornelia, actually pinning your hopes on the Royal Guard." Then, he glanced disdainfully at the 'Fallen Angel' and 'Gloucester' passing by and said through the walkie-talkie: "This is ZERO, N1 has regained identification signal. Operating as part of the British Army."

"Understood!" Having abandoned his trust in ZERO, the terrorist immediately did as Lelouch said.

"As bait," Lelouch thought to himself with a slight smile as he looked at the "British target" flashing on the screen, isolated in the war zone.

"A Knightmare emitting a signal has been detected and left outside the city," Dalton reported to Cornelia immediately, looking at the flashing identification signal on the screen.

"No communication? Send a rescue team..." the officers from the General Staff immediately said, causing Cornelia, who was sitting in her seat, to frown. Yilian looked at these idiots in front of her with disgust. Even at this point, these idiots could see that it was bait. It seemed that what Summit said was true. Clovis's death was indeed related to these useless people. These people were simply stupid pigs who wasted taxpayers' money.

"Destroy it." Despite her thoughts, Cornelia looked at the recognition signal on the screen and decisively gave the order.

"How could this be? Perhaps he has become a hostage of the enemy." The incompetent staff officers jumped out and pointed fingers at Cornelia's command.

“I have already ordered a retreat. I have no need for soldiers who cannot carry out my orders,” Cornelia said immediately and flawlessly. Her meaning was clear: disobeying orders was treason, and treason was punishable by death.

“That’s it,” Dalton added coldly.

"but…"

“Even if it costs you your life, you must carry out the mission. If they are my subordinates, they must have this kind of awareness,” Cornelia explained, looking at the Russian identification signal on the screen.

In sync with Cornelia's explanation, Summit and Guilford immediately said through the communicator, "YES Your Highness." Then Summit took the lead and charged towards Sunderland, who had disobeyed Cornelia's orders.

"Hey...can't you see the identification signal? It's one of our own!" The terrorist shouted in panic as he watched the rapidly approaching Fallen Angel. But the black Fallen Angel showed no sign of stopping and continued charging towards him. As the Fallen Angel drew closer, the terrorist finally couldn't suppress his fear any longer. "Tch, beast!" After cursing, the driver, Sunderland, jumped back, creating a small distance, and began firing wildly.

Seeing Sunderland firing, Summit's lips curled into a slight smile. Piloting the Fallen Angel, he dodged the attack, then, without even using his weapon, smashed the cockpit and pilot inside to pieces with a single punch. After doing this, Summit murmured, "Idiot. While I don't like killing civilians, since you've become a warrior, you must be prepared to die." Perhaps due to years of combat, once in battle, Summit became a qualified warrior.

"If we don't confirm, then... N2, turn on the signal and retreat to the vicinity of the hospital ruins. R1 and R2, lie in ambush and take out the attacking and pursuing enemies." Lelouch saw that his subordinate's identification signal was replaced by a yellow square flashing LOST, knowing that he had been taken care of by the terrifyingly fast Knightmare. He immediately called the other terrorists.

"Another signal? My little brother, you're so arrogant! If Cornelia can't even see through this, then all the military books and strategies I had her study were for nothing! It seems I, as her older brother, need to teach you a lesson first." Summit said with a smile, looking at the signal on the screen.

“Your Highness, what are the orders?” Dalton asked Cornelia, who remained silent, as he looked at the signal that reappeared on the screen.

Cornelia smiled slightly and looked at Dalton, saying, "Let Summit handle it himself. He is the second knight of the Holy British Empire (thinking: My smartest and cutest little brother!). This little problem is no challenge for him. Give him full command of the battlefield. Lord Guilford, you and the Royal Guard will be under Summit's command for the time being."

“YES Your Highness,” Guilford and two other members of the Royal Guard immediately replied.

After hearing Cornelia's order through the communicator, Summit smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Then he opened the communicator and said to Guilford and the other two, "I will attack from the front, Gloucester, move forward and take the encirclement strategy."

"Not pursuing? Oh no! R1, R2, cease your ambush and retreat immediately!" Lelouch hadn't made a move before, but Gloucester had approached the ambush force from the flank and rear. Realizing the enemy's high level of tactical skill, Lelouch immediately ordered the ambush force to retreat.

After Summit pierced Sunderland's cockpit as he tried to escape with the scythe on his arm, he laughed after hearing Guilford's report that he had not found any enemies. "You saw through my strategy! As expected of Lelouch. But don't take back the decoy. What tricks will you have up your sleeve next? I'm really looking forward to it."

"Oh... you saw through Summit's strategy! It seems the other side really is ZERO." Cornelia said with a smile, looking at the moving signal markers on the screen.

