Chapter 2

Saya and her brothers are still shocked by the death of their father. Saya asks Haji about her past. He tells her he can't currently say, as she cannot yet fully accept and understand the truth.

Saya is given an assignment to infiltrate a Vietnamese boarding school. Haji goes undercover as the gardener. Saya learns about the "Phantom", who later attacks her. She believes he is a chiropteran but is somehow different than the others.

Left behind by David, Kai and Riku are searching for Saya in Hanoi. Riku and his new friend, Mui, get captured along with Kai.

Saya goes to the forbidden garden and finds blue roses and a mysterious container. Later, she sees pictures of the Vietnam War resulting in flashbacks of her past. While being attacked by the Phantom once again, Saya finally accepts her past.

David and Julia are making use of the opportunity provided by the annual ball held in the boarding school to search for the mysterious container somehow connected to the events in Vietnam 30 years ago. Meanwhile, Saya dances with a charming stranger. Karl, who is the Phantom, attacks them later. David figures out the container holds Diva and they go after it.

The Red Shield has tracked the container to a secret research farm in the Vietnamese jungle. Once they get there, they are attacked by a chiropteran.

Under the mysterious influence of Diva, Saya starts to attack friends and foes alike just like 30 years ago. Kai stops Saya by yelling her name, causing her to regain control of herself. Solomon and Van escape with Diva while Saya fights Karl.

The Miyagusuku family returns to Okinawa to say goodbye to their friends.Ever since returning from Vietnam, journalist Akihiro Okamura is getting more and more obsessed about the events surrounding Saya and his father's encounter with a chiropteran near the Laos border 30 years ago. He is unable to continue his research until he gets unexpected help.

David, Saya, and others enter the Russian port of Vladivostok to board the Trans-Siberian express heading for Ekaterinburg, where a key scientist in chiropteran research was last seen. Before boarding they meet a Red Shield member named Liza. She is later killed by Amshel, who then takes on her appearance. Two chiropterans appear on the train while en route.

Riku is pulled off the train by one of the chiropterans; Hagi and Saya jump off to rescue him. Saya has a dream about her past in 1920s Russia with Hagi, tracking down Rasputin and Diva, who was disguised as Grand Duchess Anastasia.David, Lewis, and Kai's search for a defected Delta-67 scientist leads them to an abandoned nuclear facility called Sverdlovsk-51. Hagi, Saya, and Riku have reached Tyumen and board another train to reach Ekaterinburg.

Saya, Riku, and Hagi arrive at Ekaterinburg to rendezvous with David. Suddenly, Riku falls ill. Amshel (disguised as Liza) questions Saya about her true intentions for fighting the chiropterans.

To be continued....

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