In this world, evil can arise from the best of intentions.
And there is good which can come from evil intentions.
In which manner should Lelouch's actions be taken?
Is judgment inevitable in this world?
Geass.
Those who use this superhuman power...
will find their hearts isolated, whether they want it or not,
falling into the gap between good and evil.
But if there is someone who can manage to climb out of it,
then that person has the potential to be a king.
The dream that I dreamed Yumemiteta yume
Endless and distant Hatenai tooku
The sky-blue of dry days, in my hands Kawaita hibi no sorairo, te no naka
In the space between each tick of the clock Toukankaku oto no naka de
Trial and error Shikousakugo
A space without distance or time Jikan kankaku no nai kuukan
Making a life-sized sound Toushindai oto wo tatete
It defines my face Boku no kao tsukutte yuku
Cleanly, but only one side Kirei ni katahou dake
This rotting apple... Kono te ni ochita
That's fallen into my hand Kusarikake no ringo
Reflecting in the mirror Kagami ni utsuru
Even showing our other side Bokura no uragawa made
In the space between each tick of the clock Toukankaku oto no naka de
Trial and error Shikousakugo
A space without distance or time Jikan kankaku no nai kuukan
With life-sized claws bared Toushindai tsume wo tatete
I shave my face Boku no kao wo kezutte yuku
Cleanly, but only one side Kirei ni katahou dake
A distant sensation Toukankaku
CHEERING MAO
The first thing I want to confirm is are you my enemy or my ally?
What brings this up?
That man Mao has a Geass...
which allowed him to read other peoples' thoughts. Am I correct?
Correct. The manifestation of Geass varies according to the individual.
In Mao's case, if he concentrates, he can read thoughts up to 500 meters away.
If he wants, he can even read down to a person's subconscious.
For someone like you who fights using his head, he's the worst possible enemy.
500 meters...
Still, I imagined this.
That there were others beside me who could use Geass.
Did you make a contract with him?
11 years ago.
Heh, so, he's my great predecessor.
So, is this great predecessor my enemy?
Mao's target is me. He may be your enemy, but he's not out to kill you.
I understand that.
A regular enemy could just reveal Zero's identity to the army or the police.
Yet he only told Shirley... What are the conditions on his power?
Mao's Geass is powerful.
Unlike you, he has no restrictions on...
the number of times he can use it or needing direct eye contact.
He has no weaknesses, then?
If you must pin me down on one, I'd say it's that Mao can't turn off his ability.
He'll hear the thoughts of everyone around him constantly.
Whether he wants to or not...
Maybe I should blow off cram school today.
Honestly, what a terrible racket!
Yeah, I've gotta get that car. The red paint job is great.
Are those really Britannian students? Yeah, I've gotta get that car. The red paint job is great.
They should be ashamed! Yeah, I've gotta get that car. The red paint job is great.
And look at how sloppy their uniforms are! Yeah, I've gotta get that car. The red paint job is great.
And look at how sloppy their uniforms are! Everyone will call me The Comet!
It's getting worse lately, Everyone will call me The Comet!
It's getting worse lately, Racing down the road with the top down would be so cool!
with parents not raising their children properly! Racing down the road with the top down would be so cool!
I never thought I'd be wasting my time... Racing down the road with the top down would be so cool!
I never thought I'd be wasting my time... I'll get the money somehow. When I get my next bonus...
in a place like this at my age! I'll get the money somehow. When I get my next bonus...
Should I tell my wife? But I can't say I quit my job! I'll get the money somehow. When I get my next bonus...
Well, I bought a hundred tickets this time, I'll get the money somehow. When I get my next bonus...
Well, I bought a hundred tickets this time,
so I'm sure to hit some money.
I understand, Mao. Don't worry, Mao.
I'm not going to die. Mao! Mao!
Are you awake, Mao? Oh Mao, how silly of you!
C.C., I can't live without you. Wait for me. I'm coming to see you now. Are you awake, Mao? Oh Mao, how silly of you!
C.C., I can't live without you. Wait for me. I'm coming to see you now.
If Mao could read my mind, then I imagine he'll come after my weakest points.
It's been so long since it's just been the two of us around here.
Even Sayoko needs time off once in a while.
Starting today, I'll be staying home for a while.
You've just been out of the house so much lately.
Have you found some sort of really interesting game to play?
Sort of. My current opponent is pretty hard to beat.
I wonder what sort of person would make you say something like that!
