Atsushi is abducted onto the Moby Dick. Meanwhile, Lovecraft succeeds in capturing Q. Francis F. and the Guild prepare to carry out what they call their "emergency plan."

Tensions between the Detective Agency and the Port Mafia run high as they both scramble to save their own leaders while avoiding an all-out war.

The gifted responsible for the virus is on the run as Nakagawa Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryunosuke chase after him. Meanwhile, the Detective Agency has the Rats’ hideout surrounded to try to capture Fyodor Dostoevsky.