Alice is forced to kidnap Iska. Afraid of what will happen to him if word gets out, Alice orders Rin to take them to the Prison Sector to decide their next move. Meanwhile, the members of Unit N07 infiltrate the Sovereignty to get Iska back.

Iska arrives just in time and battles Salinger, who not only wields multiple astral spirits, but can also combine two contradicting elements together to make his astral art even stronger. Can Iska measure up to him and defeat him?