You haven't said that about anyone since big brother Schneizel!
Sorry, but I can't sell you one without a permit.
Besides, you're from the Chinese Federation, aren't you?
Oh? Even though you sell to the Black Knights?
Last Tuesday, 23:00 hours. Your contact was named "Wolf." An alias, naturally.
Who are you?!
You'll help me out, won't you? With what I need.
And?
I realize it's necessary to protect your sister, but just waiting for him is!
I'm having the Black Knights look for him.
What if he's here in the Tokyo settlement and not the ghetto?
It'll be a waste of time.
You should use me as bait instead.
I'm Mao's target, so I should be...
Tell me, if I keep on using my Geass, will I become like him?
Or did it happen because he didn't fulfill his contract with you?
With each use, the power of your Geass will increase.
Those who can't control their power will be consumed by it.
And knowing that, you still made these contracts?! With me? And with Mao?
I did.
You're a cruel woman. I can't imagine why anyone would be after you.
Did you abandon Mao because he couldn't fulfill his contract?
What are the details of the contract?!
You disgust me!
Why didn't you take care of him when you abandoned him?!
Take his power back, or take his life?!
Because you left things half-finished, Shirley was!
We need to split up to deal with Mao.
Starting today, I'll stay in the tower next door.
Next door? That's where the student council and the cultural club meet.
I don't care. I'll leave you to deal with it.
A medical check?
It's compulsory for all Knightmare pilots.
I see.
All right, then see you tomorrow after school.
Right. Oh, Miss Cecile, is there any way I could meet with Princess Euphemia?
Oh? You want to meet her?
Forget it. You need to be a Knight of Honor at least to get an audience with her.
Can't an earl do something?
Me?
Yes.
Lloyd, you're an earl?!
Oh, I'm so embarrassed!
He's a prodigal aristocrat. He can't differentiate between work and play.
Just for a few days.
If you can just keep the club house off limits...
It's not like I can't do it, but...
No one's found out you're a prince, have they?
I haven't been revealed.
Only the Ashford family knows I'm still alive.
Ashford, huh...
Something wrong?
Lelouch, they've set me up to meet another suitor.
I may not be able to get out of this one. What do you think I should do?
Well, that's...
Ms. President!
Shirley? Were you back at morning practice?
Yeah. Just started again today. No point in staying sad forever!
I should take lessons from your positive attitude.
Oh, what are you talking about? You're just as...
Oh?
You're the boy from... You go to this school, too?
Are you kidding?
We're in the same class.
What?! I don't think so...
Hm... Huh?
Enough.
Shirley, it's starting!
Coming! See you, Prez!
Right...
What was all that just now?
We had a little fight.
She's acting like she doesn't know you? What an adorable play!
Sorry, but can you play along with it? Until she cools down.
Sure, I guess so. Think it'll be a while?
Yeah. I think so.
I'm not looking for a Refrain dealer!
I said it was an Asian named Mao, didn't I?!
The only Asians in the settlement are day laborers!
Why not ask the cops?!
I don't like cops!
Then ask the Black Knights for help!
They're the best to go to for black market routes in the settlement and the ghettos!
That's all everyone tells me!
Because it's obvious!
Huh? That's strange.
What happened?
What have you been looking for?
My diary. I can't seem to find it.
Oh? Did you take it out?
No way!
Right. I'm sorry, Zero. We haven't found that Mao guy yet.
I see.
Should we use Kyoto's information network, too?
No, just keep it to the Kanto block.
If you net anything, contact me.
Understood.
All right, I'll contact you again at the regular time.
Mao can read my mind if I get within 500 meters.
But conversely, that condition may let me predict his actions.
It's like having one piece to move to check him!
Out of ideas?
No matter how you think about it, you come up with the same thing.
It seems that way.
Do you think we can work together?
Yes.
Yes?
It's me, Lulu!
And C.C. is there, isn't she? I want to talk to her alone. Put her on.
You're awake?
Yes?
Why were you collapsed in that place?
What's your name?
My... My name?
What is it?
Don't tell your memory is...
What about Zero?! When I found you, you said!
Who's Zero?
What the hell am I doing?! I practically betray him, and now this?!
But I don't know!
Nothing...
Sorry. I was able to undress you with my eyes closed, but dressing you...
But this room's warm, so I figured you'd be all right.
Thank goodness.
At the very least, it looks like I was picked up by a good man.
