Oonishi visits Doc to inquire about his recent blue-haired visitor and how serious his intentions and threats are. The Salvation Alliance and Racan continue to lose their followers en masse to Shapes.
Confronted with absolute apathy toward the impending invasion, Sakimura takes the matter into his own hands, and with his task completed, Ichise opts to descend back to the city.
Shapes violently and swiftly take over the city, and the rest of the survivors have no choice but to join forces in what amounts to a frivolous last stand. Doc reveals to Ichise a certain "white lie" she has told about his texnolyzation.
The trio reaches the surface only to observe the artificial existence of its ghostly masses, who have become so detached from humanity that they have little care for what is going on in the Lukuss or any looming danger heading their way.
Following the dig site bombing, a member of the Class comes to Lukuss. Yoishii invites Racan to capitalize on this, with Shinji having no idea what he actually schemes.
With the remaining Organo obliterated, Oonishi and Shinji ride to the Class compound only to learn that Kano is acting by himself and intends to invade the surface too. They urge Ichise to escort Doc to the surface world to warn them.
Doc comes to the detained Ichise and requests that Oonishi set him free. Meanwhile, hostility is kindling between Organo and the Salvation Alliance due to a string of killings clearly designed to spark a full-fledged war.
As senseless infighting inside Organo continues, a rumor about ghost-like figures surfaces. City-wide kidnappings by these ghosts seem to indicate that none of the known groups are behind them.