Seeing Yuffie shake her head, Summit flicked her smooth forehead with his finger and said with a smile, "Silly girl, go back and rest. I'll be sad if you don't become pretty." As he spoke, he pecked Yuffie's lips.

Under Summit's prompting, Euphemia could only blush and obediently nod her head, saying, "Then I'll go back, Brother Summit."

Seeing that Yuffie agreed, Summit smiled and nodded, then turned to Cecil and said, "Miss Cecil, please take Yuffie back to rest."

“Okay, sure.” Cecil looked at Summit and felt that he was a bit strange, but in order for Euphemia to rest, she could only put aside her doubts and nod in agreement.

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After smiling and walking out of the room with Yuffie and Cecil, who looked reluctant to leave, Summit immediately gave a self-deprecating smile and said, "What am I doing?" He then stared blankly at the white ceiling.

Chapter 360 Battle of Kyushu (1)

With a 'whoosh,' the door to Schneizel's temporary office opened, and Summit, dressed in military uniform, walked in. Schneizel, who was on the phone with Cornelia, raised his eyes and looked at Summit, who had just entered, and asked, "You're awake, Summit. That's great. Are you alright?"

“Thank you for your concern, Your Highness Schneizel. It seems something unpleasant happened while I was unconscious,” Samit replied calmly with a standard knightly salute, his tone slightly cold.

“Well, it’s just a small matter. Ah… Cornelia wants to talk to you.” Schneizel said with a smile. After Schneizel finished speaking, Samite nodded and quickly walked to the front of the screen.

Seeing Summit appear on the screen, Cornelia breathed a sigh of relief. After a moment of hesitation, she asked, "Summit, are you alright?"

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, Your Highness." Summit's face remained expressionless as he replied calmly. Seeing Summit's indifferent reaction, Cornelia felt extremely uncomfortable and turned to Schneizel, saying, "That's all, brother. Let's proceed as planned!" With that, she unilaterally ended the communication.

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Location: Kyushu, on the sea off the Fukuoka base.

Inside the landing ship, Cornelia, having ended the communication, sighed and said absentmindedly to Guilford behind her, "Secretary Guilford, order all troops to remain in place. Once the storm has subsided, a special envoy will break through from the air first, and then the landing operation will commence."

“YES Your Highness,” Guildford said immediately and respectfully.

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Inside the hangar in Avalon, Lloyd looked at Summit, who had volunteered for the operation, and asked with a smile, "Summit, are you feeling alright now?"

"Well, there's nothing wrong with my body. If there is anything wrong, it's only mental," Summit said with a faint smile, pointing to his head.

“I see. It seems that the activation of that ruin resonated with you. Um… can you tell me what you saw?” Upon hearing Summit’s words, Lloyd immediately adjusted his glasses, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and asked with a smile.

Looking at Lloyd's expression, Summit said in an enigmatic tone, "I see the future."

"Haha... How interesting, the future? So what will the future be like?"

"What kind of future? I don't want to know, because I won't be around by then," Summit said with a meaningful smile. He then walked into the control room with Lloyd. Through the glass, Summit looked at his fallen angel and asked with a smile, "Is the reconstruction complete?"

"Hehe... Of course, I wouldn't dare to cause any more accidents." Lloyd chuckled dryly when Summit asked this.

"Really? Mr. Lloyd, you didn't make any modifications to it, did you?" Summit looked at Lloyd, who was chuckling, and asked with a skeptical expression, drawing a circle on the glass with his hand.

“No… absolutely not,” Lloyd hurriedly said, waving his hands.

"Really? That's good. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to properly vent tonight." Seeing Lloyd say no, Summit immediately smiled and looked at the silent fallen angel.

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As night fell, the dark clouds in the sky were parted by an invisible hand, revealing a bright full moon and a dazzling starry sky.

"Alright, the sky has cleared up." Cornelia said happily as the waves on the sea gradually calmed down.

"This way, the amphibious landing operation can resume, and His Highness Schneizel's plan can be carried out." Guilford nodded and continued.

"Do you think the special envoy can break through?" Cornelia sighed slightly as she looked at the Avalon marker displayed directly above her on the screen.

"The special envoy sent word that His Highness Summit and Suzaku Kururugi will both be participating in tonight's operation. There shouldn't be any problems," Guildford said after a slight hesitation.

“Summit is here too? How come I didn’t know?” Cornelia immediately turned around and looked at Guilford, frowning angrily as she asked.

"Well, His Highness Summit said he didn't want you to worry, so..." Guildford hurriedly lied as he looked at the annoyed Cornelia in front of him.

“Summit is really something…” Cornelia blushed and muttered under her breath when she heard Guilford say that, knowing he wouldn’t lie to her. Then she loudly ordered, “Order the entire army to prepare for landing.”

"YES Your Highness".

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More than a dozen missiles pierced the night sky as they were launched from the Fukuoka base.

In Avalon, the operator in charge of reconnaissance immediately reported loudly: "The missile is approaching, with 1 minute and 05 seconds remaining until impact."

