Lelouch Lamperouge is busy wasting his brain on hustling noblemen in chess matches instead of studying.
Prince Clovis, ruler of Area 11, gives a televised address decrying the recent terrorist attacks.
Some terrorists in a stolen truck are thrown off their original plan.
The terrorists swerve to avoid hitting Lolouch and his friend and crash. Meanwhile Clovis has scrambled a force to retrieve whatever was stolen.
Officially, it's medical equipment. Obviously, that's a lie.