The ship now repaired along with Friedrich's counsel of when and where the Pied Piper will again appear, Sakura and Honoka having satisfactorily manifested their divergent perspectives regarding Tsutsuji and Benkei's propitiation before Akiha gives way to Friedrich giving everybody some seedlings of the QT-rose to guard against the Existences' psycho wave as a bon voyage gift prior to the hectic adventure of entering the Pied Piper. Bougainvillea and Mintao discovering the seriously-injured Elle while on patrol and Nina congratulating them obfuscates Akiha and the gang having the Terra Abduction demonstrated for them along with Xanthippe phasing in from hyperspace to greet Aleida prior to collecting the newly-captured prisoners from Pied Piper. Sakura spotting Nami sends Akiha into a mad dash to her QT-Arms for some answers with Itsuki and Honoka right on her heels . . . just in time to see Nami reaching for the mystical staff Aleida is offering. Akiha exhorts Nami's company only to find that Nami's computations are thoroughly polluted and that she is Nami's alpha vendetta. While the Existence octet bootstrap themselves for battle, Itsuki and Honoka arrive to learn Aleida's real identity and that Nami has repudiated the entire Shishido family. Sakura slicing at Xanthippe's hull disrupts Nami's preparation to finish off Akiha who makes a hasty retreat. After ordering the Existence octet to effect a cerebral crash on Leopard, Nami and Aleida board Xanthippe as she phases into hyperspace to Akiha's anguish .

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