Yusaku begins to examine the information hidden in the mysterious lifeform. On the other hand, after his Duel against one of the Knights in the network, he became famous as the hero who saved Link VRAINS. Learning that the lifeform is with Playmaker, SOL Technologies comes up with a plan to take it back. In order to defeat Playmaker, SOL Technologies's Security Chief, Akira Zaizen, contacts GO Onizuka, a popular Charisma Duelist in Link VRAINS.
This episode contains the following tropes:
- Brutal Honesty: Playmaker doesn't mince his words when he dismissively remarks that he is disinterested in GO and Blue Angel.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Frog calls out on Pigeon for addressing him by his real name, Yamamoto, while in Link VRAINS.
- Eating the Enemy: Ai does this to the defeated Knight of Hanoi when the latter attempts to kill Playmaker via suicide bomb. Retained in the dub, but the moment when Ai devours the Knight is cut.
- Full-Body Disguise: GO disguises himself as a Knight of Hanoi to lure Playmaker into Dueling him. And before that, three different people try to impersonate Playmaker.
- It's All About Me: GO doesn't take Yusaku being the newest
Ensemble Dark Horse lightly, although this has something to do with his debt to the orphanage. - Jerkass: Playmaker shoots down GO and Blue Angel's demand to Duel them, confirming that he's not the type of person who can easliy get along with.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: GO and Blue Angel attempt to challenge Playmaker to a Duel after he defeats the Knight of Hanoi in the previous episode, but Playmaker dismissively remarks that he has no interest in either of them, then proceeds to log out of Link VRAINS.
- Taking You with Me: Attempted - when Playmaker tries to gather info from the defeated Knight of Hanoi, the Knight starts to trigger a self-destruct sequence in an attempt to kill Playmaker (as taking fatal damage would result in serious physical damage to Yusaku). Ai's response is to emerge from Playmaker's Duel Disk and eat the Knight. Amazingly enough, it's preserved in the English dub.
