As Haruto heads to Ibara's location, Aoi gets captured by the Commander of the Ghosts, Kunikida. Commander Kunikida demand that the Coppelions join them or they will never see Aoi again. Ibara realizes the Ghosts attacked the JAXA survivors in order to lure the Coppelions in a trap to capture them. Ibara and Oyakata heads to the 1st Division base at a park to rescue Aoi where she manages to hold Kunikida at gun point and orders him to release Aoi. Unfazed, the Commander dares Ibara to shoot him which she can't, and his troops beat her. Ibara is saved when Haruto arrives on his AMV and retrieves her while he is forced to leave Aoi behind. As Ibara regains consciousness, she and Haruto talk about their past. Thanks to a transmitter he placed on Aoi earlier, Ibara, Haruto, Gennai and Oyakata locate Aoi and the Ghosts moving to another base. With the Ghosts stopping at a nearby water treatment plant to retrieve barrels of radioactive waste, Ibara and Haruto begin their plan to rescue Aoi while Gennai and Oyakata distract the troops. However, Ibara is shocked to learn that Haruto and the Mop-Up Team were trained to kill people which she is against. Despite Haruto killing some troops, Ibara hopes to rescue Aoi without killing anyone but is caught by Kunikida. To her shock, she learns the 1st Division bodies have mutated and adapted to living in the radiation, hence they do not fear dying. Ibara tells him that she can help him but Kunikida orders one of his tanks to shoot them. Aoi manages to escape but she, Haruto, Gennai and Oyakata find Ibara heavily injured.