Later that day Akako left to go to the lab; leaving Reina at the apartment to pack the food away. Akako then entered the room and saw that the Doctor was sitting in a chair, eating something. Akako asked "I'm not disturbing you am I" and the doctor responded "no, you must have found what you were looking for, since you were all over the news about an hour ago". Akako spoke "yes, I found several data files containing information about me. I'll be handing them over to you if you wish to see them" the doctor responded "sure just send it to my flash drive and I'll examine it later". Akako plugged the flash drive into the port of the tablet and transferred the files to it. After he was finished, Akako walked toward the door and spoke "I'll be going now, see ya" Akako walked back to the apartment he was staying in. when he heard gunfire close by. He ran to the location and it was actually his apartment. He could still hear the shots being fired and saw that flashes coming from the kitchen window. Akako rushed to the apartment door and saw that it was breached. He entered but he noticed that there was nobody in there other than Reina who was on the floor in a puddle of blood.
Akako rushed to her side and checked for a pulse, then a heartbeat. He felt a faint pulse and he checked the wounds and lucky for her none of them were fatal, some were even already healed. Akako put his arms underneath her and picked her up. He carried her to the couch and rested her there. Akako then spoke to her as she was unconscious "don't die on me now Reina". As he finished his sentence Reina shot up and started speaking "masked man…" she then fell down and entered slumber once again.
Three hours later Reina opened her eyes and called out to Akako. She heard a fork drop on a plate and then the sound of fast walking. Akako walked around a corner and spoke "Reina, glad you're awake, I have news that you probably won't like" Reina then nodded and Akako answered "the civil security has declared a state of emergency and all the pairs have to be sent after some masked man… including you and I" Reina spoke "then what are we waiting for… we have to go". Akako spoke "okay then but we'll have to rush… the departure for the mission is very soon". Akako and Reina prepared to go and then Akako received a phone call from the doctor. Akako answered it "how did you get my number". The doctor responded "not the time, I'm calling because according to the notes, you have inherited an ability the microorganism had called 'the eye of fear" according to the notes it allows you to cause a gastrea to halt its attack on you in fear of that power, however it doesn't say how many times you can do it or if you can do it forcefully, so have a good time on the mission". Before Akako could say anything she hung up. Reina asked "who was that" Akako answered "the doctor… but anyway we have to go… now".
The departure zone was filled with helicopters and it looked as if they were boarding. Akako and Reina entered the one they were instructed to enter and they noticed that Rentaro was there on the opposite side of the seats. Akako and Reina sat still until they felt like their trip was too long. Akako and Reina unbuckled the safety harnesses around themselves and stood up. Akako and Reina stood in front of the door and Akako pressed a button on the side of the wall. The door opened and it left some of the security officers concerned. Rentaro watched as Reina jumped out the window then he yelled "Akako, what are you doing… you'll die if you jump from this altitude, any of us would". Akako then responded "that's where you're wrong…" Akako turned around revealing the deep blue eye that was glowing in the moonlight. Akako continued "you would all die if you jumped from this height" Akako lifted his arms and did a back facing dive towards the earth.
Akako spun around in a one hundred and eighty degree rotation to catch himself on a tree, but the speed was too intense and the branch broke causing him to plummet to the ground at a slower pace. He opened his eyes from a few seconds of unconsciousness. He saw that Reina was sitting beside him snapping her fingers in his ear to see if he was paying attention. He stood back up and said "come on Reina lets go. Let's run, we're falling behind" Reina spoke as if she were challenging him "if you can keep up, sure".
Reina started running in medium strides and she looked back to see if Akako was following. She called out "are you coming". Akako stood still closed his eyes and perceived all the senses. He then felt a change in the pressure around himself and he opened his eyes. He noticed that all the visible colours were in an amplified state. Akako took a step forward and began to run. He took very large strides, as if he was jumping three meters with every step. Time looked as if it slowed down to him and Reina turned around and started running as well. She started to jump from tree to tree, planting her foot on the trunk of each one. Akako simply ran and evaded all the obstacles by ducking and jumping over them. He could manage to keep up with her at the pace he was going. He wasn't running as fast as he could because he knew he wouldn't have enough energy for anything else afterwards.
The two passed a building with light being expelled from the windows. Akako and Reina stopped shortly after and turned back to see who it was. Reina noticed that Rentaro's initiator was outside the building standing guard. They started to walk toward the building and the initiator became defensive as she heard a branch crack. The first thing she saw was Akako's glowing blue eye but it faded as they approached the light. Akako and Reina came into view and then the initiator calmed down. Akako waved and simply said "hey". She nodded and Akako then crouched in front of her, he asked "since we're probably going to be working together, do you have a name? Uh, sorry that was a stupid question of course you have a name… what I mean is if you don't mind telling me, can I have your name" the young girl spoke "Enju, my name's Enju". Akako responded "Enju huh? Nice to meet you Enju! I'm guessing Rentaro's in there. Do you mind if I go see him. I mean you're not going to beat me or something" Akako joked for a second but she didn't laugh so he walked in the room and saw Rentaro standing Back on to another young girl. Akako and Reina stood in the doorway and asked "we're not bothering you are we" Rentaro was surprised and said "Akako, so you aren't dead" suddenly a man's voice came through on a radio and the young girl responded to it. She was told that they found 'the masked bastard' and they all decided to go to the location he was spotted at. Unfortunetly the young girl had to be left behind because of a gastrea's attack to them. By then Akako and Reina had already began their decent to a town below.