At the moment of his death during Zero Requiem Lelouch was sent back, back to when he first received his Geass in Shinjuku Ghetto. That time he was determined to do everything right, and he did. Yesterday he was the Hero who United the World, aged 87 and in bed with his wife, so why is he back in Shinjuku Ghetto, C.C.'s body at his feet, if everything went right?