Metropolitan Police Department, 8:17 a.m.
Ichijo is seen watching the the video of Unidentified Lifeform #0 attacking the researchers again as Sugita walks in. He complains that in the 3 weeks the investigation unit has been active, there have been 7 Unidentified Lifeforms, but they could only take one of them down. He doesn't want to keep having to rely on Unidentified Lifeform #4. As he finishes his statement, Nozomi Sasayama arrives, compliments Ichijo, and delivers a report to him about Unidentified Lifeform #0.
Yusuke is embroidering Kuuga's mark onto his clothing, and excitedly shows Tamasaburo, who after a moment just carries on as usual. Excited to show Sakurako, Yusuke runs out the door, with Tamasaburo calling after him that he still needs to help out in the shop.
Meanwhile, the Gurongi discover a radio and hear a report on the Unidentified Lifeforms. As the report plays, Ra-Baruba-De arrives with several Gurongi in the Me group, who then call them incompetent. Zu-Zain-Da takes offense to this, and provokes a fight between him and Me-Biran-Gi. However, before the pair fight, Ra-Baruba-De interrupts them and points to a chart of Gurongi based on their tattoos, many of which have been crossed out, which effectively descalates the situation. Me-Badjisu-Ba offers to be the next participant in the gegeru.
Metropolitan Police-Shooting Range, 8:45 a.m.
Ichijo and Sugita do target practice at the range with their new revolvers, granted to them by the department in light of the Unidentified Lifeforms' resilience. Sugita worries about the prospect of officers firing upon monsters that can take human disguise, but Ichijo replies that it cannot be helped. He also mentions the fax from earlier, which said that a massive burial site was found near the ancient ruins, which was likely where the Unidentified Lifeforms revived from. And by the evaluation, there were approximately 200 graves, its occupants nowhere to be found. For such a large amount of mutant serial killers to be unearthed and running amok... But Ichijo isn't deterred, managing to hit the center of the target with one last shot. As he leaves the shooting range, Nozomi tells him that Professor Natsume's wife and daughter want to meet with him, but receives a dispatch call from a fellow officer immediately afterwards.
Mrs. Natsume and Mika—the family that was holding a service for Professor Natsume—are seen in the waiting area, Mika clutching a purse and wearing a necklace of pink seashells. Her mother comments to Ichijo that the investigation around Unidentified Lifeform #0 is slow, and asks if it is possible to speed it up, for her late husband's sake. She then offers him one of Natsume's belongings: a small case with a strange stone inside, the relic likely found in the ruins. Urged to move out on the dispatch order, Ichijou can only refer the pair to Sakurako.
Shinagawa District-Higashiooi, 9:27 a.m.
Ichijo arrives at the scene, where the victim was pierced vertically from the head to the foot with an unknown object. The object itself is discovered with a recent hole in the ground.
Jounan College-Archeology Research Lab, 9:58 a.m.
Sakurako explains to Yusuke some intricacies of the rune language and its phonetic characters. The language is of the "Linto", a tribe that was slaughtered by another tribe known as the "Gurongi"—the Unidentified Lifeforms. Mika and her mother then arrive. Yusuke, noticing Mika's sadness, tries unsuccessfully to cheer her up. The pair then show the stone, which they hope will speed up the investigation around Unidentified Lifeform #0. Jean, who is the specialist Ichijo referred them to, walks in. When he sees the stone, he starts commenting about how the stone could possibly make him famous. Already grieving for her father, Mika wanted to show them the stone to speed the investigation on #0, but is angry that nobody, even the police, seems to care about it. She then storms out of the room, as Sakurako receives a call from Ichijo requesting Yusuke.
Chiba-Police Science Research Institute, 11:25 a.m.
Ichijo asks Yusuke about Dragon Form's abilities, but Yusuke isn't entirely sure about the scope of its powers. Then then walk into Enokida's lab, who asks Ichijo if he got a girlfriend after commenting that it has been a while since they had last met. When she asks Ichijo who Yusuke is, Yusuke hands her his card (to her confusion). Ichijo then asks what the result of her analysis is, prompting her to take out a massive needle-like object that was buried in the asphalt next to one of the recent Unidentified Lifeform's victims. She says that it's very similar to a bee's stinger, and concludes that this Unidentified Lifeform has the characteristics of a bee.
Me-Badjisu-Ba is then seen murdering people in various locations in Tokyo.
As Ichijo marks down the locations of every reported strike, Yusuke notices that they follow an outward spiral pattern of one death at every 15 minutes. Tracing it, they move out to the predicted location of the next target.
Mika is then seen in a phone booth, and tentatively calls the emergency number. She tells the operator to tell the Special Investigations HQ that if they don’t continue investigating #0, she may die. She then hangs up and runs out of the stall.
Tokyo-Katsushika District, 00:37 p.m.
Me-Badjisu-Ba approaches one of his victims, and as he does, noticies Zu-Gooma-Gu in human form, who comments that he's doing well in the gegeru. Me-Badjisu-Ba says that he's different from the Zu group, which angers Zu-Gooma-Gu. However, before anything can happen, Ichijo hits Me-Badjisu-Ba's bracelet with a bullet, and Yusuke charges in as Kuuga. Zu-Gooma-Gu runs in to try and retrieve the bracelet on the ground, but his hat is hit by one of Ichijo's bullets, and he transforms and flees from the sun as Ichijo chases him. Yusuke and Me-Badjisu-Ba then fight, but the Gurongi manages to escape by flying away.
Yusuke changes into Dragon Form to chase him to the roof, but Me-Badjisu-Ba proves to have the upper hand: constantly flying away, it constantly ambushes Kuuga, who is unable to detect it first. He tries to listen for Me-Badjisu-Ba, but the Gurongi attacks him again, sending Kuuga hurtling over a railing...and suddenly transforming into Pegasus Form. His shock is interrupted by Pegasus Form's heightened senses of sight and sound bombarding him with Tokyo's everyday bustling, from people talking to cars honking to office phones ringing. Overwhelmed, Yusuke slips and falls to the concrete far below, screaming...
This episode contains examples of:
- Bee Afraid: The Bee Gurongi.
- Chekhov's Gun: Ichijou's new higher-powered revolver.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Me-Badjisu-Ba proves a lethal sniper, able to hit his marks from afar while flying.
- Innocently Insensitive: Jean, maybe geeking out over the Gouram fragment in front of the daughter of the archeologist who found it wasn't wise of you? Especially since Professor Natsume is one of #0's victims? Granted, he probably had no idea that's who brought the artifact in the first place.
- Super-Senses: Pegasus Form gives Kuuga this...assuming he can concentrate enough to prevent the accompanying Sensory Overload from overwhelming him. As of this episode, he fails to and falls from a great height as a result.
