Jeremiah was in the surveillance room, looking at the records. Only Diethard was with him. The other officers complained about not being allowed to see the recordings. Still, Jeremiah threatened them, and they had no other choice. There was nothing they could do now.

"There's a rumor that Princess Cornelia will be here soon," Jeremiah said. "She's going to take the command of Area 11."

"I heard that too," Diethard replied. "I heard she'll be coming in two or three days."

"That gives us very little time to correct things," admitted Jeremiah, visibly concerned.

They continued observing the recordings from the entrance, where the guard was found without his uniform.

"Hmm, look!" said Diehard, pointing at the upper part of the screen. "Someone is closing in."

"It's a boy. A student?" wondered Jeremiah.

"He's coming near the guard," continued the journalist, "the guard stops him."

"What?!" exclaimed Jeremiah. "The guard just gave him his uniform! That's impossible!"

"Who's the boy?" asked Diethard.

"We have his picture, so now I'm gonna quickly search the database. Aha, found him! His name is Lelouch Lamperouge, the student at the Ashford Academy."

"Lamperouge?" asked Diethard as if the name rang a bell. "I've met a girl with the same name there. Nunnally Lamperouge. I met her just before when I came to the academy for the terrorist girl."

Jeremiah was struck. His eyes suddenly opened wide, and he could not speak.

"Is something wrong, Jeremiah?" asked Diethard.

"Lelouch and Nunnally... they're alive... after all this time... Marianne…" cried Jeremiah.

"Alive?" shouted Diethard in disbelief. "Marianne? Marianne vi Britannia? Mother of Lelouch vi Britannia and Nunnally vi Britannia? Marianne, the Imperial Consort?!"

"Marianne... they're alive!" exclaimed Jeremiah.

"This has to be a bad joke... could it be?" continued Diethard.

Jeremiah looked happier than ever. Diethard could not believe what they had just found out.

"So the one behind this masquerade is Lelouch," continued the journalist. "The Eleventh Prince of Britannia! That's marvelous! So unexpected!"

"I need to know what's going on... Diethard, we're going there. I need to go there incognito, if possible."

"I'll take you to the Ashford Academy immediately, my lord. My car's just outside."