02x15 - The C's World

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The young Britannian Lelouch once swore a vow.

That he would avenge his mother,
who was k*lled years ago.

And that he would make a world in which
his younger sister Nunnally could be happy.

For that purpose, he gained power
from the mysterious girl C.C.

Geass. The absolute power to
command anyone to obey him.

Lelouch used his Geass
power to embark on a path...

to destroy the Holy Britannian
Empire led by his father.

But at the end of that path, what will he
have gained? And what will he have lost?

There is only one clear destiny.

Those who gain Geass, the so-called
power of the king, walk a path of solitude.

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 Cs' WORLD

It's been a long time, Lelouch. My son.

Answer the question I asked you years
ago! Why didn't you protect mother?!

Even knowing how the other
members of royalty ostracized her!

People are not equal.

What?!

You have Geass, a power
which no one else possesses.

Use that power to get the answer from me!

He's baiting me.
Inviting me to use my Geass on him.

But if I look into his eyes,
he'll be able to look into mine!

His Geass is the same type as mine,
requiring eye contact.

The moment I look, his Geass, the power
to control memory, will be cast on me!

What do I do?!

What's wrong? Are you not my son?
Not a prince of Britannia?

This is no time to choose tepid commands!

That's right! It was Zero's orders!

Search through all of the facilities!
Obey Zero's orders!

Gather all of the dead in the designated area.

We're going to verify if any of the Britannian
experimental soldiers are among them.

This is... a m*ssacre!

Bartley... I hated you for
reconstructing me with this body.

But your loyalty to the imperial
family was genuine.

Then I will make up my mind!

I will honor you!

Lelouch vi Britannia commands you!

DIE!!!

Very well, then.

I won?

I won.

Nunnally... Mother...

I... I...

I don't know anything about Lelouch!
How many times do I have to say that?!

Would you swear
that on Shirley's remains?

Now, you're going to tell me everything.
With this Refrain!

Don't.
Please, don't! STOP IT!!!

You don't have to be afraid.

You'll lose your will soon and
then you'll answer my questions.

Big brother...

Now, you will
obey my commands...

I... I... I WILL NOT BE LIKE HIM!

How many years has it been since
we were together face to face, V. V?

In the end, I couldn't run away
from my destiny, could I?

I will shoulder... this destiny...

The destiny of immortality...

What's? V.V., are you?

So please, Charles...

So, do you swear it?

Yes. In this world full of lies...

We alone will never lie to each other.

Because...
I am... your big brother...

I k*lled him. It was so easy.

There were things I wanted to ask him.
People I wanted to make him apologize to! Now!

Oh? To whom?

You're an impudent child, LELOUCH!

You're alive?! Impossible!
You sh*t your own heart!

Schemes, plots, surprise att*cks...

You really thought you could
defeat me with those cheap tricks?

Come at me as a true king would!
If you wish to inherit the power of the king!

DIE!!!

You call that the path of royalty?!

My Geass isn't working!

Don't you understand, Lelouch?!

I am beyond the power
of g*ns or swords!

No matter what you use
against me will be USELESS!

Charles, why steal V.V.'s Code now?

Why would you k*ll the older
brother you loved so much?

V. V...
You loved Marianne too, didn't you?

He's become immortal, too?!

I can't win.
There's no way I can win!

I've gained a new power
in the place of Geass.

And so, Lelouch, I shall now show you.
The true nature of this world!

What is this?!

Chigusa.

That was the name you called me
when I had lost my memory.

My real name is...

Villetta.

But to me, you'll always be...

I am a baron of Britannia.

No matter what the reason, if I don't erase
the disgrace of my having loved an Eleven,

I won't be able to live in this world.

I suppose not.

If it has to be this way,
I wished I could have d*ed in Japan.

You came here knowing
I was going to k*ll you?

Because if I have to die,
I want to at least choose when it'll happen.

You could also
k*ll me if you wanted to.

Why did a t*rror1st even save
a Britannian soldier in the first place?!

At first, I thought I could
get information about Zero from you.

I tricked you,
kept you under surveillance...

But, while we lived together...

I'm the enemy!

But I still love you!

Are you insane?!

Yes, you're the enemy.
Yes, it may be crazy...

But I've fallen in love with you!

I wish I'd never met you!

