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Sitting on the machine, Kururugi Suzaku took a deep breath and said, "Teacher, I'm going to meet the enemy."
Su Qing nodded and said, "Go!"
Watching the mecha take off into the air, Su Qing smiled.
In the past, Kururugi Suzaku would definitely hesitate and ask him all kinds of questions, asking him if he could hold back and so on - facing five-digit mechas, given Britain's national strength, it couldn't be called a battle at all.
Although these people's hands must be stained with blood, as Britain was able to become the world's largest country, and Britain's elite troops must have fought wars in the south and the north as Britain expanded, they cannot be said to be innocent, but Suzaku Kururugi is indeed such a person.
But who knows whether Suzaku Kururugi is such a saint in his heart, or whether life forces him to be so saintly?
As the only son of the deceased prime minister of the island country, Suzaku Kururugi even killed his own father in order to reduce the sacrifices and resistance of the island people. Could it be that he had no complaints towards Britain in his heart?
But in the past, for the sake of the island country, he had to hold a high position in Britain, and he could not have the slightest complaint.
It would have been fine if he had driven the mecha to Britain before. Suzaku Kururugi would not attack ordinary people and would keep the battle area within the imperial city.
But facing the British army...
At least when he heard that he was asked to drive a mecha to attack the imperial city, Suzaku Kururugi asked Su Qing how to control the scale of damage, but now he said nothing.
……
The British army was accompanied by 24-hour uninterrupted live broadcast footage.
Other large forces, such as local tyrants in Kyushu and great nobles in EU, have their own ways to obtain internal information of Britain. Since Charles came to power, Britain has expanded wildly, and while its national strength has skyrocketed, there has been countless sand in its interior.
This live broadcast is for ordinary people to watch.
Charles mobilized the national power of Britain to spread the live broadcast to as many parts of the world as possible.
In front of the whole world, the man standing at the pinnacle of power in the world stood upright on the deck of his private fleet, with densely packed machines and his children below him.
Charles said that the capable would be promoted and the mediocre would be demoted, and he did indeed recruit grassroots talents on a large scale. But when it came to the upper levels - the governors of Britain's colonies around the world were all his children.
Not to mention outsiders like the islanders, even the original British nobles had no share.
The highest position that an outsider can achieve is an assistant to the royal family, such as the Knights of the Round Table who are directly under Charles.
In the original novel, it was easy for either Euphemia or Nunnally to take District 11 from the emperor - for example, Euphemia wanted to establish an equal self-help district in District 11, and the only price was to give up her inheritance rights.
The problem is that Euphemia was not ranked high in the list to begin with, and it was not her turn to inherit Britain at all, which was almost equivalent to not having a chance to inherit Britain.
It can't be called an exchange of interests at all.
It was more like Charles thought, 'Why is my daughter so naive?' He thought that someone like Euphemia was not qualified to inherit Britain, so he directly deprived Euphemia of her inheritance rights - and then gave District 11 to her.
I'm giving it to you, take it and play with it. It's a small island country, you can play with it however you want!
As long as his own interests are not involved, Charles can definitely be called a kind father - for example, the young Lelouch dared to directly question Charles about his mother's death, and because Charles sent him to the island country as a hostage, he directly declared war on the island country, so he hated Charles and even wanted to destroy Britain.
Because in Lelouch's impression, Charles was very kind before.
When it comes to one’s own interests and calculations, that’s another matter.
But among his children, Charles actually has a very high reputation.
Looking up at the sky, Charles began to recite the manuscript.
"What do you see here?"
The princes and princesses followed Charles's gaze and saw nothing but the army besides the airship that had landed on the ground.
A prince hesitated.
"…Britain's hegemony?"
"No, it is the hegemony of all mankind."
Charles said loudly.
"For thousands of years, humans have been the masters of this planet and the spirits of all things. I, Charles DI Britannia, will never allow this to change in my hands."
"No matter who the enemy is."
"The weak Kyushu Federation and the hypocritical EU clearly know the truth of all this but do nothing. But I am different in Britain."
"Others fear the loss of national strength, but Britain does not."
"Only the weak are afraid of fighting. The trembling mediocrity, the weaklings who plan to reap the benefits, just watch in the gutter! The reason why you are inferior to Britain."
"This is my British army."
“This planet belongs only to humans, not to any civilization that has long been destroyed in the course of history.”
"Losers should just leave the stage."
"Glory to mankind!"
"Glory to Britain!"
There was jubilation below.
In fact, the whole world was jubilant. Thanks to Charles' propaganda, most of the world was skeptical about the so-called revival of ancient civilization and its intention to eliminate humans - at least they were skeptical.
Except for the powerful people in EU and Kyushu.
These people suddenly felt something was wrong.
——Could it be that Charles is acting?
