The Lost Heart Bullet.Largo, Aria and Niche discuss on the possibility that Noir has been using Lag's memories of Gauche as a deception, but Sylvette insists that her brother did return. Aria informs the others that the light from Akatsuki can make people lose their hearts. Zazie continues his investigation into Cabernet's whereabouts and finds its last location at the bottom of a cape near a seaside town. The gaichuu Jinro attacks a boy hanging dangerously off a cliff and Zazie fights the gaichuu, while a mysterious man observes. The man eventually rescues the boy and chastises Zazie's stance on eliminating gaichuu. Meanwhile, Noir, Roda, Valentine and Garrard row up the Rosie River to investigate an abandoned government research facility where those were unable to become spirit washed downstream. Noir is ordered to look through a large pile of dead artificial spirits to look for any live ones. During the search, Garrard explains how the government formed two types of research: repairing the artificial sun and creating artificial spirits. The experiment failed and the facility was shut down. Valentine accidentally causes the spirit disposal system to go active, which begins clearing up the pile of dead spirits. Noir hears a sound from the pile and rescues two live artificial spirits. The disposal machine malfunctions and destroys the facility, but the Reverse group manage to make it to safety. Lag receives news from Wasiolka about Zazie's discovery and heads there with Niche. Zazie fights several Reverse members and finds Cabernet, but discovers the man he met earlier is a marauder named Jeel. Both fight but Zazie realizes that he can't hurt Jeel with his shindan, as the marauder has no spirit and driven by hatred. Lag and Niche arrive at Cabernet's location and Lag attempts to fire a shindan at it, but to no avail. Lawrence appears and tells Lag that he has lost the heart to focus on what's right, and invites him to join Reverse to regain it.