Monami seeks refuge with Izumida after escaping from captivity. Ryoko reveals that Ruriko had co-founded JACES as the Japanese Empire Security Service but left after her grandfather Masamoto refused to allow Ruriko to use JESS as a refuge for ex-Imperial military servicemen to reestablish a new Japanese military. Izumida learns from Kazuma, Ryoko's personal assistant, that Monami was cloned to wrestle control of JACES away from the Yakushiji family using a combination of ancient technique of making people called Hangon and cloning technology.
