You woke up too soon.
C. C!
What are you doing here?
I get the feeling it's not to help Charles out.
Anya... What are you?
At the moment, I'm Marianne. Lelouch and Nunnally's mother.
At the end of the world Sekai no owari de
The light that's born Umareta hikari
Now blows in the wind Ima kaze no naka
Pretty words alone won't sustain you Kireigoto dake jaa ikirenai
Kindness alone won't heal you Yasashisa dake jaa iyasenai
What is it that was stolen from you Ubawareta nowa nanda
In this unchanging world Kawaranai sekai de
What is it that you hear Kikoetekita nowa nanda
A song of color Shikisai no uta
Everything is bright
Let our crumbled dreams resound Kudakechitta yume wo
At the edge of tomorrow Asu no hate ni hibikaseru you ni
At the end of the world Sekai no owari de
The light that's born Umareta hikari
Becomes one with us Bokura hitotsu ni
Now blows in the wind Ima kaze no naka
THE RAGNAROK CONNECTION
Yeah, I'm about to tell Lady Kaguya and Field Marshal Xing-ke what the situation is.
I don't know if they're going to understand or not.
The one clear thing we've got to do is-
I know. Zero can't be allowed to live now, can he?
I have to find out for sure from Lelouch.
If I don't, I... I'll never be able to move on.
Now then, since we have plenty of time...
Will you answer me? Who was it that killed Mother?
Why didn't you protect her?
How strange. You seek the truth from someone.
You, who has only made it this far by lying.
That's true. I've been lying all along.
Not just my name and personal history.
I've hidden every aspect of my true intentions.
But that's common sense, isn't it?
People need to play along with each other.
We melt into a place.
If you didn't, nations and peoples... These things called communities wouldn't exist.
Everyone uses lies.
To family, to friends, to society.
Everyone has a different face.
But is that a sin?
What is one's true face?
Even you wear the mask of being the emperor.
Neither of us can take a step now without our respective personas.
You're wrong.
When it is understood that lies are meaningless in the face of eternity,
personas will vanish.
When we understand each other, conflict will disappear.
That's impractical metaphysical claptrap.
It will soon be reality.
That is my Ragnarok Connection.
The world will discard these masks called deceit, revealing the truth.
Cs' World?
To use existing terminology, it's the collective unconscious.
A collective of peoples' minds with memories.
The sea of transmigration. The great consciousness.
Some people refer to it as God.
Was that what I saw when we met at Narita?
There, it was mixed with your personal consciousness.
Even saying that, I don't know what you saw.
How irresponsible.
Do you like letting others peep into your mind?
What we call people are masks worn by the collective unconscious.
They're windows which open into the sea of minds and memories. Peoples' minds are...
Forget it. It's too wrecked for me to do. C.C., could you please?
You're really going in?
Of course! Charles is waiting for us, after all.
It would have been so easy if you'd given your Code to him.
Oh... I'll go first.
What are you doing?!
Suzaku Kururugi... We're similar, you and I.
Similar?
In the way we both wish to die, and yet cannot.
Prince Schneizel... and the Black Knights?!
Stay alive, Lelouch!
There's something I still need to ask you!
It... It can't be!
You've grown so much, Lelouch!
M-Mother?!
So, you've come, Marianne.
Is this another illusion?! You'd do this?!
No. It's really me.
Although I can only take my original appearance in this system.
Really you?
Lelouch, I'll answer your previous question now.
Half a century ago, my elder brother and I were in hell.
Our relatives were all rivals competing for the throne.
Assassinations became a daily occurrence. Day after day of betrayals spawned by lies.
All of them were dying.
Even my mother fell victim to it.
My brother and I were saddened and angered by the world.
And so we swore an oath.
To create a world without lies.
Both C.C. And I agreed to that pledge. V.V., however...
EIGHT YEARS AGO...
So, why the urgent call?
I've cleared everyone out of here.
I've even had Cornelia withdraw.
Sorry to do this without Charles around.
Is this about the Sword of Akasha?
Hm? Oh, no. It's about Charles.