You!
From the intelligence division!

What is Geass?!
What are you up to?!

How strange.

A child who's covered with lies
desires the truth from others.

What?

What has the lie called Zero which
you wear as a mask gotten you?

It's gotten me plenty! An army which
an ordinary student could never have!

Followers! Territory!

You lost Euphemia.

You can no longer see
Suzaku or Nunnally!

Be quiet! People lie to everyone in
order to live! I only did what others do!

Why do you lie when you want
others to understand your true self?

But even as you desire it,
you don't expose yourself.

You wear a mask.

Are you afraid of others
knowing what you really are?

You're wrong!

There's no need to tell lies.

The reason being that you
are me and I am you.

It's true. In this entire world,
there is really only a single person.

In the past and the future,
in all of human history, only one.

One? What are you talking about?

Charles.

Play time is over.

There's nothing in it for me now.

C. C?

You don't have to cajole him
like this to call me here.

I already exist here.

True enough, C.C.
I shall grant your wish, then.

You know what C.C.'s wish is?!

Lelouch... It's time you knew
the conditions of our contract.

And what my wish is.

I wish to die.

To end my existence forever.

End it? But, you're!

In the final stage of Geass, the user attains the
position of the one who granted them the power.

In other words,
you gain the power to k*ll me.

To... k*ll you?

Not one of the many people I made
contracts with ever reached that point.

But now we have Charles here,
who has done it.

This can't be! You made your contract
with me so that you could die?!

Correct.

You were living just so
that you could die?

That is where the providence
of this world lies.

Life is defined by its limits.

That's wrong!
We call it life because we're alive!

It's the same thing.
We can acknowledge life because death exists.

That's just wordplay!

Even so, people do die.

Then what's the reason people are
born into this world?! The meaning!

You know perfectly well!
Those things are just illusions.

Living just to die is
too sad to even consider!

Endless accumulation of it without
death can't be called a life.

That's just experiences.

If you have a reason for living,
then k*ll me.

Do that, and you'll be Charles's equal.
You will gain the power to fight.

Farewell, Lelouch.

You're just too kindhearted.

Wait! You're...

Charles, why did you
steal V.V.'s Code?

Is there any point
to asking questions now?

After all, you're about to die.

I suppose not.

Well then, I'll have the redevelopment of the
Saitama ghetto proceed according to our schedule.

Wait, please.

Give me your hand.

Is something wrong?

This plan won't disadvantage
any of the Elevens, will it?

Of course not.
This is the best choice for both sides.

That's... A lie, isn't it?

Please rework
the plan once more.

I don't wish the Elevens to be
disadvantaged in any way.

Princess Nunnally, please let experts like
me handle the practical matters of state.

Miss Lohmeyer! I...
I believe that I am the viceroy here!

After all this, my only choice is to
confront Lelouch about this directly!

Suzaku, are you all done with your
work at the government bureau?

Have you seen Lelouch?

Well, it looks like what happened
to Shirley really shook him up.

He hasn't been home since,
or at school.

Where is Lelouch Lamperouge
right now?!

There's nothing
out of the ordinary.

I'm asking where he is! Where's Commander
Villetta?! Or his little brother Rolo?!

As I said, there's nothing
unusual worth reporting.

Same as always.

I see... The entire O.S.I.
Staff has been!

Holy Britannian Empire
DALLAS RESEARCH CENTER

Holy Britannian Empire
DALLAS RESEARCH CENTER
Forgive me.
I had to talk to Nunnally.

Forgive me.
I had to talk to Nunnally.

It's all right.
We're not ready to start yet.

What happened?

You know the subject.
Lloyd's Camelot group and Suzaku's...

No, Highness,
I meant with the Tromo Agency.

That... depends on
the results of today's test.

Yes. My big brother Schneizel
contacted me from the homeland.

It looks like we'll be able to raise
Area 's status to satellite area.

He said it's in recognition of the stabilized
public order and higher productivity.

That's good news.

Lelouch must have been Zero all this time.

But if I report that to the emperor,
what will happen to Nunnally?

If Lelouch regains his memories,
then I shall use Nunnally.

Suzaku, you aren't hiding
anything from me, are you?

Of course not. You're the one
person I'd never lie to, Nunnally.

