Chiaki reveals to Marika that the men were from various organizations, sent to find out whether or not she would accept becoming captain of the Bentenmaru. As Ririka picks up her daughter, she apologizes to Marika for not revealing about Gonzaemon's involvement with the space pirates. As Ririka brings Marika to a junkyard, she teaches her daughter how to use guns, explaining about the power a pirate captain holds, whether or not Marika chooses to wield it for her own benefits. The next day, Kane becomes the adviser of the space yacht club and bring them to the space docking station where the Odette II is docked. Kane directs the space yacht club to check the ship and to get its system online. Marika and Chiaki, later alone in the Odette II, discover that a nearby docked ship is trying to hack into the spaceship system, and they begin counterattacking the hackers.