Lelouch frowned upon seeing this result. It seemed Cornelia wasn't as simple as he'd imagined. He immediately grabbed the communicator and said, "P2, N3, flank the enemy! What's wrong? Answer me! P2, N3!" After a long silence, Lelouch guessed what had happened. They'd finally gotten a fleeting opportunity, and these terrorists had deserted their posts. After a muttered curse, Lelouch continued, "Damn it, B1, B5, you go."

Upon hearing Lelouch's order, one of the terrorists piloting Sunderland immediately said, "Don't be ridiculous, they're Cornelia's personal guard. There's no way we can win." With that, he activated the automatic disengagement system and left his position along with the cockpit. Terrorists are terrorists after all; they're just a rabble. They only obey orders when things are going smoothly. Once the situation turns against them, to survive, they'll naturally rush to surrender and escape, let alone calmly and heroically face their deaths.

“Hey. We surrender…” The terrorists couldn’t help but jump off Sunderland, dropping their rocket launchers and rifles, raising their hands and shouting to the British army in broken English.

"We will not resist."

"Let's go around!" The forgetful terrorists seemed to have forgotten who had just routed the British army.

Upon learning about the terrorists, Summit immediately laughed and said, "If you're going to fire, you have to be prepared to be killed. Kill them." He then thought to himself, "My little brother Lelouch, I hope you pay close attention to this lesson. Don't forget, I'm really looking forward to the appearance of the 'Black Knights'!"

"How are P6 and P8?" There was no answer. It seemed they had been taken down by Cornelia's personal guard. Lelouch changed the subject and continued, "B7, cover N4."

"This is B7. I've found other prey. Let's take this one out first," the terrorist's excited voice came through the communicator.

"No, that guy is bait. B7 obeys orders," Lelouch hurriedly and earnestly advised.

"What are you saying? If you don't kill him here..." The other party showed no intention of obeying Lelouch's orders, raising his finger weapon and aiming it at the 'prey' that appeared in front of him.

"Get back down! The enemy will attack from above. B7, listen to my command!" Lelouch shouted desperately, but the identification signal representing B7 was replaced by LOST.

"One enemy aircraft destroyed!" Guilford reported calmly after plunging down from the sky and piercing the cockpit of the B7.

“Very good, Lord Guilford, worthy of being the Queen’s knight.” Summit said with a smile through the one-way communicator after he had just destroyed a Sunderland.

After confirming B7's death, Lelouch couldn't help but curse, "How stupid! B8, report back to where you are."

"What's going on..." Before the other party could say anything, he was pierced by a Gloucester.

"B8... The remaining personnel, starting from P, report in order..." Lelouch, realizing the communication had been unilaterally cut off, was anxious to know his remaining 'forces,' seemingly preparing for a desperate last stand. However, the broadcast outside interrupted Lelouch's deployment; Dalton's voice resounded throughout the battlefield: "Operation over. All troops, assemble in fourth formation..."

"Suppressed, so easily... it's not even a game." Lelouch was immersed in defeat.

"Unable to do what Shinjuku did, Zero, or rather, those who imitate him? Oh well, you'll see soon enough." Cornelia sat in the captain's seat of the command ship, triumphantly declaring her victory, seemingly pleased with Summit's brilliant battle.

"This can be called an organization? The gap is too big." Lelouch was finally able to calmly summarize the lessons of his failure. He began to understand that an organization without discipline can never be called an organization. However, today was destined to be an unlucky day for Lelouch.

"Notify all Knightmare pilots. Open the hatches and confirm appearance." Cornelia's assertive voice came over the loudspeaker. "I repeat, all pilots, open the hatches and confirm appearance."

"Cornelia!!" Lelouch shouted hysterically immediately.

“What to do… If I do as instructed, even without Zero’s mask, my identity will be exposed, which is absolutely unacceptable. Use Geass? No, it won’t work unless I look directly at them, the enemy is inside the Knightmare. Then what about the infantry or other pilots… No, there are too many of them, and how can I get them all to look this way… No, perhaps it’s possible, as long as I claim to be Zero, but the Knightmare… So, a preemptive strike and a forced breakthrough? Unrealistic, facing Cornelia’s personal guard, that would be suicidal.” Faced with Cornelia’s sudden attack, Lelouch was completely unprepared and had no time to think. Almost all the Knightmare hatches opened.

Summit looked at Sunderland, the only one who hadn't opened the hatch, and said, "Open the hatch, it's your turn. What's wrong? Open the hatch now."

Lelouch, pulled back to reality by Summit's voice, hurriedly said, "The hatch got stuck during the battle just now."

Summit glanced at Lelouch's cockpit and found no damage. He smiled and said, "I understand. I'll open it for you. Turn around."