Be happy, Lelouch. This is where you and I say goodbye.
I've made up with Mao.
You're betraying me?
What are you saying now?
I never considered us to be friends.
Just co-conspirators.
Wait!
This is surprising. You're acting just like Mao.
C. C...
You know too much about me.
I can't just let you go like this.
Don't go! Stay here with me, C. C!
Geass doesn't work on me. I told you, didn't I?
Relax. I won't tell him about you.
You'll keep your Geass.
Mao will never cross your path again.
Now your obstacle has gone away.
Congratulations, and goodbye.
CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion
The test results were good,
although it looks like your results pertaining to discipline and life are a bit too high.
Will that cause a problem for me?
They're excellent for a soldier.
Do you think that, subconsciously, you compare yourself to your father?
That may be what's ruling you.
It's quite common in the children of famous people.
Genbu Kururugi, the former prime minister. I understand he was a great man.
MEMORIAL TO PRIME MINISTER GENBU KURURUGI
Urabe and the others are late.
By the way, this is an ironic meeting place, don't you think?
The memorial for Prime Minister Kururugi.
The guy who told us to fight to the end, then betrayed us all by committing suicide first.
Stop that. You may as well be denying General Katase, who also committed suicide.
Fugitive Tohdoh, identified. All units, prepare to apprehend.
Yes, my lord.
I had a look at the plan to reorganize the Black Knights.
There are a few parts I'd like to improve, but I generally get the idea.
I'll run your idea by Ohgi, too.
Thank you.
I'd like you to add a chart that forecasts how...
all the cells function as a group in the next version. We'll talk later.
The final test, is that it?
Diethard...
He's Britannian, but he's proving even more useful than I expected.
I can't yet eliminate the possibility that he's a spy, but...
I see. That call from Mao...
C. C! You're so quiet!
Your mind is the only one I can't read!
You really are the best there is!
As childish as ever, I see.
I'd like you to call me your prince on a white horse!
I came here for you, after all.
Aren't you happy, C. C?
Mao, didn't I tell you before? You and l...
Oh, you were just kidding then!
You love me, after all!
Thank you, Mao. Mao. Mao.
Stop!
BE QUIET!!!
Relax. Just listen to my voice alone.
That's it.
Since my mind is the only one you can't read and you're only calm when we're alone,
then I'll stay with you always.
Yes...
I'm right here.
Be at ease.
C.C., you're the only one!
You're all that I want!
I don't care about Lelouch, as long as you come with me.
Stop it!
I should have done this from the start!
It's me, C. C...
Mao.
I'll be waiting at Clovisland. Come alone.
You're as selfish as ever, I see.
If you don't come, I just have to reveal Lelouch's identity, don't I?
I can have him eliminated at any time.
Be happy, Lelouch. This is where you and I say goodbye.
For God's sake, just coming and going as she pleases...
It's hard to understand such a selfish girl.
Idiot!
I knew you wouldn't be able to shoot me!
You love me, after all, C. C!
You're wrong! I was just using you!
What are you saying? You shouldn't lie, you know.
Lies are very, VERY naughty!
Don't you worry. Because I understand!
C.C., I've built a house in Australia.
A clean, white, very quiet little house.
But we'll need to take an airplane to get to Australia.
And you're a little too big for me to bring on a plane, C. C...
So, you see...
I'll make you nice and compact! It'll take no time at all with this!
This is... vengeance on me?
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, NO!
This is me expressing my gratitude to you!
So this is where you are.
Someplace where the voices of others wouldn't bother you.
That naturally narrowed it to a few places.
Lelouch!
The maximum range of your Geass is 500 meters.
It won't reach me here on Tokyo Tower.
Indeed! Indeed!
Still, what do you plan to do?
After all the effort you spent hacking this system,
do you plan to attack me with remote-controlled toys?
Or will you use that skillful mouth of yours to talk me into a defeat?
What, has the cat got your tongue?
Even if you want C.C., then why don't you...
Mao!
Surely you don't think that C.C. is her real name, do you?
I know it, though. Her real name...
Is that true, C. C?
Even though you never told it to me? Why did you tell someone like him?!
You know why, don't you? Because C.C. belongs to me.
C.C. belongs to me, Mao.
She doesn't!
She doesn't, she doesn't, she doesn't, she doesn't, she doesn't, SHE DOESN'T!
She was all mine long before she ever met you!
I have gained everything of her.
Including all the parts you have never seen.
