Shinoa Squad travels to the Ebina Rest Stop, dodging several Four Horsemen of John along the way. Because of this, Shinoa Squad arrives late when Guren gives his speech, in which YÅ«ichirÅ takes full blame for their tardiness. As punishment, Shinoa Squad is lured into a fight against Guren, Mito Jujo and Shinya Hiragi. Despite carefully planning out a strategy, Shinoa Squad is eventually yet handily defeated. When Makoto Narumi comments that Shinoa Squad lacks teamwork and discipline, Guren assigns Shinoa Squad to join with Narumi Squad for the next mission as a result. Elsewhere, as Mikaela and Lacus Welt collect stray human children as gifts for the vampire nobles in Nagoya, Mikaela realizes that his thirst for human blood has increased even more. Mikaela withholds himself from attacking a girl for her blood, which Lacus finds strange.