 Wanting to help Zero and instill trust in him for the civilian populace, she announces her intent to form the Special Administrative Zone of Japan in the region under Mount Fuji, giving the Japanese people their name and country back, and govern it alongside Zero.During the administration changeover ceremony, she falls under the accidental influence of Lelouch's Geass, and is reluctantly compelled to kill the Japanese people.She is fatally shot in the stomach by Zero to end the chaos and dies from her injuries unaware of what has happened, sparking the Black Rebellion and provoking Suzaku to desire to kill Zero, who himself is grieving over what he had to do.