Everything...
Lelouch!!!!
Face me!
LELOUCH!
Come to me! Come into me! I'll look inside you and see for myself!
Damn you! Liar!
Mao... You've lost.
What are you saying?! Never mind! I'm taking C.C. and...
Just some guy acting up. What are you saying?! Never mind! I'm taking C.C. and...
Shouldn't be in the park, anyway.
Must just be some Eleven junkie.
What's wrong with me?
Just wasting our time...
Nervous? No, I'm just excited.
Don't freak out. It'll be okay.
Number of hostages, unknown.
You've trained for this again and again. Number of hostages, unknown.
You've trained for this again and again. Gotta move fast.
Just see the situation and act. Gotta move fast.
Just see the situation and act. And in an amusement park of all places?
Gotta be a nut...
Hold it right there! Drop the weapon and surrender!
What are they doing here?!
Attention kidnapper! Drop your weapon and surrender!
The... The police?! Who tipped them off?!
Lelouch! What are you doing here?
It can't be! He was just at the Tower, wasn't he?!
Are you an idiot? That was all a recording.
That's not true! I mean... You were talking to me!
Your thoughts are far too simple. Your mind reading is a crutch now.
You were able to predict all my answers?! Don't play games with me, you little punk!
If I'm getting caught by the cops, I'll get out soon!
Shut up, Mr. Chainsaw! You're not fooling anybody! If I'm getting caught by the cops, I'll get out soon!
Shut up, Mr. Chainsaw! You're not fooling anybody!
Just drop the weapon, nice and slow.
He's desperate. He belongs in a hospital.
Does he think he's talking to someone? He belongs in a hospital.
Does he think he's talking to someone? I don't what drove him to this, but what he's done here is just as sad.
Shut up! Stop making fun of me!
C.C. told me. You can't turn your Geass off.
However, your range depends on how much you're concentrating.
You used the monitor to keep me distracted?
Even so, there's still one thing I can do to make sure you lose!
The moment you do it will be the moment you die.
Lelouch, wait! If I talk to him...
Like hell I'll die!
Listen up, cops! That guy over there is the terrorist...
Fire!
Mao!
Zero!
Mao was only 6 years old when I made my contract with him. An orphan.
How to read and write, the love of a parent, good and evil... He knew none of that.
This is Echo-3. Hostage has been released in the ghetto, as planned.
What? What about your orders to take her to the hospital-
The Geass power I gave to Mao drove people from him.
And so I became his best friend, his lover... While I was still just a stranger.
I was the only one Mao thought of as a person. I was his entire world.
C. C... I'm not going to lose to my Geass.
I'm going to control this power and try to manage it.
I'm going to try and change this world.
I'll try and fulfill both your wish and my own.
I'll realize the contract which he was unable to fulfill. So, please...
Lelouch.
Is this you comforting me? Taking pity? Or is it... obsession?
It's a contract. This time, from me to you.
Very well. I accept your contract.
The pieces of a mosaic Mosaic kakera
Coming together one by one Hitotsu hitotsu tsunagiawasete
To form the picture Egaiteyuku
The meetings and partings I've had with you Anata ga kureta deai to wakare mo
"It can't be," I think Konna hazu ja nai
As I go to sleep Sou omotte nemuri
When I awaken, just as always Mezamereba itsumo no
I'm left going nowhere Kawaranai karamawari
Pointlessly repeating the pattern Imi mo naku kurikaeshi
The pieces of a mosaic Mosaic kakera
Clearly showing Azayaka ni utsusu
The lies and mistakes of the past Kako no uso mo ayamachi mo
As much as I'd like to erase them Keshiteshimaitai to omoeba omou hodo
When I look back, I see... Furikaereba soko ni aru
I still haven't moved past that start line Start line mada susun ja inai
So let's try regathering Mou ichido yume wo
the pieces of our dream Hiroiatsumete miyou
The pieces of a mosaic Mosaic kakera
Coming together one by one Hitotsu hitotsu tsunagiawasete
To form the picture Egaiteyuku
The meetings and partings I've had with you Anata ga kureta deai to wakare mo
Now is the time to move forward! To meet Cornelia and get the truth!
And to make a place for Nunnally in this world.
These tiny battlefields are meaningless now!
I have to take control of the Tokyo settlement!
For that, we need to build up our military force and use external force as well.
NUNNALLY HELD HOSTAGE
We'll use everything that can be used!