“Not bad! The air defense is quite good,” Lloyd said immediately with a smile. Cecil simply smiled slightly and activated Avalon’s protective shield.

Inside the KnightMare catapult runway at the bow of the Avalon, the white Lancelot was ready for combat. It had been equipped with a FLOATSYSTE (a hovering wing), allowing it to fight in the air, whereas it was previously only capable of land-based operations. Sitting in the cockpit, Suzaku immediately took a deep breath and gripped the control stick tightly to calm himself.

"Suzaku, I'll strike first and clear all the obstacles in the air. You go straight for the enemy's main command headquarters," Summit said to Suzaku through the communicator, gripping the familiar yet unfamiliar joystick in front of him.

“Yes, I understand,” Suzaku replied immediately.

With a deafening roar, more than a dozen missiles struck Avalon's abdomen almost simultaneously, only to be blocked by a green, transparent shield before hitting it.

"Thrusters activated, Lancelot, launch!" With Cecil's command, Lancelot launched from the runway in Avalon. After a short acceleration, Lancelot immediately activated FLOATSYSTE and thrusters, increasing its speed as it hurtled towards Fukuoka Base.

Chapter 361 The Battle of Kyushu (End)

Seeing the rapidly moving yellow arrow marker on the screen, the scout immediately reported: "The enemy ship may have launched bombers, with speeds exceeding those of fighter jets."

"What? Image capture?" Atsushi Sawaki, the leader of the new Japanese government, immediately ordered the operator.

"Ah!" As the image was successfully captured, everyone exclaimed. On the screen, Lancelot was flying at high speed in the air, which surprised everyone who had previously only classified KnightMare as a land-based unit.

"KnightMare!"

"It's not air transport, it's a standalone air transport."

"Could it be from the report...?"

"That basic weapon..."

"I didn't expect that besides the Knights of the Round Table's vehicles, other KnightMare vehicles would also be equipped with this kind of equipment."

In Avalon, Lloyd looked at the data on the computer showing everything was normal and calmly said, "The group that plans to occupy the Kyushu region has the righteous cause of Zekidon's existence. In other words, if they go there, the new government will collapse, and the Chinese Federation will have no excuse to intervene and will have to retreat."

“I understand, Mr. Lloyd,” Suzaku replied immediately. At the same time, he was also wondering why Summit hadn’t attacked yet. Didn’t he say he would attack first? Just as Suzaku was wondering, the enemy’s air force had already been deployed, with dozens of fully armed fighter jets rapidly approaching him.

"Vroom vroom..." A leading fighter jet opened fire first, sending over a dozen miniature missiles streaking through the air towards Lancelot, piloted by Suzaku. Suzaku immediately dodged the attacks in mid-air, but he was met with even more fire. With his superhuman reflexes, Suzaku easily evaded all the attacks, like a butterfly flitting among flowers—a butterfly that was not only beautiful but also dangerous. Just as Suzaku prepared to retaliate, over a dozen red, diamond-shaped light blades, each about a meter long, grazed Lancelot's fuselage from above and behind, destroying over a dozen fighter jets directly in front of it.

"What?" Zhuque was startled and looked up, wanting to know who had launched this attack.

A black fallen angel was flying directly above him at the same speed as Lancelot. Under the dazzling starry sky, the fallen angel's red wings gave a stunning impression. "Sorry, Suzaku, I'm late." At the same time, Summit's half-joking voice came through the sensor to Suzaku's ears.

"No, the timing is perfect," Suzaku said with a slight smile.

The fallen angel's wings were not only beautiful but also terrifying weapons. After a slight flash of red light, countless red blades of light, like falling angel feathers, flew towards the continuously firing fighter jets, instantly piercing their hard shells and turning them all into fireworks in the sky. "Leave these small fry to me. You just go full speed ahead," Summit said with a disdainful tone after destroying the first batch of fighter jets.

With Summit's support, Suzaku reached the enemy command post without wasting a single ounce of energy. After selecting a suitable landing spot, Suzaku immediately shut down the FLOATSYSTEM, as that would be a significant energy drain. Just as he landed, a notification sounded—a communication message on the public channel.

"Public channel?" Suzaku couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"I am Zeki. Is this Prime Minister Kururugi's son? Yes, you have such a son!" Zeki Atsushi appeared on the screen and asked with a sly smile.

Just as Suzaku was catching up with his acquaintance Zeki, the aerial battle was drawing to a close. After Summit controlled the Fallen Angel to pierce the fuel tank of the last fighter jet with his energy sword, Summit, sitting in the cockpit, suddenly sensed a dangerous aura coming from below. The Fallen Angel's λ-Drive system had already activated, and he immediately activated the pale blue protective shield. The instant he activated the shield, a massive shell struck it, creating a scorching wave. The Fallen Angel, suspended in mid-air, tumbled several times, flying dozens of meters.

"What? What happened?" Cecil exclaimed in surprise as he saw the 'Fallen Angel' being knocked over several times on the big screen in Avalon.

