Nunnally Held Hostage

While Lelouch was gone, Nunnally was kidnapped. It was Mao. He had escaped from the police to have revenge on Lelouch. Mao uses Nunnally’s life as a prize of a game and challenges Lelouch. The time limit is 5 hours. But Lelouch doesn’t even know where Nunnally and Mao are. Suzaku finds out about the kidnapping, and tries to help Lelouch. Both think hard to come up with a plan, but Mao can read their thoughts as long as he is within 1/3 of a mile. They figure out that he must be within that range, and find Nunnally. However, a bomb had been set, about to detonate the instant someone moves it. Lelouch faces Mao and admits defeat, but that was part of his genius strategy. Mao is caught once again, and in the process he leaks a secret Suzaku has been hiding.

Cheering Mao

Everything is the same at Ashford Academy, except for the fact that Shirley lost her memory.

Mao is back to taunt Lelouch. Mao is a Geass user who accepted C.C.’s power a long time ago, but failed to fulfill her wishes and now his power is amplifying. Lelouch criticizes C.C. for giving power without taking responsibility. But C.C. responds by saying that she will break her contract with Lelouch and go back to Mao.

C.C., instructed to show up at a theme park, faces Mao alone. C.C. knew that Mao’s objective was to get her back. And to take responsibility, she points her gun at Mao. But she can’t pull the trigger.

Meanwhile, Lelouch figures out a way to defeat Mao. How do you use your head to win against someone who can read every move you come up with?

Geass vs Geass

Lelouch had lost consciousness in the last battle. When he comes to, he finds that his gun is gone and there is blood on the floor. He is suspicious that Shirley found out his secret identity. He follows her to Narita with C.C.. C.C. asks what he plans to do if Shirley did know, but Lelouch doesn’t have an answer.

In Narita, Shirley meets a mysterious man named Mao. He seems to know what Shirley is thinking. He even knew that she had shot someone to protect Lelouch.

Mao is a Geass user. Shirley, manipulated by Mao, decides to kill Lelouch and herself to pay for the sins they’ve committed.

Against a Geass user who could read his mind, there was nothing Lelouch could do. Just then, C.C. comes to his aid and faces the man she gave the power to. Meanwhile, Lelouch decides to say goodbye forever to Shirley.

Shirley at Gunpoint

The casualties from the Narita Battle was great and included civilians. The fact that Shirley’s father was one of them pains Lelouch and Kallen. But Lelouch reasons with Kallen that because there are sacrifices they must go on. This was what Lelouch wanted to tell himself. Lelouch obtains information from Diethard about Cornelia’s next move and attacks. There, he is forced to battle Suzaku’s Lancelot one-on-one. But he is distracted by Shirley’s existence in the battlefield and takes a fall. Shirley was there because Villetta had told her that Lelouch was involved with the Black Knights. In order to avenge her father, she points a gun toward Zero.

The Messenger from Kyoto

Shirley is flustered about the relationship between Lelouch and Kallen. She gathers up her courage to ask Lelouch out on a date.

During that time, Kyoto, the organization who controls the terrorists behind the scenes, was requesting to meet the Black Knights in person. Lelouch decides to turn down Shirley to go see Kyoto. The representative of Kyoto orders Zero to show his face, even though he doesn’t show his own. But the other members of the Black Knights wanted to see Zero’s face too. Unperturbed, Lelouch takes off his mask. Lelouch already knew who the representative of Kyoto was. His name is Kirihara, a man who knows Lelouch and his background.

Meanwhile, Shirley is waiting for Lelouch. Lelouch is surprised to see her long after their appointment. Shirley just came back from Narita where she identified her father’s body. Lelouch comforts Shirley in the rain…