DEPENDENCE.Onishi and his group fend off some of the oncoming Shapes that march into the city. Shinji briefly encounters Hal, revealed that Hal is among the Shapes, which leads Shinji to dissolve the Racan. Hal later comes back to settle matters with Shinji in a duel, but when Hal tries to finish Shinji off, Shinji impales Hal's eye socket with his texhnolyzed finger, killing him. Ran takes a train to Lux for unknown reasons. Kano captures Kohakura and forces him to be one of the Shapes. Kimata, exposing his texhnolyzed arm to his fellow men, prepares them for the battle against the Shapes. Ichise goes to retrieve Doc, where she reveals that she lied about having stored his mother's raffia inside his texhnolyzed limbs, having done so to help him accept being texhnolyzed. Ichise is greatly angered by this and nearly kills Doc in a fit of rage but manages to stop himself. Onishi joins Kimata in the battle, but Kimata is shortly killed by the Shapes, prompting Onishi to retreat with his remaining allies.