Kotaru is rounding up the others to plot an escape from Raphaello while the battle continues in the air, and Teppei and Foh come across the 10th Point in the Area, but something has changed them for the worse.
Teppei, Foh, and Hokuto do battle with each other while under Salome's mind control, and another enemy, the Juggler, pops up and appears to be bloodthirsty as details of the Dancing Princess' horrific childhood are revealed.
Fah and Quantrol meet in mortal combat, where it is do or die, and a call from Teppei causes Fah to risk everything on a final move, while Teppei faces off against Melmut.
Teppei and B'tX, a highly advanced artificial intelligence machine, continue their quest to rescue Teppei's brother from the evil Machine Empire, but must first get past Mislim, an agent of the Machine Emperor.
