Pretenders The false Shadow Garden begins committing murders. A cult relic is recovered so Iris gives it to the pink haired student, Sherry, the kingdom's most brilliant researcher. Cid’s friends Po and Skel take him to a new department store where it is revealed Cid’s subordinate Gamma opened the store to fund Shadow Garden, with branches in every city in the world. Cid is impressed but once again is convinced Gamma is role-playing, unaware he now owns dozens of stores making him one of the wealthiest men in the world. He also meets Nu, the newest Shadow. On his way home, Cid spots Alexia fighting several murderers so he saves Alexia, slaughters the murderers, and hands one survivor to Nu for interrogation...