<...People of the world! Fear us, revere us! Our name is... the Black Knights!>
<...We, the Black Knights, are the allies of the powerless! Even if it was the Japanese Liberation Front, using cowardly tactics to take Britannian civilians hostage and slaughter them mercilessly, such meaningless atrocities will not be tolerated. That is why we delivered judgment...>
<...The same goes for former Viceroy Clovis. He ordered the massacre of the defenseless. Faced with such cruelty, I could not stand idly by. Thus, I passed judgment upon him...>
<...I do not deny the necessity of battle. However, the strong slaughtering the weak without consequence is absolutely unforgivable. The only ones with the right to shoot are those prepared to be shot in return!>
<...We, the Black Knights, shall rise again whenever the powerful prey upon the powerless, no matter how overwhelming the enemy's strength may be. O you who wield power... tremble before us! O you who are powerless... place your hopes in us! The world itself shall be judged by the Black Knights!>
When he came to his senses, the boy named Natsume found himself standing among a crowd of intelligence officers, clad in a white-and-blue uniform.
Before him, on a large screen, the masked figure who called himself 'Zero' made his declaration.
Zero raised his right hand, his voice reverberating through the room and sending a shiver down Natsume's spine.
The scene, the voice... it all brought back vivid memories of the past.
'Alright, let's think this through...'
He tried to retrace his steps, but his thoughts were abruptly cut short...
Because right in front of him, floating in midair, was a girl.
She wore a pale blue dress, her long, straight black hair swaying weightlessly. Adorned in a frilly lace-trimmed gothic outfit, she grinned at Natsume.
Defying the laws of physics, she spun in a lazy circle, swimming through the air before looping around his head.
"Ahem..." Natsume cleared his throat and pointed at her lower half, "I can see it."
"Eek!"
He expected her to blush and cover herself, but instead, She flew closer, lifting her skirt slightly:
"Oh? You saw? So, what do you think? Stripes are the best, right? Oh, and they're blue by the way."
"Go die." He didn't hesitate to hurl insults at this bizarre girl...
Because in Natsume's eyes, she was undeniably 'three-dimensional', and in his book, the 3D world was the enemy.
Though his classmates had dubbed him the '2D Otaku Demon King', Natsume didn't completely despise the real world...
However, this girl's behavior was downright revolting... acting like some creepy old man, 'Though I'm sure someone out there is into this…'
The girl's expression shifted to mock surprise, "Wow, you really are the perfect specimen! Playing hard-to-get, huh? How about we get a room?"
"Please go die." Was Natsumeʼs response.
"Adding 'please' doesn't make it okay! And here I thought I was cute enough to charm anyone!"
"As a charm against evil spirits? Yeah, I bet..."
"Ugh, you're impossible!" Pouting, she turned away and gestured at the frozen world around them, "So, do you recognize this world? Ring any bells?"
"Obviously, you weirdo..."
"Ehehe~"
"That wasn't a compliment."
"Huh? Really?" She looked genuinely shocked, apparently having taken 'weirdo' as some form of praise.
With a sigh, she tapped the giant screen in front of them, "This is the world of ~Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion~..."
"Yeah, no kidding." Natsume remarked sarcastically.
"You're taking this awfully calmly..."
"What, you want me to use you as a stress reliever? Hmm, not a bad idea. Most transmigrators don't get a convenient girl to handle their 'needs'. The system is really stepping up its game... I guess solo isekai trips are the norm now..."
"THAT'S NOT IT!" Her face burned red as she flailed, "This is a mission from the 'Apocalypse'! I'm here to help you complete your tasks!"
"Tasks?"
"Yep."
"Which are…?" Inquired Natsume.
"According to the 'Apocalypse Records', different worlds are infested with different monsters. Your job is to purge them from existence..."
Natsume nodded, then shook his head, "And if I fail?"
"Your lower member explodes."
"THE HELL?!"
'Stay calm,' he told himself...
But imagining a man's mini-me detonating… 'Yeah, that's some nightmare fuel right there...'
'If I let my lower half do the thinking, that'd be terrifying...'
'Wait, no– that'd just make me a pervert.'
Back in his original world, he may have hated reality, but he wasn't suicidal. And even now, Natsume had no intention of dying.
He might as well follow the classic isekai protagonist route and build a Harem...
'But if I do, it's gotta be with high-quality, capable girls...'
He waved the girl over.
"What now?" the girl asked.
"Before my crotch gets blown off… mind helping me lose my V-card?" Natsume shamelessly asked.
"YOU PERV!"
"Says the one acting like a middle-aged creep!" he retorted.
Flustered, the girl pointed at the screen, "The mission is simple! Just make a specific girl in this world blush, with her heart racing like crazy! Complete the necessary objectives, and you'll save both yourself and the world!"
"So I become the hero?"
"Exactly!"
Natsume shrugged, "I never saw myself as hero material... But fine... who's the 'specific girl'?"
"Let's see…" She swiped open a translucent panel in the air, scrolling through data.
An image and text appeared, and after skimming it, she floated behind Natsume.
"Uh… this should be easy. Her name is… C.C.?"
"Just blow me up now." Said Natsume in resignation.
"Hey! You haven't even tried!"
"Then help me lose my virginity."
"W-Well… if it's for the mission, some sacrifices might be necessary…"
Clutching her chest with one hand and fiddling with her skirt with the other, she stammered out her reply.
But Natsume just waved her off, "Nah, I'm not into flat chests."
"WHO CARES?! JUST FAIL AND EXPLODE ALREADY!"
With that, she leaped into a sudden rift in space and vanished.
Time resumed its flow... And then a woman's voice called out to him:
"What are your thoughts on this, Private Kururugi?"
Turning around, Natsume found himself face-to-face with Cornelia li Britannia, the Second Princess of the Holy Britannian Empire, and current Viceroy of Area 11...
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Cornelia li Britannia...