02x22 - Emperor Lelouch

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th emperor Lelouch, who acceded
to the throne only a few days ago,

has forced the destruction of the imperial
mausoleum holding the remains of past emperors.

Following his abolition of the aristocracy,
breaking up of the financial cliques,

and liberation of the Numbers,

Odysseus and other
former imperial family members...

appear to be supporting even
these actions of the new emperor.

He's just amazing!

Does he really intend to
completely remake Britannia?

Don't you mean destroy it?

Does this mean Lelouch
really did hate Britannia?

He's eliminating any faction
which could oppose him.

Even in the U.F.N., most people are
expressing support for Emperor Lelouch.

I knew he was
really on our side!

Some in the media are even calling
him the righteous hero of the masses.

Speaking of the media,
where's Diethard?

I doubt he plans
to come back here.

No, not as long as he stays hidden
with Cornelia and Schneizel.

Anyway, what do we do now?

Now?

Well, I mean, the Britannian
emperor's doing good things now.

That's...

No, he's not.

You're right.

Emperor Lelouch, or Zero rather,
has one objective.

Lelouch vi Britannia commands you!

All of you, become my slaves!

Yes, Your Majesty!

All hail Lelouch!

Your Majesty, won't you let me
analyze that power just a teensy bit?

Do you want to die, Lloyd?

Ah! How frightening!

For heaven's sake.

Jeremiah Gottwald returns from
wiping out former Earl Rosenkreuz.

Well done.

My Lord!

Still, I'm not very popular, am I?

The nobles are rebelling like
this in every area, aren't they?

People tend to resist when
you take away their vested interests.

That's why we need to
make them understand.

How foolish and pathetic it is to
cling to pedigrees and past glories.

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

EMPEROR LELOUCH

You think this is all right?

Do I think what is all right?

Um... Well, you know...

The way Prince Schneizel and
Princess Cornelia have disappeared.

This is still the Holy Britannian
Empire, you know?

Yes, you have a point.

And if they realized what Suzaku
and the others are doing, then...

I wonder if we've become parts to
be used without even realizing it.

By the way, did you know?

About what?

His Majesty and Suzaku
went to the same school.

Really?
Milly and Nina's school?

I'll be back tonight.

Covering something?

A conference.

To decide if we support His Majest...
Lelouch, I mean?

That's part of it. Area ...
Sorry, I mean Japan...

It's about whether or not we should go back to
the homeland now that this isn't part of Britannia.

But...

Yeah. It's not like my
family's nobility anymore.

Lelouch is...

Stop!

Can we stop talking
about this right here?

Man, I'm hungry.
Here, Nina.

Sorry, Rivalz.

Forget it, okay?

Don't go out.
You're safe here in the school.

Thanks.

I never thought all those countries would
target me for having made the F.L.E.I.J.A.

Britannian Imperial Palace
EXELICA GARDEN

Soon after ascending the throne,
Emperor Lelouch's name became historic.
Britannian Imperial Palace
EXELICA GARDEN

Because he destroyed
Britannian culture.
Britannian Imperial Palace
EXELICA GARDEN

Because he destroyed
Britannian culture.

The real work is yet to come.

I am about to spill
a sea of blood.

Enough blood to wipe all memory of the
m*ssacre princess from peoples' minds.

Lelouch, are you saying?

It wasn't just Euphy.
It was Nunnally, too.

We've both lost much.
Far, far too much.

But to advance toward the future,
we need to take over the world.

Just saying it makes me laugh.

Yet you're both intent
on doing it, aren't you?

Yes. For the sake
of the Zero Requiem.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Well then, what will you do about
the problem at hand, Your Majesty?

Yes. I took over
Britannia for that, but...

Is it true?
About what Schneizel is thinking?

Yes. Considering that intelligence,

and that the Tromo Agency in
Cambodia has cut ties with Britannia...

When you take everything into account,
it leaves us with only one reality.

We have to move the plan to the
next phase before Schneizel can act.

What?

Majesty!
It's the Knights of the Round!

They're approaching,
with the Knight of One in the lead!

We can only confirm
four of the Rounds among them.

They're accompanied
by their personal forces!

We swore our loyalty
to Emperor Charles!

We will not recognize
this usurper to the throne!

An interceptor?
But only one?

Lancelot Albion will be enough.

I can't track it!

It can't be!
He got me already?!

The Albion?!

A th generation Knightmare Frame,
which means...

Suzaku Kururugi!

Wake up, Suzaku!

You can still come back to us!

Come back?
You've got it backwards, Gino.

If you've sworn loyalty to Britannia,
then you belong on my side!

Or do you intend
to stand against Britannia?

Against Britannia...

Suzaku Kururugi!

I heard your objective was
to become the Knight of One!

However!
I am the only Knight of One!

And I have no intention of giving up
that title to the likes of you!

