His Geass, which has been growing unstable, activates accidentally . His joke becomes a command. Euphemia, smiling, stands before a crowd and declares: "I hereby order all Britannian forces to... massacre the Japanese."
A previous Geass user, Mao (a deranged, telepathic child), hunts C.C. and nearly destroys Lelouch by revealing his identity to Shirley. Lelouch is forced to commit his most morally ambiguous act yet: he erases Shirley's memories of him, including their love, to save her life. She looks at him as a stranger. This is the cost of his mask. code geass 1 season
One day, a terrorist attack by a Japanese resistance cell (the Japan Liberation Front) accidentally captures Lelouch. There, he is reunited with his childhood friend, —the son of Japan's last prime minister. While Lelouch fights with his mind, Suzaku fights with his body as a Britannian soldier, believing the system can be changed from within. His Geass, which has been growing unstable, activates