Knowing Nothing

The unusual giant pink mech smashed through the gate outside the ruins’ cave, arriving not far from Xu Yue amid trembling earth.

It raised the cannon in its hand and aimed it at Xu Yue. Then, Anya’s crisp, adorably vacant voice came through the loudspeakers.

"Over there, put down your weapon and hand V.V over to me."

Inside the mech’s cockpit, a pink-haired girl who looked no older than thirteen or fourteen, exquisitely cute like a porcelain doll, displayed a maturity utterly at odds with her appearance.

Mariana had been a Valkyrie on the battlefield during her lifetime. Even the First Knight had held her in awe, and her own abilities were exceptionally outstanding.

To infiltrate alone, find these ruins, easily deal with the guards, and then arrive before Xu Yue—each feat seemed to speak of her capabilities.

Whether it was intelligence gathering, combat strength, or infiltration ability, she had fully demonstrated them all. Her cunning and strategic mind even surpassed those of her son, Lelouch.

In the original story, she and the Emperor had wanted to carry out Ragnarok, completely seize control of C’s World, only to be thwarted by Lelouch in the end.

Her purpose in appearing here now was self-evident.

V.V, who possessed the power of Code, was also an indispensable tool in their hands.

"Do not try to use your Geass to influence me. I roughly understand your ability. It should make others more likely to trust you and believe what you say. But as long as I remain inside the mech, you cannot affect me."

Anya’s voice emerged from the loudspeakers, seemingly intending to crush every last trace of Xu Yue’s wishful thinking.

V.V really was useless. Where had all that domineering presence gone when he killed me? He had ended up getting captured alive like a dead dog, forcing me to come wipe up his mess myself.

And this guy in front of me truly wasn’t simple either. He had brought the chaos under control in such a short time. Even with that kind of Geass ability, he was still terrifying.

Based on the intelligence she had gathered and analyzed, he should have an extremely elite unit under his command.

Yet the location of that unit remained a mystery to this day. Every time it acted, its enemies were inevitably wiped out.

However, after repeated reconnaissance, she had been able to confirm that terrifying unit was not nearby.

What an arrogant man.

"When it comes to understanding Geass abilities, I am far above you, boy."

Still using Anya’s body, Mariana continued speaking words intended to undermine Xu Yue’s fighting spirit, wearing the air of someone who had seen through everything and understood it all.

Yet her actions remained extremely cautious. She continuously scanned every place in the cave where a mech might possibly be hidden.

"Since when did ‘Mariana the Flash’ become so timid? Don’t worry, I can tell you clearly that there are no mechs lying in ambush nearby."

Xu Yue wore a gentle expression as he spoke lightly.

Inside the cockpit, Anya’s pupils contracted sharply. Her identity had been discovered? How was that possible!

Only the Emperor and C.C knew her identity. Even V.V did not know!

Could C.C have told him?

That made no sense. As far as their ultimate goal was concerned, she could actually fulfill C.C’s wish!

But it did not matter. The current situation was entirely under her control, and she possessed an absolute advantage in firepower.

"To find this place and even know about my Geass ability, you must have begun preparing after I took down the Geass Order. You did a great deal of investigation, didn’t you?"

Xu Yue showed no awareness whatsoever of the mech’s cannon being aimed at him, that gentle smile still on his face.

"Since you investigated to this extent, let me guess. You probably believe I have a secret assault squad. Earlier, you should have carefully surveyed the surroundings, confirmed that unit was absent, tested the strength of the four people at the entrance and found them ordinary, then decisively came in?"

Xu Yue phrased it like a question, yet spoke in an exceedingly certain, casual tone.

"So after arriving here, you first confirmed whether there was an ambush of mechs. Once you were done confirming it, you concluded that you held an absolute advantage in firepower and had the entire situation under control?"

"Well, that really is…"

Xu Yue, who had been smiling all along, opened his eyes. The Mangekyō patterns in them spun, and in the next instant, a purple figure several times larger than the giant pink mech appeared out of thin air.

"Naive!"

Antique armor, three longswords strapped across its back, distinct contours, and an enormous frame.

Susanoo!

Fourth form!

It was nearly complete, with clearly defined armor.

It looked as dazzling as a purple mech.

The basic mechs of this world were only around four or five meters tall. Anya’s special pink mech stood seven or eight meters high.

Yet before that purple figure, it still appeared tiny!

Theoretically, the abilities of the Mangekyō Sharingan emerged according to the user’s heart.

However, Xu Yue’s had been upgraded through a specially designated Mangekyō, so that aspect was not particularly evident.

Instead, it manifested in his Susanoo!

Back when he had only possessed an ordinary Mangekyō, the initial form and first form had been the same. But after reaching the fourth form, Xu Yue’s Susanoo had also gained its own distinctive traits.

The three longswords on its back each possessed a different, magnificent form!

"Not good!"

When Mariana saw the suddenly appearing purple mech, she naturally understood that her opponent had no special assault squad at all. Every one of those achievements had actually been accomplished by him personally.

And she had never encountered such a strange mech before!

Even with Mariana’s confidence, she had no desire to battle a mech that looked so troublesome without any intelligence support whatsoever.

She immediately prepared to retreat.

Violent flames blasted downward.

But in the next instant, she discovered that her mech’s legs had somehow been tangled by Vines that had emerged from nowhere, leaving it completely unable to break free.

"If a mech is determined to run at full speed, it would give me a bit of a headache too. After all, I haven’t touched you."

Susanoo slowly drew the leftmost longsword. Its hilt was still purple flame, but its blade shone with a sacred white radiance that made one feel the goodness of humanity.

Slash!

With one swing, a blinding streak of white sword light flashed past, instantly passing through the mech before it.

After being pierced, the mech, which appeared completely undamaged, immediately shut down all its engines.

After a brief pause, it exploded apart with a crash, breaking into fragments!

Yet the petite figure inside fell to the ground along with the debris, seemingly completely unharmed.

Rip~

The sound of tearing cloth rang out. Every piece of clothing on Anya’s petite body simultaneously turned into strips of fabric and scattered away.

Like Holy Light, the strips of cloth happened to cover the critical areas.

That sword light, carrying the intent that the benevolent were invincible, seemed incapable of harming living beings, yet could inflict enormous destruction upon all nonliving objects…

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PS: I also noticed some readers were hung up on the protagonist using the passageway to deal with the mechs. There were actually several layers of safeguards here. First, I wrote that the protagonist used a simple Illusion Technique to suggest that they should overlook the process as much as possible. Second, just like when he used Great Fireball in Koutetsujou, the Reincarnation Space’s correction of powers from outside this world would naturally be very strong, and would itself alter their effects. Third, the protagonist turned around at the end. His own mech’s surveillance did not see the battle process; it would only be somewhat suspicious of the battlefield’s outcome.

Finally, the electromagnetic cannon bombardment had cleared out the built-in surveillance in the passageway. Therefore, the only effective surveillance was footage linked between the protagonist’s mech and Lancelot, so you can fill in the blanks yourselves. That is why I did not write much about it and only mentioned it in passing.

And finally, that officer Kusukabe was a bit foolish to begin with, and he had hostages as leverage. The passageway being taken was one thing, but since only two people had entered, it meant the governor outside was wary of harming the hostages and did not dare send more people. So when dealing with the two intruders, his first thought was merely for the people below to handle and capture them themselves.

That was roughly it~ I was worried that writing too many explanations would interrupt the original text and affect the flow of reading, so this shameless author has rarely written detailed explanations lately.