President Ookouchi asks Colonel Nishina to wait for two hours before the all-out attack on the Heterodyne to allow a new weapon, the Knot Punisher designed by Rika Domeki to be fitted to Dai-Guard. Colonel Nishina orders Major Busujima to comply and the army surrounds the Heterodyne with vibration land mines while Dai-Guard is retrieved for the upgrade. Meanwhile Akagi has left the hospital and made his way to the Dai-Guard hangar. With the Knot Punisher weapon fitted, Akagi pilots Dai-Guard towards the merged Heterodyne...