The hostages have been freed with 'only' three US casualties while only the pirate captain and his wife survive, captivated from the abductor party. President Peng has sent all his four destroyers to hunt the James down, so it must cloak and hide behind or between islands. After his baby is delivered by doc, who confirms the cure didn't work in either parent for reasons beyond his academic grasp, Takehaya gets more blood and drops his mistrust of the crew, offering to steer them trough his minefield rather then fight all four Chinese. Reporter Jacob Barnes interviews a jailed witness to expose how Michener spread the virus by taking his son to Florida, exposes that on TV and thus drives the president to fatal despair.
—KGF Vissers