Chapter Summaries

After consolidating power, Ask reorganized Britannia and helped establish a three-bloc world order governed through a Joint Council. In January 2019, with Tokyo Settlement nearly complete, Ask prepared to establish the Island Nation Special Zone as promised.

• Ask purged Charles's remaining supporters, reshaped the Knights of the Round, and forced Kallen to live under the name Schneizel to protect Area 11.
• Ask's maneuvering divided the world among Britannia, the Chinese Federation, and the United States of Japan, whose representatives formed a Joint Council with smaller nations.
• Schneizel took charge of political affairs, while Jeremiah and the Pureblood Faction shared military control and Leila managed the Imperial Family's administration.
• On January 10, Ask received word that construction of the Tokyo Settlement was nearly complete and prepared to establish the Island Nation Special Zone.

Emperor Ask arrived in Area 11 ahead of the Island Nation Special Zone inauguration and treated Empress Kaguya before her public speech. He later reviewed a list of businesses proposed by Andu Achilles, leaving the matter to proper official channels.

• Ask landed at the Tokyo Settlement Council Hall under heavy security and met Governor Nunnally, while Alicia Romeya handled the administration.
• Ask treated a feverish Empress Kaguya and told her he would keep her condition under control for her speech the next day.
• Leila informed Ask that Andu Achilles had taken over the Tower of Babel and submitted a list of proposed businesses for his review.
• Ask told Leila to require Andu to seek an audience through proper channels, then examined the list and found it included illegal entertainment venues disguised as pet trading.
• Andu agreed to submit an official document, while Leila destroyed his informal list so Ask could maintain plausible deniability.

Empress Kaguya inaugurated the Island Nation Special Zone and blamed Zero for the massacre of the Island Nation, while Ask watched the ceremony remotely. After reviewing reports on Geass ruins and unrest in the Middle East, Ask ordered the ruins secured and sent Nonette and Origami to suppress the riots and investigate their instigators.

• Empress Kaguya declared that Zero had forced Euphemia to order the massacre and pledged equal rights in the Island Nation Special Zone.
• Ask watched the inauguration broadcast and switched off his remote controller after the camera moved away from Empress Kaguya.
• C.C gave Ask the confirmed locations of Geass ruins, and Ask ordered them designated as Heavenly Domain so he could later destroy the data there.
• Leila told Ask that riots were spreading across the Middle East and that the Special Affairs Bureau had found no clear instigator.
• Ask ordered Nonette to suppress the unrest and Origami to assist the investigation, arresting or killing suspected Geass users and instigators.

After unrest in the Middle East pointed toward Gilkestan, Lelouch told Ask that Nunnally had vanished from campus. Ask suspected a coordinated plot and sent Cornelia to Gilkestan on a diplomatic mission, with Suzaku as her escort and Origami investigating covertly.

• Prisoners captured after riots in the Middle East said the terrorists' clothing and accents resembled those of Gilkestan.
• Lelouch called Ask and reported that Nunnally was missing after surveillance cameras were deliberately destroyed.
• Ask told Lelouch to stay on campus and said he would handle the search.
• Ask ordered Leila to investigate Gilkestan and arranged for Cornelia to visit with Suzaku and the Lancelot as her escort.
• Ask assigned Origami to infiltrate Gilkestan and uncover what its leaders were doing.

Ask and C.C. deduced that Gilkestan’s FARLAF branch had abducted Nunnally to use her connection to Charles and access C’s World, so Ask ordered pressure on Gilkestan and a covert operation. At the Gilkestan border, Shestal Fognar returned with the abducted cargo while Swell Kujapat warned him not to underestimate Britannia.

• C.C. recalled that the Geass Order’s FARLAF branch in Gilkestan managed the Gate of Aramu, and she and Ask concluded that Nunnally could be used to reach C’s World through Charles’s lingering Geass or bloodline.
• Ask told Monica to have Cornelia pressure Gilkestan and to send Kallen and Origami on a covert mission to eliminate the remnants.
• Shestal Fognar returned from a refugee camp with cargo and mocked Britannia’s weakened defenses after its civil war.
• Swell Kujapat warned Shestal not to underestimate Britannia or its emperor, but Shestal dismissed his concerns and urged them to hurry back.

Shamna tried to manage the arrival of Britannia’s delegation without giving the empire a reason to attack Gilkestan. After repeating the six-hour period ten times, she ordered her allies to placate the delegation while she decided their next move.

• Shestal reported that the cargo had arrived safely, and Shamna ordered him to defend the border while others watched the tourists.
• Shamna learned that Britannia’s warships had reached Gilkestan’s border without prior notice and were bringing Cornelia to meet her.
• Shamna realized that resisting Cornelia’s visit could give Britannia a pretext to attack, especially with Suzaku and the Lancelot accompanying her.
• Shamna killed herself repeatedly to reset time and test different responses to Britannia’s arrival.
• After ten loops, Shamna ordered the maids to contact Shestal, General Fognar, and Shalio and keep the delegation placated.

Cornelia led Britannia’s delegation into Gilkestan under emergency diplomatic procedures while Origami and Kallen infiltrated separately to find Nunnally and stop a ritual connecting to C’s World. Their infiltration was interrupted when an unknown man’s Geass turned Kallen against Origami, who warned her and fired back.

