The Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations begins shaking as Shiage continues watching Rikou undergo treatment with Elizalina's help. Despite the tremors, Elizalina manages to finish the treatment procedure, but she tells Shiage that the drug's aftereffects require a different kind of treatment. Although Elizalina also brings bad news about Fiamma, Shiage is relieved that Rikou is strong enough to move on her own. However, it still leaves Rikou's full recovery to be fulfilled, and it requires a trip to Russia. After Rikou manages to stop Shiage from going off on his own, she stumbles upon some documents: one is about the complications involving Digurv's village and a nearby Cold War-era nuclear silo, and the plans of using the Kremlin Report to unleash a biological attack against the vi