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V.V. found him first. The eerie, ageless boy took Rai to a cathedral of shadows where he was not a student, but a weapon . Here, Rai learned to overwrite minds completely. He became a ghost for the Geass Order, erasing key Britannian generals. But when he looked in a mirror, he saw only static. When Lelouch finally cornered him, Zero whispered, “You are not a person. You are a loaded gun. Is that how you want to die?” Rai pulled the trigger on himself—but the Geass rewound time, trapping him in a loop of his own erasure.

When the light faded, he ran. He ran until he collapsed at the gates of the private Ashford Academy. Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch - Lost Colors ...

The boy woke to the smell of ozone and rust. He was lying in a tangle of scrap metal and broken concrete in the Tokyo Settlement’s underground industrial sector. Above him, a single, flickering holographic sign read: “Ashford.” Here, Rai learned to overwrite minds completely

He was recruited by the Viceroy’s elite, the Glinda Knights. Under the stern but honorable Lady Nonette Enneagram, Rai learned to fight. He used his Geass to interrogate terrorists, extracting the location of the Black Knights’ HQ. He stood opposite Kallen Stadtfeld in a burning ghetto. She screamed, “You have their faces! Japanese faces! How can you serve them?!” Rai didn’t answer. He couldn’t. He couldn’t remember if he was Japanese. He won the battle but lost his soul, becoming a silent, loyal puppet of Britannia. When Lelouch finally cornered him, Zero whispered, “You

And just like that, he was given a name from a hat: Rai . A dorm room. A uniform.