• Cornelia presented the Emperor’s authorization to Shestal Fognar and secured permission for the delegation to enter Gilkestan, though Shestal delayed negotiations while seeking instructions from Shamna.
• Origami and Kallen crossed the border disguised as refugees and used a satellite map to locate the temple, which they suspected would host the ritual involving Nunnally.
• Origami explained that the Gate of Aramu was no longer usable because Ask had sealed off C’s World, so Gilkestan might be relying on a device or traces of Geass on Nunnally.
• A headscarf-wearing man approached Origami and Kallen, and his Geass made Kallen aim her gun at Origami.
• Origami dodged Kallen’s shot, activated her artificial eye, warned Kallen about the enemy’s Geass, and fired at the man.

Origami and Kallen confronted an enemy whose Geass had been predicted by Shamna, while Ask learned that Shamna could rewind time by killing herself. After hearing Charles’s account, Ask ordered an invasion of Gilkestan to destroy Shamna’s forces and Britannia’s remaining rebels.

• Origami realized the enemy knew she was immune to Geass and relayed her suspicion that someone could foresee the future, then told Kallen to keep him occupied while Ask handled the rest.
• Ask visited Charles in prison and asked about the religious order in Gilkestan and Shamna’s ability.
• Charles explained that Shamna could return six hours into the past by killing herself, forcing him to abandon his invasion of Gilkestan.
• Ask ordered General Erwin to assemble troops and invade Gilkestan to annihilate Charles’s followers and rebels opposing Britannia.

Ask ordered Britannia to invade Gilkestan and force Shamna to exhaust her time-reversal Geass, while Schneizel managed the diplomatic fallout. After Nonette reached Shamna in the Temple, she handed her a phone, and Shamna answered a call from Ask.

• Britannia launched an undeclared bombardment of Gilkestan with a massive force led by Knights of the Round, including Dorothea, Anya, and Suzaku.
• Schneizel questioned Ask about the invasion, and Ask explained that he intended to make Shamna repeatedly use her six-hour time-reversal Geass until she could no longer resist.
• Ask said he would use the war to distract Gilkestan while Kallen and the others acted, and Schneizel agreed to persuade the Joint Conference and manage international pressure.
• Shamna repeatedly killed herself to reset time but found no way to stop Britannia's overwhelming attack or gain useful intelligence.
• Nonette arrived in the Temple, killed the maids with her Mecha, and gave Shamna a phone from Ask.
• Shamna answered the call and heard Ask identify himself as the Emperor of Britannia.

Ask Vi Britannia ordered Shamna to bring Nunnally to Britannia and meet him after her Geass reset, then cut off her objections. After repeatedly confirming that she could not overcome Britannia and that her Geass was wearing her down, Shamna gave in and ordered Shestal to bring the diplomatic delegation to the Temple.

• Ask Vi Britannia told Shamna to bring Nunnally to Britannia and meet him after her Geass reset, then ended the call.
• Shamna considered fleeing or accepting the meeting, but concluded she had no path to victory and killed herself with a gunshot.
• Shamna reset time five more times, confirmed that Ask Vi Britannia possessed a Code, and found that her remaining uses of Geass were limited.
• After waking for the thirty-seventh time, Shamna ordered Shestal Fognar to bring Britannia's diplomatic delegation to the Temple.
• Shestal questioned the order, but Shamna insisted, and he agreed to obey.

Shamna traveled to Britannia to negotiate Gilkestan’s survival, and Ask proposed that it become a Britannian XZ zone, pointing to Area 13’s prosperity. When Shamna tried to activate her Geass, Monica stopped her, and Shamna warned that Ask would never find Nunnally if he imprisoned or killed her.

• Shamna secretly prepared a ceramic needle to activate her Geass and traveled alone to Britannia to negotiate with Ask.
• Ask described how Amerik became Area 13 and prospered under Britannia, implying Gilkestan should submit and become an XZ zone.
• Shamna considered the possibility of Gilkestan receiving autonomy like Area 11, but decided she needed time to think.
• Shamna drove her needle-bearing fingernail toward her neck, and Monica shot her hand to stop her from activating her Geass.
• Monica beat Shamna and pinned her against the table, and Shamna threatened that Ask would never find Nunnally if he killed or imprisoned her.

Ask used his Geass to prevent Shamna from harming herself or anyone around him, then revealed that Nunnally had been rescued. Shamna surrendered to stop Ask from destroying Gilkestan, but Ask continued to torment her.

• Shamna realized Ask had Geass and tried to kill herself with a ceramic needle, but his command made her instinctively fear death.
• Ask commanded Shamna not to harm him or the women around him, and she dropped the needle.
• Shamna threatened Nunnally, but Ask called Kallen and learned that Nunnally had been rescued and remained unconscious in C's World.
• Ask ordered Suzaku Kururugi and his army to wipe out the rebels, prompting Shamna to beg him to stop.
• Shamna accepted Ask's proposal, but he lifted her chin and asked whether she knew how a dog crawled.

After Britannia’s victory over Gilkestan, Ask kept Shamna under his control and later subjected her to a humiliating encounter with Kaguya and Kallen. Years passed as Britannia prospered, Lelouch married Shirley, and Suzaku married Euphemia and left the Knights of the Round.

• Schneizel persuaded the Joint Conference to approve a punitive war against Gilkestan, which had already surrendered and become a Special XZ Zone ruled by Shamna.
• Shamna remained in Britannia’s Imperial Palace and obeyed Ask’s orders despite her resentment and humiliation.
• A month later, Shamna visited Ask with Shalio waiting in the lounge, and Kaguya and Kallen joined them in the room.
• Ask told Shamna she no longer needed to preserve her pride or hatred, and after two hours she left the room exhausted, bearing a strange black symbol on her thigh.
• Several years passed, and Lelouch married Shirley while Suzaku left the Knights of the Round and married Euphemia.