General Kakisu confronts Professor Kanba about his new reticence to continue the experiments on the test type Xam’d. And the military at last makes a decisive air strike against Lady Kujireika and her tribe. While Yango tries to use his Xam’d powers to help, someone with much more devastating power is revealed. Akiyuki and Haru, now reunited, are joined by a white-haired stranger who seems to know a great deal about The Great Quickening—and Akiyuki’s role in it.   …