Emma discusses with Skye the appearance of a fake gate in LINK VRAINS designed to trap Playmaker and deduces that Shepherd is behind it. As Playmaker is left to contend with bounty hunters Kenmochi and Yoroizaka, the Shepherd begins searching through Soulburner's memories. Following his rescue from the Hanoi Project and learning that his parents died searching for him, Theodore becomes depressed and closed off over the years, while his grandfather encourages him to move forward and away from his past...