Unlimited Ambition

After that, Schneider and I returned to the chessboard. I shook hands with a reluctant Lelouch.

Then I asked, "What's the program that's going on with so many people gathered here?"

Lelouch snorted softly, ignoring me. Schneider smiled apologetically and said, "My brother Lelouch and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I got a little itchy, so I played a game of chess with him."

"Oh," I nodded, then asked, "How did it go?"

Schneider continued, "It was just when we were about to see who would prevail, but then you, my friend, suddenly appeared out of nowhere, bringing with you a strong wind, and then..."

"Oh, is that so... What a pity." This time I was genuinely disappointed, feeling regretful that I had missed an opportunity to stir things up.

Schneider comforted him, saying, "Ignorance is no excuse. How can you blame your friend? However, if my friend really wants to see it, I have already written down the previous game. We can replay it."

I nodded vigorously and said, "Your Majesty's ability is something I would also like to witness. Moreover, to see the two poles of the world directly competing would be a wonderful thing, and it would be a great story to spread."

Schneider nodded, about to agree, but Lelouch, not to be outdone, said, "It's just memorizing a chess game, what's so great about that—I can do it too."

I laughed and ignored him, but said to Schneider, "As expected of the Emperor's brother."

Schneider shook his head and said nothing more. Then, someone naturally cleared away the chessboard, and the two of them instantly recreated the game from memory. Everyone looked, and sure enough, it was perfectly accurate.

Seeing this situation, I found it a bit strange, so I asked Schneider, "Who is holding the white?"

Schneider replied, "It is indeed my foolish brother."

I nodded, mentally reviewing the entire board, and said, "After this move, it's Black's turn, right?"

Schneider nodded in agreement.

So I continued, "Then, Your Majesty, you have walked into the lion's den."

Schneider smiled but remained silent. Sensing the tense atmosphere, I beckoned to a nearby Britannian official and asked, "What's going on?"

The official then told me that Schneider said he was "disturbed," and that he deliberately let the White King step forward, while Lelouch roared, "He doesn't need to give way!"

I nodded, looking at the board: it should have been a draw, but unexpectedly, White made a move that forced the Black king back a step. The situation changed dramatically—White now had the advantage.

I nodded, thinking to myself: Schneider is indeed a formidable opponent. I also spoke the truth aloud, a rare occurrence for me: "Your Majesty is truly talented; I admire you." Lelouch's expression grew even more unpleasant.

Schneider smiled, seemingly not taking it seriously at all, but he was secretly quite pleased with himself.

"However, this game has gotten a bit boring. I'm not very good at it, but I'd like to chime in," I said at this point.

Schneier asked curiously, "Why do you want to play the white pieces or the black pieces? This is a bit troublesome. Why not wait until this game is over and my brother and I have decided the winner, then you can play against my brother."

Schneider, without saying a word, then revealed their alliance status. Lelouch's expression darkened again upon hearing this.

I laughed and said, "When I make a move, I will neither choose white nor black."

Schneider asked curiously, "Without using black or white, how will my friend stir up trouble on this chessboard?"

I smiled without saying a word, only saying, "Your Majesty, just wait and see." Meanwhile, Lelouch, curious about my intentions, moved closer without making a sound.

"Look at yourselves!" I shouted, then drew my sword, the Heaven-Slaying Sword, and swung it down! It decapitated the two kings standing side-by-side. Then, under their astonished gazes, I burst into laughter: "You two are too kind! Though I arrived a step late, I have won this game in the end! Hahahaha!!!"

Chapter Forty-Five: The Death of the Black Prince

Seeing my actions, Lelouch felt both hatred and anxiety. He immediately removed his contact lenses and shouted at lightning speed, "Become my slave in the name of Lelouch vi Britannia!" A flash of red light followed, and the next moment, Schneider and I were caught in the attack.

A flash of white light, and then the strange red light in my and Schneider's eyes vanished without a trace.

"How could this be?!" Lelouch shouted involuntarily when he saw his greatest trump card fail.

"Hmph... Geass isn't omnipotent. Remember that in your next life." I snorted coldly, then put the Geass Eliminator back into my pocket.

Rewind a dozen seconds, when Lelouch was shouting his chuunibyou lines, I thought to myself: This is exactly what I've been waiting for. I had already pulled out the Geass Destroyer, holding it in front of my eyes, my muscles tense and ready. After I was affected by the Geass, my muscles relaxed, and I subconsciously pressed the switch on the Destroyer. That's how Lelouch's Geass was broken.

Schneider, however, was completely bewildered. Seeing his brother screaming frantically, he couldn't help but step forward, seemingly to comfort him.

I grabbed him and said, "Brother, you must not be so soft-hearted at this time."

Schneier's expression changed. Although he didn't know what had happened, he understood the killing intent in my words. He hesitated greatly, saying, "He is, after all, a prince of Brittany... my brother."

I sneered, "Your Highness treated him like family, but he's a cold-blooded and ruthless man. Clovis and Euphemia both died at his hands back then. Does Your Highness want to be the third one?"