I am the Knight of Zero,
a rank that surpasses the Knight of One!

A title without
a shred of pride!

We interrupt our programming for this live
relay from the Holy Britannian Empire.

That's... Lancelot!

With energy wings?

And it's fighting Bismarck.

How can he know
Lancelot's flight path?!

My Geass allows me
to see the future!

Again!

Lady Marianne was the only one I've
ever needed to use this power against!

He can predict my movements?
Even so...

Suzaku! This video is being broadcast
to the world, as we planned.

Right. For the sake of
the Zero Requiem, I can't lose!

That's why I'm ordering you to live!

Yes, Your Majesty!

My name will always be linked...
with the title of mightiest knight in the empire!

Wh-What?!

What is this?
Is it the machine's abilities...

or is it Kururugi's?

Suzaku...
Your will power is extraordinary.

Turning my Geass command
to live into an unexpected w*apon.

You are truly a man
to be reckoned with!

Even if you can predict my movements,
if I do this!

Head on?! You insult me!

Lady Marianne!

The...
The Knight of One has fallen!

Am I a Britannian?

And if I'm not...
then what am I fighting for?!

To the people of the world!

To the people of the world!
Lelouch!

I think the video you've just seen...

should convince you all that I am truly
Britannia's ruler in name and reality.

Not only that,
but the Holy Britannian Empire...

declares its desire to join
the United Federation of Nations!

Meaning...

Britannia will be on our side?

See, I told you!
He's on our side!

CAMBODIA

For the negotiations, I will not be accompanied
by Suzaku Kururugi or any m*llitary officers.
CAMBODIA

I shall follow
all rules of the U.F.N.
CAMBODIA

I shall follow
all rules of the U.F.N.

However, the site
of the negotiations...

shall be the nation which is neutral between
Britannia now and the U.F. N: Japan.

Specifically, at Ashford Academy.

This is - - . North wing, clear.

Brother, has something happened?

A person who couldn't
approve of us has fled.

We need to hurry up
and deploy Damocles.

Is that really our
only option now?

That's up to
the world to decide.

Lelouch, are you sure
about this?

Just me and a few SPs?

We're going there
asking for a favor.

To participate in
their democracy.

Oh?

And we know how everyone
loves democracy, don't we?

We're coming to you
from Ashford Academy,

the site designated by His Majesty
Lelouch, emperor of Britannia.

It is here that deliberations...

on allowing the Britannian Empire
to join the U.F.N. Will be held today.

It's the Britannian
emperor's plane!

Lelouch, is it really you?

Sorry about that! Emperor Lelouch has
just landed inside the school grounds.

It's Lelouch,
the emperor of justice!

He's just a kid!

He's just a kid!
Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Lelouch!
Lelouch, please tell me!

Why didn't you ever tell me?!

Hey!

How dare you disrespect
the Britannian emperor like that!

How dare you disrespect
the Britannian emperor like that!
Lemme go!

But... But we're friends!

He's... Lelouch is!

Hey!

Why, you!

He's sorry!
We'll leave right now!

Rivalz, let's go!

Lelouch, why...

How do you do?

You're Capt. Kallen Kouzuki of
the Black Knights, are you not?

Yes.
I'm here to escort you.

Could we take the
long way round, please?

I'm feeling a bit anxious.
I'd like to take a little walk.

I understand.

Is Zero... Is Lelouch
here to try something?

Impossible. The O.S.I.'s systems
are completely down now.

We've also ordered
all guards to wear goggles.

There are no problems with
our Geass countermeasures.

Kouzuki said that if we think
he's used his Geass on her,

she wants us
to use the sn*pers.

Are you being
too cautious about this?

He's come here to be
friends with us!

Nostalgic, isn't it?

I'm... I'm grateful to you.

If it weren't for you,
I would have d*ed in the Shinjuku ghetto.

There never would have
been any Black Knights.

I was glad.

Proud and honored
to be needed by Zero.

But... When I learned you were Zero,
I didn't understand anymore.

Even so, the man I saw
fighting against Britannia...

Now you've joined up with Suzaku.

What do you want to do now?

Do you just want power?
Or is it status you seek?

Or... Is this just
another game to you?

Back during the Black Rebellion,
Ohgi told me to protect you.

He said you could make my
big brother's dream come true.

Lelouch...
What am I to you?!

Why did you tell me to live
back aboard the Ikaruga?!

Goodbye, Lelouch.

The supreme council is scheduled
to meet in the gymnasium.

Goodbye, Kallen.

Chairman Kaguya Sumeragi
of the U.F.N. Supreme council.

I would like for the Holy Britannian Empire to
participate in the United Federation of Nations.

Master Zero.

Do you understand that participation...

is dependent upon a / majority
vote of U.F.N. Members?

Of course. It's a democratic
way of doing it, isn't it?

Indeed, it is.