Britain had been waging wars around the world before, and there were rebels in many colonies. District 11 was actually a country with relatively few rebels.
The character deeply rooted in their bones makes most people in District 11 know how to recognize their father, and the scale of resistance is only small-scale attacks.
The rebels in other regions were much more fierce.
This cannot be compared with other worlds without magic. In a normal world without magic, the national strength of the world's largest country cannot support multiple-front warfare.
From the eleventh zone of the island nation about ten years ago, the number of Britain's colonies has now exceeded twenty. If the World of C had not existed, Britain would have been dragged down by this level of expansion long ago.
Compared with the colonial rebellions in other worlds, the scale of the rebellion in this world is already small and mild.
But it’s not that no one resisted.
The influence of World C is also limited. Those who were originally hesitant about whether to resist the invaders may not resist because of the existence of World C.
But the World of C was helpless against those who were determined to resist.
This is also one of the problems in District 11 today.
The lower classes do not recognize the rebels. In their view, it is meaningless for the rebels to shout about fighting for the island nation.
When an island country is invaded, the normal situation should be that a group of people are unwilling to submit to Britain at all costs and are firmly opposed to Britain, a group of people hesitate for various reasons, and the rest lie down - this is a progressive process, and every type of person has some.
But because of the existence of World C, the group of people in the middle are very small.
For those who are determined to resist the invaders, World C cannot influence their thoughts, but World C can influence those who are hesitant. Because of the existence of World C, most people in the world tend to worship the strong and no longer care about being colonized.
Most of those who hesitated to rebel against Britain lay down soon after.
With the loss of these people, and the fact that the island nation was not doing well to begin with, the resistance forces in District 11 are now basically regarded as terrorists by the people in District 11.
In this world, because of the existence of World C, the scale of the colonial resistance is actually not large.
But even so, if Britain expands its horizons to the whole world, its expansion is almost reaching its limit.
The other powerful people who were watching couldn't help but frown.
Could it be that Britain was planning to portray itself as the savior of the world? Saving humanity from the ancient civilization... then the resistance of the colonies would surely be eased.
Then Britain invaded Kyushu and EU?
Facing the savior of mankind, even if the Kyushu people and the EU people were destroyed, there would not be many rebels.
But the question is, what can you use to make people all over the world believe it?
Many powerful people sneered in their hearts, who doesn't know you, Charles? How could you really do this for humanity?
And even if you are really rebelling against the ancient civilization, you can make it up.
Whoever profits is the mastermind behind the scenes. As long as you make a profit, you will never gain the trust of others.
I was originally afraid of the mecha and felt that Britain was unfathomable, but now it seems that there may be a chance.
Britain's military research and development has indeed made breakthrough progress, but it is probably at a high price. Otherwise, given Charles' previous way of doing things, how could he have staged such a drama?
Isn't this just a pretext for pretending that one is able to rule the world safely, even though one is sure of conquering the whole world but not sure of ruling the whole world?
But what's the point of a technological leap? Can't we buy technology? Given the situation in Britain, where loyalty is not important but the law of the jungle, isn't it easy to buy people off?
Back then, you, Britain, drove the Knightmare and occupied the island country in a month. Now, aren’t the resistance forces of the island country also driving mechas?
Although the model is a bit behind.
Many people already have drafts in mind, intending to "expose" Charles's evil ambitions and conspiracies.
Isn't it just bullshit? Who wouldn't say that? It's just bullshit that you, Charles, have joined the ancient civilization and enslaved the current human beings... What ancient civilization? It's just a god!
It is said that you, Charles, plan to rule the world and help the gods to keep humans in captivity... Well, it is said that humans originally had a lifespan of over 800 years, but because of their belief in gods, their lifespan was lost and they can only live to 80 years old. The gods gained eternal life through human offerings.
The big guys who hold real power all understand that sometimes the truth is not important, and what is accepted by more people is the "truth".
Whether true or false.
Many people felt more at ease.
So that's what's going on. I totally understand.
We will go and cause trouble for Charles, and then we will buy over the British technology and then go against him.
No matter how much you act, Charles, I don't believe it.
As soon as Charles finished his speech, a shadow blocked out the sunlight.
A mecha tens of meters high was suspended in the air.
"You ridiculous human, you..."
The sound came from the mecha and echoed throughout the venue.
"And these ragtag men of yours, do you want to rebel against me?"
Charles was not at all panicked. When the person acting opposite you is a collaborator to a certain extent, no matter how you lie, you will not be exposed.
Charles sneered, "Rubbish metal? In my eyes, you are rubbish. After the fall of the ancient civilization, how much strength can you exert with your body that has not been repaired for more than five thousand years?"
"Warriors of all Britain, you who have expanded the territory of Britain, are you afraid of this kind of scrap metal?"