A SAMURAI TANUKI?! When swordswoman Konoha joins Serena’s edge-world investigation, Hiro’s gobsmacked by her combat chops. Supposedly, Konoha’s here to investigate a metal spider with psionic abilities—and check up on Kugi! Hiro reunites with Dr. Shouko from the research team and finally heads toward his target star system, only to be interrupted by a telepathic message from a mysterious pyramid. No one else picked the message up, so Hiro’s got to plunge in with both feet!