Mazuki jumped up from his bed like a madman after the terrifying nightmare he had, his teammates waiting by his head immediately tried to calm him down.

Sasha: Mazukii! Are you okay? It was all just a nightmare, it passed. Ren: Mazuki, what happened, are you okay? You fainted all of a sudden, we didn't understand what happened.

Mazuki was looking around with a terrified expression on his face, trying to understand where he was. — It was all a nightmare, but that pain, that fear, it felt so real. Ren: Did you say something, Mazuki? Mazuki: I said I'm fine, thank you all, friends. Nero: No, we should thank you, Mazuki. Sasha: Yes, you saved Eleni. I was so worried because I hadn't heard from you for days—I mean, we were worried.

Sofia runs and throws herself onto Mazuki. Sofia: Mazukimmm!! Are you okay, honey? Does anything hurt? (Sofia was hugging Mazuki's neck so tightly he couldn't breathe.) Mazuki: I'm fine for now, but if it goes on like this, I won't be fine. Sofia: Oh, I'm sorry Mazuki, did I hurt you somewhere? Mazuki: I'm really fine.

Sasha looks from the side, her face bright red with anger, looking like a bomb ready to explode at any moment. Nero: What a romantic couple... (Sasha punched Nero straight in the face.)

Ren: Anyway, that's enough, Mazuki, there is someone else who wants to thank you. Mazuki: Huh? Thanks? Who?

Eleni appears from behind the team, bandaged up, looking shy, her face bright red. Nero: Huh? What's wrong with her? Eleni: Eeee, um, thanks for sav-, sav-, saving me!

Mazuki looks at Eleni with a confused face. Mazuki: It's nothing, after all, I'm a part of this team and I can't let anyone from my team get hurt. (Eleni stares at Mazuki with admiration.) Eleni: Let's get along well from now on. Mazuki: Alright then.

— Well, well, well, our hero has woken up, you're really tough, Mazuki. (Gin enters the room.) Mazuki: Mr. Gin. Gin: How are you feeling, Mazuki? Mazuki: Honestly, I feel a bit tired. Gin: That's very normal, of course, you stayed in that armor for hours. Mazuki: Armor? What armor? Gin: The armor, the one you were wearing.

Ren shows the camera recordings on his tablet from the fight between Mazuki and commanders Sota and Haruto. Mazuki: This? Is this me? But how? How can I fight like this, and what is this armor anyway? Gin: You must be kidding, you don't know about the armor you had on for hours? Mazuki: Honestly, I don't know anything about this fight or the armor. Gin: I see, I guess you've forgotten your memories about the armor, or they were made to be forgotten. Ren: Made to be forgotten? But how? Mazuki fainted right beside us, so there's no way it happened outside. Gin: It didn't happen outside anyway, whatever happened, happened inside, inside Mazuki's mind. Mazuki: How? I don't understand anything. Gin: Now is not the time to talk about these, rest a bit, there is one more thing we need to talk about. Mazuki: Alright, Mr. Gin.

The team leaves the room. Mazuki was looking at his katana leaning against the wall, he could feel a very powerful dark aura from the katana, and remembering his nightmare, he turned his face away in fear.

4 hours had passed, Mazuki woke up from his sleep and came to the living room, the whole team was gathered. Gin: Great! Now that Mazuki is here, we can start. (Mazuki sits next to Ren and asks in a low voice.) — What's going on here? Why are we all gathered? Ren: We have a new mission. Mazuki: A mission? Really? Finally!

Gin: If your whispering is finished, let's get back to work. (Gin turns on the giant screen with the remote, there was a man's face on the screen.) Shon: Boss, who is this guy? Gin: Friends, this man's name is Takeda Raizen, the president of Genosis weapons company. He landed here in Tokyo with his private plane 2 days ago.

(Mazuki froze when he heard the surname Takeda, it reminded him of someone, he raises his hand and asks for permission to speak.) Gin: Go ahead Mazuki, do you have something to say? Mazuki: This Takeda Raizen, is he by any chance... Gin: Yes, you guessed right, he is Takeda Riku's brother. Shon: These bastards don't end, as if one wasn't enough, now his brother shows up. Mazuki: For the first time, I agree with you on something, Shon.

Ren: But dad, why has this guy come to Tokyo? He couldn't have just missed his brother. Eleni: Takeda Raizen has been Apex's biggest financial and weapons supporter for years. He doesn't like to be seen around much. He hadn't been around for a long time, his sudden appearance here shows that there is an important matter. Gin: You hit the nail on the head, Eleni. It seems Apex is thinking of strengthening itself further after the commander tragedy they experienced recently. Nero: Wow, my man Mazuki has turned Apex into a chicken out of fear. Mazuki: Ehe, I just did what I had to do, if it happened again, I'd do it again.

Gin: I admire your consistency, Mazuki, but let's get back to our main topic. Alright children, our mission is to take this man down and stop Apex from making a new deal. Sasha: Everything is fine, but how will we approach him? Apex must have put such an important person under the highest level of protection. Gin: That's exactly what they did, Sasha. They assigned 2 commanders and a lieutenant to his protection detail: his brother Riku, 4th squad commander Hikari Aki, and 7th squad lieutenant Tiran. Eleni: Then how are we going to do this? The guy doesn't even leave his house. Gin: I thought about this too. Tomorrow evening, there will be a birthday party. It's the 5th birthday party of the granddaughter of Kotamaru company president, and Raizen will attend it. Eleni: Hmmm, a birthday party, this might make our job a bit easier, but we still have that problem: the guards around him won't leave him alone for even 1 second. Gin: That's exactly where Ren and I come in. Mr. Kotomaru is an old acquaintance of mine, we've had a few collaborations in the past. Eleni: Everything is fine, but how will we get inside? Apex knows most of our faces now. Gin: Nero, Sasha, and Sofia, you will be inside as waiters, always be on alert, locate the cameras and determine the number of guards. Eleni and Shon, you will wait outside and await instructions from the others. After you disable the cameras, Eleni, you will infiltrate through the east gate, and Shon, you through the west gate. There will be many Apex soldiers and guards at the gates, let's do this as silently and flawlessly as possible, children.