“I understand, now…” Lelouch knew that if he continued to argue, only death awaited him.

"It's Zero! Zero has been spotted!" a pilot standing outside shouted.

"Oh, so this is Zero's personality after all?" Cornelia said, looking at Zero on the screen with great interest.

"Impossible!" Lelouch exclaimed in surprise from inside the cockpit.

Summit immediately smiled and said softly, "You really came, CC! Otherwise, I wouldn't know what to do!" He then activated the sensor and called out, "..."

"Arrest him! Third and fifth squads on horseback!" Guilford hurriedly ordered his troops.

"Image captured, target confirmed."

"I have no choice but to go with the flow." Lelouch hurriedly drove the Sunderland forward. Before setting off, he never expected to be in such a sorry state, and to need the help of a stranger to escape.

Seeing Lelouch rushing forward, Summit smiled and said, "See you at school, Lelouch." Then, through the communicator, she said, "Your Highness, I think I'm no longer needed here, so... I'll head back to school now. I still have a lot of homework to do."

Hearing Summit say that, Cornelia smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Chapter 323 Terrorists at Lake Kawaguchi

Three days have passed since the battle at the Saitama concentration camp. ZERO seems to have learned his lesson and hasn't shown off like before. Cornelia couldn't help but laugh, because she knew that with ZERO's personality, he would definitely launch a major counterattack, and perhaps the next time they met would be a big battle.

In Ashford's student council office, Mireille, Lelouch, Suzaku, Shirley, Rival, Kallen, and Nina were busy calculating the budgets for all clubs this month. Although this task was simple, given the terrifying number of clubs in Ashford, it was definitely going to be a troublesome affair.

Just as everyone finished their work, Summit pushed Nanali in. After seeing how busy everyone was, he immediately smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Nanali and I have prepared some snacks and tea for you." He then glanced at the tea set and snacks in Nanali's hands.

"Everyone, please enjoy yourselves, don't be shy!" Nanali said immediately with a smile.

Upon seeing this, Lelouch immediately smiled and said, "Brother, Nunnally, what wonderful thing have you made this time!"

"Great! We have something good to eat!" Lival exclaimed immediately.

“Thank you, Nanali,” Shirley said immediately with a smile.

"It's nothing, my brother made all of this," Nanali said immediately, blushing.

Samit smiled as he took the snacks and tea set, saying, "Nanali also helped me a lot!" As he spoke, he poured tea for everyone and distributed the snacks on small plates to them.

"I only made tea for everyone; the snacks were all made by my brother himself," Nanali said modestly.

"Thank you!" Nina, who was rather introverted, immediately said as she looked at Summit placing the snacks in front of her.

“You’re welcome!” Summit said with a charming smile, then placed another pastry in front of Karen, saying, “Kalen, this is something I prepared especially for you!”

"Ah... thank you!" Karen blushed upon hearing Samit's words.

Seeing Karen blush, Mirei immediately smiled and clung to Summit, saying in a teasing tone, "Summit, aren't you afraid I'll get jealous? You're my fiancé, you know!"

Summit immediately smiled and placed a pastry in front of Millie, saying with a smile, "Alright, Millie, look... this is what I prepared for you." Then, looking at everyone else, he said, "Actually, all of your pastries were specially prepared by me. They contain your favorite fruits as well as several other kinds of fruits, so you'll taste a different flavor with every bite."

“It really is different now,” Rival said with a smile as he started eating.

Hearing Rival say this, everyone picked up their snacks and started eating. After a few bites, they all looked delighted and said, "So delicious!"

A moment later, Mirei said with a smile while sipping her tea, "This Sunday, Shirley, Nina, and I are going to Lake Kawaguchi. Kallen, Lelouch, Summit, Suzaku, are you coming?"

"Oh, Lelouch, do you want to go?" Shirley immediately asked Lelouch with expectant eyes.

Looking at Shirley's expectant face, Lelouch couldn't help but apologize, saying, "I'm sorry, I have some things to do on Sunday."

"I have something to do too!" Karen said apologetically.

"That day, Suzaku and I have to return to the army to take care of some matters. We wish you a pleasant journey," Summit said apologetically.

Seeing that everyone couldn't go because of other commitments, Mirei was a little disappointed, but she still smiled and said, "Never mind then, but don't expect us to bring you any gifts!"

Seeing that Mirei hadn't invited him, Rival, standing to the side, asked somewhat disappointedly, "President, why didn't you ask me if I was going? Am I not considered a member of the student council?"

“How could that be! Aren’t you supposed to be working at the hotel on Sunday?” Mirei immediately said with a smile.

Hearing what Mirei said, Rival nodded and said, "That's true."

A few days later, outside the Kawaguchiko Hotel, a live news broadcast took place.