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As Licht recovers his Star Stake with Sonohara is left unfinished, so Althing can't leave, and begins molesting the girls, except for Hina. Murdoch is summoned by Supreme Commander Alexandrov Gregorovich, his childish but doting adoptive father. Murdoch demands to know about Sonohara's soldiers who wore black uniforms. Gregorovich reveals they are the Special Services Unit, or SSU, that serves the Royal family as spies, kidnappers and assassins. Concerning Licht Gregorovich reveals the Aces were surgically altered human weapons for the Waste Wars, and Licht was the strongest member of the strongest squad. A side effect of the surgery caused the Aces to stop aging, explaining Licht still being alive. Gregorovich suddenly reveals he knows Murdoch's number has dropped to 12,499 and demands to know if he knows Licht's location. Murdoch lies, and it drops to 12,498 so Gregorovich reveals he also knows that attacked Althing. Murdoch returns to finally arrest Licht, who decides to surrender. A nearby spy reveals they want Licht to continue plundering. Licht asks Murdoch several questions to determine if he is being blackmailed and Murdoch lies repeatedly, dropping his number to 12,496, before trying to arrest Licht. Nana reveals she herself is an Ace and, with an unexplained power, sends Murdoch, Hina, Pele and Lynn to modern Japan, begging them to change the past where she failed. In Japan, they see Sonohara and Licht, then known as Rihito, as teenagers in high school. (Source: Wikipedia)
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