Charles has changed ever since he met you.
It's as if you both enjoy learning more and more about each other.
If this goes on, the contract we made will never be fulfilled.
I'll be left alone.
Since the days of myth, it's always the woman who leads the man astray.
Lady Marianne.
I told you to stay out of here!
It's done.
Right. Begin the cover-up.
Maybe we can make Nunnally out to be the witness.
We have to make it look like this was the work of terrorists.
Anya Alstreim...
The young girl who came here a week ago to be schooled in etiquette.
My Geass power was to cross over into another person's mind.
It activated for the first time as my body was dying.
I hid inside of Anya and saved myself from V.V.'s plan.
You see, I realized.
Realized that when I surfaced my consciousness, I could speak to C.C.'s mind.
Once she knew the truth, C.C. Left the directorship to V. V...
and then disappeared.
I talked to my brother about it, however...
I heard. It's too bad about Marianne.
My brother lied to me!
After we had sworn to create a world without lies!
How dare you! Don't try to pass off blame for this on the dead!
After you sent Nunnally and me to Japan as hostages...
It was necessary!
Necessary for what?! What kind of parent sends his own children away?!
Anyone you really don't want to lose should be kept at a distance.
Milly, when the sun rises, I'd like to get a shot with ground zero in the background.
Gotcha.
Sorry about this. We'll have some relief coming...
from Niigata and Nagayo by afternoon, so hang in there.
I'm okay.
We're suppressing the rebel forces with the help of the Black Knights, but...
Hm? Is there something else?
Just how much do you know, Prince Schneizel?
How frightening! What are you referring to?
I used Lelouch.
Knowing the truth all the time, I made his survival a priority...
to bring my own death to fruition.
Any regrets?
Hardly. I'm an immortal witch.
I abandoned my humanity long ago.
We aren't alike at all.
C.C., send me to the otherworld.
Even if you call me a fool, I can't just stand here doing nothing!
That's right. I sent you both to Japan to escape my brother's sight.
That's also why I had Marianne's body secretly taken away.
As long as my body still exists, there's the possibility that I might return to it.
It was necessary to rewrite the memories of Anya and Nunnally...
to make them false witnesses.
Nunnally? You mean her blindness isn't psychosomatic, but!
Even as a false witness, there was still the danger that she'd be killed.
To protect Nunnally, proof that was nowhere close to the truth was necessary.
The original plan only called for one immortal Code,
but for research to progress, we needed another Code.
In short, without C.C., we didn't have a 100% guarantee that it would work.
When Marianne was unable to persuade C.C. To help us, we were forced to use you.
Then... What was the point of me doing this?
Once the Ragnarok Connection is made, there will be no more need for these sorts of tragedies.
The mask will vanish. Everyone can be exactly who they are.
I see.
The battle between Britannia and the Black Knights...
It was all to lure out C.C.
So, from the very beginning, I was just a nuisance. Meaningless noise in this world.
What do you two think of all this?
So, you noticed I had appeared.
You're back to normal now. It's necessary for this plan, isn't it?
Exactly. Therefore, there's no sense in your coming here as well, Kururugi.
I'm sure. I heard you were already immortal.
That's why there's something I want to know for sure.
The reason you made this thing.
That's right. It's for what Euphy and Nunnally want.
A gentle world.
Yes... Now I see.
C.C., now that we are all here, the plan can commence.
I shall grant your wish after it's done.
What?!
Where am I?
All over the world?
Yes.
Bismarck?
His Majesty's plan must be coming to fruition.
If His Majesty's wish comes true, he said you may govern the world that's left. However...
He'd like you to understand that the meaning of politics will have changed.
Oh, it's beginning! The Sword of Akasha is slaying God!
Now, once our marks become one, the new world will begin!
Lelouch, why did you want to control the world?
Don't waste my time with obvious questions. It was for Nunnally.
Are you using Nunnally as an excuse?
You're right. I've fought to protect everything I thought I wanted to protect.
To that end, you need to do something.
The means to that end require me to reject something.
Which means...
