Chapter 79

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This question seemed to have made Xingke show an unexpected expression for the first time. He raised his eyebrows gently. The disappointment that had just disappeared, and the deep interest-like expression appeared in his eyes again.

"You asked something interesting."

“…”

"However, you seem to be ordering me to hand over our confidential information to your side. It's very regretful that it is difficult for the following officials to respond immediately to the judgment." Zhuque clenched his fist hard. Xing Ke glanced at it.

"but--"

"?"

“It is not impossible to answer based on the conditions.”

"Condition?" Xingke suddenly smiled, and then gently raised his hand behind him. The military officers from the Chinese Federation he brought were standing there. Xingke whispered a few words to a military officer who had walked up to him. The military officer nodded and his figure temporarily disappeared on the other side of the door. Not long after, the military officer who appeared again held a slender wooden box in both hands. He brought the wooden box to the between Zhuque and Xingke. Then he placed the wooden box on the ground and opened the lid. The box was placed in the box with two knives. Of course, it was not a model, but a real knife. Zhuque opened his eyes slightly. Gino muttered "hey hey".

"Or, do you want a British sword more?" Xingke said, with a hint of joy in his tone.

"However, the seventh knight, Shumu Suzakuqing. I heard that you are from Japan and are a good Japanese swordsman."

"…What do you mean?"

"Didn't I say the conditions? Because I was threatened by guns, I had to provide information free of charge. Our Chinese Federation has not yet declined to this extent."

"You mean to compete with me?"

"If you can defeat me, I will answer your question just now."

"What if I lose?"

"The true identity under the Zero mask." Suzaku's brow tightened suddenly.

"The man who once captured Zero in the Black Rebellion, and although he was a man of other countries, was promoted to the Seventh Knight of the British Empire, Shumu Suzaku."

“…”

"If it's yours, should it be? Who is the so-called zero? I want you to tell me."

Gino grabbed his head in a daze, "Ah, it's such a mess."

"That's how the so-called duel is." As he said, Xingke approached the wooden box placed on the ground, picked up one of the swords, "fighted each other with something as a bet. The winner got everything, and the loser lost everything." He inserted the knife in his hand around his waist, and Xingke returned to his original position.

"Your answer is? Shumu Zhuque." Xingke's sharp eyes shot up. Zhuque stared at him motionlessly, and finally, his steps slowly stepped forward.

"Hey, Suzaku—" Gino stretched his hand to Suzaku's shoulder without thinking, and planned to stop him. However, someone quietly pulled the hem of his knight's suit. It was Ania. This girl who had hardly interrupted the matter and was silently paying attention to the development of the situation, still staring at Suzaku's back silently. She stared at him with a look that always makes people feel a little cold. At the other end of her sight, Suzaku took the knife from the box like Xingke, and stroked the scabbard carved with exquisite patterns with her palms.

“I accept.”

Xingke smiled slightly.

Did that zero's true identity, Lelouch who retrieved his memory—

Regarding this, as mentioned earlier on Veletta and Lolo, who were in charge of surveillance, Zhuque could not make a judgment. He felt that it should be impossible, but he also felt that it was. In fact, it should be said that in this kind of psychological warfare, Zhuque's talent is really poor.

First of all, in terms of placing troops and setting up formations, Zhuque could not defeat Lelouch. Lelouch was not superior, but was second or third. However, in this case, it cannot be said that Zhuque was too slow. Lelouch, who had just retrieved his memory, found loopholes in the right surveillance network one by one, and even arranged a double spy-like existence among the surveillancers, which was beyond common sense.

But on the other hand, Suzaku also made a gambling move a few days ago. For Suzaku, Lelouch was just an extremely ordinary person in the academy, but just a "friend" living in the academy. The memories he should have lost at present, including the fact that he was zero and the most important things to him.

So, Suzaku tried to let him have a conversation with a certain character in front of him. The two were alone on the roof platform and handed the portable communicator to Lelouch.

"It is the new governor of District 11 that will take office next week."

"Governor? Such a great person would find me who is just a student-?"

Lelouch put the microphone in his ear and replied, "Hey, hello"

Then--

"Yes... that, I think you might be looking for someone." He continued, as if he was very confused.

"No, it's really a privilege to be able to be with Your Highness like me... Yes. Then I'm rude." In this way, he returned the communicator.

——Lelouch. Sure enough, did not retrieve the memory...

From beginning to end, Suzaku was always watching and listening. He didn't miss a word. Even Lelouch's expression didn't last for a moment. The other party was Nanali. It was his stolen before he had lost his memory. It was the reason for all his actions. Can he really talk to Nanali calmly?

However, the result was nothing abnormal. There was no sign of it. At least in Suzaku's eyes, there was no sign that he had recovered his memory. And Nanali, who was talking to Suzaku in the communicator that was handed over, also said.

"Yes, I'm sorry. I was shocked because the atmosphere was so similar..." Considering this situation, I can only think that he was not suspicious. Of course, it was also possible that Lelouch was consciously acting for him.

Since the Black Rebellion, Nanali has not been very worried when she lived in Britain, and she was heartbroken by the safety of Lulush. Suzaku is very clear about this, and Lelouch should have completely imagined it. If Lelouch pretends to be a stranger for such Nanali, he is not scary.

Originally, his rebellion was entirely for Nanali. In other words, his deep feelings for Nanali are the root of his strength. Even if he is just acting, if he acts positively, then the strength of that emotion will be weighed out. At least, there may be no longer the intensity of his desire to complete it desperately. Then, even if Suzaku doesn't take action directly, he will one day be swallowed up by the severe world and perish.