Then will you tell me who it was I
spoke on the phone with that time?

Wasn't it my big brother?

Suzaku, you're just like him,
aren't you? Like big brother...

He's gone? Zero's gone?

Yes. I tried to call him to say we'd sighted the
target, but he and the Shinkiro are both gone.

He's gone? Big brother is?!

Where am I?

Wha? Hey!

It's no use.

These are my memories.
You can't interfere.

C. C...
No. You're not, are you?

Who are you?

Lelouch. I'm your...

Do you have a reason to live?

I... I don't know.
But I don't want to die!

Then let's make a contract
with each other.

I will give you the power
to let you survive.

In return, will you agree to
grant me my one wish someday?

Is this?

Yes. I made a contract with her.

Stop it! Stop it, both of you!
Please!

I'm sorry about this.
I thought we might one day be friends.

Stop it!

OHGI!

The Geass manifested to me
was to make people love me.

Love?

Because, deep in my heart, I...

I wanted to be loved by someone.

And my wish was granted.

Thanks to my Geass,
I was loved by everyone.

But I was loved too much, and in the
process, forgot what true love really was.

The only person I believed in was her.

Because my Geass couldn't work on her,
she would scold me for playing all the time.

But even so...

Right, right. I gave back all the
gifts I took, like you told me to.

But it can't be helped, can it?
It's the Geass's fault.

I'm grateful to you Sister, but to be
honest, this is a pain for me, too.

I'm so tired of all the
presents and proposals.

Now some people want
to start a religion around me!

Then shall we end this?

I have to have somebody take my place
so that eternity can finally end for me.

Someone who possesses
a Geass beyond a certain level.

Have you any idea
how difficult it's been?

The hell of living on and on?

Um, what are you talking about?

I'm sorry, dear!
I'm afraid I tricked you!

My existence for her was merely
as a tool to let her end her own life.

That's all it was.

You're still not in here.

You're not from my past.
You're a real person, aren't you?

Am I?
I couldn't really say.

I wonder if you're
very important to me.

That's impossible.

Oh? The fact you
were sent here...

means I was trying to
save you from something.

The people who hated me,
the ones who were kind to me...

All of them eventually
vanished in the flow of time.

In the endless flow of time...

But now, those days of torment...

Yes. Now it ends.
My long journey...

C. C!

You've opened it, Lelouch!
The Thought Elevator!

Now I understand! This area of space
itself is a system for disrupting thought!

Soon it will be over.

Lelouch, sit where you are and watch!

Stop it! She's my... My!

Answer me, C. C!

Why didn't you try to die by
making me take your place?

You could have forced me to
accept the hell of eternal life!

Did you pity me, C. C?!

Don't die looking like that!
When death comes, die smiling!

I promise, I'll make you smile!
So, please!

What do you think you're doing, C. C?!

You think I'll let you steal any more from me?!

Does your foolishness know no bounds?!

I know now, C. C! What your Geass
was! What your true wish is!

Come on! Turn towards me!

Activation of F.L.E.I.J.A., confirmed.

It worked. I can't believe the
expl*sive force generated!

Congratulations, Chief!

Oh, no. This is the result of
the entire staff at Invogue.

You should be proud, Nina.
You are a genius.

I'm honored, Prince Schneizel.

Now mankind... w*r itself will change!

Now can come Damocles!

Hey! We've come back, C. C!
Wake up!

I've contacted Rolo.
We'll use him to get out of here soon.

Um, who are you, sir?

What are you talking about?
Anyway, about the emperor and that system...

Are you my new master?

I can help prepare food
for cooking and can clean.

I can fetch water and tend
cows and sheep. And sew.

I can read a little and
I can count to twenty.

And... I can also tend
corpses, if you wish...

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

Kallen has been captured, Shirley has
d*ed, and now I've lost C.C. As well!

Even so, this is no time for me
to drown in sentimentality!

I have a plan to rescue Nunnally.

The problem is timing when to strike.

Even if we move to rescue her now,

there are too many uncertain
elements waiting in the aftermath.

To make certain it works,
I'll need a United Federation of Nations.

And for that, keeping the emperor in that parallel
space will be an absolute condition to clear.

But!

UNITED FEDERATION OF NATIONS
RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE
But!

UNITED FEDERATION OF NATIONS
RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE