While Lelouch forms his knights of justice, the Japan Liberation Front takes tourists hostage including Lelouch's friends and the Princess Euphemia. Will their rescue require Lelouch to work on the same side as Cornelia, or does he have other plans?

A drug known as ‘Refrain' is rampant on the street and being pushed on the Japanese citizens. The Black Knights become involved, and Kallen's biological mother turns out to be a victim of the drug.