Schneider remained hesitant. Although he was quite dissatisfied with his younger brother's cold-bloodedness, he still didn't want me to kill him. I gritted my teeth and said, "Brother, you are knowledgeable and experienced. Do you know of the existence of Geass?!"

Schneider was startled, seemingly quite sensitive to the word.

I continued, "What Lelouch just said refers to the activation of Geass. Anyone affected by it will lose their self-awareness and become its slave. I've fought it many times, so I know how powerful it is. That's why I prepared a device to counter Geass. I only escaped by chance. If you don't believe me, just look at those people—"

Schneider followed my finger and saw that the others surrounding him, whose Geass hadn't been dispelled due to the limited range of the dispelling device, had ominous red glints in their eyes. Their faces were stiff, like walking corpses. Only then did he begin to believe me. The last vestiges of brotherly affection he had for Lelouch vanished instantly. He thought bitterly, "Lelouch, you can't believe you're so heartless—I might just have to make you pay today!"

Lelouch, after a brief period of rage, finally recovered and, seeing the furious stares of Schneider and me, felt a surge of panic. He took two steps back and shouted to the other officials and guards afflicted by Geass, "Kill them! Quickly!!"

Those controlled by Geass immediately rushed towards me and Schneider. Lelouch, on the other hand, quickly ran towards the location where he had parked the Mirage Tower.

"Damn it!" Schneider cursed angrily as he watched Lelouch about to escape.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, he can't escape!" I said as I sheathed the Heaven-Slaying Sword and used the bronze scabbard to smash the group. At the same time, the Geass Eliminator in my other hand flashed white light repeatedly, and I quickly subdued the group.

By this time, Lelouch had run quite a distance and was about to reach the Mirage Tower. Suddenly, several Tiger and Leopard Knight mechs emerged from the sea and blocked his way.

“I told you long ago, he can’t escape.” I smiled as I saw the ambush troops emerge.

Unexpectedly, another unexpected change occurred! A strange mech that looked like an orange and had a large number of tentacles extending from its body suddenly appeared. With a wave of its tentacles, it bound the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry tightly, and with another pull, it tore these elite seventh-generation mechs to pieces.

"Jeremiah, the most loyal knight of Prince Lelouch, reports for duty!" The long-lost voice came from inside the orange.

"Damn it!" Just when we were about to catch him, this unexpected obstacle appeared out of nowhere. After seeing this, I ran towards my own weapon, shouting as I ran, "Brother, think of something!"

Schneier's expression turned grim as he looked at the orange-shaped mech. He pulled out a walkie-talkie: "Knights of the Round Table, move out! The targets are the strange orange-shaped mech and the EU Speaker's vehicle, the Mirage! No mercy, kill them outright!"

At that moment, I also entered the Kill Wolf game, entered the password, and started the program.

Not far away, the Mirage Tower also activated, fleeing northwards towards the EU under the cover of the Orange Mech.

Meanwhile, from the direction of southern Egypt, several impressive-looking special mechs flew over. These were the four mechs of the Knights of the Round Table, led by Bismarck, all possessing ace-level capabilities.

As the five mechs drew ever closer, the one at the front, the one that had left a deep impression on Lelouch, was the Killer Wolf. Jeremiah steeled his resolve and said, "Your Highness, you go first! I'll cover the rear!" With that, he turned around, piloting his mech forward instead of retreating, and charged towards me.

"Tch, what a troublesome bastard." I scoffed, opened the public chat, and said to the Knights of the Round Table, "This madman is yours! I'm going after the other one!"

"What right do you have to order us around?!" a very shrill voice rang out. I thought for a moment; it must be Platos, the so-called Breton vampire.

"Tch, I am the Prince Regent of the Chinese Federation! So what? What are you going to do about it?!" After saying that, I used the speed of the Killing Wolf to make a sharp turn and rush past the Orange Mech, heading towards the Mirage Tower.

"Don't hurt my lord!" Jeremiah shouted as he watched me chase after him. He was about to give chase when he was surrounded by three other mechs—a vampire was following behind me, seemingly intent on killing me.

"Platos, come back!" Bismarck shouted angrily. The vampire pretended not to hear her and instead sped up.

"Alright, the three of us are enough. Let's go together and shoot it down!" Gino, the young master, didn't think twice and charged straight at the orange mech. On the other side, Anya also got into position, blocking Jeremiah's escape route.

"Alright, let's finish him off quickly so we can go get reinforcements." Bismarck thought for a moment, then charged forward.

At this moment, a minor altercation occurred between the two mechs chasing the Mirage Tower and me and the vampire.

I had caught up with the edge of the Mirage Tower, and with a flash of my twin swords, I was ready to finish him off. Unexpectedly, the vampire behind me made his move, firing several laser cannons from the legs of his mech, all aimed at me.

I dodged it once or twice, thinking it was because this useless driver's skills were too weak. But after it happened a few times, I realized that this guy actually had ill intentions towards me.

"Damn it! What are you doing?!" The Killer Wolf mech spun around, and I couldn't care less about tracking the Mirage Tower anymore. With a swift movement of my longsword, I sliced ​​his extended energy cone into pieces.