"Judging from the looks of it, it must be a powerful live-fire attack, like a fortress or turret!" Lloyd knew that ordinary tools could be easily detected by KnightMare's built-in detectors, but if the speed of the live-fire projectile was too fast, it could also be detected. However, the speed of this live-fire projectile must be more than three times the speed of sound.

“The fortress, that angle of attack.” Cecil hurriedly scanned the mountains below the 'Fallen Angel' at a 75-degree angle with a detection signal and quickly found two suspicious electrical points. Because the interference was so severe, he was unable to pinpoint the exact locations for the time being.

“Summit, there are two fortresses below you with powerful fortress cannons. Because of the severe signal interference, I’ve compiled a list of suspicious locations. Take a look at the map,” Cecil hurriedly informed Summit.

“Thank you, Miss Cecil.” Summit said with a smile, looking at the two marks on the screen map, and piloted the Fallen Angel directly towards the suspicious area.

Soon, a series of explosions, flashes of light, and thick smoke echoed from below. The black fallen angel hovered amidst the smoke, its energy wings radiating a striking red light.

"The second one, in that case, there shouldn't be any anti-aircraft turrets left." Summit said calmly, looking at the destroyed base. As he spoke, he raised his gun and shot several soldiers who had just crawled out of the wrecked base to pieces. His expression was indifferent, as if he had not killed any human beings.

Just then, a communication notification sounded. Summit pressed the accept button, and then heard Cecil and Lloyd's urgent voices saying, "Summit, hurry and save Suzaku, he's trapped."

"Trapped, I know, I'm on my way." Upon hearing this, Summit knew things were in trouble and immediately flew towards the Fukuoka base headquarters. However, just as he arrived at the base, he received another message from Lloyd: ZERO had appeared and was attacking the headquarters with Kururugi. Hearing this, Summit simply smiled and piloted his aircraft towards a certain location within the base, preparing to wait for his prey to come to him; he had already vented his anger enough.

Meanwhile, Cornelia had already led her troops to land, encountering very little resistance. The air resistance that could have caused some trouble had been completely eliminated by Summit. Even the KnightMare troops on land were held up by Suzaku within their headquarters; the only resistance they faced were those outdated artillery emplacements that should have been obsolete long ago.

"All troops, attack! Capture the enemy's main camp in the shortest possible time!" Cornelia immediately shouted the order.

"Yes, Your Highness!" The soldiers, who had been unable to fight back due to the storm, immediately shouted with renewed vigor.

"Your Highness, ZERO has appeared." Guildford immediately said to Cornelia after receiving the message from Lloyd.

"What? ZERO?"

“Yes, with Kururugi.” Guilford nodded in the cockpit.

"What are you thinking about, that man?" Cornelia frowned slightly but didn't answer.

Thus, the Kyushu War came to a successful conclusion, and the mastermind behind the destruction of time, Atsushi Sawaki, was subdued.

Chapter 362 Cecil

The day after the Kyushu War ended, during a break between classes, Lelouch, who had just woken up (he had been dragged to extra classes by all his teachers the night before, which didn't end until the early hours of the morning, including Suzaku), glanced at Summit's empty seat, then at Suzaku and Kallen, who were also resting with their eyes closed. He took out his phone from his pocket, looked at Summit's number, thought for a moment, then stood up and walked towards the corridor.

"Lelouch, where are you going?" Rival, who was gossiping with the students in his class, asked in confusion when he saw Lelouch suddenly stand up from his seat.

Lelouch turned around, smiled slightly, and said to Rival, "It's nothing, I just wanted to make a phone call." Then he opened the classroom door and walked out.

At the entrance to the corridor, after making sure no one was around, Lelouch took out his phone and dialed Summit's number.

As Summit was typing the perfect data on his ninth-generation KnightMare energy wings into his computer at several times the normal speed, under the watchful eyes of Lloyd and Cecil, his phone rang at an inopportune moment. Summit stopped, and under the concerned gazes of Lloyd and Cecil (who were actually worried he was slacking off), slowly took out his phone, pressed the answer button, and put it to his ear.

"Hello, is this your brother?" Lelouch asked softly.

"Lelouch, is something the matter?" After regaining his memories, Summit was still a little unaccustomed to having Lelouch as his younger brother, and asked in a somewhat stiff tone.

"Tomorrow is the school festival, can you come back? Nunnally misses you a lot," Lelouch said hesitantly.

"The school festival? I understand, but something else will take a while, and I might be late," Summit said apologetically after hearing Lelouch's words.

After Summit finished speaking, Lelouch from the school immediately smiled and said, "Really? I'm glad you're back." Then he hung up the phone.

Hearing the beeping sound, Summit's expression turned serious, and he slowly put down his phone. He remembered that in the anime, Euphemia announced the establishment of the Special Administrative Region of Japan on this very day, the source of all the tragedies.

"What's wrong?" Cecil, who was observant, asked cautiously after noticing the change in Samit's expression.

"It's nothing, just some minor issues," Summit said calmly, shaking his head before resuming his 'focused' work. There was nothing he could do about it.

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