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Stinging Shock

• 3-1: Meeting (Before Operation)
  After regrouping, Amiya learns that Misha has been kidnapped by W. Amiya presses Ch'en for the truth, and the latter finally reveals Misha's secret. This time, the L.G.D. decides to join forces with Rhodes Island.
• 3-1: Meeting (After Operation)
  Reunion's infiltration into Lungmen is unpredictable and unpreventable, but everyone is clear that the primary objective is to bring Misha back. Rhodes Island leads the charge, Penguin Logistics backs them up, and the L.G.D. make up the main force. The battle lines are drawn, and the operation officially begins.
• 3-2: Memory (Before Operation)
  Hoshiguma from the L.G.D. Special Inspection Unit joins up with the party. The chivalrous Hoshiguma offered candid praise for Rhodes Island before charging into battle.
• 3-2: Memory (After Operation)
  Misha and Skullshatterer finally meet again, but nothing is as it used to be. Skullshatterer's hateful accusations leave Misha feeling a sense of unfamiliarity towards the person she once knew, but she can't help but to feel a thread of empathy.
• 3-3: Convolution (Before Operation)
  The duo of Exusiai and Texas create chaos within the enemy ranks, drawing most of the enemy's attention to themselves. Elsewhere, Rhodes Island's team finally arrives and prepares to head into battle—
• 3-3: Convolution (After Operation)
  Rhodes Island's attack forces Skullshatterer into action. Faced with Misha's apprehension, he gives his denial without hesitation. Even W offers a plan of her own.
• 3-4: Cracked (Before Operation)
  Franka easily sees through the ambush that Reunion is planning, and Rhodes Island decides to press forward and seize victory.
• 3-4: Cracked (After Operation)
  However, the ambush was intended to be a distraction, and everything was to set the stage for a single lethal blow against the Doctor. Even though the first hit is blocked, the second flies towards the Doctor, about to find its mark—
• 3-5: Call (Before Operation)
  Amiya lashes out violently, and in a flash, Skullshatterer falls to the ground. Reunion rushes back, disregarding everything to bring back Skullshatterer's body.
• 3-5: Call (After Operation)
  W is surrounded by Rhodes Island, but her role is simply to hand a mobile phone to Amiya. The voice on the other side of the line belongs to Misha, but this time, her voice is clear and decisive.
• 3-6: Decision (Before Operation)
  Time waits for no man; the only thing that can be done now is to continue to act. After detecting Reunion's location, Rhodes Island and the L.G.D. split up to launch separate operations.
• 3-6: Decision (After Operation)
  Skullshatterer lies there dying and Mephisto, the one capable of healing him, is nowhere to be seen. W quips that the troops have lost all will to fight and asks Misha to follow her to safety. However, Misha disagrees.
• 3-7: Roar (Before Operation)
  Franka, Liskarm, and Hoshiguma all display their talents on the battlefield. After joining forces with Amiya's team that had successfully broken through the front entrance, the only obstacle that remains in front is—
• 3-7: Roar (After Operation)
  Franka searches the camp, but finds no trace of Misha. Nearby, the Skullshatterer that should have been slain stands once more.
• 3-8: Dusk (Before Operation)
  The thoughts of the two sides are like parallel lines. Though they both run straight, they will never intersect. Even if Amiya recognizes 'Skullshatterer,' there is no path forward from here.
• 3-8: Dusk (After Operation)
  'Skullshatterer' collapses once more, but not a single person is smiling. Ch'en has no words of comfort for Amiya, but shares some of her seldom-spoken sentiments. With conflicted emotions, everyone begins their journey back home.