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An elite squadron trained to combat the supernatural responds to reports of invisible monsters terrorizing Tokyo. Their mission is complicated by the appearance of blue butterflies and a katana-wielding mystery woman.

Having failed to obtain the Nirvash for their own use, Japan goes forward with a dangerous experiment to create a Coral plant for themselves. Generation Bleu sends Ao's team to stop them at all costs.

Ao discovers how duplicitous adults can be and, along with Fleur, he rebels in his own way to stay true to what he believes is right.

As this mysterious Truth wreaks havoc at Generation Bleu HQ, his motivations remain enigmatic, but they seem to have something to do with the Nirvash. And by extension, as Nirvash's pilot, with Ao.

Ao gets a taste of what it's like to be part of a real mission and a better sense of just how high the stakes are. Meanwhile, strange things are happening around the world, apparently driven by one mysterious individual.

Having thrown in his lot with Generation Bleu, Ao returns with Team Pied Piper to their headquarters in Switzerland. There, he finds himself out of his element and struggling to figure out how he fits in to their plans.

With renewed resolve to fight to protect the island, Ao takes on the G-Monster with some help. And in the aftermath, Ao begins to learn that the world is more complicated than he had thought.

Ao has always faced discrimination as a foreigner, but his newly revealed blue hair and involvement in the recent crisis spur the islanders to take action against him. And in the process, Ao learns more about his mother.

Together with his father for the first time, Ao has many questions for Renton. As the heartbreaking answers are revealed, Ao makes his choice.

The complicated relationship between Ao, Naru, and Truth comes to a head. As they try to sort things out, a stranger appears and he seems to have some uncanny knowledge.

The confrontation with Truth brings to light new truths about him and the strange IFO-like craft called the Canon that is now a part of him. And these inconvenient truths begin to change things for Naru and for the Allied Forces.

Team Pied Piper works with Japan and the Secrets to hold up their end of the agreement that Blanc forged before he died. And Elena, now with the Allied Forces, struggles to come to terms with her true identity.

With Blanc gone and the Generation Bleu Headquarters beseiged by the Allied Forces, Ao and the others must figure out what they believe in and whether it's worth fighting for.

Fiercely adamant about not relinquishing the bracelet, Ao finds himself trying to pilot the Japan Armed Forces' military Flying Platform to fight the G-Monster and defend the island.

The world has turned against Generation Bleu for taking back Ao and the Quartz Gun. They now find themselves facing UN sanctions and the Allied Forces, even as they try to figure out who's side to take - the Secrets or the Scub Corals.

With Ao gone, Fleur and Elena are left to confront their differences over how they deal with the way he left. But no matter how they feel, the only way either of them can go to him is by activating the Third Engines on their IFOs.

After his desperate stand against the swarm of Secrets, Ao finds himself in a world that is familiar, yet different in disturbing ways. As he tries to figure out what happened and how he might fix it, he makes a startling move.

Ao still feels conflicted about fighting Secrets, but with a swarm of Secrets descending on all the Scub Corals that have become active again, an ambitious operation is set in motion to eradicate all the Secrets at once.

Ao feels the pressure of being the only IFO pilot with an operational Third Engine. With what Eureka said to him and the Japanese claiming to have communicated with a Secret, he also struggles with the idea that the Secrets may not be the enemy.

As Eureka and Ao fight against Truth, the JAF and Generation Bleu become embroiled as well. The fallout of this military encounter is further complicated by Naru's mysterious return.