Right. I...
I reject you and your ideas!
Why do people lie?
It's not just to struggle against each other!
It's because they seek something!
A world where it's all right for everything to stay as it is will stagnate!
You can't call that life!
It's the equivalent of a world of memories!
A closed and completed world. One I wouldn't want to live in!
Lelouch, are you saying you reject me, as well?
Is your wish the same as the emperor's, Mother?
It will be good to rejoin all the people who have been split apart.
You can be reunited with those who have died. Even Euphemia.
Just as I thought.
You both think that will be a good thing.
But you're forcing those good intentions on others!
And that's no different than evil intentions!
People will come to accept it in time.
That time will never come!
Only one thing is certain.
Perhaps what you did to Nunnally and me was out of good intentions,
but the fact remains that you abandoned us!
It was to protect you!
Then why didn't you stop the war between Japan and Britannia?!
You both put such a priority on the plan that it didn't matter if we were alive or dead.
That's why you abandoned us! All you have left are self-serving excuses!
That's not true!
You just said it! The dead will rejoin the living!
You don't care about the future!
The future is the Ragnarok Connection!
Once it's done, the gentle world Nunnally spoke of will be...
No! The world you spoke of will be gentle only for you!
But the world Nunnally wants is one where even strangers can be kind to each other!
He may be right.
At the very least, Euphy never said that Lelouch was Zero, right up to the end.
Even Shirley didn't! That's why I!
Even if that's true, what of it?
The Ragnarok Connection has already begun!
You think so? I am Zero!
The man who works miracles!
Your Geass won't work on me, nor on anyone else here!
No, there's someone else here, isn't there?
That's right! Cs' World is the consciousness of mankind!
And all men are not equal! Both statements are your words!
And you know my power works because of that inequality!
Lelouch, you're a fool!
The power of the king cannot defeat God!
I don't intend to defeat God! This is a request!
That's right! Now, I know who I really am!
God! Collective unconscious!
Please, don't stop the march of time!
Lelouch, you ungrateful child...
Nobody wanted this! Not even Euphy!
I saved you so that you could talk to Euphy again!
Meaning you were going to force me to!
You can't do it! Not God! Not all of humanity itself!
Even so, what I want... IS THE FUTURE!
It can't be!
The Thought Elevator!
It's crumbling... The dream I shared with Marianne and my brother!
Charles, just stop already.
It was presumptuous for us to try this.
C. C! As long as we have our marks, then...
This is no lie. This is reality's answer to you.
Darling!
Impossible... I thought I was immortal!
We're being swallowed? By Cs' World?
But what about C. C? Why isn't she disappearing, too?
You approved of this plan, too!
I'm sorry. I finally realized.
The only people you love are yourselves.
You're wrong! We love Lelouch and Nunnally!
Do you know? The meaning of Nunnally's smile?
Her smile?
Why don't you understand?!
Nunnally was blind and crippled!
So she knew there were things in this world she couldn't do by herself!
Nunnally's smile... Nunnally's smile was the least she could do to express her gratitude!
Even now, you spout that nonsense?
I won't let you call it nonsense! You will over my dead body!
Not looking at reality! Happy to be watching us from afar!
Don't make me laugh! There's only one truth here!
You, my own parents, abandoned us!
You pathetic fool!
Suzaku! Stay out of this!
Refuse me and you will inherit his world!
Schneizel's world!
Good and evil intentions are just two sides of the same card, in the end!
Even so, you!
Even so, I reject the world you propose. NOW BEGONE!
It can't be!
Can I assume that?
Yes. His Majesty... His Majesty is!
C.C., are you going, too?
You want to at least smile when you die, right?
What do you two plan to do now?
You rejected Charles's plan.
You chose reality and the forward march of time. But...
That's right. Lelouch murdered Euphy.
And so?
TOKYO, ONE MONTH LATER...
One month has passed since the destruction caused by the F.L.E.I.J.A. Warhead. TOKYO, ONE MONTH LATER...