"Of course I'll kill you!" Surprisingly, this vampire was surprisingly obedient. Ignoring the fact that this was a public channel, he shouted it out.

Very well, in that case... Lightning Flash! Cloud Breaker!

The Kill Wolf mech accelerated to Mach 11 in an instant, appearing before the vampire's vehicle like lightning, its twin blades slashing down simultaneously! An energy shield immediately appeared above the vampire's vehicle—but it didn't even last a second before shattering into pieces.

The next moment, Killer Wolf turned a corner and continued the chase, while the vampire, along with his mech, paused in mid-air for a split second. Then, it was severed in two from top to bottom. Following that was a deafening explosion.

After only one round of combat, Platos, one of the Knights of the Round Table from Brittany, was killed.

This scene was witnessed by Bismarck, who, sensing something was amiss, had abandoned Jeremiah to come to his aid. He watched as a flash of silver light appeared, and then the vampire of equal renown was swiftly killed. He was speechless with shock.

"My God... that speed, it's simply, simply..." Bismarck thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable adjective. She wanted to catch up with me and question me. But her hands just wouldn't obey her commands. She just watched the silver-gray figure getting further and further away and felt a chill spread from the bottom of her heart throughout her body.

"Well, after all, it was that vampire who said he wanted to kill him first. He's not entirely innocent either," Bismarck consoled herself, then returned the way she came and joined the ranks of those besieging Jeremiah.

Having just witnessed the enemy's infighting, Lelouch thought to himself, "Heaven hasn't forsaken me." But to his surprise, the Slayer Corps relentlessly pursued him like a leech, terrifying him to the core. Just then, the EU continent came into view, and tens of thousands of EU mechs swarmed towards him like locusts, seemingly surrounding him.

Through the public channel, the voice of the Mediterranean Coast Guard Commander came through: "Your Excellency Speaker, please do not panic. You are protected by a group of elite troops, and we guarantee your safety!"

Lelouch was relieved, thinking: No matter how powerful he is, can he really take my head amidst this army?!

"I really am that powerful!" I roared through the public channel, as if I could hear Lelouch's inner thoughts. This offended the pilots of tens of thousands of mechs from the EU ahead. Immediately afterward, a dense barrage of bullets rained down upon me.

"Well done!" I accelerated the Killing Wolf to Mach 11 again, charging into the enemy ranks like a silver streak. Completely ignoring the appearance of the surrounding enemies, I charged straight towards the Mirage Tower in the center. I was invincible along the way; every enemy mech that came near me was cut in two with a single sword strike, without exception.

"Stop him! Stop him now!" Lelouch's voice changed as he watched me so bravely. Immediately, a group of heavily armored mechs equipped with heavy shields and large-area energy shields blocked his way, forming a shield wall.

"Damn it!" With my nemesis so close, I was surrounded by this tortoise shell. I roared, "Qinggang Sword, Second Form!" The Qinggang Sword quickly transformed, splitting its blade and unleashing a whip of light that was both soft and hard, piercing right through the shield wall and binding the Mirage Tower hiding behind it.

Lelouch was just about to wipe the sweat from his brow when I pulled this move, and he immediately activated the Mirage at its maximum power, trying to break free.

"Useless! Come here and die!" With a tug of my left hand, gripping the Qinggang Sword, the shield wall immediately broke open, and the Mirage Tower crashed into several mechs before I pulled it over. With my other hand, I swiftly thrust out the Yitian Sword. Lelouch, not to be outdone, activated his energy shield with all his might to block the Yitian Sword's light.

"Where is CC?!" I suddenly shouted through the public channel.

"CC?" Lelouch was taken aback for a moment, then realized I was asking him: "Let me go, and I'll tell you!"

"Behave yourself if you want to live!" But I wasn't fooled at all, and I thrust the Heaven-Slaying Sword with even more force. Sparks flew as it pierced straight through, and the energy shield shattered bit by bit.

"I'll talk! I'll talk! She left three days ago!" Lelouch shouted.

"Where did you go?!" I asked.

"Kane Island—" After Lelouch finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He tried hard to turn his head to look, but he had no strength left...

The Mirage Tower fell; Lelouch, the Black Prince, died.

"Bastards! Bastards, bastards, bastards—die!! Sun-Shooting Divine Bow System activated!!!!!" Upon hearing the disgusting news, I roared, and countless tiny, pinhole-like holes rapidly opened on the Killing Wolf Mech. Incredibly thin, yet possessing immense destructive power, nano-missiles carrying electronic viruses shot out in all directions at unparalleled speed.

The EU Mediterranean Coast Guard, a mech legion, was completely wiped out.

Chapter Forty-Six: Unifying the Three Continents

It's the same question, the one I've thought about for a long time but still can't figure out: which is more important, the country or the beauty?

If you still can't figure this out, then try another one: Should CC die?

Damn.

However, this time I won't rush over to her like last time. Let her wait a few more days so I can settle my worldly affairs.