Nanbu enters Joe into the Megalo Box rankings, which starts him at the very bottom in 257th place. He plans to have Joe fight the toughest opponents that the rankings will allow, so that he can move to the top bracket in as little as 5 fights. As the two visit Goskino Factory to get better gear, they notice the shopkeeper has a Shirato Group Composite Titanium Prototype Gear in the back room. A boy named Sachio and his friends enter with a bag of stolen cameras, which they exchange for Red Candy, a type of drug...