This is a bit rude, isn't it?

It was Charles, the former emperor, who
ordered Britannia's misdeeds, was it not?

Geass countermeasures, huh?

But now it's clear that only the core
members of the Black Knights...

and Kaguya know about Geass.

What are you after,
treacherous Emperor Lelouch?

I'm surprised at you.

Isn't Britannia as it is now
a better country for you all?

Is it?

U.F.N. Resolutions are
determined by majority vote.

Voting rights are apportioned according
to each member nation's population.

With the breakup of the Chinese Federation,
the most populous nation in the world now...

is Britannia.

If we allow Britannia
to join the U.F.N. Now...

You will have more than %
of the votes, Emperor Lelouch.

In short, you would, in fact,
be usurping control of the U.F.N.

I get it!
He really is a bad guy, after all!

You really are terribly dim,
aren't you?

Say what?!

What about it, Emperor Lelouch?!

If you say we're wrong,
we want you to either divide up Britannia...

or else limit your voting
representation to %.

Chairman Kaguya,
I have one question for you.

And that is?

What is the qualification
for controlling the world?

Dignity. The dignity for people
to govern one another.

Good answer.

You truly are astute.

However, my answer is different.

May I ask what that is?

The willingness to destroy.

Destroy?

The world... and even yourself!

Oh, no!
He is up to something, after all!

Dammit!

I will not allow this
affront to His Majesty!

Where the hell were
our perimeter guards?!

Sorry, sir! He just suddenly
launched from underwater!

Is it a thr*at?! Will he use
v*olence on the representatives?

Get to Ashford Academy!
Save Lady Kaguya!

The Britannian forces
have started to move!

What?!

They're moving from international
waters into Japanese waters!

A surprise att*ck here?!

Participating in the U.F.N.
And choosing the school as the site...

It was all to use
himself as a decoy!

But now he's betrayed the trust
of the international community.

No. He's saying he
doesn't need it now.

So, his objective
is a dictatorship.

A man who continues to call himself an
emperor after abolishing the aristocracy...

You're right. Zero is now...

Lelouch is now the enemy of the world!

Retreat!
Get out of here, Kouzuki!

I'll be the one
to take down Lelouch!

Besides, the Guren is the only unit
that can oppose the Lancelot!

If you fight here,
every nation will lose its representative!

If every nation suddenly
loses its leader, then!

But Her Majesty is in danger, too!

I know that!
But your enemy is Lelouch!

It's clear he's prepared
to k*ll the hostages here!

If we don't wait for the
decision of every nation here,

the U.F.N. Itself will collapse!

And that would leave
Britannia victorious!

Suzaku...

Now then, Chairman Sumeragi...

I'd like to resume the vote.

Will you allow Britannia
to join or not?

Using these methods?!

You have no choice but
to allow it, don't you?

Now then, shall we begin
this democratic process?

Lelouch and Suzaku!
What are they both thinking?!

They're declaring w*r
on the whole world!

A roadblock?

Forget about me!
You'll just end up getting involved, too!

I can't just leave you!

As a favor to Milly?!
In that case...

No, you idiot!
Because I'm your friend!

Congratulations!

Priority target has been captured.

It all went as you predicted,
Your Majesty.

Good.
Treat her with courtesy, please.

Oh, one more thing.

Let the student I assume
was with her go free.

Yes, Your Majesty!

Majesty!

Emergency dispatch
from the Avalon!

What is it?

The capital, Pendragon...
It's been!

Dammit! He's struck first!

The radius of annihilation is
approximately... kilometers.

I think it was caused
by a F.L.E.I.J.A. Also...

There's a giant fortress
in the sky above it.

With a total length
of kilometers.

What's happened?

Lelouch!
It's just as you guessed!

Yes. No doubt the stock of F.L.E.I.J.A.
Warheads they initially produced...

have been loaded aboard the sky fortress Damocles
which was developed by the Tromo Agency.

The only one who would know
the imperial private channel is...

Does it feel good to subdue
other people, Lelouch?

Schneizel.

I've taken custody of
all the F.L.E.I.J.A. Warheads.

Are you drawing your bow
against the Britannian emperor?

I'm afraid I don't
recognize you as emperor.

I see.

I suppose you think you
are better suited to be emperor.

No.
You're mistaken, Lelouch.

The one best suited
to rule Britannia...

is her.

N!

Nunnally!

Big brother... Suzaku... I...

I am now your enemy.

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

Nunnally... Ever since that day
years ago when we were abandoned,

I've needed some reason to go on living.

Before I realized it, you became my guidepost.

Perhaps you became my foundation.

Perhaps it's linked with something which
Suzaku and Kallen feel so strongly about.

If that's true, must I once more have
to lose the basis for my existence?

Or else,
do I now have to!

SCHNEIZEL'S GUISE
Or else,
do I now have to!