After being split up, the group starts to slowly reform, while Shu has a run-in with a mysterious man (who unbeknownst to Shu is Gran Kingdom's Lt. Dragnov) who leaves on a motorcycle after getting a call through a communication system. When Shu meets with the others, a war breaks out between the Black Shadow robots (now with their shadows upgraded into Type-2) led by Lt. Dragnov. The two release their Shadows and fight each other. As Lt. Dragnov's Berserker and Shu's Blue Dragon are locked in combat, Schneider brings out Isabel to snipe Lt. Dragnov.

Marumaro finds himself in hot water when he flirts with the innkeeper's wife, and he's in even deeper trouble when it turns out the innkeeper is a Shadow Wielder who deserted Gran Kingdom's army with the "wife" being his shadow. They soon learn that Marumaro isn't from Gran Kingdom. Marumaro and Saber Tiger later defend them from a Gran Kingdom captain and his troops with the innkeeper on his bounty list. Marumaro and Saber Tiger defeat them and they reunite with Shu and the others.