The next morning, Atsushi woke up, dressed in his Imperial Demon Army uniform, grabbed his sword, and left the apartment place and to the underground train station to meet up with Yuichiro and Shinoa. Upon arriving there, Yuichiro greeted, "Oh, morning, Atsushi-kun. Took you long enough." Scratching his head a bit, Atsushi replied, "Yeah, sorry." And so, they all went to that train station and took a train to their destination, the outer wall of Shinjuku.
Along the way, Shinoa asked Atsushi if he was okay with only having a regular sword as his weapon and why he came with them.
"Well, yes," Atsushi replied back, "and Guren-san assigned me as a backup for you guys."
Shinoa and Yuichiro were surprised to hear that.
"What? He never told me about that," Yuichiro commented.
"Oh, he didn't?" Atsushi asked back.
"Yes," Shinoa responded before Yuichiro did.
"I see."
All this time, Yuichiro claims that he wasn't listening to Shinoa and just cared about killing vampires for revenge. "Yeah, I think so," Atsushi commented to that.
Later, they arrived at their destination, and they all get off. They then went to the soldiers of the Imperial Demon Army and asked for permission for entry. Then, they wonder about people so young being part of the Moon Demon Company, and Shinoa said to Yuichiro that they think he is a kid.
"That's because you're short," Yuichiro replied back.
Atsushi then tried not to laugh at Shinoa's height partially because his mountain spirits tells him that it wasn't nice at all.
"I still have growing to do because my sister, Mahiru, had large breasts," Shinoa responded.
To that Atsushi was shocked to hear the word 'breasts' and also tried not to laugh at it or make a bad reaction.
"Don't!" his mountain spirit said to him. "You'll be a pervert if you do that."
"Right!" Atsushi uttered in a low voice.
Then, Yuichiro noticed that and turned to him. "Did you just say something, Atsushi?"
"N-Nothing!" Atsushi stammered in response.
After that, Shinoa revealed to them that his sister had died, in which Yuichiro apologized and Atsushi felt bad for it.
Eventually, the soldiers granted their request and allowed them in. Atsushi, Yuichiro, and Shinoa then went through.
Upon arriving at the meeting point, they noticed an argument heating up between Mitsuba and Guren. The argument is all about Shinoa being the leader of the squad instead of Mitsuba.
"Woah, an argument," Atsushi commented.
"Let's check it out," Shinoa said to them. And so, they all went downstairs.
There they meet up with Yoichi and Kimizuki.
"Hey, Atsushi-kun," Yoichi greeted.
"Hi there, Yoichi-kun," Atsushi greeted back happily.
After a talk back with Yuichiro, Kimizuki noticed Atsushi's weapon being a normal weapon.
"Are you okay with a regular weapon like that?" he asked Atsushi.
Atsushi then glanced at his weapon and then glanced at Kimizuki. "Yeah, I'll be fine."
Then, Mitsuba expressed to Atsushi and the others how she didn't like Shinoa being the leader of the squad instead of her. Shinoa then responded by making fun of her, pissing Mitsuba off and she drew out her weapon to fight her.
"Woah, don't fight, you two," Atsushi tried to deescalate the situation. That didn't work, and Shinoa brought out her own weapon, and they began to fight.
But Guren was disappointed at it, so he just brought out his weapon to disarm them, before grabbing both of them by their necks. He then threatened to send them to solitary confinement if they don't stop it. Eventually, Shinoa and Mitsuba stopped this nonsense, and Mitsuba apologized in response. Atsushi and the other boys watched this while being dumbfounded.
"What in the world?" Atsushi commented.
After that, Guren explained to them that he'll go to Shinjuku via a different route and about Atsushi's place in their team.
While her friends get what he said, Mitsuba was skeptical about Atsushi's ability to be their backup.
But Atsushi said to her, "Don't worry, I'll do everything I can to provide support for you guys."
Meanwhile, Clare was observing from afar with her squad of five men.