As there will be an important announcement from His Majesty Emperor Charles today,
Holy Britannian Empire IMPERIAL PALACE PENDRAGON
we will be bringing you a live international broadcast from Pendragon imperial palace. Holy Britannian Empire IMPERIAL PALACE PENDRAGON
While His Majesty has not made any public appearances in the past month... Holy Britannian Empire IMPERIAL PALACE PENDRAGON
While His Majesty has not made any public appearances in the past month...
Didn't they say the emperor had gone missing?
Bismarck was the one who reported that, and he's gone now.
Aside from that, where are Schneizel and the others?
I don't know. There's been no word from Cambodia.
Presenting, His Imperial Majesty!
Where's His Majesty?
Why is?
It can't be.
Wha?! That can't be!
No way. How?!
I am Lelouch vi Britannia, the 99th emperor of Britannia.
My God.
Lelouch!
What? Is it really?!
You're alive?
Yes, Sister. I have returned from the depths of hell.
Lelouch, how good to see you!
I thought you might also be alive when we found Nunnally,
but don't you think you're carrying this joke a bit too far? That's Father's...
Charles zi Britannia, the 98th emperor, was killed. By me.
Huh?
Which makes me the next emperor!
What are you talking about?! There's no way!
Get rid of that fool! He's guilty of killing our emperor!
Suzaku? Why?!
Allow me to introduce Suzaku Kururugi, my knight.
He is the Round beyond the other Rounds.
I grant him the title of Knight of Zero.
Suzaku is working with him?!
Lelouch, Sir Kururugi, this just won't do.
Pulling this bad joke on an international broadcast!
Well then, why don't I make this easy for you all to understand?
Acknowledge me!
I'm saying you really have to stop joking around like...
Yes, Your Majesty!
All hail Lelouch!
All hail Lelouch! All hail Lelouch!
Thank you, Lelouch. Now that you've appeared, there's no longer any problem.
But why would Kururugi be helping him, too?
Because he's a man who's advanced by continually betraying others.
It doesn't matter. Let Lelouch have it all.
The entire nation of Britannia.
The question is what comes next.
Which will control the world? Lelouch's Geass, or else...
This corrupt world is filled with demons Dakuse wa oni
What is justice? Seigi wa nanzo to
Resist, don't just question Tou mae ni aragae yo
The flower of evil Akutoku no hana
Dreams of hypocrisy Gizen no yume
Give your gaze to the eyes that see them Mishi me niwa me wo sashi
The line between right and wrong cannot be known Sei mo ja mo wakatareru koto nashi
Light is gone, and you slumber Hikari wa tae taiji no you ni
Like an unborn child in the womb of darkness Kimi wa nemuru yami no shikyuu
Isolation is what you love Kodoku koso itooshii
It will probably be your only ally Yui-itsu no mikata to naru darou
One by one, stained with the tide of blood Hitori hitori chishio ni mamire
You were born into this era Kono jidai ni umare ochita
Oh, chosen princes Erabareshi oujira yo
Battle shall be your banquet Tatakai koso shukuen
Oh, I am graceful omniscience Aa ware wa uruwashii zenchi
The loving mother Ai no haha
Who bore you Kimi wo umu
The ones who were raised on my breast Kono chichi ni hagukumishi mono wa
Are your brethren in hell Jigoku no harakara
The mark of apocalypse Mokushi no in
What is truth Shinri wa nanzo to
A seed of secrecy buried where no one knows Shirimosezu uzumoreshi intoku no tane
A double-edged sword Moroha no ken
Turn its blade upon the unsheathed blade Nuku ha niwa ha wo muke
Believe only in what you must protect Mamorubeki mono dake wo shinjite
And in your own way Aru ga mama ni kimi wa
You'll set yourself free Kimi wo hanate
There's nothing that is unforgivable. You just don't want to forgive.
That was something Shirley once told Suzaku.
That was the starting point in the conversation I had with Suzaku.
And, facing reality, we began this.
There's nothing Suzaku and I can't accomplish together.
How ironic.
I, the one who has continually rejected Britannia...
EMPEROR LELOUCH