Mazuki: Mr. Gin, did you forget something by any chance? Gin: What did I forget? Mazuki: What about me? What will I do? Gin: Sorry, you're right, I forgot. You will stay here at the headquarters with Hao. Mazuki: What? But why? Gin: You're not ready yet, Mazuki. I can't put you and the mission in danger, I'm sorry. Mazuki: But I can do it, really. I defeated 2 commanders by myself, I can do this. Gin: Do you believe you can do it? Mazuki: Yes, I can. Gin: Alright then.

Ren: Daaaad— (Gin signals Ren to be quiet with his hand and takes a handkerchief out of his pocket.) Gin: If you can touch this handkerchief, I'll take you with us on the mission, but if you can't, you'll stay here and do Vayen training with Hao, deal?

Mazuki accepts with great confidence. Mazuki suddenly lunges at Gin, but it's as if Gin disappears from Mazuki's sight, and before Mazuki can understand what happened, he sees Gin is behind him. With great surprise, he lunges at Gin again. Mazuki gets faster with every attack, he even gets face-to-face with Gin sometimes, but in the end, he ran out of energy and collapsed to the floor.

Gin: Alright then, good luck with your training as we agreed, son. (Gin turns his back and walks to his room, he enters the room and closes the door. He looks at the handkerchief in his hand; the edge of the handkerchief was torn. Gin smiled and put the handkerchief in his pocket.)

Mazuki and Hao are in the training hall. Mazuki: Eeee, alright, what are we going to do now? Hao: Nothing. Mazuki: What do you mean nothing? I thought you were going to train me. Hao: Did you hear such a thing from me? Mazuki: What does this mean now? Why did you come here with me then? Hao: To clear my head. (Hao sits on the floor and starts pouring tea from the teapot he is holding into his cup and sipping it.)

Mazuki: Enough of these games! (Mazuki walks towards the door, and just as he is about to open it, he narrowly dodges a wooden stick flying towards him at high speed. Mazuki looks in the direction the wooden stick came from; it was Hao who threw it.) Mazuki: Have you lost your mind?! Hao: I didn't say you could leave the room. Mazuki: I could have died, you jerk! Hao: That was my intention anyway. If you're weak, you'll die eventually, whether it's now or later, but you dodged it better than I expected. Mazuki: Look here, fake kung fu master, I didn't come here to play word games. If you're going to train me, train me, if not, I'm leaving.

Hao: You're very impatient, but I liked that. Alright, I'll train you, but if you go against what I say even once, I'll stop the training. Mazuki: Fine, fine, let's start. Hao: First of all, Mazuki, our Vayen power feeds on our soul energy, so the more soul energy you have, the more Vayen power you have. But remember, sometimes, rarely, our emotions also affect our Vayen power. When we are angry, when we are sad... in the deepest, strongest moments of our emotions. But as I said, it happens rarely, actually, I've never seen it, for that, the emotion a person feels must be deep and real. Mazuki: Then how can I strengthen my soul energy? Hao: By doing very simple practices, and most importantly, by making a contract with your own Vayen soul, a "Life Pact." Mazuki: A "Life Pact"? What's that? Hao: People who have mastered Vayen usage and possess strong Vayen power make a contract with their own Vayen soul to become even stronger, but many people cannot make this contract and their souls get cursed and they die. Mazuki: Get cursed and die? So, in this case, am I going to make this contract too? Hao: Of course. True, it's a bit risky, but so what? Mazuki: A bit? A bit? You're talking about getting cursed and dying, what do you mean a bit! Hao: We won't get anywhere by talking like this, come on, the sooner we start, the sooner we finish. Mazuki: Alright, but how will I make a contract with my Vayen soul? Hao: I don't know that, every person's soul is different. Mazuki: I'm not sure about this. Hao: This is no time for cowardice, how much longer will you be crushed and put in a weak position? Grow up now, Mazuki, try taking a risk. Mazuki: Alright, but how will I communicate with my soul? What if something goes wrong? Hao: Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you, I can't deal with Gin's nagging afterwards. Now, Mazuki, clear your mind and imagine a white glowing round sphere. Close your eyes, transfer all your Vayen power there, to the last drop, okay? Mazuki: Alright.

Mazuki started doing exactly what Hao said. First, he closed his eyes, then he imagined a sphere in his mind and gathered all his Vayen there. Just at that moment, Hao stuck a white glowing needle into Mazuki's forehead. Mazuki fainted instantly, and when he opened his eyes, he woke up in a ruined house. He stood up, but he felt a chill, as if he wasn't alone here. Just at that moment, he heard the sound of a sword dragging on the floor; it was coming from the room across the corridor, and the sound was getting closer. Mazuki took a knife from the table next to him and got ready. A black-armored, dark-auraed samurai emerged from the room; it was as if human screams were coming from the sword in his hand.

Mazuki: Who are you?

[END OF SEASON 1]