However, even though he thought about this, Suzaku still could not completely abandon the idea of ​​doubt. Somewhere in his heart, a voice whispered, "Even so, it can be concluded that the resurrected zero is not Lelouch?" This may only be included in the realm of intuition. Moreover, let's not mention wisdom for now, Suzaku is indeed not inferior to Lelouch.

The sunlight reflected from the blade of the confrontation and emitted dazzling light. The overflowing fragments of light seemed to be a meteor produced between Dou Qi and Dou Qi. The sword dance condensed in an instant seemed to be an art itself. The viewers were all fascinated and could not extricate themselves. At this time, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and pay attention to the direction of victory or defeat.

——So strong.

After cleverly resolving the three stabs, Suzaku whispered in his heart. Xingke's knife attacked like flowing water. The blade aimed at the neck and rushed to the shortest distance almost freezes the spine. Of course, considering the conditions proposed by Xingke just now, he should not have any intention of taking his life. However, murderous aura is real. Suzaku has never seen such a refined and powerful swordsman. Even the Fujido, who was once a master, Mitsuko Shiro, could not know whether he could achieve this level even when fighting seriously.

Zhuque twisted his body and barely escaped from the opponent's long sword track. The blade flew slightly across his head. A small piece of flesh was cut off in an instant, and blood immediately oozed out. There was no need to deal with it. Zhuque corrected the position under his feet and arranged the middle frame again. In this regard, Xingke did not pursue it unreasonably, but also arranged the unique frame and bent his waist slightly. It was simply flawless. It seemed that people felt that no matter where they hit, they would be flashed easily, and then the counterattack blade would follow.

"... Are you suppressed?" Ania, who did not jump and watched the game away from the two people who stopped moving, whispered. Gino beside her shook her head and replied in a low voice, "No, it's evenly matched. In terms of offensives, Suzaku is faster."

"But it was perfectly resolved."

"I'm used to it. He's this style. However, it's not perfectly resolved. He won't let the other party do it perfectly. So, when the opponent turns from defense to counterattack, the other party is a little unable to take steps." Sure enough, when Zhuque and Xing Ke's figures were once again in contact, a piece of Xing Ke's clothes was cut off.

"It doesn't matter if you don't go to stop them?" Don't jump.

"Do you have a stand to say this..."

"I didn't expect them to be so serious." Ania said irresponsibly, and Gino shrugged helplessly. At this moment, Suzaku changed the stance, lowered the tip of the knife, and turned it into the lower section. No, the waist should be lowered, the feet should be separated by a larger distance, and the right hand holding the knife was stretched back. It was a posture of being about to launch a stab. Xing Ke's brow on the opposite side shook slightly.

In an instant, Zhuque's right foot stepped on the ground. He stepped into the best attack distance at a speed like a gust of wind, and repeatedly stabbed continuously. But-

The "Innocent" Xingke easily and with the minimum necessary action, it flashed all the stabs through, and stabbed the side to the belly of Zhuque, which was wide open from the door. The extremely bright blade pierced the skin and penetrated the muscles. Gino let out a "ah". However, Zhuque suddenly exerted force at this time, bent his left foot, clamped the long knife of the opponent's opponent's belly between his knee and his left elbow, and his other hand suddenly swung the hilt of the knife, breaking the long knife simply.

"" Even Xingke couldn't help but be surprised and wanted to retreat. However, Suzaku stepped on the best attack distance in one step. The long sword that fell from top to bottom stopped before Xingke's nose. Xingke hurriedly stopped moving. A gust of wind blew quickly from around. When the wind completely blew, the two figures remained in a state of confrontation. One side held the broken long sword in his hand, and the other side was pierced by the opponent's blade. Both sides maintained their current posture.

"...If it's a competition, you will win." Zhuque said to Xingke in a low voice, "But, if this is a duel, you have no chance of winning." Blood slowly oozed out of the white knight suit. But after glanced down, Xingke threw away the hilt of the knife he was holding. He looked at Zhuque from the front with his pointing blade, and suddenly a smile appeared.

"What a messy man. I'm a tactic that I can avoid the key points, right?"

"Because if I... kill me, I can't ask for zero's true identity." Suzaku also put down his long sword. For a moment, his body staggered, but the young man who bit his lips insisted on standing firmly on the court.

"Your skills are really outstanding. It is because of this... that we adopt this tactic. I think you will never miss the key points." Xingke said with a smile, "You are indeed the same as what he said, very powerful, Zhuqueqing."

"He? Who is he in your mouth?"

"Don't you know him? He originally planned to do it, but I want to try..." Xing Ke suddenly laughed, "But fortunately I took action. If it were him, I might not be able to go through a round. When I asked me to compete with him, I always lose." Zhuque seemed to suddenly think of it, "Is it Shaohui? He is here too?"

"No, he is not here. He may be back home now. By the way, he told me that if Zhuque comes to you one day, please bring me a word to him..."

"talk?"

Xingke said with a meaningful expression—

"He said it would be better to give up the person you have been trying to capture, otherwise he would not mind letting the twelve knights of the empire disappear forever..." After hearing this, Zhuque's brow jumped hard. Xingke smiled slightly, looked up at Zhuque and said seriously, "If it were me, I would choose to listen to him. He would do what he said..."

"It's really... it's too messy. These are all people." Gino murmured as if he was stunned from the bottom of his heart. Xingke smiled again, and then suddenly turned around.

"I've said that, of course I'll abide by the agreement. But before that, I'll deal with your wounds first. Since it was caused by me, I'll be responsible. You can stay there honestly before the medical class."

"So, Zero does not always stay in this consulate." After disinfection and suture, his abdomen was bandaged with bandages. While completing these movements, Zhuque asked, "What about Shaohui? Not here?"

Xingke, who was standing in front of him, nodded with his head, "You want it, but he doesn't like to stay in the same place all the time. He always likes to run around. Sometimes I can't tell whether he is childish or mature."

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